The Hermit's Cell


O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most High, and reachest from one end to another, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.
Magnificat Antiphon for Advent


This page is dedicated to my spiritual journey and practice and to the many sources of wisdom in my life. I call it the Hermit's Cell because I feel a strong identification with the hermit, anchorite, or solitary monastic who seeks God in solitude. The icon featured above is "Holy Wisdom" by Robert Lentz.


Sources of Wisdom


Julian of Norwich and the Solitary Life
Hildegard of Bingen and the Benedictine Tradition
Thomas Merton and the Cistercian Tradition
Anglican and Other Christian Reources

Julian of Norwich and the Solitary Life

The Revelations of Julian of Norwich translated by Grace Warrack.
The Julian Shrine in Norwich, England, built on the site of Julian's cell.
The Solitaries of DeKoven, who live a life like Julian's in the contemporary Episcopal Church.
The homepage of the Order of Julian of Norwich, a contemplative monastic order within the Episcopal Church inspired by Julian's life and book.
The Julian icon is by Lu Bro, an Associate of the Order of Julian of Norwich.


Hildegard of Bingen and the Benedictine Tradition

The Order of St. Benedict,, to which Hildegard belonged.
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, contemporary women living under the Rule of St. Benedict.
Hildegard Links to sites on her visions, illuminations, music, and writings.
The Hildegard Website in Bingen (yes, it's in English, predominantly).


Thomas Merton and the Cistercian Tradition

The Thomas Merton Center, a site with many excellent resources.
The Thomas Merton Foundation, another very good website on Merton's life and writings.
The Cistercians Page, an overview of the order and tradition which formed Merton's spirituality.
Cistercian Publications, which makes available the rich writings of the twelfth-century founders of the Cistercian movement.
Cistercian Studies Quarterly, a periodical both spiritual and scholarly.
Carthusian Monks and Nuns. Carthusians are solitaries who live according to the Rule of St. Benedict. Merton considered leaving the Trappists for the Carthusians for a good many years.


Other Resources

The official website of the world-wide Anglican Communion.
Anglicans Online, a source for news, information, parish websites, liturgy and preaching resources, and pretty much everything Anglican.
Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion Resources.
Washington National Cathedral
The Daily Office of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
Celebrating Common Prayer, the daily office of the Anglican Society of St. Francis.
Oremus, an online Daily Office compiled from multiple sources.
Universalis, an online version of the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, online texts of great spiritual writings in the Christian traditions.
Bridge Building Images, an excellent source for holy images of holy people.
Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, a powerful African-American community in the Orthodox tradition inspired by the music of John Coltrane.
Anglo-Catholic Socialism, a challenging view of "traditional values".
Cowley Publications, a publisher owned by the Society of Saint John the Evangelist.
Project Canterbury, an excellent source for information on historic Anglicanism, especially of the Anglo-Catholic variety.
Anglo-Catholic Central, another rich source of links.


Updated 4 January 2005
Email: lonchura@yahoo.com