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Chiesa San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634)
ROMA
Architetto: Francesco Borromini
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane es la obra maestra de uno de los máximos exponentes del barroco, Borromini, donde se adoptan soluciones muy innovadoras y revolucionarias con un espacio disponible muy reducido. Y el autor realiza un verdadero milagro al ampliar el espacio. La estructura de la iglesia es toda un movimiento continuo: la fachada se flexiona, cóncava y convexa a la vez. La planta es elíptica pero también es un octágono de paredes acodadas, imposible de definir en una figura geométrica precisa. Las paredes parecen estirarse en un continuo de soluciones ingeniosas al igual que la cúpula ovalada, que es única en su especie. Es un claro ejemplo de cómo la genialidad y la creatividad no siempre necesitan grandes espacios.
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is the masterpiece of one of the greatest exponents of the Baroque, Borromini, where highly innovative and revolutionary solutions are adopted with a very small space available. And the author performs a true miracle by expanding the space. The structure of the church is all a continuous movement: the facade flexes, concave and convex at the same time. The plan is elliptical but it is also an octagon with bent walls, impossible to define it in a precise geometric figure. The walls seem to stretch in a continuous of ingenious solutions just like the oval dome which is one of a kind. It is a clear example of how genius and creativity don't always need large spaces.
Founded at Althof in 1171 and funded by Pribislav, it was a strategic move to secure his rule as a Christian prince. The abbey was destroyed during the succession wars after his death, and rebuilt at Bad Doberan, ultimately becoming his final resting place.
This is on my bucket list for my visit to Germany this summer 😊❤️
Spirituality gives a sense of peace, wholeness and balance among the physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of our lives. It explains the actual purpose of life for the person.
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” ~ Albert Einstein
With love and blessings to all at Yule.
Since early Neolithic times, the female reindeer has been worshipped in the North. Unique to other deer species in that female Reindeer grow antlers, they were considered to be the “Life-Giving Mother” the leader of the herds, depended on for survival, milk, food, clothing & shelter.
Across the North, these attributes are part of the mythology and spirituality of the shamanistic peoples who tell a story of how at the winter solstice the Deer Mother Goddess flew through the sky in order to help the dying midwinter sun find its way back and begin the process of the returning light.
All throughout Europe, she was revered as the spiritual figure of Winter Solstice & Yuletide. The symbol of fertility, motherhood, regeneration & rebirth of the Sun, her antlers depicted as the tree of life carrying birds, the Sun, Moon & stars.
If you'd like to know more about the Northern European shamanic Winter Solstice traditions surrounding the Deer Mother and her flying Reindeer (hmmm...sound familiar?) this article is a good introduction: jocelynmercado.com/blog/deer-mother-winter-solstice
So it begins
But soon I will be released
But not from my vow
I will always be here
For you to find
If you care to open your heart
Wide enough
To let such love inside
So it begins
With my blood and tears
The sweat of my endurance
But this is all for you
For that day when you need me
When it is hard to be alone
Fear binding you to earth
Trapping you below
So it begins now
Walk with me to freedom
Let us open the doors
To the welcoming light
And the new dawn
Leave our ties behind us
Break all your bonds
No need to return
Let the Light find you, as Easter brings us new life, let the Light find you in the dark.
Glynde Church, East Sussex, UK.
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I'm not sure if I believe in prayer or a higher power but I have found myself praying just in case.
These days, I am praying for the refugees who were granted asylum by Biden but are now being deported by Trump.
I am praying for the children who don't feel safe at school. Maybe they have never felt safe at school because of school shooters but now they fear their own government more, even if they were born here. They can't concentrate and learn thinking that they might go home to find they no longer have parents.
I am praying for the people who can no longer pray in their place of worship because there are no safe spaces for them anymore, despite existing in a country who claims to value religion with.a leader they see as the second coming of Christ, even though he bears no remote similarities to him.
I am praying for the people who had the very unlucky circumstance of being born in a country under turmoil, not white, not wealthy, and struggling to survive from the moment they breathed. They find themselves in a country who claims to value life but their life is not valued at all. They are seen as the enemies while Proud Boys go free and wreak havoc.
We don't have to live this way.
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Walking through the fields next to the village of Markyate in Hertfordshire, you might come across this. It is part of a memorial for a young woman who had died in 2016. The memorial has been attended to ever since. The place is important to the family. It is not the graveyard but the fields, nature, where you, as I did today, can hear the song of the larks descending. My feeling is that this is intended to be a place where the young woman can still be found. Where she is present, perhaps in the lark's song. Fuji X-100F.
• Ein kleinerer Gopuram (Portalturm) im Ostteil des Sri Minakschi Sundareshwara Amman Tempels in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Südindien.
• A smaller Gopuram (portal-tower) in the eastern part of the Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwara Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India.
The Hsinbyume Pagoda in Mingun rises in an absolute white, almost unreal against the cobalt sky. Its seven undulating terraces, symbolizing the mountains encircling Mount Meru, climb one after another like frozen waves. The curves are so fluid it feels as if light itself, more than stone, shaped them.
At the center, the main stupa stands with a calm, geometric precision that gathers all that movement around it.
In this balance of forms and silence, the temple becomes more than architecture: it is a dream carved into white stone, where faith takes shape and shape, slowly, becomes prayer.
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Guided by a Buddhist master, a monk is studying among other monks in a classroom from a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma).
