What ever possessed you to develop such a long list of books on mysticism?
I’ve been interested in mysticism since I was in high school. I’ve collected books by and about the mystics since then, and I’ve read quite a few of them. But in 2004 I decided I wanted to read the mystics in a more systematic fashion and thus began my personal reading list, which eventually evolved into a list of 111 Mystics of the Western traditions. Currently the books on that list are my top priorities for personal reading, study, and lectio divina. Meanwhile, though, it seemed to make sense to develop an even more extensive bibliography, and that’s how this website came about. I began it in March 2007.
