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Evelyn Underhill Mission Studies - Church and Cultures away from the status quo"Mysticism is the art of union with Reality. The mystic is a person who has attained that union in greater or less degree; or who aims at and believes in such attainment." Evelyn Underhill (1875 1941), an Anglican writer and spiritual director, was the author of several classic works on mysticism. Increasingly regarded as an outstanding voice in twentieth century spirituality, she was largely responsible for the modern rediscovery of mysticism. For