"A BOOK
OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM"
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A Christian Mysticism.
FREE autobiography, 334 pages
Common and different RC & Orth, The Ineffably Speaking Divine Light.
My Spiritual Marriage to Jesus, a son of God in His Light and Energies, God, Jesus and Sainthood.
Two God-Given Spiritual Supernatural names, Hesychasm.
The Jesus Prayer
Visions of The Light of Christ and the Procession of the Holy Spirit in St Michaels Roman Catholic Cathedral in Toronto Canada.
Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches cut from the same originally-integrated cloth yet widely but falsely believed to be irreconcilable, contemplative prayer.
The Mind of Christ
(in the local and worldwide and universal sense)
Is revealed in MY BOOK, the Person of Christ is revealed in his locutions.
He is also revealed in His Words, His MARVELLOUS, INCREDIBLE GIFTS.
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SOME REASONS FOR WRITING THIS BOOK
Robert Lind Defries
I am Robert Lind Defries, a Toronto author and I have written a mystical work " The experience of the divine light and energies" - "the Spiritual journal of robert lind defries." now Titled "a book of christian mysticism."
Divine-human mystical marriage, theologies of the eastern and western Churches, visual apprehension of the uncreated divine light by my external eyes, My marriage to jesus, absolutely ***not*** new age material.
I am the preserve of Jesus christ, indissoluble bond, I am not worthy for a fact, ineffably speaking Divine light related to suffering, my modest faith and well accomplished purity of My early life, in a blessed and unwarrented process, God is great, wonderful gifts Of jesus and the most holy trinity as a unity that i do not deserve at all, I am a Sinful person, mea culpa and lord have mercy, christ have mercy, lord have mercy.
It greatly illuminates the experiences of the Divine - human mystical marriage and profound visual exposure to the Divine Light that I experienced through, with and in, Jesus Christ during the years 1985 to 1995.
I think there has seldom been a marriage of the theologies of the Eastern and Western Churches, such as captures the supernatural apprehension of the uncreated Divine Light by my external eyes, and the ineffable spiritual marriage between myself and Jesus Christ.
This spiritual marriage, complete with vows and wedding bands made of pure Spirit, instituted and formalized a union that Christ has promised never to break.
The true nature of the relationship is the preserve of Jesus Christ, while the most obvious and self - evident manifestations of the Presence of God show the indissoluble bond observed between myself and Jesus.
I contain the great golden yellow Light of God's glory in my head and body, for the grace filled eye to see. This is ABSOLUTELY NOT new age material.
In truth, I have these great graces and gifts of which I say I definitely am not worthy. I have also had the gift of the ineffably speaking Divine Light in major forms from time to time for most of my life. I probably have it because of the considerable suffering I have endured throughout most of my life, plus my modest faith and the well accomplished purity of my early life.
I would be the first person to admit that I am in process (a very blessed and unwarranted process by the way.) Spiritual pride is always a threat. I know I am not great but I know that God is great because of His wonderful gifts to me that I do not deserve at all. I have been and remain, a sinful person most of the time throughout the passage of this story :
Witness the miasma of truth and untruth that undergirds everyone's conception of reality. Jesus is the Truth but the truth is often hidden: It is often hidden and we lie to ourselves. Morally, I can only say utterly truthfully, "mea culpa and Christ have mercy."
Sensual encounters, should long ago been revealed by contemplatives (but we Live in a different age), normative not taboo if responded to morally, Jesus never Tangible, saw the divine light visually from 1984 to 1998.
Both eastern and western Churches exert a powerful pull on me theologically, I believe them both with Understanding, receiving God - given ranks, gifts and titles, son of God, uncanonized Sainthood, "god" {small "g"} by "partaking of the divine nature" {saint peters first Epistle} and "very God" or "true God", God makes saints not man, ".
God became man, so that man might become god {see almost all the saints}, I have graduate theological training In roman catholic and eastern orthodox theology.
Over the years I have had 5 Spiritual directors with 6 doctorates among 3 of them and the other two have Masters degrees.
the book is addressed to them as notes for spiritual direction, it is the autobiography of a modern day contemplative anchorite, I am constantly Being humbled by weakness, frailty, sickness and sin.
The accounts of the sensual encounters between the author and Jesus, in the Lord the Holy Spirit, cover grounds that are landmarks and should long ago have been revealed by contemplatives and recognized as being normative, not taboo.
However, Jesus' person was never tangible and there was no activity, only great awareness, with just the slightest psychological reflexes on my part.
I proclaim validly that I never have had a day in the past 14 YEARS {84-98}approx. in which I failed to see the responsive Divine Light, at least a modicum.
There are dark nights of the senses and spirit and these dark nights are filled with pain and sorrow - but Oh, the Glory that shines through and illumines my entire world when God so wills it!
The physical vision of the Divine Light is one goal of Eastern Church contemplation, a view that is to a fair degree in contrast to that of St. John of the Cross.
