Category: pilgrimage
More thoughts on forest bathing
I have posted before on “forest bathing”; the first post being perhaps a little over-critical of the potential for over-therapeutising what is essentially an attentive walk in the woods, the the second more…
From “The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty” – Paul Evdokimov
The Creator, like a divine poet, in bringing the world into being out of nothingness, composed his Symphony in Six Days, the Hexameron. After each one of his creative acts,…
Holy Well, Wilderness Gorge, Clonmel
Walking through Wilderness Gorge in Clonmel – a somewhat less dramatic landscape than the name suggests – I came across this sign: It had been a good few weeks since I had…
Montmorillon, Musée Robert Tatin, and the blindness of the Anglophone internet
Recently in France I visited two highly recommended tourist sites (I have no issue describing myself by the word “tourist”). One, Montmorillon, is described by English language wikipedia (more of which…
Joseph Needham, history of technology and the Ahenny High Crosses
Living in South Tipperary, the proximity of the a plethora of high crosses naturally piques ones interest. Some are well known, such as the Ahenny Crosses, some such as that…
The third who always walks beside you
Who is the third who always walks beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together. But when I look ahead up the white road There is…
A Short Walk In The Linguan River
Formerly the boundary betweent the kingdoms of Osraige (Ossory) and Eóganacht Chaisal (Cashel), the Linguan is a Suir tributary that for much of its course marks the Kilkenny -Tipperary county…
Séamus Sweeney 