The Way Of The Hermit

Author : Mario I. Aguilar
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781784503543

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The Way of the Hermit by Mario I. Aguilar Pdf

At first sight the lives of hermits, living in solitude and committed to a life of prayer and contemplation seems to be a world apart of the active practice of interfaith dialogue. Yet, there is a long tradition of seeking the divine together and thus making a contribution to better mutual understanding and an active contribution to peace between Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism in India. Drawing on his experience of travelling to some of India's holy places, the life and work of writers like Thomas Merton, Charles de Foucauld and Abishaktanda and being himself a Benedictine hermit and Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews, Mario Aguilar opens up new possibilities for dialogue between three of the world's major religions in today's world. He shows how his own experience of an eremitic life has brought him into deep communion with pilgrims of other faiths, be it through shared silence or listening to each other's experience, through reading sacred scriptures together, through poetry or interfaith worship that draws on practices and texts from Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. This is a book for all engaged in interfaith dialogue and seeking to explore how spiritualities of silence, contemplation and prayer can make a contribution to peace and harmony in the world today.

Author : Ken Smith
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780369749772

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The Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith Pdf

Subconsciously, I pressed myself into the loch's banks as that summer inched forward. We'd got off to a rocky beginning, but I started to see Treig in a different way. There was something about this land that told me just to hold on a while longer. It might've been just a whisper at the time, but I knew it was definitely worth heeding. I just knew that was it. This was the place. Seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as "the lonely loch," where he lives off the land. He fishes for his supper, chops his own wood and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a hermit. From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, Ken always sensed that there was more ot life than an empty nine to five. Then one day in 1974, an attack from a group of drunken men left him for dead. Determined to change his prospects, Ken quit his job and spent his formative years traveling in the Yukon. It was here, in the vast wilderness of northwestern Canada, that he honed his survival skills and grew closer to nature. Returning to Britain, he continued his nomadic lifestyle, wandering north and living in huts until he finally reached Loch Treig. Ken decided to lay his roots amongst the dense woodland and Highland air, and has lived there ever since. In The Way of the Hermit, Ken shares the remarkable story of his lfe for the very first time. Told with humor and compassion, his unique insights allow us to glimpse the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature and offer wisdom on how each of us can escape the pressures and stresses of modern life.

Author : Robert Rodriguez
Publisher : Hermitary Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1736866508

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The Book of Hermits by Robert Rodriguez Pdf

A history of hermits and eremitism from antiquity to the present: Greco-Roman influences, early Christianity, hermits in medieval Europe and East Asia, decline in Western modernity, the rise of solitude, and rehabilitation of hermits.

Author : Ken Smith
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781035009848

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The Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith Pdf

Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month 'A love story to the mountains in the mist, the pulsating northern lights and the red deer at dawn. And to independence.' - The Washington Post 'A Thoreauvian account of solitary life in the Scottish Highlands . . . delightful' - Kirkus Reviews 'Ken Smith’s advice for staying alive in inclement conditions could equally be applied to achieving hard-won dreams' – Geographical 'Ken Smith comes across as a thoughtful, resourceful and above all humane man . . . inspiring' – BBC Countryfile Magazine ***** Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The Way of the Hermit, seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith recounts a life he has chosen to spend alone with the wilderness. Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone, with no electricity or running water. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the lonely loch', where he lives off the land: he fishes for his supper, chops his own wood, and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a hermit. For the first time, Ken shares the story of his life. From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, to the formative years he spent travelling in the Yukon and finally how he came to be the Hermit of Loch Treig. Looking back through decades of diary entries, Ken reflects upon the reasons he turned his back on society, the vulnerability of old age and the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature. The Way of the Hermit is a humorous, transcendent and life-affirming memoir.

Author : Rick Bass
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547346687

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The Hermit's Story by Rick Bass Pdf

A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year: “Uniformly excellent” stories about our relationships with each other and with the treacherous natural world (Publishers Weekly). In the title story, a man and woman travel across an eerily frozen lake—under the ice. “The Distance” casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson through the lens of a Montana man’s visit to Monticello. “Eating” begins with an owl being sucked into a canoe and ends with a man eating a town out of house and home, and “The Cave” is a stunning story of a man and woman lost in an abandoned mine. Other stories include “The Fireman,” “Swans,” “The Prisoners,” “Presidents’ Day,” “Real Town,” and “Two Deer.” Each is remarkable in its own way, sure to please both new readers and avid fans of Rick Bass’s passionate, unmistakable voice. “Bass focuses a naturalist’s eye not only on the frozen lakes and interplay of predator and prey often found in his work but also on the ebb and flow of human emotions and relationships . . . Thought-provoking and entertaining, these stories move along quickly but continue to resonate long after the reader is done; several have been anthologized in award collections.” —Library Journal “Beautiful in their magical imagery, dramatic in their situations, and exquisitely poignant in their insights, these stories of awe and loss are quite astonishing in their mythic use of place and the elements of earth, air, fire, and water.” —Booklist “Bass puts his talent as a nature writer to terrific use.” —The New York Times Book Review “Bass’s language glistens with the beauty of the landscapes he evokes.” —San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

