Ebook {Epub PDF} Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard

10 rows · Free download or read online Holy the Firm pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was /5. Some Mystical Elements in Dillard's "Holy the Firm". Apophatic theology -- the recognition that God is present in all aspects of the Creation. "Stalking" of the Divine -- a continual search to uncover divine activity in nature and humanity. Observant Vision -- an active stillness, a close attention to whatever is nearby in order to experience the divine.  · Annie Dillard puts that brand of environmentalism to rest. Dillard’s praise of nature is at once marveling of its beauty and, in the same breath, its brutality and violence. Her metaphysics accommodate suffering as a fundamental tenet of life itself: a holy sacrifice. This is no surprise: For a time, Dillard had converted to Catholicism. She is well regarded for her ability to skirt the line between .

Holy the Firm is a work whose leading allusion is to a concept drawn from esoteric Christianity. Holy the Firm, according to Dillard's medieval sources, is a created substance which occurs. -- Annie Dillard. Some Mystical Elements in Dillard's "Holy the Firm" Apophatic theology -- the recognition that God is present in all aspects of the Creation "Stalking" of the Divine -- a continual search to uncover divine activity in nature and humanity; Observant Vision -- an active stillness, a close attention to whatever is nearby in order. Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard - ebook () published by Canongate 7 April The Pulitzer Prize-winner's highly celebrated and profound exploration of the natural world, both its beauty and its cruelty.

Holy the Firm is a book on spirituality by American naturalist and author Annie Dillard. Drawing from her prior two years spent writing in solitude on an island somewhere in Puget Sound, the book interrogates the nature of reality, time, the relationship between life and death, and the will of the Christian God. Annie Dillard puts that brand of environmentalism to rest. Dillard’s praise of nature is at once marveling of its beauty and, in the same breath, its brutality and violence. Her metaphysics accommodate suffering as a fundamental tenet of life itself: a holy sacrifice. This is no surprise: For a time, Dillard had converted to Catholicism. She is well regarded for her ability to skirt the line between the ethereal and the limits of physical nature. A Christian, she seeks answers in her wide-ranging theology, and seems to find an inroad in the idea of "Holy the Firm"--a substance lower than salts and minerals, below the earth’s crust, in touch with "the Absolute." The narrator hence posits that "Holy the Firm" allows for an unbroken circle between God, Christ, and the created world.