The Four Stages of Chiara's "Mystical Journey"

For a phenomenology of the Christian experience propitiated by the charism of unity

Abstract

What driving significance and perspectives are offered by Chiara Lubich’s “mystical journey”? To answer this question, it is necessary to use a phenomenological method intent upon interpreting the experience as it is given in the wide-ranging parabola drawn out by it. This is done from two different vantage points: that of examining the selfawareness expressed by Chiara and that of looking upon the mystagogy she obtained from it to then transmit the same experience. Four steps can be distinguished a posteriori, and they are shown to be articulated coherently.