Rising Up Into the Divine: World Mystics on the Ascent of Your Soul

Are you a spiritual seeker who would like to know more about becoming your true self and awakening your Higher Self? If so, this well-researched book will give you a wide background of comparative world religions and other key groups -- including Christian mysticism, Gnosticism, Theosophy, and New Thought -- to help you understand what is the soul, what is the Higher Self, and what is the ultimate goal of your spiritual journey and quest. The questions used as an anchor point for this investigationare:

Have you ever wondered where your soul goes after you die?Why do people say it goes up?

Mystics have direct experience of the Divine, and they are surprisingly consistent in their answers to this question. Venture through the centuries in this well-documented New Age spiritual book, which draws on their writings from over a dozen world religions to consider these provocative questions:

Why do most cultures believe God and heaven are somewhere up above?
Where do people go when they rise out of their bodies in near-death experiences?
What keys to the matter universe did theosophy foresee nearly a century before scientists did?
Is my Higher Self the same as my soul?
What are the mysteries of the inner sound and the violet flame, and how do they relate to my soul’s ascent?

Along the way you will explore the insights of over fifty mystical pioneers including Plato, Plotinus, Origin, Jacob Boehme, Teresa of Avila, Francis of Assisi, Gregory the Great, Meister Eckhart, Swedenborg, Rumi, Madam Helena Blavatsky, Edgar Cayce, Ernst Holmes, Paramahansa Yogananda, Teilhard de Chardin, Guru Nanak, Padre Pio, Hazrat Inayat Khat, Sri Aurobindo, Kirpal Singh, and Maria Montessori, as well as such seemingly unrelated topics as the Trinity, the violet flame, nada yoga, quarks, levitation, spirals, the levels of heaven, the rising kundalini, the 7 chakras and their meaning, the secret flame in your heart, and the process of ascension.

Included also are steps you can take to increase the wisdom and light of your own soul, including sections on diet, meditation, and the use of positive affirmations and visualizations, especially the violet flame. If you are a student of Christian and New Thought mysticism, you will be surprised and uplifted by the wisdom this book offers you, beckoning you upward into a discovery of your own Real Self. We also invite you check out the book’s review in the Spring, 2024 issue of the national journal Quest, and to see our offerings of other mystics at Inner Sound Press.