Meister Eckhart also spelled Eckard, Eccard. Meister means "the Master."
Dominican preacher, theologian and mystic, born about 1260 at Hochheim, near Gotha; died in 1327 at Cologne. He made his philosophical and theological studies in the Dominican Order. Although a profound mystic he was also an able man of affairs, admirably manifesting the spirit of his order by uniting throughout his career great activity with contemplation. After a period of teaching he was made, in 1298, prior of the Dominican convent at Erfurt and vicar-provincial of Thuringia.
Eckhart Tolle.
Eckhart is a spiritual teacher and author who was born in Germany in 1948 and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge.
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