What are some good books on hermits and hermitry as a general phenomenon?
Ride the Tiger for modern day hermits.
>>7804565
my diary
Most of this is about monks who lived a communal life, but that is close to hermitage by the world's standards.
St. Athanasius' "Life of St. Anthony", the first great Christian monk (and hermit)
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2811.htm
Selections from "Sayings of the Desert Fathers"
http://www.stmarkchicago.org/Selections-From-The-Sayings-Of-The-Desert-Fathers.pdf
Philokalia (collection of works, mostly monks, over many centuries)
http://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Philokalia.pdf
Little Flowers of St. Francis
https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/FLOWERS.HTM
Life of St. Charbel Makhlouf (recent saint and hermit)
http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2010/10/saint-charbel-sharbel-makhlouf-maronite.html
Fr. John Hardon, S.J. (Jesuit).
Origins of Western Monasticism, Part 1
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_009.htm
Origins of Western Monasticism, Part 2
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_010.htm
The Rise and Growth of Western Monasticism: Part 1
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_012.htm
The Rise and Growth of Western Monasticism: Part 2
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_013.htm
The Rise and Growth of Western Monasticism: Part 3
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_014.htm
The Rise and Growth of Western Monasticism: Part 4
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_015.htm
Actually, there is a good game about it called Dear Esther.
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I consider it to have literary quality. In fact it could be an epistolary novel, the writing is ok, but it flows so much better with the symbols hidden in the environment and the theme of exploration.
>>7804836
Contrary to popular belief, Evola wasn't a fascist. He was found not guilty on charges of being a fascist sympathizer. Mussolini had lots of friction with his published works and the SS kept a dossier on him.
A hermit in interesting times truly.
Can anyone share books about hermitry which is NOT religiously motivated?
Notes from the underground my negro, in a sense
>>7805052
are you asking because faith bothers you or do you just want a different perspective?
>>7805052
Walden
Pic related, even tho i havent been able to find a pdf, but theres a version of the original thesis here https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/10184
heres a list of scholarly references http://moscow.sci-hub.bz/76e56e207f95197f2cf974c5f746d367/10.2307%4040726939.pdf
theres also a good short series in hermitary about chinese eremitism http://www.hermitary.com/articles/china-1.html (change the last number til 7)
>>7805052
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
http://www.hermitary.com/
this is the ultimate online place for hermits
This is not specifically about hermits but if you are interested in solitude it may interest you.
>>7804804
https://youtu.be/ae8_rbIxjmE
>>7805052
Does Zarathustra count?
>>7807664
It's not really about hermitry though, it just uses a hermit as a symbol.
>>7807706
The French Revolution was a mistake.
>>7807711
dub dubs
I recall there being a Chinese poet/philosopher who wanted to live simply like a hermit but China was sucking his dick so hard he had to go work in a city.
hmm Silas Marner is kind of about a hermit but in a boringly simplistic "and then he learned to love and stopped being a hermit" kind of way.
>>7809822
there are others who preferred to die in the woods or drown in the river before serving the sick society in which they lived
