Phillip Goff

Another Sufi mystic whose name escapes me right now who was burned for saying... I am God. And what he meant by that was he felt he'd reached this stage where there was no reality other than God. And we find this in Kabbalah as well. And all of them have this view where ultimately there's just some deep unknowable unity and somehow multiplicity emerges from that.

Another Sufi mystic whose name escapes me right now who was burned for saying... I am God. And what he meant by that was he felt he'd reached this stage where there was no reality other than God. And we find this in Kabbalah as well. And all of them have this view where ultimately there's just some deep unknowable unity and somehow multiplicity emerges from that.

Or to take another Christian mystic, Meister Eckhart of the 13th century, who was on trial for heresy, partly because he said the Trinity is not fundamental. This deeper unknowable unity is deeper than the Trinity. So there is a real commonality here in Sufism, Kabbalah and Christian mysticism that there's a deep unknowable unity at the base of things.

Or to take another Christian mystic, Meister Eckhart of the 13th century, who was on trial for heresy, partly because he said the Trinity is not fundamental. This deeper unknowable unity is deeper than the Trinity. So there is a real commonality here in Sufism, Kabbalah and Christian mysticism that there's a deep unknowable unity at the base of things.

Or to take another Christian mystic, Meister Eckhart of the 13th century, who was on trial for heresy, partly because he said the Trinity is not fundamental. This deeper unknowable unity is deeper than the Trinity. So there is a real commonality here in Sufism, Kabbalah and Christian mysticism that there's a deep unknowable unity at the base of things.

Eckhart, when he was accused of heresy, he said, well, I want to distinguish between heresy and error, right? So error is where you make a mistake. Heresy is where you willfully make a mistake. And he said, if I'm wrong, then I will give it up. So I can't be a heretic. I might be an error. He died before the trial was completed. But on the basis of that, the Pope of the time after his death,

Eckhart, when he was accused of heresy, he said, well, I want to distinguish between heresy and error, right? So error is where you make a mistake. Heresy is where you willfully make a mistake. And he said, if I'm wrong, then I will give it up. So I can't be a heretic. I might be an error. He died before the trial was completed. But on the basis of that, the Pope of the time after his death,

Eckhart, when he was accused of heresy, he said, well, I want to distinguish between heresy and error, right? So error is where you make a mistake. Heresy is where you willfully make a mistake. And he said, if I'm wrong, then I will give it up. So I can't be a heretic. I might be an error. He died before the trial was completed. But on the basis of that, the Pope of the time after his death,

convicted him of error, but not heresy. But anyway, again, a hugely wonderful mystic who was, like many mystics, very much connected to the people. He did sermons in German as well as Latin and was very much connected with the ordinary affairs of life. I think I've been reading about it, Kabbalah became more connected

convicted him of error, but not heresy. But anyway, again, a hugely wonderful mystic who was, like many mystics, very much connected to the people. He did sermons in German as well as Latin and was very much connected with the ordinary affairs of life. I think I've been reading about it, Kabbalah became more connected

convicted him of error, but not heresy. But anyway, again, a hugely wonderful mystic who was, like many mystics, very much connected to the people. He did sermons in German as well as Latin and was very much connected with the ordinary affairs of life. I think I've been reading about it, Kabbalah became more connected

Kabbalah very much reinvented itself in the 15th century when Jews were thrown out of Spain. And that experience of trauma led to another re-understanding of Kabbalah. I think before that... Kabbalah mystics had been more focused on lofty mystical issues. But through reflecting on that trauma, they connected these lofty issues to the real business of life.

Kabbalah very much reinvented itself in the 15th century when Jews were thrown out of Spain. And that experience of trauma led to another re-understanding of Kabbalah. I think before that... Kabbalah mystics had been more focused on lofty mystical issues. But through reflecting on that trauma, they connected these lofty issues to the real business of life.

Kabbalah very much reinvented itself in the 15th century when Jews were thrown out of Spain. And that experience of trauma led to another re-understanding of Kabbalah. I think before that... Kabbalah mystics had been more focused on lofty mystical issues. But through reflecting on that trauma, they connected these lofty issues to the real business of life.

And yeah, I suppose that's what something like the resurrection signifies for me. It's bringing transcendent reality into the intimate, ordinary details of lived human experience, love, humility, kindness, and so on.

And yeah, I suppose that's what something like the resurrection signifies for me. It's bringing transcendent reality into the intimate, ordinary details of lived human experience, love, humility, kindness, and so on.

And yeah, I suppose that's what something like the resurrection signifies for me. It's bringing transcendent reality into the intimate, ordinary details of lived human experience, love, humility, kindness, and so on.

Yeah. Never trust the person with dogmatic certainty. That glint in the eye that they know they've got the truth. Nothing's ever going to shake it. And I think that can come from the militant atheist as much as the fundamentalist believer. I mean, my hero here is William James in so many respects, but his wonderful paper,

Yeah. Never trust the person with dogmatic certainty. That glint in the eye that they know they've got the truth. Nothing's ever going to shake it. And I think that can come from the militant atheist as much as the fundamentalist believer. I mean, my hero here is William James in so many respects, but his wonderful paper,

Yeah. Never trust the person with dogmatic certainty. That glint in the eye that they know they've got the truth. Nothing's ever going to shake it. And I think that can come from the militant atheist as much as the fundamentalist believer. I mean, my hero here is William James in so many respects, but his wonderful paper,