Entering the silence : meditation and the hidden path of Theo Sophia, a treatise on the soundless sound extracted from the teachings of the Order of Christian Mystics and the Voice of the silence

Schreuder, Dirk Jan

dc.contributor.advisor	Mason, G. J.	en
dc.contributor.author	Schreuder, Dirk Jan	en
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-01T13:45:06Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-01T13:45:06Z
dc.date.issued	2025-09
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32571
dc.description	This dissertation aims to show that the eternal spiritual verities to be found within Asian philosophy such as karma, reincarnation and engaging an inner path of meditation to attain Unity with ‘God’ – freedom from repeated reincarnation – is comparable with, and to be found within broad-based Judeo-Christian1 mystical tradition as espoused by The Order of Christian Mystics (1908 - 1949). Its spiritual teachings aimed to show its pupils and disciples how to come into touch with an Inner Divine Power – the Mystic Christ or the Soundless Sound2 – and how this ‘Sound Current’ redeems and transforms the aspirant, leading to God-realisation. It draws on Theosophical teachings to show the universality with Asian philosophy, revealing a system of personal regeneration or spiritual alchemy, by transmuting the base creative energy – understood as kundalini shakti in Asian philosophy – through Divine aspiration and inner contemplative and meditative practices.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xi, 127 leaves) : illustrations (some color)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Entering the silence	en
dc.subject	The soundless sound	en
dc.subject	The sound current	en
dc.subject	Concentration	en
dc.subject	Meditation	en
dc.subject	Mystical Christianity	en
dc.subject	The mystic Christ	en
dc.subject	Regeneration	en
dc.subject	Redemption	en
dc.subject	Transmutation	en
dc.subject	Divine life	en
dc.subject	Purity	en
dc.subject	Theosophy	en
dc.subject	Nada	en
dc.subject	Sankhya	en
dc.subject	Samyama	en
dc.subject	Yoga	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Order of Christian Mystics	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Theosophy	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Mysticism	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Meditation -- Religious aspects	en
dc.subject.other	UCTD	en
dc.title	Entering the silence : meditation and the hidden path of Theo Sophia, a treatise on the soundless sound extracted from the teachings of the Order of Christian Mystics and the Voice of the silence	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Religious Studies)	en