― Kate Horsley, Confessions of a Pagan Nun. 9 likes. Like “It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.” ― Kate Horsley tags: wisdom. 9 likes /5. Confessions of a pagan nun: a novel. "Cloistered in a stone cell at the monastery of Saint Brigit, a sixth-century Irish nun secretly records the memories of her Pagan youth, interrupting her assigned task of transcribing Augustine and Patrick."bltadwin.ru Interaction Count: CONFESSIONS OF A PAGAN NUN. By Kate Horsley. Boston: Shambhala, pages. ISBN # Comments of Bob Corbett. August Kate Horsley tells a fascinating story of Gwynn, a fifth century Irish woman living the life of a Roman Catholic nun, yet much more pagan Druid in her culture and inner being. Gwynn is the daughter of a Druid woman healer, a deeply spiritual woman .
Confessions of a pagan nun: a novel Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Confessions of a pagan nun: a novel by Horsley, Kate, Publication date a sixth-century Irish nun secretly records the memories of her Pagan youth, interrupting her assigned task of transcribing Augustine and Patrick."--Jacket. Kate Horsley's novel Confessions of a Pagan Nun follows a recent trend: an interest in religion and a search for the feminine side of the divine. The story unfolds in the 6th century, at a time when Christianity has reached Ireland and the old pagan and new religions struggle with each other. CONFESSIONS OF A PAGAN NUN. Confessions of a Pagan Nun, Shambhala Press - set in 6th century Ireland; a woman trained as a Druid and taken into Saint Bridget's Order of nuns reflects on her own life's passions and the world's profound spiritual changes. "As a slant of sunlight illuminates jewels long buried, Kate Horsley's novel brings words to an ancient silence and a living.
CONFESSIONS OF A PAGAN NUN. By Kate Horsley. Boston: Shambhala, pages. ISBN # Comments of Bob Corbett. August Kate Horsley tells a fascinating story of Gwynn, a fifth century Irish woman living the life of a Roman Catholic nun, yet much more pagan Druid in her culture and inner being. Gwynn is the daughter of a Druid woman healer, a deeply spiritual woman who taught her daughter a pagan way of life by example and experience. A poet as well as a novelist, Horsley has a PhD in American Studies and has published five novels. Her book A Killing in a New Town was the winner of the Western States Book Award for Fiction. Start reading Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel on your Kindle in under a minute. She tells her life’s story as a woman drawn to become a Druid, but caught in the crossfire of a new religion that privileged the wealthy, the powerful, and the merciless. She became a nun, while continuing to explore what life. Kate Horsley’s Confessions of a Pagan Nun was recommended to me by a friend.
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