<![CDATA[Wilderness Mysticism - Blog]]>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:43:38 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[All We Have is the Inspiration That Comes from Beauty]]>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:33:58 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/all-we-have-is-the-inspiration-that-comes-from-beauty
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“All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.”

Edward Abbey
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(Sacred Datura, Arches National Park, UT, September 2, 2019)

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"The brave, sweet, heartbreaking beauty of all wild and lonely things . . ."

Edward Abbey
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(Mary Jane Falls and cascade on Professor Creek, near Moab, UT, August 31, 2019)

]]><![CDATA[We Become What We Behold]]>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:28:09 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/we-become-what-we-behold
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"The more thrilling, wonderful divine objects I behold in a day, the more expanded and immortal I become."

Henry David Thoreau
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(Rosy Paintbrush and Indian Paintbrush, American Lakes Basin, Never Summer Range, CO, August, 2019)

]]><![CDATA[True Land Ownership]]>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:23:50 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/true-land-ownership
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​"The land belongs to them that love it."
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Edward Abbey
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(Juniper and Skyline Arch, Arches National Park, UT, August 30, 2019)
]]><![CDATA[External Beauty is One with the Internal Beauty of the Soul]]>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:35:45 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/external-beauty-is-one-with-the-internal-beauty-of-the-soul
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"I love the glorious host of mountain forms, whose beauty forms so great a part of a terrestrial human soul . . ."

John Muir 
"The Contemplative John Muir'

(Lake of Glass, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, September 6, 2019)

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"The life of adventure is the only life that makes sense. Adventure interpreted broadly, of course - to include not only physical action and exploration, but also human love, ideas and ideals, the arts . . ."

Edward Abbey

(Winterfat and Skyline Arch at sunset, Arches National Park, UT, August 31, 2019)
]]><![CDATA[Wilderness is a Part of Our Spiritual Makeup]]>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:57:58 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/wilderness-is-a-part-of-our-spiritual-makeup
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]]><![CDATA[When Presidents are at Their Best]]>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:56:13 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/june-24th-2016
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I believe that EVERY president - of both political parties - is at their very best when dissolving into the larger, more spiritual, more expansive context of our outdoor temples - our National Parks. This past Sunday - Father's Day - it was Barack Obama's turn 😊
‪#‎barackobama‬ ‪#‎nationalparkservice‬ ‪#‎stephenhatch‬ ‪#‎wildernessmysticism‬

]]><![CDATA[Moving Beyond the Horizon]]>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:53:59 GMThttp://www.wildernessmysticism.com/blog/moving-beyond-the-horizon
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