2025/01/30 by Evans-Pritchard, E. E., Lee, Kit
paper · doi:10.5287/ora-8rvov1rvd
‘Some reflections on mysticism’ was originally delivered as a lecture to a student audience, and first published in 1970 in the now-defunct journal Dyn. Reflecting E. E. Evans-Pritchard’s ‘inner life’ and his profound and wide-ranging interest in mysticism, the lecture presents common threads across Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mystics, poets and writers, in addition to many of the classics of mystical literature in Britain at the time. A new introduction situates Evans-Pritchard’s lecture within the context of his Catholic faith and contemporary Catholic theology at large, and argues that it should be read as part of the longstanding relationship and ongoing dialogue between anthropology and theology.