Thanks for sharing your insights - what a beautiful book to choose for lectio! I’ve read other books by Mirabai - I will be adding this to my TBR list.
This reminds me of a podcast I used to love: Harry Potter and the sacred text 😂 they went through the entire series, applying spiritual reading techniques (from the 3 big religions) and discussing symbology and themes. It was amazing.
Yay for Julian of Norwich and lectio divina! I used lectio divina so much while I was an evangelical, and it was my go-to when I was asked to lead Bible studies or devotions. I still appreciate the practice, but I've never tried it with a text other than the Bible. I'll have to try that sometime!
Well... I've never tried it with the Bible! LOL! :-) I had honestly never heard of the practice the entire time I identified as an evangelical. That said, we did some things that looked suspiciously like Lectio Divina without the Latin words. I think we were terrified of looking Catholic!
I can definitely recommend it for any text you really want to chew on.
A became aware of Julien of Norwich sometime within the last year or two when I set out to track down the author of the phrase "All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of thing will be well" -- which kept popping up in random places. She was a fascinating person.
The life of an 'anchoress' seems bizarre and even perverse, but given the context in which she lived (1300's, black death everywhere, etc) it becomes at least understandable how anyone would choose to live that way (or come to believe that they were in fact chosen by G*D to live that way).
That phrase does pop up everywhere, John. I've run into it in a few different contexts this year myself. I've started keeping note of these things in my journal. Once something shows up in at least three different contexts, I try to make a note. One day I think it would be interesting to graph the different things that are connected by common phrases or memes. Just to see what pops out.
And yeah... 'anchoress' is definitely not for me, even though I am an avowed introvert. I did six weeks of basically that in an 800 square foot house during the first weeks of COVID lockdown, and that was enough.
Thanks for sharing your insights - what a beautiful book to choose for lectio! I’ve read other books by Mirabai - I will be adding this to my TBR list.
This reminds me of a podcast I used to love: Harry Potter and the sacred text 😂 they went through the entire series, applying spiritual reading techniques (from the 3 big religions) and discussing symbology and themes. It was amazing.
You are so welcome, Lindsey!
Wow. That does podcast sound amazing! I'm linking it here in case anyone else is interested: https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/.
Yay for Julian of Norwich and lectio divina! I used lectio divina so much while I was an evangelical, and it was my go-to when I was asked to lead Bible studies or devotions. I still appreciate the practice, but I've never tried it with a text other than the Bible. I'll have to try that sometime!
Well... I've never tried it with the Bible! LOL! :-) I had honestly never heard of the practice the entire time I identified as an evangelical. That said, we did some things that looked suspiciously like Lectio Divina without the Latin words. I think we were terrified of looking Catholic!
I can definitely recommend it for any text you really want to chew on.
Yes, we didn’t call it lectio either - I learned about the practice once I became Episcopalian.
And I’d add a tarot pull for the passage too 😆😉
LOVE IT!
A became aware of Julien of Norwich sometime within the last year or two when I set out to track down the author of the phrase "All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of thing will be well" -- which kept popping up in random places. She was a fascinating person.
The life of an 'anchoress' seems bizarre and even perverse, but given the context in which she lived (1300's, black death everywhere, etc) it becomes at least understandable how anyone would choose to live that way (or come to believe that they were in fact chosen by G*D to live that way).
In any event her mystic visions still resonate.
That phrase does pop up everywhere, John. I've run into it in a few different contexts this year myself. I've started keeping note of these things in my journal. Once something shows up in at least three different contexts, I try to make a note. One day I think it would be interesting to graph the different things that are connected by common phrases or memes. Just to see what pops out.
And yeah... 'anchoress' is definitely not for me, even though I am an avowed introvert. I did six weeks of basically that in an 800 square foot house during the first weeks of COVID lockdown, and that was enough.