The Abbey of Misrule

2 weeks ago | paulkingsnorth.substack.com | Paul Kingsnorth

Back in March, I delivered a talk at the Temenos Academy in London. It was an enquiry into the different ways in which the natural world is perceived by Eastern and Western Christian traditions. What, I wondered, can the West learn from the East, as the seas fill with plastic and the climate changes? And how should Christians relate to all things wild and green? You can watch the talk above, and on my YouTube channel, where you’ll also find other things in the same vein.

3 weeks ago | paulkingsnorth.substack.com | Paul Kingsnorth

St Govan’s Chapel, Pembrokeshire, WalesWelcome back to the Sunday Pilgrimage. I’m on my feet again after a couple of weeks of illness, and will be offering up these journeys to you every other Sunday from now on. Come the autumn, when my workload eases, I may return to weekly instalments, but let’s see how things go. Last weekend, I told the story of St Govan, one of the ‘wild saints’ who will be featuring in my forthcoming book.

1 month ago | paulkingsnorth.substack.com | Paul Kingsnorth

Hello everyone. I wanted to drop you a little note to apologise for the lack of Sunday Pilgrimage postings these past few weeks; but also to update you on what I plan and expect for my work at the Abbey over the next few months. I’ve been quite ill for the last couple of weeks. It’s nothing fatal (I’ve checked) and it seems to be improving now, but I’ve been down with something that has exhausted me. There has been a lot of sleeping and fuzzy-headedness and general lack of energy.

1 month ago | paulkingsnorth.substack.com | Paul Kingsnorth

I haven’t been well these last few days, and have not been able to write my usual Sunday Pilgrimage instalment. I hope to be back on the road next week. Instead, I’m offering up this essay, which was recently ‘printed’ in the Free Press in the US. It’s about the life of a pioneering American Orthodox figure whose journey has both intrigued and inspired me. Last year I was invited to give a talk about Christianity and nature at Canisius University in Buffalo, New York.

1 month ago | paulkingsnorth.substack.com | Paul Kingsnorth

A very happy St George’s Day to all of my English readers - and, indeed, to any readers in Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Malta, Ethiopia, Moscow or Genoa, all of which claim the dragon-slayer as their patron. He’s a well-travelled saint, is George. I don’t think he ever visited any of these countries - he certainly never set foot in England - but perhaps that’s a measure of success. Globalisation isn’t a new phenomena. Last year, I wrote a piece here about the ‘English soul’ to mark our saint’s day.