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Jul 07 2019

Albert Camus: Jonas or The Artist at Work

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Eugène Atget, Paris.
Photograph:Public Domain

Choosing to live

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: albert camus, algerian, eugène atget, exile and the kingdom, fiction, french, jonas, prose, short story, the artist at work

Mar 05 2017

Hermann Hesse: The Journey to the East

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Alberto Pasini, Oriental Landscape with Mosque.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

A voyage to the edge of despair

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: alberto pasini, fiction, german, hermann hesse, prose, short story, swiss, the journey to the east, travel

Feb 05 2017

W. Somerset Maugham: The Saint

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G. G. Welling, Sri Ramana Maharsh.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How a celebrated writer found his greatest inspiration in the presence of a humble sage

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: bhagavan sri ramana maharshi, british, g g welling, nonfiction, points of view, prose, short story, spirituality, the saint, tiruvannamalai, travel, video, w somerset maugham

Sep 16 2016

Leo Tolstoy: The Three Hermits

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Mikhail Nesterov, Hermit Fathers and Immaculate Women.
Photograph: [Public Domain] WikiArt

How individual belief triumphs over religious dogma

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: christian mysticism, fiction, leo tolstoy, mikhail nesterov, prose, russian, short story, spirituality, the three hermits

Jul 29 2016

Jack Kerouac: Alone on a Mountaintop

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Tom Palumbo, Jack Kerouac.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia Commons

The art of being on one’s own

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: alone on a mountaintop, american, beat generation, buddhism, diamond sutra, jack kerouac, lonesome traveler, prose, short story, tom palumbo, travel

Jul 01 2016

Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Leo Tolstoy.
Photograph: [Public Domain]
Wikimedia Commons

How the fear of dying becomes a gateway to the joy of living

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: christian mysticism, fiction, ivan ilyich, leo tolstoy, prose, russian, short story

Dec 10 2015

E. M. Forster: The Celestial Omnibus

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Dora Carrington, E. M. Forster.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

The triumph of experience over knowledge

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: e m forster, english, fiction, gustave doré, prose, short story, the celestial omnibus

Nov 17 2015

J. D. Salinger: Franny and Zooey

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J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey.
Typeface: Seb Lester

How a young woman’s spiritual crisis is redeemed by the power of familial love

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature · Tagged: advaita vedanta, american, fiction, franny and zooey, j d salinger, prose, short story, the way of a pilgrim, zen buddhism

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