{"id":2960,"date":"2007-08-19T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:02:23","slug":"mysticism-in-vancouver-bc-a-look-at-the-future-of-a-new-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/mysticism-in-vancouver-bc-a-look-at-the-future-of-a-new-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysticism in Vancouver, BC &#8211; A look at the future of a new Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by <\/strong><strong>Ray Yungen\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/merton_dali.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Thomas Merton and the Dali Lama\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> This past weekend, Lighthouse Trails author Ray Yungen visited believers in the Vancouver, BC area. Ray visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091126123354\/http:\/\/www.vst.edu:80\/about\/index.php\">Vancouver School of Theology<\/a> and its Thomas Merton reading room. The pictures on this post are from the visit. Please note the one of Merton and the Dalai Lami, who resonated with each other; also see the photo with Merton and the Buddha statue. Ray has asked us to post the following excerpt from his book along with the photos. He believes that this type of interspirituality is what lies ahead for the Canada, the US, and the Western world &#8211; a mystical, apostate Christianity in which eastern mysticism (rather than the Word of God) will be the foundation. May God bless and protect all Christian believers, including any pastors, in Vancouver as they stand for the faith and defend the gospel.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/merton_dali2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Thomas Merton and the Dali Lama\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oneness &#8212; The Outcome of Mysticism<\/strong><br \/>\nby Ray Yungen<\/p>\n<p>[Mysticism] has already spread extensively throughout the Roman Catholic and Protestant mainline churches. And it has now crossed over and is manifesting itself in conservative denominations as well&#8211;ones that have traditionally stood against the New Age. Just as a tidal wave of practical mystics has hit secular society, so it has also in the religious world. [Meditation proponent Philip] St. Romain makes one observation in his book that I take very seriously. Like his secular practical mystic brethren, he has a strong sense of mission and destiny. He predicts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Could it be that those who make the journey to the True Self are, in some ways, demonstrating what lies in store for the entire race? What a magnificent world that would be&#8211;for the majority of people to be living out of the True Self state. Such a world cannot come, however, unless hundreds of thousands of people experience the regression of the Ego in the service of transcendence [meditation], and then restructure the culture to accommodate similar growth for millions of others. I believe we are only now beginning to recognize this task.1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A book titled <em>Metaphysical Primer: A Guide to Understanding Metaphysics<\/em> outlines the basic laws and principles of the New Age movement. First and foremost is the following principle:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You are one with the Deity, as is all of humanity &#8230; Everything is one with everything else. All that is on Earth is an expression of the One Deity and is permeated with Its energies.2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>St. Romain&#8217;s statement was, &#8220;[T]he Ground [God] that flows throughout my being is identical with the Reality of all creation.&#8221;3 The two views are identical!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/merton_dali4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Thomas Merton and the Dali Lama\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St. Romain came to this view through standard contemplative prayer, not Zen, not yoga but a Christian form of these practices. The lights were also a reoccurring phenomenon as one contemplative author suggested:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.4<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately, this experience was not confined to St. Anthony alone. This has been the common progression into mystical awareness throughout the centuries, which also means many now entering the contemplative path will follow suit. This is not just empty conjecture. One mystical trainer wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[T]he classical experience of enlightenment as described by Buddhist monks, Hindu gurus, Christian mystics, Aboriginal shamans, Sufi sheiks and Hebrew kabalists is characterized by two universal elements: radiant light and an experience of oneness with creation.5<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Without the mystical connection there can be no oneness. The second always follows the first. Here lies the heart of occultism.<\/p>\n<p>This issue is clearly a serious one to contend with. Many individuals, using terms for themselves like spiritual director, are showing up more and more in the evangelical church. Many of them teach the message of mystical prayer. (Excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/atimeofdeparting.htm\"><em>A Time of Departing<\/em><\/a>, 2nd ed., pp. 48-50)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/merton_dali3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Thomas Merton and the Dali Lama\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Philip St. Romain, <em>Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality <\/em>(New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Company, 1995), pp.75-76.<br \/>\n2. Deborah Hughes and Jane Robertson-Boudreaux, <em>Metaphysical Primer: A Guide to Understanding Metaphysics <\/em>(Estes Park, CO: Metagnosis Pub., 1991), p. 27.<br \/>\n3. St. Romain, Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality, op. cit., p. 107.<br \/>\n4. Willigis Jager, <em>Contemplation: A Christian Path<\/em> (Triumph Books, 1994), p. 72.<br \/>\n5. Michael J. 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