Meet these seven mystics…

Hildegard of Bingen, an energetically assertive and creative woman known for her ability to stand strong in an age of unyeilding male domination, expressing her intuitive and artistic nature through writing, music, and painting...
Mechtild of Magdeburg, a layperson dedicated to the process of religious commitment and a radical voice for proper use of the church's funds for the poor...
Meister Eckhart of Hochheim, a Dominican scholar and popular preacher known for his imaginative and creative use of metaphor in speaking of God...
Jan Van Ruysbroeck, a parish priest, contemplative guide and author compelled to speak out against the outrageous heresies of his day...
Johannes Tauler, also a Dominican preacher, who proclaims the everyday birth of God in the soul with such beautiful strength...
Julian of Norwich, an independent and solitary woman who has captured in her writing the beauty and orthodoxy of God as "mother..."
And finally, Teresa of Avila, who, through perseverance and insight, gives us, with her own life, a wonderful example of the belief that a by-product of seeking God is mental health.
Using a unique interview style, John Powers reaches into the centuries between these seven mystics'times and ours, to bring their lives, thoughts, and deeds into our contemporarv world.
Open-this book. You will find here people like us who live, breathe, and work in an often-impertlect world of everyday life. You will find the God who exists in the tears and laughter, pain, joy, and ennui, in the senses, prayers, and physical efforts of both the mystics' lives and ours. You will find seven men and women, known today as "mystics," who are truly Holy Human.