The teachings of the German–born Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), Dominican philosopher and spiritual master, are among the most daring and profound in the history of Western mysticism. From counsels on discernment to a treatise on detachment as the most essential virtue, Eckhart's fascinating thoughts on the spiritual life will inspire and challenge those looking to deepen their experience of God.

Meister Eckhart: Selections from His Essential Writings (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)

History

Meister Eckhart

World

HarperOne

Text: English (translation) Original Language: French

Meister Eckhart, Mystic and Philosopher: Translations With Commentary (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Reiner Schürmann

Philosophy

Indiana University Press

The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders.The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century

Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY) (English, Latin and German Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Paulist Press

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) was a Dominican philosopher and spiritual master whose thought is among the most daring and difficult in the history of western mysticism.

Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense (Classics of Western Spirituality)

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Here are the texts that illustrate the diversity of one of the most enigmatic and influential mystics of the Western Christian tradition. Eckhart the teacher is represented by the Commentary on Exodus and by selections from six other commentaries, including the Commentary on Wisdom 7:14, the Commentary on Ecclesiasticus 24:29, and the Commentary on John 14:8. 
Eckhart's ministry as a preacher was an equally important part of the man, and thus his sermons, from both the Latin and the Middle High German manuscripts, are included. What emerges is a comprehensive picture of the works of this great speculative theologian. Together with Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries and Treatises, this work form the most extensive corpus of Eckhart's writings in English.

Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher

Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Gracewing

Eckhart has long been an enigma to historians of western thought. In his own day he was accused of heresy and shortly after his death twenty-eight of his theses were condemned as unorthodox. Some contemporaries regarded him as a sympathizer with the Brethren of the Freed Spirit, who were harshly persecuted for their pantheistic and antinomian doctrines. He has been considered the father of German mysticism, the enemy of Christian orthodoxy, the persecuted champion of truths higher than Christianity, a spokesman for the enlightenment, and even a forerunner of Luther and German idealism. At the same time it has been recognized that he inspired, and was held in reverence by, such thoroughly orthodox spiritual writers as Tauler, Ruysbroeck, Suso, and Nicholas of Cusa. Today, M D Knowles can write that of his radical traditionalism and orthodoxy there is no longer any doubt. (from the Introduction)

Parisian Questions and Prologues

Master Eckhart

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

In this remarkable work, Reiner Schürmann shows Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Christian mystic, as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul, which shatters the dualism between God and the world, the self and God. This is an exposition of Eckhar's mysticism―perhaps the best in English―and, because Eckhart is a profound philosopher for whom knowing precedes being, it is also an exemplary work of contemporary philosophy. Schürmann shows us that Eckhart is our contemporary. He describes the threefold movement of detachment, release, and "dehiscence" (splitting open), which leads to the experience of "living without a why," in which all things are in God and sheer joy. Going beyond that, he describes the transformational force of approaching the Godhead, the God beyond God: "A man who has experienced the same no longer has a place to establish himself. He has settled on the road, and for those who have learned how to listen, his existence becomes a call. This errant one dwells in joy. Through his wanderings the origin beckons."

Wandering Joy: Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy

Lindisfarne Books

This introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval European mystic contains selections from his sermons, treatises, and sayings, as well as Table Talk, the records of his informal advice to his spiritual children.

Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing: Sermons, Writings, and Sayings

History & Criticism

New Seeds

“Meister Eckhart,” who has been called the “Father of German thought,” was a Dominican monk, and one of the most profound thinkers of the Middle Ages. He was born about 1260 A.D. in Thuringia, and died at Cologne 1327 A.D. In 1295 he was Prior of the Dominicans at Erfurt and Vicar-General of Thuringia. In 1300 he was sent to the University of Paris, where he studied Aristotle and the Platonists, and took the degree of Master of Arts. It is possible also that he taught at Paris. He already had a wide reputation as a philosopher, and was summoned to Rome in 1302 to assist Pope Boniface VIII. in his struggle against Philip the Fair. In 1304 he became Provincial of his order for Saxony, and in 1307 Vicar-General of Bohemia. In 1311 he was sent again to act as professor of theology in the school of Dominicans in Paris, and afterwards in Strasburg. Everywhere his teaching and preaching left a deep mark. At Strasburg he aroused suspicions and created enemies; his doctrine was accused of resembling that of the heretical sects of the “Beghards” and “Brothers of the Holy Spirit.”

Meister Eckhart's Sermons

Aeterna Press

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