THE TUMBLER OF GOD
CHESTERTON AS MYSTIC
By
Robert Wild
Dedication
In gratitude to Aidan Mackay, the grandfather of all
modern Chestertonians, who encouraged me to keep
writing about Chesterton
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by
Author’s Preface & Acknowledgements
Part I Establishing Chesterton’s Mysticism
Chapter 1 What was on Chesterton’s Mind?
Chapter 2 Squeezing
Chesterton into the Definitions
Chapter 3 Chesterton’s
Makeshift Mystical Theory
Chapter 4 The Mysticism of Orthodoxy
Part II True Mystics, or Landing on One’s Feet
Chapter 5 The Everlasting Man: Model for Mystics
Chapter 6 St.
Francis: Le Jongleur de Dieu
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 George McDonald: Chesterton’s
Inspiring Mystic
Part III Some Mystics Who Landed on Their Heads
Chapter 9 William
Blake: A Tragic Mystic
Chapter 10 Tolstoy,
the Fraticelli, Huxley
Part IV The Sons of God Shouting for Joy
Chapter 11 The
God of Job: Chesterton’s Consoler?
Chapter 12 A New
Kind of Mystic, a New Kind of Saint