Sharon,
Paulist Press's Christian Spirituality series has a book on medieval Irish
mysticism in the works. It is at the page-proof stage and should come out
later this year I think, in the fall or winter. The series editor is
Bernard McGinn, but I don't know who the editor is for this particular
volume, which will contain selections from a number of Celtic writers.
You might also look at McGinn's *The Growth of Mysticism*, Vol. 2 of his
Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism series. (New
York, Crossroad Publishing, 1994) Probably the best known Celtic mystical
writer is John Scottus Eriugena, whose writing is rather different from
Julian or John of the Cross, but you might well want to look into him.
At this point I should introduce myself. I've been lurking for about a
year now. My name is Signe Hansen and I'm a graduate student at the
University of Chicago Divinity School. I'm at the dissertation stage,
working on models of sanctity in the early medieval Hiberno-Latin
hagiography.
Yours,
Signe Hansen
>I am wondering what Celtic medieval religion looked like. I am most
>curious to know if there were Irish or Scottish mystics comparable to
>Julian or John of the Cross... Can anyone provide some direction?
>Thanks!
>
>Sharon Terry
>Boston, MA, USA
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