Centuries of Meditations

Centuries of Meditations is a prose work by Thomas Traherne, an English mystical poet. While Traherne published other works during his lifetime, the manuscripts for his poetry and Centuries of Meditations were only discovered and published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, creating a literary sensation.1

In Centuries of Meditations, Traherne instructs an acquaintance on his personal philosophy of "felicity." This philosophy is rooted in his Christian upbringing, his vivid childhood memories of wonder and joy, and his desire to recapture that sense in adulthood. The work is considered his most significant prose contribution.1