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I'm writing a book about Christian mystics and heretics and the fine line between the two. I need a good title for the book but can't think of anything. Any suggestions?

>> No.18514426

>>18514268
Between Heresy and Orthodoxy

>> No.18514443

>>18514426
Not bad but it's a bit wordy. I was thinking Free Spirits, with a subtitle. Maybe Between Heresy and Orthodoxy could be the subtitle actually.

>> No.18514450

>>18514268
Mystics, Heretics

>> No.18514464

>Free Spirits: between heresy and orthodoxy - a book about mystics and heretics.
/thread

>> No.18514466

>>18514443
how about "On heresy and orthodoxy"?
seems like a less of a mouthfull

>> No.18514472

>>18514268
>The TRUE Message of Jesus Christ

>> No.18514507

>>18514450
>>18514464
Based
>>18514472
Cringe heretic

>> No.18514520

>>18514466
I don't want it to sound too academic though. I'm hoping it gets at least some normie readership

>> No.18514534

Schizos Gonna’ Schiz

>> No.18514543

>>18514534
I've had enough of you, butterfly tripfag. Scrub that ridiculous nonsense from your name field immediately.

>> No.18514570
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18514570

This is incredibly vain but I don't care

>> No.18514576

>>18514570
Maybe one day

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18514584

>>18514570
Less retarded text

>> No.18514610

>>18514584
How many pages have you written yet? Which mystics do you include? Which time period? Which countries?

>> No.18514614

>>18514268
>Christian mystics and heretics and the fine line between the two

>> No.18514629

>>18514584
>Dark Anchorite
Absolutely, unequivocally cringe. Just use your real name or come up with a pseudonym that sounds like it could be a real person's name. This is "dark enlightenment" garbage.

>> No.18514638

>>18514629
I would use an actual name or pseudonym when I published, ofc I aren't going to use this handle anon calm down

>> No.18514646

>>18514610
Just a collection of disparate notes atm and am thinking of detailing

>Millenarianism
>Nontrinitarianism
>Gnostic Christianity
>Ebionites
>Adoptionism
>The Desert Fathers
>Euchites/Messalians
>Arius & Arianism
>Hildegard of Bingen
>Bretheren of the Free Spirit
>Beguines
>Marguerite Porete
>Anabaptists
>Julian of Norwich
>Mechtilde of Magdeburg
>Flagellants
>Meister Eckhart
>Teresa Avila
>John of the Cross
>Mary Magdalena dei Pazzi
>Quietism
>Shakers
>Joseph Smith & Mormonism
>The Palmarian Church

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18514654

>>18514543

>> No.18514656

>>18514629
Dark Enlightenment/NRx is based though

>> No.18514661

>>18514646
You will find, once you start your research, that each one of your topics has enough depth to fill 10 books. Try narrowing it down.

>> No.18514663

>>18514654
OK that's funny

>> No.18514671

>>18514654
Based. Day of the net postponed.

>> No.18514675

>>18514661
Yeah I am starting to see that, gonna have to really streamline my areas of research, which is why I was thinking on focusing on heretical mysticism and those who straddled the border (such as Eckhart)

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18514693

Also found this painting too good to pass up

>> No.18514700

>>18514675
Giordano Bruno is also very relevant in this regard

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>>18514268
>a book about Christian mystics and heretics and the fine line between the two
Christian Mystics and Heretics: The Fine Line Betwixt the Two

>> No.18514702

>>18514693
You are an absolute ball of undifferentiated chaos

>> No.18514710

>>18514700
Of course, why didn't I think of him. Thanks anon
>>18514699
Its good, but its a bit wordy I think

>> No.18514714

>>18514570
>>18514584
>Dark Anchorite
How about Shadow the Hedgehog
>>18514646
Also this anon is right. Also working on a book that has already split in half. Keep your notes organized by topic. Not everything is as connected as you think. Rearrange and see where it makes the most sense.

>> No.18514715

>>18514268
Blasphemous Heathens BTFO'd by Magic Christians

>> No.18514722

>>18514710
The Line Betwixt

Subtitle— the rest of it

>>18514702
Not so ball shaped, but thank you.

>> No.18514730

>>18514714
Thanks anon, I'll bear this in mind. Maintaining thematic coherency is probably the most important thing so I don't bewilder readers

>> No.18514733

>>18514656
It really isn't

>> No.18514741

>>18514722
>Not so ball shaped, but thank you
Brilliant

>> No.18514759

>>18514268
The Sheer Terror of Holding on to Nothing. It's a quote from Plotinus

Link your book hoe

>> No.18514773

I would like to read a book on American Christian mystics. Who are the American Christian mystics? What are the strains of American Protestantism that dabble in mysticism?

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Hope it helps, best of luck to you Anon.

>> No.18514789

>>18514773
That's gonna be the focus of the latter half of my book, especially the Shakers (honestly fascinating- they revered Mother Ann, their leader, as the second coming of Christ and believed God was Man and Woman combined); and the ideas of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young

>> No.18514793

>>18514759
Pretty cool ngl
>>18514782
Very based thanks

>> No.18514797

>>18514654
kek

>> No.18514829

>>18514714
>Shadow the Hedgehog
i'll do you one better
edgy the hedgy

>> No.18514854

>>18514759
Reminds me of “a maze without a center” from a Father Brown story.

Your subject reminds me most obviously of the verse about the strait and narrow. There are a lot of different ways of falling into error and lots of instances of false followers of Christ, you could cherry pick from any of those verses if you think the heresy angle will sell more copies than focusing on those who got it right. Sadly this is probably the case.
> Do not imagine that we have need of a cabalistic formula or any other occult or mysterious thing to attain it our whole welfare consists in doing the will of God.
St. Teresa quote that stuck with me.

>> No.18515527

>>18514268
Mystics and Heretics

>> No.18516590

>>18514268
Being and Crime

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>>18514782
>6 heretics

This makes me think that OP could potentially write a history of mysticism and mystical heresies that's somewhat structured like Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Famously, Plutarch will write his histories of notable Greek and Roman figures by paralleling them, and positioning the earlier, Greek figure paired up with the later, Roman figure with whom he has some similarity. For example, the "Life of Demosthenes" is written, and it is immediately followed by the "Life of Cicero." Or the "Life of Alexander" being immediately followe by the "Life of Caesar."

OP could do something similar with mystics and heretics, contrasting the life of someone who was mystical, but remained faithful to the Church, with someone who was mystical and ultimately rejected the Church.

>> No.18516651

>>18514443
Unless you're specifically writing about the Free Spirit Heresy turn choose something else. The Heresy of the Free Spirit by Robert Lerner is already a classic of that field

>> No.18517638

>>18514268

The Two Sights.

>> No.18517743

>>18514466
I love it

>> No.18517747

>>18514520
Have you contacted an editor or publisher?