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Today I speak with Andrew Harvey.

Andrew is a poet, teacher, writer, mystic, and sacred activist.

His work is deeply involved

with the transformative nature of the spiritual path and the call

in our time for mystics to become what Andrew calls sacred activists, sacredists in the world that needs us.

He has created several powerful audio programs with Sounds True,

including Radiant Heart on the teachings of Jesus and other Christian mystics.

Song of the Sun on the life, poetry, and teachings of Rumi and the direct path, the way in which we can uncover our own sacred purpose.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Andrew and I spoke about the birth of universal mysticism, the dark night of the soul,

and the transfiguration of the body that occurs as we progress on the spiritual path.

Here's my conversation with Andrew Harvey.

Andrew, when I look at your body of work over 25 books that you've written and all of the teaching that you've done, the

theme of mysticism, the life of the mystic runs through everything.

And just to begin, I'd love if you could define for people what to you it means to be a

mystic. What are the characteristics of a mystic? A mystic is someone who has direct cognition of the divine beyond thought, beyond reason and beyond dogma.

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