The Project Gutenberg eBook of Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic
Title: Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic
Author: Francis Grierson
Release date: April 21, 2014 [eBook #45449]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024
Language: English
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
| CONTENTS | |
| The Practical Mysticism of Abraham Lincoln | 9 |
| The Divine Will | 12 |
| The Mystical Awakening | 13 |
| The Agnostic and the Mystic | 17 |
| The Logic of the Supernatural | 19 |
| The Mystical Mood | 21 |
| "Going into the Silence" | 22 |
| Invisible Powers | 24 |
| The Fusion of Spirit and Matter | 26 |
| His Miraculous Progress | 28 |
| A Prophetic Witness | 30 |
| Lincoln's Simplicity | 32 |
| Lincoln's Clairvoyant Wit | 34 |
| A Prophetic Vision of Hades | 37 |
| Shakespeare and Lincoln | 40 |
| A Prophecy Fulfilled | 42 |
| The Ordinances of Heaven | 44 |
| Lincoln's Face | 48 |
| The Great Debate | 49 |
| Forecastings and Premonitions | 52 |
| Illumination of the Spirit | 54 |
| Tycho Brahe and Lincoln | 56 |
| Herndon's Analysis and Testimony | 58 |
| An Original Mind | 60 |
| The Great Books | 61 |
| Veneration and Truth | 63 |
| The Great Puzzle | 64 |
| Lincoln's Energy and Will | 65 |
| Nature and Prophecy | 67 |
| The Seal of Nature | 68 |
| Law and Authority | 70 |
| Lincoln as Critic | 73 |
| His Style | 74 |
| Lincoln's Serenity | 75 |
| The Romance of His Character | 77 |
| President by the Grace of God | 79 |
| Science and the Mystical | 80 |
| The Old and the New | 81 |
| Destiny versus Will | 82 |
| James Jacquess—Practical Mystic | 85 |
| Images and Dreams | 89 |
| The New Era | 92 |