The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish wilderness

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The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish wilderness

The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish wilderness

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A hermit’s lifestyle is one of solitude and seclusion from society. When and why did you decide to become a hermit? Gene: Just that it mentions being out under the stars, and that the ritual is linked to the mysteries of Ceres and Isis. Set a small routine of prayer and meditation for your daily life, start and keep to it. Do not read about it, or talk too much about it, just do it! And the Absolute will be waiting for you. 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.

Huge credit to the ghostwriter, Will Millard, who has created such a coherent, engaging narrative.” Country Life magazine Gene: Well, silence was referred to in two very different ways in this Degree. On the one hand, you had the silent judgment of the “Holy Vehm” tribunal, and on the other, we were lectured to keep silent about the faults of others.

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David: That’s right Sean. Monotheism is the formula being put forward. It says “Let him steer away from all those vain philosophies, which endeavor to account for all that is, without admitting that there is a God, separate and apart from the Universe which is his work: which erect Universal Nature into a God, and worship it alone: which annihilate Spirit, and believe no testimony except that of the bodily senses: which, by logical formulas and dextrous collocation of words, make the actual, living, guiding, and protecting God fade into the dim mistiness of a mere abstraction and unreality, itself a mere logical formula.” There is only one single life in every human being, thus a hermit relies on a discipline of life where the day is marked by several activities. The life of a hermit, in my case in the Benedictine tradition, starts very early (3.45am) with meditation and silence until it is time to start the university day. During the day, I extend that prayer to those whom I teach and my fellow researchers. Political activism happens naturally because it is an extension of God’s action in the world, a world that should live more deeply justice, peace and understanding. I return to the hermitage happy to be left with God but with reports to be written on behalf of asylum seekers, correspondence, and my own academic studies currently related to India and Tibet. David: Which brings us full circle. Speaking of being in the dark, another theme of the Degree was how dark it was, the ritual being only lit by the light of the full moon. What did you see in that? Remembering his childhood spent fishing in the Cambridgeshire Fens with his Grandad, Will sets off on a journey across Britain in an attempt to recapture those halcyon days. Armed with his late grandad’s fishing encyclopedia his avowed aim is to catch some of the great forgotten fish species of our island, and expunge the bitter memory of a record-breaker that once slipped through his fingers, but ‘The Old Man and the Sand Eel’ is much more than a boy’s own adventure. Alone on the banks, Will finds himself exploring what it really means to be a man and a father, as well as a fisherman.

Gene: Yes, after the Patriarch Noah. The Noachites are actually a sect of Judaism that hold that Noah laid down the first laws of God, which they live by. Will Millard] writes with a genuine sense of humility (…) humour and reflection” Countryfile Magazine David: Ok, so anything else that you want to say about the Degree before we begin looking at the Degree Lecture? David: You know, if you think about it, resentment is like a mind cancer. It grows and feeds on itself… and saps your energy, that could be used for something positive. But the interesting part, and the part that pertains to this Degree, is that the harsh judgment you make, which is the “crime”, if you want to call it that, carries its own punishment. Smith isn’t any sort of counterculture radical. He has no interest in politics. His lifestyle isn’t any sort of statement. He doesn’t even profess any environmental agenda, beyond being off-grid, loving wildlife and the great outdoors, not owning much stuff and refusing to engage with “civilisation” as most of us know it. He makes occasional reference to “the rat race” but isn’t polemical or proselytising, either in his book or in person. Nor is he cantankerous or curmudgeonly. Rather, he’s a gentle soul.” Robert Crampton, The Times.If you're coming to Coles by car, why not take advantage of the 2 hours free parking at Sainsbury's Pioneer Square - just follow the signs for Pioneer Square as you drive into Bicester and park in the multi-storey car park above the supermarket. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. You don't need to shop in Sainsbury's to get the free parking! Where to Find Us From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada: Will writes with flawless charm, light humour and gentle authority – A major talent and the best writer of this type since I first discovered Bill Bryson” Heat Magazine Gene: But what do you think that confusion and the Pentecostal reversal of confusion of languages symbolize? David: So they started in the 12th century and were most powerful in the 15th. When did they cease to be?



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