January 2028 will mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the medieval friar known to posterity as Meister Eckhart. A preacher, teacher and mystic, this controversial Dominican – the whiff of heresy around his name has never been entirely dispelled – is enjoying a renaissance.

To find out more about him, our regular reviewer of spirituality titles Lavinia Byrne recommends searching out the Eckhart Society. As well as holding an annual conference, it publishes a review entitled Medieval Mystical Theology and hosts online “table talks”. Lavinia tells us: “The interesting thing about Eckhart is that while he attracts people from the academic community, he also draws in practitioners from every faith group and none. Fellow Religious, teachers, philosophers, the occasional yoga guru and contemporary mystics alike are attracted by the ideas he explored and like to get together to try to understand better what he taught.”

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