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T-Evelyn Underhill Veni, Sancte Spiritus 5-29-05
A lecture or study notes prepared by Frank G. Carver dated May 29, 2005, focusing on the life and spiritual writings of the English mystic Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941). The document discusses Underhill's transition from a theocentric to a Christocentric spiritual orientation under the direction of Baron Friedrich von Hügel, her relationship to the 13th-century hymn 'Veni, Sancte Spiritus,' and her work 'The Golden Sequence' (1933). The text also references John Mason Neale's translation of the hymn and includes scholarly commentary regarding Underhill's place within the tradition of classical mysticism versus experientialism.
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