tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088605398483604077.post1115293801258875269..comments2023-10-26T09:58:41.679+01:00Comments on whitesmokeahoy: Things are not always what they seem ....umblepiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13455889107917179909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088605398483604077.post-77438378288027553242009-10-19T15:44:06.535+01:002009-10-19T15:44:06.535+01:00Thank you Benedict, for your encouraging comment. ...Thank you Benedict, for your encouraging comment. I must confess that I too, love these extracts from the lives of the Desert Fathers. I find them truly a fount of wisdom and spiritual simplicity, in the best possible sense. I have included other extracts in previous posts, some short others rather longer, and I never tire of them. In fact in my September post, I included a short extract from the 'Pratum Spirituale' by John Moschos. The publication I refer to in my post, I acquired second-hand through either 'Alibris' or 'Amazon', at the same time I also bought 'Beasts and Saints' also translated by Helen Waddell, which included some wonderful wood-cuts by Robert Gibbings. I recommend the early hardback version with thick(ish) paper, the later wartime edition had rather thin, flimsy paper. Best wishes.umblepiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455889107917179909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088605398483604077.post-48174483875717389652009-10-18T22:22:15.716+01:002009-10-18T22:22:15.716+01:00Wonderful to read about the Desert Fathers on a bl...Wonderful to read about the Desert Fathers on a blog site. Personally my favourite is The Spiritual Meadow by John Moschos. I shall have to find the edition you mention in your post.<br /><br />Thank you for a very lovely blog.benedicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119070101706364578noreply@blogger.com