NEWS:
The spring issue, volume 33, nos. 1/2 of Mystics Quarterly
will be going to press this week and should be finding its way
to you in early August.
It
looks as if we have enough of a backlog of articles to justify
a final fall issue of MQ before the redesign. At the
moment, the lead contender for the new title is Journal of
Medieval Religious Cultures, and readers are encouraged to
contact me with reactions to or suggestions about the title at
hasenfratz@uconn.edu.
HISTORY:
Mystics
Quarterly
was founded as the 14th Century English Mystics Newsletter
by Valerie Lagorio and Ritamary Bradley in 1974. It was renamed
in 1984 and is now in its thirty-second year of continuous publication.
Mystics Quarterly understands by the term mysticism a
belief in the possibility of direct experience of the divine,
that is, of union with or absorption into the godhead by means
of contemplation and self-surrender. It does not regard occultism,
magic, the esoteric, or the merely mysterious as "mystical"
in the true sense of the word.
We invite editions of as well as essays on mystical and devotional
texts, especially but not exclusively of the Western Middle Ages.
Please do not submit first-person narratives of mystical experiences.
Authors should send one copy conforming to standards of the The
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. for humanities research.
Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by
adequate return postage.
Mystics Quarterly also publishes book reviews and disseminates
information of interest to all those who by profession, vocation,
or inclination are interested in mysticism. Send manuscripts,
book reviews, or announcements either as attachments to
mysticsquarterly@uconn.edu
(preferably
in MS Word format), or by conventional mail to
R.
Hasenfratz, Editor
Mystics Quarterly
English Department, Unit 4025
215 Glenbrook Road
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-4026
USA
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