My Sudden Understanding of Early Quakers’ Mysticism

My Sudden Understanding of Early Quakers’ Mysticism 

by Laurence Clarkberg

 

Quakerism is mystical. Sitting in silence is mystical. And yet you won’t find any Quaker guide to mystical experience. We offer no gurus who will guide you on a path of advancement. We are all on our own together. There are good reasons for this. But I suspect that something is missing from contemporary Quakerism. Something that the early Quakers had in spades. Early Quakers were flagrant mystics.