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Tag: vespers

Brother David Steindl-Rast
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‘Better to Light a Candle’ – The Healing Power of Vespers

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Vanessa Able

Brother David Steindl-Rast hones in on a transcendental moment of the day which in the monastic tradition is a time of reflection and healing.

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Helen Macdonald
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The Magic Lives of Swifts

October 9, 2020December 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

The twilight excursions of swifts echo the solemnity of certain spiritual rituals, when the earth is quiet enough that we can relocate our own bearings in relation to the world.

Tagged birds, flight, nature, recalibration, resetting, ritual, Spiritual Practice, vespers1 Comment
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