'She told me that the only way to fight the fire was with fire: soul fire.' Photo: by Egor Vikhrev on Unsplash

‘Images show us something that speaks to our condition.’

Thought for the week: Michelle Dumont gets the picture

‘Images show us something that speaks to our condition.’

by Michelle Dumont 3rd March 2023

Since the start of our Quaker movement, there have been Friends whose spiritual experience has been characterised by ‘seeing’. George Fox had visions. John Woolman and Samuel Fothergill had dreams. They spoke about them with other Friends, the imagery was shared, and it became part of the spiritual life of the wider Society.

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Wayfaring: A Guide To Guidance

"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)

Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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