Category Archives: Spirituality

Diana Durham – Coherent Self, Coherent World – Review

Posted on October 2, 2019 by jananson

In a lecture called ‘Imagining Otherwise’, included in his book Green Man Dreaming (2018), Lindsay Clarke deploys a diagram of two intersecting circles to illustrate the relationship between our inner and outer worlds. The shape made by their overlap is … Continue reading →

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Cecil Collins and the Holy Fool

Posted on January 10, 2019 by jananson

I have a hazy memory, from my early twenties, of attending an exhibition of work by William Blake and also Cecil Collins at the Tate. It can’t have been an exhibition of major works, because what I remember are works … Continue reading →

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Mary Magdalene, the Movie

Posted on April 10, 2018 by jananson

Mary Magdalene has always seemed special. It’s difficult to fit together the different resurrection appearances of Jesus into a coherent narrative, but one thing is clear in the Easter story as I received it: Mary Magdalene is the first person … Continue reading →

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Daniel Odier’s Tantric Quest

Posted on February 11, 2018 by jananson

Daniel Odier is a novelist and his spiritual memoir Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love has something of the feel of a novel. I found it much more readable than some other books in this genre, such as those … Continue reading →

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