Br. Paul Quenon

About the Author

Br. Paul Quenon is a Trappist monk, photographer, and author (Unquiet Vigil, etc.).

A Week at the Hermitage, by Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.

July 28, 2018By Br. Paul Quenon

A Trappist monk’s sojourn at Thomas Merton’s hermitage

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of “She is the holy Oneness; that’s why she is a mystery,” says the African healer and guide Baba Mandaza Augustine Kademwa, in conversation with the Buddhist teacher Thanissara in this Winter 2019-2020 issue of Parabola. He speaks of Mother Earth, whom he says accepts to be called by many names, including Goddess. But this issue on Goddess reveals that she is always to some degree unknown. “The brain isn’t the highest human function,” points out physician and author Rachel Naomi Remen in conversation here with Parabola’s West Coast editor Richard Whittaker. “The highest human function is shrouded in mystery.” Read more>

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Br. Paul Quenon

About the Author

A Week at the Hermitage, by Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.

Learning to Die, by Brother David Steindl-Rast

The Art of Cleaning, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart

Marion Woodman and the Search for the Conscious Feminine, by Patty de Llosa

Hearing the Cries of the World, by Mark Nepo

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Cynthia Bourgeault