From 16752327f977b4111f4981aeb1d05a47303ba5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ubuntu Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:54:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] automated commit from wiki --- benedictine agora.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 benedictine agora.md diff --git a/benedictine agora.md b/benedictine agora.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d5f627 --- /dev/null +++ b/benedictine agora.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Thinking about what might be relevant for agorafolk. + +### slowing down, memorization + +[lectio divina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectio_Divina) is huge for Benedictines. They also went into how the relevant mystics' writings quoted *heavily* from the Scriptures and commentaries that they would have had at their relevant institutions. Editors later come back and mark the allusions with references (hypertext!), but they're nearly half the text. + +In my own reading and learning -- spiritual and secular -- I am voracious in the extreme. But these women were clearly getting something very, very important from going much deeper with much less. + +It's also clear that their perception of connections between texts are coming from a deeper level than I get to on my wiki, but maybe that's fine because it's not like they had the freedom to record all the shallower insights they had. + +### rhythm of life + +I am not up to [the divine office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours). What are rituals at fixed times that people use to structure their days? I bet [Cybulskie](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JXM1YT7) has good secular insights here; for me I'm just wondering if I could make a cute device to ring the [angelus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelus#Angelus_bell). + +### community life + +I don't have all the insight I'd need here, but I'll bet there's a lot to learn. Maybe [the Beguines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beguines_and_Beghards) are the right example -- semi-monastic. :) +