Author : Peter France
Publisher : Random House
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781473511637

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Hermits by Peter France Pdf

Ours is an age where solitude tends to be discussed in the context of the 'problem of loneliness'. However in previous ages the capacity to seek fulfillment outside society has been admired and seen as a measure of discernment and inner security. In this lucid and highly readable book, Peter France shows how hermits, from the Taoists and Ancient Greeks to the present day, have something vitally important to say to a society that fears solitude.

Author : Michael Finkel
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781101911532

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The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. “A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival.” —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.

Author : Bill Peet
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980-10
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 081242736X

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Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet Pdf

Kermit the Hermit was a greedy, gabby crab until he found a better way of living.

Author : John Michael Talbot
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781608330683

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The World Is My Cloister: Living From the Hermit Within by John Michael Talbot Pdf

Author : Paula Huston
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814685068

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The Hermits of Big Sur by Paula Huston Pdf

Between World War II and Vatican II, as Italy struggled to rebuild after decades of Mussolini’s fascism, an eleventh-century order of contemplative monks in the Apennines were urged by Thomas Merton to found a daughter house on the rugged coast of California. A brilliant but world-weary ex-Jesuit, who had recently withdrawn from a high-intensity public life to go into reclusion at the ancient Sacro Eremo of Camaldoli, was tapped for the job. Based on notes kept for over sixty years by an early American novice at New Camaldoli Hermitage, The Hermits of Big Sur tells the compelling story of what unfolds within this small and idealistic community when medievalism must finally come to terms with modernism. It traces the call toward fuga mundi in the young seekers who arrive to try their vocations, only to discover that the monastic life requires much more of them than a bare desire for solitude. And it describes the miraculous transformation that sometimes occurs in individual monks after decades of lectio divina, silent meditation, liturgical faithfulness, and the communal bonds they have formed through the practice of the “privilege of love.”

Author : Annie E. Ridley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Christian life
ISBN : BL:A0026276234

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Under the Waves; Or, The Hermit-crab "in Society." by Annie E. Ridley Pdf

Author : Jeffrey H. Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Hermits
ISBN : 1633811883

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Hermit by Jeffrey H. Ryan Pdf

"When Jim Whyte settled outside the slate mining town of Monson, Maine, in 1895, people hardly knew what to make of him. Almost 130 years later, we still don't. A world traveler who spoke six languages fluently, Whyte came to town with sacks full of money and a fierce desire to keep to himself. It was clear that Whyte was hiding something -- enough to make the FBI come looking. But even the Feds couldn't imagine how Whyte, who lost every penny he had when WWI broke out, amassed another fortune before he died. Based on the true story, Hermit follows one man's quest to discover all he can about Whyte's secret life before it's too late"--from back cover.

Author : Tim Dedopulos,Greg Stolze
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1565047486

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Hunter Book by Tim Dedopulos,Greg Stolze Pdf

For centuries, supernatural powers have reigned, warring among themselves, culling the human herds and lashing out from the shadows. The creatures of the night have held court since before the dawn of history. Nothing lasts forever. From the throng of humanity, individuals emerge who know the truth. They know monsters exist. Enough is enough! The forces of darkness must pay their due. The time of retribution is at hand. Hunter Books provide vital character information for players and Storytellers.

Author : Richard Giannone
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611172270

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Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist by Richard Giannone Pdf

"Lord, I'm glad I'm a hermit novelist," Flannery O'Connor wrote to a friend in 1957. Sequestered by ill health, O'Connor spent the final thirteen years of her life on her isolated family farm in rural Georgia. During this productive time she developed a fascination with fourth-century Christians who retreated to the desert for spiritual replenishment and whose isolation, suffering, and faith mirrored her own. In Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist, Richard Giannone explores O'Connor's identification with these early Christian monastics and the ways in which she infused her fiction with their teachings. Surveying the influences of the desert fathers on O'Connor's protagonists, Giannone shows how her characters are moved toward a radical simplicity of ascetic discipline as a means of confronting both internal and worldly evils while being drawn closer to God. Artfully bridging literary analysis, O'Connor's biography, and monastic writings, Giannone's study explores O'Connor's advocacy of self-denial and self-scrutiny as vital spiritual weapons that might be brought to bear against the antagonistic forces she found rampant in modern American life.

Author : Susan Butler
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0440228964

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The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler Pdf

After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned and "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to overthrow the government.