Mysticism leads to a valuation of the transcendent object of its reference as that which,

through plentitude of being, stands supreme and absolute, so that the finite self, contrasted

with it, becomes conscious even in its nullity that I am not, thou art all.

This is Pints for Jack, Season 9, Episode 30, Jack's Bookshelf, Rudolph Otto.

After Hours with Dr. Joe Ricky.

Have you been looking, everywhere searching for a place where you belong?

Away from the masses, among clinking glasses where the hearth fire is on let the laughter welcome you in that eagle and child

din there's room at this table so take a seat and tuck right in.

Pints with Jack.

Pints with Jack.

Welcome friends to Pites with Jack.

Today, Jack's bookshelf draws to a close and with an author with whom you may not be familiar.

In 1962, the Christian Century asked C.S. Lewis the following question. What books did most to shape your vocational attitude and philosophy of life? Lewis's answer included books by

several authors which we've already had on Jack's bookshelf, George McDonald,

Chico Chesterton, William Wordsworth, Boethius and Charles Williams. However, there was one name

that most people haven't heard of. Rudolf Otto, and it was a quotation from Otto that

began today's episode. And introducing Otto to us today is Dr. Joe Ricky.

Dr. Ricky is an American scholar of English literature.

He earned his PhD and MA in English from Rice University and a BA from Nyack College.

His research spans Shakespeare, early drama, medieval and Renaissance literature, the Inklings,

especially of C.S. Lewis, world literature in translation, and the role of Christian higher education.

He was previously Professor of English and Director of the Centre for the Study of C.S. Lewis

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