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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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Reposted  from English Russia Romance of the Hermit’s Life Posted on January 7, 2011 by zontic This 60-year old man is a hermit living in a thick forest somewhere in the Novgorod Region. What made him (and all such people) choose this way of life? Nobody knows…

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photo by Carlo Bevilacqua Anyone who knows me or looks through the tags of this website will know of my fascination with hermits and my own enjoyment of solitude.  So there will be no surprise that I’m posting a link to a set of 60 striking photos of hermits in several different countries by Italian [...]

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Xploring Hungary: Hermit Caves (Remetebarlang), Mátraverebély “These hermit caves were begun in 1756. Carved into the soft stone there are a total of a dozen caves that consist of two chapels, a kitchen, a pantry, bedrooms and what served as a toilet. The hermits themselves lived in these caves during the 18th century, although it [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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Falling from the World Falling from the world to be reborn in water; cold, astonishing, threatening sometimes. Alone, with beings who visit often. Alive, with so much work and joy. Food tastes good. Piss stinks. Warmth from the sun, and the stove. The wind on my cheeks drives the boat forward. To where? To what? [...]

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Han Shan – better known outside China as “Cold Mountain” – was a hermit who lived in the Teintai Mountains south of Beijing in the 7th or 9th Centuries. He lived in a cave high up Cold Mountain where he sought “enlightenment” or at least to live free of the restrictions of  society. He is [...]

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