Headley Beare believed that mystical awareness, insight and experience are available to all people, in all cultures and traditions, regardless of whether they regard themselves as religious or theologically educated or not. The book is a gift to those who are prepared to open their minds and hearts to the possibility of mystical experience and pursue a disciplined practice to achieve that experience. Hedley Beare died in 2010 after a long illness. He was a remarkable man - polymath, gifted teacher, educationalist, writer and communicator. He was also a modern mystic, and this book is the fruit of many years of reflecting on his mystical experiences and insights, and those of others.
