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Oct 07 2016

Michel de Montaigne: On Solitude

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Alphonse Mucha, Woman in the Wilderness.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How seclusion from the active life is the only peaceful way to live

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: alphonse mucha, essay, french, michel eyquem de montaigne, nonfiction, of solitude, philosophy, prose, silence

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: christianity, fiction, leo tolstoy, mikhail nesterov, prose, russian, short story, spirituality, the three hermits

Sep 09 2016

Teresa of Ávila: The Ecstasy of Love

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Fray Juan de la Miseria, Teresa de Jesús.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How the interior life is the only path to rhapsodic bliss

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, The Visual Arts, Wisdom · Tagged: autobiography, christianity, gian lorenzo bernini, nonfiction, prose, sculpture, spanish, spirituality, teresa of avila, the interior castle, video, women

Aug 26 2016

Carl Gustav Jung: The Red Book, Liber Novus

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C. G. Jung, The Red Book, Liber Novus.
Photograph: Philemon Foundation and W. W. Norton & Company

How an existential crisis precipitated an artistic masterpiece

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, The Visual Arts, Wisdom · Tagged: autobiography, carl gustav jung, liber novus, nonfiction, painting, prose, psychology, spirituality, swiss, the red book, video

Aug 12 2016

Alicia Torres: Darshan

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Mother Meera.
Photograph: Mother Meera: Darshan in Silence

A homage to Mother Meera

Written by Alicia Torres · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: alicia torres, guest post, hinduism, indian, mother meera, nonfiction, prose, spirituality, travel, venezuelan, women

Aug 05 2016

Alan Jacobs: Who Am I?

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Paula Marvelly, Alan Jacobs.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

A dialogue on the nature of the Self

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Wisdom · Tagged: advaita vedanta, alan jacobs, arunachala, english, interview, ramana maharshi, spirituality, tiruvannamalai, who am i?

Jul 15 2016

Marcus Aurelius: Meditations

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Eugene Delacroix, Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How a Roman emperor stirred the hearts and minds of his people

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: essay, marcus aurelius, meditations, nonfiction, philosophy, prose, roman, stoicism

Jun 24 2016

Xavier Beauvois: Of Gods and Men

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Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.
Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Love conquers all … even death

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Wisdom · Tagged: christianity, des hommes et des dieux, french, monks, movie, of gods and men, spirituality, video, xavier beauvois

Jun 10 2016

Plato: Phaedrus and the Charioteer

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Raphael, The School of Athens, [Plato and Aristotle].
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

How the ancients’ love of chariot racing became a metaphor for the human condition

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: ancient greek, ben-hur, nonfiction, phaedrus, philosophy, plato, prose, socrates

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