August 15-17 Hiking from Račí údolí to Králický Sněžník (38 km) Birds of the sunny region! Blue winds that beckon me! To flap my wings to fly over the mountains and groves! (…) Birds, I will hesitate no longer! Gentle winds blow in the sails, lead me, I do not resist, where? oh, I do not want to ask anymore. — Joseph von Eichendorff / Desire First day on Saturday…
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The Krkonoše pilgrimage: journey from Prague to Sněžka
The faint-hearted walker approaches his homeland, the sun has hidden behind the mountains, the night descends more and more to the earth, the people sink into the arms of a silent dream, the meadows and groves are already weighed down by slumber - but he finds no peace; he constantly looks ahead into the night, with a quick step he rushes further and further. Karel Hynek Mácha, Pilgrim The annual great summer Mácha pilgrimage is inspired by the journey of Karel Hynek Mácha from Prague to…
May Máchov pilgrimage from Porta Bohemica via Sedlo to Vlhošť
"It was late evening – the first of May - evening May – it was the time of love." Karel Hynek Mácha (May) As part of this year's May Mácha pilgrimage, we will connect the landscape of the Bohemian Central Mountains with the landscape of the Kokořín region. This time, the route of our pilgrimage will lead unconventionally from Litoměřice (where we will travel by train from Prague on Friday morning, May 1) via Radobýl, Porta Bohemica, Mount Varhošť and the eastern part of the Bohemian Central Mountains (the so-called Verneřické Central Mountains)...
Everything around me lives, feels, like me...
“We are not here to run the world. We are here to connect with the greater community of Earth.” Thomas Berry Today we face the challenge of moving from the current devastation and degradation of the planet’s living systems to a new culture of regeneration and care that seeks the benefit and richness not only of us humans, but of life as a whole. Cosmologist Thomas Berry of his…
Spacewalk: How to live the new story of the universe and participate in the renewal of the Earth
“We study the story of the universe primarily to live it.” Brian Thomas SWIMME, cosmologist The new cosmology of the epic of evolution, developed by American cosmologists Thomas Berry and Brian Thomas Swimme, is a synthesis of the latest findings of modern science and the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions, including indigenous spirituality; it shows us the universe as one creative evolutionary story, of which we as human beings are a part, and…
Pilgrimage to the Krkonoše Mountains: the story of the universe in our lives
“… what was all this against the blue moonlit night, against the stars that bathed in mists and rose higher and higher, loved by visionaries and nomads of the desert? We walked through that night enchanted and silently … And it was dark. And bottomless. And eternal. And for just a second it belonged to you.” Josef Hora, Night MONDAY AUGUST 19 A walk through Prague along the path of poetry We will meet at 10 am on Charles Square near the lower…
Program: Living a Cosmic Life
“It took the universe almost 14 billion years to develop the hands, bodies, hearts, and minds of our peculiar human form, animated by the same energy and dynamism that gave birth to the Sun, the stars, and the universe itself. When we realize this… we realize that in a way we are doing the work of the cosmos itself in shaping the future that is being born at every moment.” Stephan Martin NEW STORY / Our civilization is…
A New Cosmology: A Healing Vision for Our Broken World
The change that has occurred in human consciousness with the discovery of an evolving universe is far more profound than the change that came with the Copernican revolution. The revolution in science that has emerged from Einstein's theory of gravity, quantum mechanics, and nonlinear dynamics amounts to a radically new vision of reality. However, even though we have the mathematics, the real challenge today is to get this new understanding into our bodies, into…
On the ecology and ethics of language according to David Abram
“The words you speak become the house you live in.” Háfiz The main thesis of the lecture is the claim that the words we speak determine how we perceive the world around us, or rather, the world we live in. American ecophilosopher David Abram insightfully observed that one of the main reasons why our perception has become so disconnected from nature is related to the role of our language; with a certain…
May Máchov pilgrimage and workshop "Listening to the language of the land"
We would like to cordially invite you to the May Máchov hiking and workshop “Listening to the language of the land” – with Luďek Čertík, Jana Kožnarová and Jirka Zemánek – dedicated to the birds, crickets, hills, rocks, forests, trees and ponds of western Kokořínsko and the Máchov region. Inspired by David Abram, poet Mary Oliver and David Haskell. The hiking and workshop will take place from Wednesday, May 1 to Sunday, May 5, 2019. “Whoever you are, lonely…