Hermits around the web – Hermitary
news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
From CNN, an update (if not the last word) about Mauro Morandi, long-standing Italian hermit, mentioned several times in this blog: “For nearly 33 years he lived a hermit life on a beautiful island in the Mediterranean, where he was the sole inhabitant. Mauro Morandi, known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe after developing a loyal online …
The COVID pandemic has stimulated essays, blog posts, and ruminations on solitude and loneliness for iover a year, but often uneven, unfulfilled, and unconnected to larger themes. Many of these sincere efforts miss opportunities to express larger contexts. Once in a while, a good connection to a classic or universal writer, poet, thinker, or theme …
CNN reports on the latest Italian government effort to remove Mauro Morandi from his hermit life on the island of Budelli. URL: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/budelli-hermit-eviction-morandi/index.html
The US public radio program “To The Best Of Our Knowledge” (TTBOOK) recently repeated an hour-long segment on silence titled “Taking Comfort in the Sound of Silence.” The program features several segments, the descriptions below are from the program. These versions of silence are not explicitly eremitic but are certainly interesting applications. Norwegian writer and …
Mike Hannon is the director and producer of the forthcoming documentary film The Cloud of Unknowing, about a contemporary Irish hermit. An excerpt is available at Vimeo. Hannon comments on the film: The Cloud of Unknowing is a nineteen minute documentary on a modern day hermit who dedicated his life to the mystical tradition of …
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