Veliki mistički pisac i mislilac Majstor Ekhart u svojim spisima razmatra mnoge teme, od siromaštva u duhu do Hristovog rođenja u duši, i to na veoma ličan način, koji nam otkriva više nego ma koja tobožnja naučnost. Danas su njegovi tekstovi trajno zaveštanje hrišćanstva i svih koji tragaju za istinom.
Ekhart je bio među prvim zagovornicima spiritualnosti zasnovane na stvaranju. Za njega je biti spiritualan značilo biti budan i živ, a to je značilo da je kreativna energija iskonsko posvećenje s kojim počinje „proleće života“.
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart... Show more