by David Torkington | Feb 24, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 4: Freedom demands discipline (26.17min) James sits at the jetty awaiting Peter’s arrival for their third meeting. Peter takes up the theme of the importance of God’s love, because only his love can change human beings decisively and permanently for the...
by David Torkington | Feb 24, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 3: Knowledge alone is not enough – Experiencing Love James has been waiting eagerly for Peter’s second visit. He asks Peter to explain what he meant when he said that there is all the difference in the world between knowing that we are loved, and...
by David Torkington | Feb 23, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 2: A man who speaks with Authority (25.40min) It is James Robertson’s first meeting with Peter Calvay. James describes his initial impressions and admits to some misgivings and doubts that a hermit who had separated himself from the world could ever fully...
by David Torkington | Jan 10, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 1: From Glasgow to Barra In the first episode, the hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself and describes his spiritual journey which led to him living the eremitical life on a remote island off the Scottish Outer Hebrides. James Robertson, the academic who...
by David Torkington | Aug 18, 2020 | Lectures and Talks, Podcast
Anglicanorum Coetibus Society Dedicated to Promoting the Anglican tradition and common identity within the Catholic Church A two part interview with David Torkington (www.davidtorkington.com) a spiritual theologian, author and speaker who specializes in prayer,...
by David Torkington | Aug 23, 2018 | Podcast, Retreats
The second in a series of talks on Mystical Prayer. Given by David Torkington to members of the laity and the community at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, England. 2. From Meditation to the beginning of Mystical Contemplation Each morning after his mother’s death,...