The origins of the christian mystical tradition From Plato to Denys. - Louth, Andrew (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Plato -- Philo -- Plotinus -- Origen -- Nicene orthodoxy: Athanasius ; Gregory of Nyssa -- The monastic contribution: Evagrius of Pontus ; the Macarian Homilies ; Diadochus of Photicē -- Augustine -- Denys the Areopagite -- Patristic mysticism and St. John of the Cross ; Divine darkness and the dark night -- The mystical life and the mystical body: Platonism and mysticism ; the communion of saints.
Keywords: Fathers of the church; Mysticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; 248.2 "00/04" -- Mystieke theologie. Mystiek. Mysticisme--?"00/04"