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You creative types out there who also happen to be religious/spiritual types will love this: Â the creators of the absolutely gorgeous hand-illumined Saint John’s Bible (so called as it originated at Saint John’s Abbey in the Minneapolis area) are hosting “Praying with Imagination: A Retreat with The Saint John’s Bible.” Â The Sunday through Saturday retreat will focus on visio divina (a form of lectio divina), a method of praying based on meditating on a particular image (in this case, artwork from this ongoing manuscript project) while hearing Scripture read. Â In addition to these guided prayer times, retreaters have the option of praying the hours with the monks; engaging in creative expressions such as bookbinding, writing, painting, and pottery; fasting following by a feast with music and poetry reading; and hiking and swimming in the woods. Â If my sister and her kids weren’t going to be in town (and if I had the $!), I would love to do this. Â I hope one of you will consider it and then report back on how much good it did you!
I have posted before about how I’m collecting the 7-vol. reproduction of this Bible–if only one volume so far (plus the slipcovered book of illuminated prayers) counts as collecting! Â (I have Gospels and Acts.) There also happens to be a sale going now on offset prints and notecards of the artwork if anyone is interested. Next time I make it out to Minnesota, I will definitely be visiting the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library on the campus of Saint John’s University, where the gorgeous folios are currently on display.
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