Cave of Kelpius

[jeff of pa]

Sun, Jun 17, 1900​

Philadelphia Daily News​

Mon, Jun 26, 1995 ·Page 12

 

[jeff of pa]

 

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[Crow]

There was a whole plethora of hermit mystics in Europe at the time. That seeking solitude and had various religious doctrines. I had not heard of this man.

It sort of reminds me of early Irish monk hermits seeking the meaning of life in remote wild places, like in County Kerry, Ireland. These early Christians in the 6th century lived in a time when the locals were pagans. A lot of these traditions moved to united states.

Thank you for the interesting story.

Crow

 

[Crow]

Even today Hermit monks in America follow ancient, silent contemplative traditions, often living in remote, cloistered communities focused on prayer, solitude, and silence. Major groups include the Carmelite Hermits in Wyoming, the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration in Vermont (Carthusians), and various Catholic, Orthodox, or Buddhist practitioners. These hermits, such as the Pauline Fathers, dedicate their lives to intense, focused spiritual practice, often in mountainous regions.

In the context of treasure, most likely disappointing, as most made a vow of poverty and lived in austere conditions.

Yet their presence in America is amazing and little known.

Crow

 

[jeff of pa]

I tell the People Here in the Apartment Building I'm practicing to Be a Hermit when They Wonder Where I've Been That & Hibernating are my Usual Excuses for avoiding Talking to People

 

[Crow]

In the early 13th century, a recluse hermit was a person who shut out the world to meditate on religious issues. But nowadays, recluses can think about whatever they want while they're sitting in solitude — they're simply people who shy away from social interaction and live secluded lives. Modern society has created many people to disengage from society. It's not just older people but younger people as well. We have an internet society that shops from home work from home, and cannot make eye contact with people.

As we can see by your post on this 1684 hermit and through history, it is not a modern phenomenon.

Classic historical hermits include early Christian desert ascetics like St. Anthony and St. Paul of Thebes (c. 3rd–4th century), stylistic monk St. Simeon Stylites (4th century), and medieval recluses such as Julian of Norwich. These individuals sought extreme isolation for spiritual enlightenment, a tradition echoed in various cultures and later, 18th-century "garden hermits"

This a property in Ireland being leased for grazing that has a 6th-century beehive monks' cell.

Looking down from hill of the Bulls.

The partially destroyed monk's cell was used as an animal shelter.

There was a spring and a well nearby , below

This holy well Saint Ciarán of Saigir (or Ciarán the Elder) is allegedly dedicated the primary patron saint and legendary founder of Christianity on Cape Clear Island, reputedly born there in the 4th century before St. Patrick. His feast day is March 5th, celebrated at his holy wells dedicated to him all over the west coast of Ireland. Hermit monks resided in sparse stone beehive monk cells. The area around them at the time was predominantly pagan, following the ancient Celtic Iron Age religion of the druids.

Here, the irony is that nearly all Christian sites are pagan in origin. The site known in English as hill of Bulls was an ancient veneration site. Over time, Christianity supplanted the old pagan religion.

These traditions naturally transposed themselves to the new world as Christianity spread with early colonists in America. There is no exact, single count for the total number of Christian religious sites or hermitages globally, as they range from major, globally recognized basilicas to thousands of small, local shrines, ruins, and secluded cells. However, evidence suggests there are tens of thousands of such sites worldwide.

As far as I know, there has been no research on how many Christian hermit cells and veneration sites are in the United States. Cave of Kelpius follows in these traditions.

Crow

 

[jeff of pa]

I Can still Look people in the Eyes when I Need to Talk to Them.
I'm just Mostly a Loner. So Meeting New People is Just Not My thing.

Doing so online is Fine, Just In Person I Avoid New people.

That is Unless I Find them to Be Pretty Women I Always have a smile For them, But rarely Chat them Up Too

 

[Crow]

I Can still Look people in the Eyes when I Need to Talk to Them.
I'm just Mostly a Loner. So Meeting New People is Just Not My thing.

Doing so online is Fine, Just In Person I Avoid New people.

That is Unless I Find them to Be Pretty Women I Always have a smile For them, But rarely Chat them Up Too

Oh, I chat them up, baby! A real challenge considering I hit every branch on the way down, falling out of the ugly tree. God had a sick sense of humor that day and said that was fun! Let's drop him again. It took me a lifetime to understand one word, "presence."

I can be both a loner and a very likable, sociable person. going out of my way to help and talk to people. I enjoy being around people, but I also enjoy my own space. I have stare that looks people in the eyes as if I am looking into their souls. My eyes scare the shit out of people as it betrays my emotions, after a life of seeing murder, misery, and death all over the world.

I have crazy laughing Viking piercing blue eyes. They can be bright blue, laughing, fun, and mischievous eyes, and when provoked, the eyes turn cold as ice and utterly ruthless. turning into a steelie color of death as the Viking inside me is never far away.

Crow