Long regarded as the pre-eminent study of spiritual consciousness, this book, written in 1910, remains the most thorough and profound examination of the human drive toward mystical awakening. Included is an overview of the qualities of the mystic mind and life, as well as an exposition of the chronology of the seeker's spiritual development. This book is used in the Mountains and Rivers Order as a reference for the investigation of spiritual consciousness. 519 pp., pb.