Apophatic Tradition Pt. 1: Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, Wm. of St. Thierry; by James Wiseman

Fathers Thomas Keating, William Meninger and Basil Pennington began the Centering Prayer movement in the 1970’s to renew the Christian tradition of contemplation. This series, “The Christian Contemplative Heritage - Our Apophatic Tradition,” locates Centering Prayer in the mainstream of the Christian Contemplative Tradition which retrieved, reclaimed and reappropriated the classical inspirations of our apophatic tradition. Recorded at the Contemplative Outreach Institute at the Beech Grove Benedictine Center in January 1994, the entire series has not been available since the days of VHS videocassettes, until now. For a listing with links to all videos in this series, including Parts 2 to 4 of "An Overview of the Apophatic Tradition" by Fr. James Wiseman, go to the playlist at    • The Christian Contemplative Heritage  . For information on the Centering Prayer practice and Contemplative Outreach, which sponsored this series, go to http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org.