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Title: Happold offers little to the serious student of mysticism.
Review: This book had very little to offer the serious student of mysticism. The first part of the book was an attempt at classifying mysticism into various categories, which ultimately proves to be of little worth. The second part of the book provided the reader with excerpts from mystical texts. These excerpts do not provide any adequate insight into the nature of these mystical texts nor the mystics themselves. The first part of Happold's book is a gross over-classification of mysticism while the second part of the book is an abhorent reductionism of mystical texts which renders the "selected passages" meaningless.-Kory Harris
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