However St John of the Cross and the Western Church exert a very strong influence on this book through my reading, and especially in relation to my spiritual marriage to Jesus. God is no respecter of traditions and Churches, and also of persons, it seems.
In my descriptions, the revelations involving the reception of several names of considerable degrees of blessedness, are expressed through the supernatural Spirit of God.
This is done visually by the Spirit (through my external eyes), speaking of profound gifts given through my prayer - life such as: "son of God," UNCANONIZED "sainthood," "God" (small"g"), and "very God" or "true God."
These gifts have been received in spite of some very real, human frailties. One may never attain canonization but God makes saints, not man. Also, "God became man so that man might become God." (See St Athanasius and almost all the Eastern Church Fathers as well as many Western Saints.)
To be trite, none is perfect, except God. I am a practicing Roman Catholic layperson with graduate, theological training. My book is addressed as notes to four spiritual directors that I consulted over a period of ten years.
Between them, these men possess six doctorates, so I am blessed by erudite advice and highly informed commentary.
Like some spiritual men and women, I am basically simple, possessing God in part and being possessed by God in whole, leaping the mountains and yet often doing battle with some fearsome denizen of the deep.
I believe that you will find this book to be nothing less than an extensive autobiography of a modern-day, contemplative anchorite, to a substantiated, yet objectively unknown degree blessed above the norm and yet who has been constantly and thoroughly humbled through weakness, frailty and sinfulness.
I am told it makes a very interesting read. I am supportive of the Churches, East and West. The influences most at play on me in order of importance are:
1. In equality, The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
2. The Eastern Catholic Churches. They have far more in common than they admit, all being at one time, one Church. Naively perhaps, but with great hope, I long for eventual church unity.
THE BOOK HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED, {SEE ALSO THE REVIEWS PAGE}
Some historically significant dialogues between Jesus, the most holy trinity and myself, I have seen things that few westerners have written of in the first person in centuries---
From God, the most holy trinity, in this book God means any or all members of the most holy trinity, I have consistently had some nasty scrapes with the dirty old devil or Mr. d as I call him to belittle him.
This is a big book with many passages from the mouth of God himself, Christian mystical experience, mystical theology, anecdotes, discursive material, lectures and homilies, very interesting poetry, the most profound prayer known to me, prayer often repetitive reflecting 17 hours of prayer a day from time to time.
The Jesus prayer and the rosary are repetitive and wonderfully effective, the book could be used as a manual or guide for the mystical life and a part of a catalogue of Christian mystical experiences.
It has been well received. Some superficial quotes in favour include: "fascinating," "this book leads you to Jesus," and "Mr. Defries has been in a place where few men have been before." Look ahead for several reviews in this web site of this work from a variety of sources including:
A university professor of theology, a lecturer in theology, a parish priest, a profound mystic, a generic Christian well read in Evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Doctrine, and a woman whose occupation is social work but who brings a wealth of familiarity about me.
Theirs are kind words, no doubt, but fame is fickle, fleeting and very dangerous. I don't believe much of what I hear about myself because I know my sins and then, only some of them.
In truth, these days (1994) I feel more abased by my sins than elevated by my overwhelming experiences of the Most Holy Trinity (I am in the dark night of the spirit.) God lifts us up only to cast us down. BUT OH, WHERE I have BEEN!!!
I do know that it was hard work. There are some historically significant dialogues (e.g.: knowledge or prophesy on the local and international level) between the members of the Most Holy Trinity and myself as well as some personal dialogue that may well turn out to be significant in the personal, historical sense.
I have seen things that few westerners, of whom I am aware, have written of in the first person, for centuries, because few persons have experienced the Divine in this manner. Some of these experiences are realities that most likely no one will ever see on this earth except me. I share them with you as Jesus' gift to you, through me.
May it help you better to pray and may Jesus bless your prayer life so that you may mount upon eagles' wings into the very heart and soul of Jesus Himself, to indescribable Lightened Glory. [ I have consistently had some very nasty scrapes with the dirty old devil, or mr. d. as I jokingly call him to ridicule him.]
This is a big book filled with mystical Christian wisdom from the mouth of God, Himself: It encompasses Christian mystical experience and mystical theology especially, but also includes anecdotes, discursive material, lectures or homilies, very interesting poetry and some of the most profound prayer known to me.
The prayer is often repetitive ( the Jesus Prayer), but it is only reflective of a prayer life that at times was active for as long as 17 hours a day. The book could be used as a manual, in the way I used historical, Christian, mystical writings, to grow.
This book reflects a partial but totally representative part of my spiritual life, during the period, 1985 -- 1999. It captures the essence of my spiritual life in whole. The work can be critiqued but the proof of the pudding is in the eating and this creation reads like a recipe book to the Christian mystical life.
Take, Slake, My heart is an endless Lake
Here are a few passages from the text.
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theosis@accessv.com or rdefries@accessv.comURL: http://www.accessv.com/~theosis/home.html
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