Born Dec. 6, 1875, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng.
Died June 15, 1941, London
English
mystical poet and author of the seminal work
Mysticism, along with
The Mystic Way and
Worship, helped to establish
mysticism as a branch of
theology in acedemia.
In
Mysticism, Underhill outlines five stages of spiritual development:
Awakening,
Purgation,
Illumination,
Dark Night of the Soul, and
Union.