The World Mystics is a free encyclopedia of the people who went looking for the sacred directly, and of the traditions that carried them. It is a map of what the perennial philosophy points at: different languages, the same depth.
Every entry tells a life from outside the tradition, plainly and fairly, and marks legend as legend. Quotes are checked against their sources before they appear. Display quotes come from public domain translations, credited with translator and year. Images are public domain, or the figure's emblem.
Curator
The encyclopedia is curated by Bob Peck, a writer and filmmaker on mystic spirituality and the author of Original Sin Is A Lie. Where Bob has written about a figure, a short signed reflection appears at the end of the entry.
Teaching these lives
Everything here is free to read. Classroom units, reading guides and group materials built from these lives are at Teach Wisdom Traditions.