I do think that the mystical aspect of life is something that the rest of our society does a very poor job dealing with.

What you call "child-like faith and wonder" is a very special thing. It's something I've experienced many times and something that I don't want to lose.

Yet mysticism detached from a guidebook like religion gets really wacky really fast. This maybe something very useful that religion does for us: it let's us experience the mystical with some tried and true guidelines.

St Francis, or at least the stories we tell about him, was a great mix of mystical and practical. I am offput by a purely material view of the world, but I also am not sure how to find the mystical again.

Christianity

Should you tell your children if you stop believing in God?

Scoresby

Thanks for your kind words. 

I do think that the mystical aspect of life is something that the rest of our society does a very poor job dealing with. 

What you call "child-like faith and wonder" is a very special thing. It's something I've experienced many times and something that I don't want to lose. 

Yet mysticism detached from a guidebook like religion gets really wacky really fast. This maybe something very useful that religion does for us: it let's us experience the mystical with some tried and true guidelines. 

St Francis, or at least the stories we tell about him, was a great mix of mystical and practical. I am offput by a purely material view of the world, but I also am not sure how to find the mystical again.