Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Fénelonian Promenades
6. Love’s Intimate Violence 15
7. Selfless 39
8. Love Thy Neighbor Purely 69
9. Nothing Writes 83
10. The Mystical (of the) Self
11. The Power to say I 109
12. Contra‑Religious Religion 123
13. The Path of Mercy Means Simply that You Abandon Self 141
14. As a Drop in the Ocean 155
15. Mysticism in a Modern World
16. Down with Religion, Long Live Mysticism 183
17. Selflessly Powerful 199
18. Selflessness and Science 217
19. Notes 239
20. Bibliography 265
21. Index 279