Edith Stein

The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.

• RTReverence for Tradition

  8 / 10
• MRMystical Receptivity

  8 / 10
• ESEmbodied Sensibility

  8 / 10
• TVTragic Vision

  7 / 10

The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.

• Karen ArmstrongTHRESHOLD

  The Case for God — religion as practice that re-trains attention.

• A.K. CoomaraswamyTHRESHOLD

  His traditionalism makes sacred art the vehicle of metaphysical knowledge.

• ThemistocleaPILGRIM

  Delphic priestess named by Pythagoras as his teacher on ethics.

• Hadewijch of AntwerpTHRESHOLD

  A Beguine mystic for whom the storm of love (minne) is God's own life.

• Frithjof SchuonTHRESHOLD

  Transcendent unity of religions — the perennial philosophy.

• PadmasambhavaTHRESHOLD

  The founder of Tibetan tantra, who taught the recognition of mind as primordial awareness.

Short exercises in the same tradition as Edith Stein's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.

• Premortem →

  Imagine the failure of your plan in vivid detail before you start.

• Negative visualization →

  Imagine losing what you have, briefly and concretely, to remember it's a gift.

• Memento mori →

  A short, deliberate confrontation with mortality. Clarifying.