ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book examines perspectives on the contemporary renewal of the contemplative tradition. It explores the multi-modal sensory quality of that experience, drawing on the insights of the contemporary interdisciplinary research project 'Hearing the Voice', which is investigating the phenomenon of hearing voices without external stimuli. The book also explores how people with no background in mysticism find themselves encountering something 'other' when they come to the cathedral and how they respond to this special sacred space. It discusses the philosophical and theological discussions that inspired Kallistos Ware and Professor Andrew Louth asking once again how the pre-modern discipline of mystical theology can provide answers to postmodern questions. The book also examines the restoration of the link within the 'living of life and especially with a life lived in the context of an experience of the Divine'.
