Eric O. Springsted spends some time with Contemplify to explore the life and attention of Simone Weil. The French philosopher, mystic and activist dared to imagine an authentic life based on the attention and practice of love for all of humanity. Weil came into her own through a contemplative stance hard-won through affliction and openness. Springsted has spent his entire career drawing from the deep well of wisdom that is Simone Weil. In our conversation we focus on what Simone Weil might say about the current education system, her freedom of thought, how poetry transformed Weil’s life and Springsted’s own story of connecting to Weil’s …
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003: Democracy of the Cosmos: John Muir’s Prophetic and Moral Vision with Donald Worster
Donald Worster (@TheWorster1979) connects with Contemplify to traverse the life and passion of John Muir. The American icon who combined intelligence and curiosity with a grounded love for the wilderness. Muir held a natural contemplative bent that married an abiding sense of purpose. The landscape of John Muir’s life is pretty well documented, in our conversation we focus on the unique character of John Muir, the life lessons the current generations could learn from him and Donald’s own sense of connectedness with the spirit of John Muir and his predecessors. Find something stiff to drink, a night sky full of stars and go for …
002: Julian of Norwich: Loving Without Annihilating Difference with Amy Frykholm (author, editor, poet)
Amy Frykholm (@AmyFrykholm) joins Contemplify in conversation on visionary 13th century contemplative and mystic Julian of Norwich. Bring some mead to the table because we cover a lot of ground here; the near death experience of Julian that catapulted her writing (by the by, Julian was the first woman to write a book in English), Amy’s life-altering encounter with Julian, a Noble prize winning contemplative geneticist who listened to corn, drink recommendations for a conversation on Julian of Norwich and much more. Amy Frykholm is an author, poet, contributor and editor at The Christian Century. Visit amyfrykholm.com to see all of her …
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