news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
From the web site News.com.au, comes this item with the byline: “For over 50 years, a self-described hermit has carved out a cave home for himself by the sea, because he loves the sound of the ocean. But now authorities want him out.”
This blog has noted similar articles about the hermit : in 2013 and 2022. Search the category “Israel” for the entries.
“For 33 years, Mauro Morandi lived the life of a hermit on the Italian paradise island of Budelli, off the north coast of Sardinia popular for its pink coral beach.
“As the island’s caretaker, he lived alone in a ramshackle hut in the company of birds, and found it blissful. Three years ago, the marine park authorities of La Maddalena archipelago kicked him off the isle, with plans to build a museum.
“Morandi crashed back down to earth. He went from a life of freedom on the sand, surrounded by nature and the sea breeze, to sleeping in a small apartment on the nearby island of La Maddalena, a tourist hotspot with 15,000 residents.”
Check the category “Italy” for more entries on Morandi.
URL: https://inews.co.uk/news/world/people-overwhelming-hermit-kicked-off-italian-paradise-isle-2651700
The Associated Press carries this news item from Providence, Massachuisetts. Article title: “95-year-old painter threate edwith eviction from Cape Coddune shack wins five-year reprieve.The article is here reprinted in its entirety.
“A 95-year-old painter and his family threatened with eviction from the Provincetown, Massachusetts, dune shack they have helped care for and occupy for nearly eight decades have won a reprieve.
“A legal team representing the painter worked out an agreement with federal officials that allows Salvatore Del Deo and his family to continue to live in and maintain the shack for five years, according to his son Romolo Del Deo. A legal team representing the painter worked out an agreement with federal officials that allows Salvatore Del Deo and his family to continue to live in and maintain the shack for five years, according to his son Romolo Del Deo.
“The shack is one of a number dotting the more remote reaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore, located within the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District in Provincetown and Truro. The isolated shacks have no electricity or indoor plumbing and are prized for their uninterrupted solitude.
“The family was abruptly evicted by the National Park Service during the summer when the agency opted to start a bidding process to let the public apply for up to 10-year-leases to occupy eight of the shacks. The shack occupied by the Del Deos was not among the eight, but could be included in future bidding rounds.”
BBC Everyman series incliuded the 1993 documentary about Sister Irene, an Irish Cathoic hermit living in a cottage. The documentary is titled “First Irish Professed Hermit.” (Sister Irene later transferred to or created for herself a Carmelite convent : Carmelites of the Holy Face in Dunmanway, Co. Cork, Ireland ) The documentary is titled “First Irish Professed Hermit.”
URL: complete (60:06) https://youtu.be/p-QbNOg-MVc?si=vPWUKTEP-0WfJhHF;
Shorter version in two parts: URLs part 1 (19:53) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDf6Jm3HaM; and part 2 (13:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJAaUz9YeG8&pp=ygUMYmJjIGV2ZXJ5bWFu ;
Carmekiute foundation URL: https://carmelitesholyface.com/
A 2012 article titled “Taking refuge from modernity: 21st century hermits” in the Journal of the Rpyal Society of Medicine compares contemporary “hermits” seeking solitary places due to concerns about “electro-hypersensitivity” and “multiple chemical sensitivities” with the motives of historical hermits. Among the former are people fleeing electromagnetic radiation through cell towers and other technology devices. The behaviors and motives are compared to specific historical hermits: Noah John Rondeau, Roger Crab, St. Simeon Stylites, and St, Anthony the Great. The number of historical hermits is small, limited, and perhaps not representative.