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This Shaman is practicing a Mayan ritual in a Catholic chapel. Mayan spirituality in Guatemala is still very much a presence, particularly in the highlands, along with Catholicism and the more recent incursions of Evangelical Christianity.
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El Gran Buda del templo Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, conocido como Phra Buddha Dhammakaya Thepmongkhon, es una impresionante estatua dorada sentada de 69 metros de altura
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La Cattedrale di San Sava, cuore spirituale di Belgrado, si erge maestosa sotto il cielo estivo. La statua del santo, simbolo di fede e cultura serba, accoglie i visitatori in un luogo dove storia e spiritualità si fondono.
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Храм Светог Саве, духовно срце Београда, уздиже се величанствено под летњим небом. Споменик светитељу, симбол вере и српске културе, дочекује посетиоце на месту где се историја и духовност спајају.
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The Saint Sava Temple, the spiritual heart of Belgrade, rises majestically under the summer sky. The statue of the saint, a symbol of Serbian faith and culture, welcomes visitors to a place where history and spirituality unite.
Liturgical piety is the mysterion showing up in our lives. Liturgical piety consists of the eschatological effects of the Kingdom, just celebrated in the liturgy, transfiguring the world to which we return after the celebration. We will discover piety’s province when we remember that God so loved the world that he gave his Son for its life. Liturgical piety is this new life, which comes from Christ, which is facilitated by the Church, which arises in our conversion, which begins with our baptism into Christ, who empowers us with the Holy Spirit, who is the source of our spirituality. The Church’s assigned mission, her leitourgia, is to witness to the transforming effects of the Kingdom of God by being transformed herself.
-Alexander Schmemann's Rejection of Orthodoxism
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The Hōzōmon, also known as the "Treasure-House Gate," is the second of two large entrance gates leading to the Sensō-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. This impressive two-story gate, known as a nijūmon, houses many of the temple's treasures on its second floor. Among these treasures are a copy of the Lotus Sutra, designated as a Japanese National Treasure, and the Issai-kyō, a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures recognized as an Important Cultural Property.
The first floor of the gate features two statues of Niō, the guardians of Buddha, three large lanterns, and two massive straw sandals called waraji. The Niō statues, standing 5.45 meters tall, are positioned on either side of the gate's south face. Due to these statues, the gate was originally named Niōmon before being renamed Hōzōmon.
The gate also includes three large lanterns. The most prominent is a red chōchin lantern hanging in the center of the gate's opening. Measuring 3.75 meters in height, 2.7 meters in diameter, and weighing 400 kg, the lantern displays the name of the town Kobunachō. The current version of the lantern dates back to 2003, when ¥5 million was donated by the residents of Kobunachō to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Edo period. On either side of the chōchin hang two copper Tōrō lanterns, each 2.75 meters tall and weighing approximately 1000 kg.
On the north (back) face of the Hōzōmon are the waraji, two straw sandals measuring 4.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and weighing 400 kg each.
The history of Hōzōmon dates back to 942 AD, when it was first built by Taira no Kinmasa. It was destroyed by fire in 1631 and rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1636. The gate stood for another 300 years until it was destroyed again during the Tokyo air raids of 1945. In 1964, the current steel-reinforced concrete structure was built with a donation of ¥150 million from Yonetarō Motoya. Since the gate was reconstructed using flame-resistant materials, the upper story of the Hōzōmon stores the Sensō-ji's sacred sutras.
The Hōzōmon gate is not only a significant architectural structure but also a symbol of resilience and cultural heritage. It stands 22.7 meters tall, 21 meters wide, and 8 meters deep, making it an imposing and impressive sight. The gate serves as a testament to the enduring spirit of the Sensō-ji temple and its importance in Japanese history and culture.
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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Arul Subramaniar Temple is a well visited Hindu temple in the Gunung Cheruh limestone hill near Medan Istana, Ipoh, Malaysia.
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Full Moon, the maximum expression of the Feminine, together with the maximum power of the Sun, symbol of the Masculine, the summer solstice.
“When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and that is because their eyes have already been dulled. So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see.”
― John O'Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
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The spirituality marketplace offers certificates in all manner of things, spiritual teachers who have websites about themselves, complete with details of how to friend them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. It is a far cry from the simplicity observed by the sixteenth-century German poet Angelus Silesius: “The rose blooms without why; it blooms because it blooms.” 19 Whether in leaf, bud, or blossom a rose takes no notice of itself. It does not ask itself, “Well now. Shall I bloom today or just take a personal day and bloom tomorrow?” In reactive mind we clearly sit for a “why.” Why sit? To acquire something we need and are convinced we do not have, but in fact already are—loving union with God. It is precisely this communion that evokes our beseeching in the first place. Again as St. Augustine puts it, “You cannot love what you do not know.” 20 Why don’t we long for plaid-flavored ice cream? We don’t long for it because it does not exist. Humans do not typically desire what does not exist. We may very well long for chocolate-flavored ice cream. It does exist. We only desire it if we have previously tasted it. And so it is for God. Because in some deep way we know (commune with) “the luminous darkness,” as St. Gregory of Nyssa names it, 21 the mystery we call God, we can desire the very God who from all eternity seeks and knows us, thus causing us to seek in return. To seek the Living One is a response to having been found (created) by God.
--An Ocean of Light Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation, Martin Laird, O.S.A.
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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road