The Mystical Experience of Augustine

Augustine has a mystical experience while reading Plotinus. But he can't hold it. The darkness in him has so much gravity pulls him back down and pulls him back towards that world of lust and addiction. He will later come to say that this is like a hole in being and it's just sucking the light away. And so he has what some people have reported having after they have some mystical experiences. It's like if I was to show you a beautiful place, this beautiful beach, and when you stepped onto the beach, you finally felt that peace. Like the peace you've sought all your life ... but you can't stay.