Author: Jane Bentley Publisher: ISBN: 9781849521888 Category : Pilgrims and pilgrimages Languages : en Pages : 190
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For centuries, pilgrims have visited Iona in search of the sacred, inspired by the example of St Columba. Many modern-day travellers are also drawn to the island through work and witness of the Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian community working for peace and social justice.
Author: Claire Nahmad Publisher: Watkins Media Limited ISBN: 1780287852 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
A celebration of the beauty and mystery of Iona—a hallowed place of pilgrimage and spiritual self-discovery. With a history swathed in spirituality and mystery, the Scottish isle of Iona has always been revered as a holy place, the center of Scottish Christianity. Legends abound of Jesus and Mary Magdalene alighting and living here before the Crucifixion, and Christ is believed to have visited the island with his mother. Celebrating sacred Iona as a place of pilgrimage, Claire Nahmad explores the fascinating ancient link between Iona and Rosslyn Chapel, the extraordinary unfinished building near Edinburgh, another prominent destination for those interested in biblical, masonic and pagan history. Nahmad takes you on a journey of revelation, unlocking the golden secret of the island and unveiling the undisclosed legacy of the Knights Templar.
Author: The Iona Community Publisher: Wild Goose Publications ISBN: 1849520003 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 271
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The services and resources in The Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect the Iona Community's commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the 'sacred' and the 'secular'.
Author: Denise Crawn Publisher: Full Court Press ISBN: 9781938812095 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 52
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Denise Crawn's eye opens up profound connections with the natural world around us. As W.H. Auden once said of E. M. Forster, she "trips us up like an unnoticed stone" as we stumble through the unaware routines of our lives. "Look " she says, coaxing us to see more deeply and rewardingly into the comradeship of the woods-and she does so in a manner more than merely visual: Her insight operates on a spiritual plane, hinting at richer meanings in these connections. And she offers compelling remarks from other men and women, as diverse as Vincent van Gogh and Albert Einstein, who have understood the wisdom of nature to further deepen the emotional impact of her compelling photographs-now yours to enjoy.
Author: Dr Rosemary Power Publisher: Canterbury Press ISBN: 184825556X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Historian and Iona Community member Rosemary Power tells the story of the small Hebridean island of Iona and its remarkable spiritual influence over fifteen centuries. Beginning with the earliest Stone Age settlements, she combines new translations of early Gaelic and medieval Latin prayers with original research to chart: the founding of the abbey in 563ADsix centuries of monasticism: food, lifestyle, work and the pattern of daily prayerarchitecture, the high crosses and early artmedieval Iona: the nunnery, womens lives, and catering for pilgrimspost Reformation Iona: the rebuilding of the Abbey, the lives of the resident population and what visitors from the 17th century onwards experienced
Author: Jane Bentley, Paynter Neil Publisher: Wild Goose Publications ISBN: 1849521980 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 215
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A full-colour guide to the Iona Pilgrimage, both off-road and on-road, including a rich collection of readings, prayers, poems, photographs, songs, stories and reflections. For visitors to the island and 'armchair pilgrims' alike.
Author: Kurt Neilson Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 0819222348 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 239
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Urban Iona is a modern Celtic tale of healing and vision during and after the author's pilgrimage to Iona and Ireland. This is a powerful account of the author's search for his family's story, and the meaning and inspiration that story brought to his life and his ministry. Chronicled here is the author's pilgrimage to Irelandnot as a travelogue but as deep, moving, often humorous reflection on the meaning of what he discovered there.
Author: Claire Nahmad Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers ISBN: 1780286643 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 302
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The little island of Iona has a rich tradition of spiritual and historical mystery. Legends abound of Jesus and Mary Magdalene alighting and living here for a period prior to the Crucifixion, as well as the suggestion that Jesus visited the island with his mother under the escort of Joseph of Arimathea. The stories of angel sightings on Iona are legion, with claims that the island was once an exalted temple of natural beauty and wilderness, where only angels’ feet trod and no earthliness was allowed to encroach on its sanctity. The theme of the book, as well as the celebration of sacred Iona as a place of pilgrimage, is the unveiling of the the secret of Rosslyn Chapel, the unique and extraordinary, unfinished little building just beyond Edinburgh that was made famous by Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Iona and Rosslyn are united by ancient history, and particularly by the Culdees, the monks of Iona who settled there under St Columba late in the sixth century, and who eventually gave rise to the Templars, whose secret legacy is said to be the mystery of Rosslyn Chapel. The significance of Iona, and the veneration it inspires in its pilgrims, both reaches back into the depths of history and points towards a spiritual future.
Author: Alastair McIntosh Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1532634455 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 471
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The islands of the Outer Hebrides are home to some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world. They host an astonishing range of mysterious structures - stone circles, beehive dwellings, holy wells and 'temples' from the Celtic era. Over a twelve-day pilgrimage, often in appalling conditions, Alastair McIntosh returns to the islands of his childhood and explores the meaning of these places. Traversing moors and mountains, struggling through torrential rivers, he walks from the most southerly tip of Harris to the northerly Butt of Lewis. The book is a walk through space and time, across a physical landscape and into a spiritual one. As he battled with his own ability to endure some of the toughest terrain in Britain, he met with the healing power of the land and its communities. This is a moving book, a powerful reflection not simply of this extraordinary place and its people met along the way, but of imaginative hope for humankind.
Author: Jane Bentley
Author: Claire Nahmad
Author: The Iona Community
Author: Denise Crawn
Author: J. Philip Newell
Author: Dr Rosemary Power
Author: Jane Bentley, Paynter Neil
Author: Kurt Neilson
Author: Claire Nahmad
Author: Alastair McIntosh