Inklings of Eternity
British Literary Mysticism
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This luminous anthology gathers voices from the Christian mystical and literary tradition—George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, Charles Williams, Caryll Houselander, Owen Barfield, Evelyn Underhill, and Malcolm Guite—into a unified vision of divine Presence. Each page pairs a brief, penetrating quotation with a contemplative meditation and prayer, inviting the reader beyond abstraction into participation: not merely thinking about God, but awakening to God as the living Reality in whom all things exist.
At its heart, this work offers a vision of deification as the fulfillment of human life: not escape from the world, but the transfiguration of perception in Christ. Drawing on Scripture and the great mystical tradition, it gently but persistently shifts the reader from separation to communion, from effort to consent, from seeking God to discovering that we are already held within the Life we seek. This is a book to be read slowly, prayerfully—less as information than as formation—until the ordinary world begins to shine with the quiet radiance of the eternal Now.
Details
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 2026
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781105449840
- Category
- Religion & Spirituality
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): PHILIP KRILL
Specifications
- Pages
- 225
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)