Writing on philosophy, art, nature, and the examined life, from the tutors and students of the School.
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Philosophy
Æthelflæd was a remarkable woman, whose leadership of the kingdom of Mercia combined diplomacy, military leadership, religious vision and scholarship. She deserves to be remembered and honoured alongside her father Alfred for her key role in weaving the alliances that led to the unification of Engla
Art
In Cape Town in 2013, a major project began with the suggestion to paint a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Annunciation”. The art group of 6 members, enthusiastically took up the project.
Music
Written by Clara Waters Charles Ignatius Sancho is perhaps best described in his own words, “jolly African, who wishes health and peace to every religion and country throughout the ample range of God’s creation!” (Letter 128) and “The first part of my life was rather unlucky, as I was placed in a f
Written by Clara Waters Maya Angelou stands out for her compassion and love of humankind.During an interview in the later part of her life Maya Angelou was asked about the task she had set herself before dying. Her immediate reply was, “I want to be a Christian. …To be it. …A kind person. An inclusi
Meditation
If an odyssey is a long journey full of adventures and learning, Babatunde has certainly had one! Read about his life story
Philosophy
Written by Pinar Karaman Kaan There is no written recorded information about Yunus Emre’s life and only his poems survive but it is generally agreed that he lived between 1240 and 1320. He was born in Sarikoy, a village by the Sakarya River, Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey. He lost his father at an
The School
Written by John Hay, a student in attendance of the weekend. The focus of the retreat was the Gayatri mantra. Twenty-two of us met together at Waterperry house on the weekend of the 24 November 2023, near Oxfordshire under the guidance of Warwick and Elena Jessup.
Philosophy And Psychology
Ubuntu is an African name for a universal concept. The term contains a timeless wisdom. The Zulu description is - umuntu ngamuntu ngabantu which translates variously as:“A person is a person through persons.” “Persons depend upon persons to be persons” “I am because you are, you are because we are.
Essay
An excerpt from; Shakespeare - A Renaissance Perennial By Jeremy Nieboer This article consists of a consideration of the treatise by Martin Lings entitled ‘The Secret of Shakespeare’ first published in part in 1965 in ‘Tomorrow’ and then in its full version as an essay in[1]’ 2005.
Philosophy And Psychology
The recently completed mural at the School’s premises at Mandeville Place.
“I am the fiery life of divine substance, I blaze above the beauty of the fields, I shine in the waters, I burn in sun, moon and stars.” Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century Benedictine nun canonized in 2010, was an abbess, a leading scholar, theologian, visionary, musician, linguist, artist and scie
Philosophy And Psychology
Abraham Maslow was born in 1908 and died in 1970. His parents were Jewish migrants who fled from persecution from what is now known as Ukraine and settled in Brooklyn, U.S. (Boeree, 2007). He was persecuted by anti-Semitic gangs, which lead him to envision an idealistic world which he hoped could be
