This Section is Actively Under Development: Page last updated – 3/7/2026
A Crash Course In (& Case For) Christian Mysticism
I unknowingly stumbled into Christian Mysticism when my old structures of performative religion, false ego, manipulative patterns, and Western rationalism finally began failing.
If you are here, it might be because you’ve realized what you were taught to believe was maybe too small, not as certain as you preached, for the Reality you’re experiencing right now.
Christian Mysticism is not a new set of rules. Deconstruction and Reconstruction become tools, not categories to be debated. This section is an attempt to recover a historical and functional Christian Path: a process of ego-death, perceptual recalibration, honesty, relational community, and integration into the “All in All.” It’s an old truth in new times. Mysticism is a human universal, catholic in personal implications. It’s the language without words that makes translation possible
An Entryway:
If you’re not sure what to make of mysticism, or how Christian mysticism differs from other traditions, start with something simple. These are 21 “bullets” point past modern fractures with concise, testable logic, as an attempt to accurately frame Scripture, Salvation, and the Second Coming. We are in another Ad Fontes (Back to the Sources) moment.
The TLDR, boiled down to a singular thesis, is that “son of man” is a title for humanity, not exclusive, isolated divinity. For “chapter and verse,” read every time Ezekiel is called one. Pull on that exegetical thread, and be careful what unravels on your side of existence.
Biblical Exegesis: Framing the Narrative
The Bible was written to be read and heard by common people, not by elites. It was never meant to be a “confusing” book, and it’s a shame that it is. Anyone, especially today, can study Scripture authentically and with integrity. That’s just the challenge and also the blessing.
We don’t read the Bible to find rules; we read it to find ourselves and the God haunting us. By looking through the lens of original languages and historical context, the “Cover to Cover” story changes from divine retribution or a behavior modification manual to a map of resurrection.
Learn about Narrative Theology and explore a survey of the Bible.
Atonement & Eschatology: The End is the Beginning
In the Western tradition, these were about criminal justice and retribution, “Courtrooms” and “Fire.” In (Mystical) Christianity, they’re about Participation in Wholeness.
- The Cross: Not a payment to an angry God, but a Pattern of Ego-Death and Forgiveness that leads to Resurrection life.
- At-one-ment: The process of becoming whole (integration), where the fragmented self becomes “one” with Reality. This is on the ground level and within relationships. From the individual and community out, not hierarchy down.
- Eschatology: “Apocalypse” means unveiling, not the end. The “End of the World” is the Telos of ego and empires. The Second Coming is the Coming Capitulation of egoic assumptions and systems to the Ultimate Truth, especially Western.
Anthropology: The Human Design
To understand God, we must get past the “Mechanism” we are using to filter Reality (and scapegoat Him). We are Homo Participans: beings designed to participate in the divine nature.
The 5 Worlds: Navigating through the Infosphere and Noosphere so we can “Touch Grass” and talk again:
- The Inner World: The Subjective Conscious Holon and Awareness of the Collective.
- The Noosphere: Our Shared Heritage and Collective Story.
- The Lived World: Where Meaning Meets Contact, human to human within Creation.
- The Infosphere: The Digital Realm as an Ego–Shadow Extension.
- The World of Reality: The Empirical and Objective Domain, as if there were never any humans.
The Integration of Being: A conscious integration of the Body (feelings/cravings), Mind (intellect/creativity), Heart (empathy/emotions), and Soul (gut/pain/passion), so that the Self may be able to fully love God and neighbor as self.
Our Inner Compass: Love, Truth, Death, and Life are like four human compass points to navigate Reality with the self as the Arrow. The invitation is for us to finally allow both Spirit and Law into the heart of humanity.
Worship: Ego-Decentralizing, IFS, Communal Exposure, & Somatic Healing
*Under Development
Spirit & Prophecy: The Teleological Attractor
Prophecy is not “fortune telling”; it’s Sanity. It is the ability to see past the noise and charades, the headlines, groupthink, and herd mentalities, and to speak to the Telos. It’s a gift that was promised in Amos for our sons and daughters. That time is on the horizon.
- Insight over Foresight: Seeing what others are blind to and being aware of what they are not. The wielder and how it’s wielded matter: character, composure, wisdom, love, and humility.
- The Practice: From ego-decentralizing worship and corporate meditation, to private prayer and “Spicy Psychology” rituals like fasting, tarot cards, and sweat lodges: these are tools to decentralize the ego and surrender control so the Divine may be God and not us.
- Magic & Practical Christian Practice: Magic has been called “spicy psychology,” and I don’t mind that. Faith is another good word for it. Just like with the Bible and anything else, prophecy and magic can be misunderstood and misused. However, “magic” is fundamentally human and inescapable. Where we live, here and now, is where miracles happen and the Divine meets us. Learning how to do this well is a real discipline.
Discipleship & Sanctification: Also Recovery & Mental Health
Laughably, I’m somewhat of a “subject matter expert” at the intersection of “Spiritual Malady” and Mental Health. Recovery is a return to sanity. And I found out that it was also the path of discipleship and sanctification. These paths provide a path to Reality and maturity, and ought to be healthy social norms, but are not. Therein lies the work.
The practical application of Mysticism helps people learn how to live in truth and love, and some Eastern principles are already standard in addiction and mental health, and are widely accepted by Christianity at large.
Over time, the plan is to develop some resources and tool kits. There’s a free 12-week peer-group curriculum that is a side project, which has also been a slow burn. It was designed to help people go inward, using some psychology, cognitive behavioral theory, and the Hero’s Journey. If it’s something that might help your people, check it out: www.everyhumansjourney.com.
Related Writings:
- Demythologizing Addiction: A recovering pastor’s guide to what addiction is.
- The 12 Steps for Everyone: A framework for the spiritual transformation (and repentance) approachable for anyone to understand in our modern world.
