Karen Armstrong

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

  7 / 10
• MRMystical Receptivity

  7 / 10
• ATAscetic Tendency

  7 / 10
• TVTragic Vision

  6 / 10

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

• Frithjof SchuonTHRESHOLD

  Transcendent unity of religions — the perennial philosophy.

• BonaventureTHRESHOLD

  Itinerarium — the soul's journey through nature to God's depths.

• Bernard of ClairvauxTHRESHOLD

  Love of God in four ascending degrees; mysticism of the will.

• A.K. CoomaraswamyTHRESHOLD

  Traditionalism — sacred art as the vehicle of metaphysical knowledge.

• Junayd of BaghdadTHRESHOLD

  Sober Sufism — return to the world after fana, carrying knowledge of unity.

• Mechthild of MagdeburgTHRESHOLD

  Flowing Light of the Godhead — bridal mysticism in vernacular German.

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

• View from above →

  Mentally zoom out — your city, your country, the planet — and look back at your day.

• Memento mori →

  A short, deliberate confrontation with mortality. Clarifying.

• The Examen →

  Five-step Ignatian end-of-day review — what was given, what was missed, what to take into tomorrow.