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Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic

Name: Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic
Author: Francis Grierson

Francis Grierson

Read by Tim Rowe · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Practical Mysticism of Abraham Lincoln; The Divine Will; The Mystical Awakening; The Agnostic and the Mystic (14:19)
The Logic of the Supernatural; The Mystical Mood; Going into the Silence; Invisible Powers; The Fusion of Matter and Spirit; His Miraculous Progress (13:48)
A Prophetic Witness; Lincoln's Simplicity; Lincoln's Clairvoyant Wit; A Prophetic Vision of Hades; Shakespeare and Lincoln; A Prophecy Fulfilled (17:40)
The Ordinances of Heaven; Lincoln's Face; The Great Debate; Forecasting and Premonitions; Illumination of the Spirit; Tycho Brahe and Lincoln (16:44)
Herndon's Analysis and Testimony; An Original Mind; The Great Books; Veneration and Truth; The Great Puzzle; Lincoln's Will and Energy (11:24)
Nature and Prophecy; The Seal of Nature; Law and Authority; Lincoln as Critic; His Style; Lincoln's Serenity; The Romance of His Character (15:04)
President by the Grace of God; Science and the Mystical; The Old and The New; Destiny vs Will; James Jaquess - Practical Mystic; Images and Dreams; The New Era (17:32)