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Thinking about what might be relevant for agorafolk.
slowing down, memorization
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. It's really cool to see how something really radical can be collaged together out of traditional texts.
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. What are rituals at fixed times that people use to structure their days? Cf. zmanim, I bet Cybulskie has good secular insights here; for me I'm just wondering if I could make a cute device to ring the angelus.
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 are the right example -- semi-monastic. :)
Also, they're trying out cohousing, which of course immediately pricks up my ears.