The Significance of Evelyn Underhill

Note: This is an introduction to a series I will be doing about Evelyn Underhill, her work, and her influence. Further articles to come.

When one thinks of mysticism, the connotation in popular culture is usually that of the New Age guru with, perhaps, in its most extreme incarnations, such ethereal qualities so as not to be grounded; often the notion of the mystical/esoteric and the intellectual seem inherent contradictions in terms. But there have been scholars who have profoundly defied this perception. Their intellect and their capacity to parse the most complex…