A course in Mystical Theology – Sixth episode – Is Anybody Listening?
Every Monday afternoon at 4.30pm there is a programme on BBC radio 4 called ‘Beyond Belief’. Last week the wife of a Jewish Rabbi said that every day she reads a page of the Talmud. The Talmud is an ancient Jewish book that details the everyday customs and prayers...
Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality – Complementary or Contradictory?
In order to shed some light on the complementarity between Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality that is being discussed at present  I would like to say a few words to avoid confusion. The Black Death or the Plague (1348-1350) was so horrific, so widespread and so...
 The Easter Mysteries and The Mystic Way
The very reason why Christ sent out his love on the first Pentecost day was so that it could enter into all who would receive it. This love that would  draw us up into his mystical body and then into his mystical contemplation of his Father was God’s plan from the...
Retreat given at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire – 1. An Introduction to Journeying Deeper
This is the first of a series of talks on Mystical Prayer given by David Torkington to members of the laity and the community at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, England. An Introduction to Journeying Deeper David introduces the journey. The Gregorian Chant is sung by...Radio Maria England
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David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker.
True Catholic mystical prayer is God-centred. It is not the pursuit of self-gratifying psychological states, or esoteric experiences through man-made techniques to attain instant ‘mysticism’.
A Course in Mystical Theology - Fourteenth Episode - A God-Centred Spirituality - David Torkington
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Christian Spirituality was first lived by Jesus Christ himself before it was introduced into the early Church.
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 visits Barra with the intention of seeking spiritual help from Peter, takes up the story. He describes how he came to know of Peter and how he persuaded him to see him over a period of a week. He describes his journey on the island plane landing on the famous cockleshell beach. He arrives filled with expectation of how Peter, the Hermit will change his life over the forthcoming week.
David Torkington reads from The Hermit - Episode 1 - David Torkington
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The hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself describes his spiritual journey to the eremitical life on an island off the Outer Hebrides.David reads from The Hermit. First broadcast on Radio Maria England on 10th January 2021
New Programme: Wisdom from the Western Isles: Part One – The Hermit – Radio Maria England
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David Torkington is an English Spiritual Theologian, author and speaker, specializing in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology. Educated at the Franciscan Study Centre, England, he serv...Second talk: From Meditation to the beginning of Mystical Contemplation
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Each morning after his mother's death, David's father brought tea into his bedroom. Sitting on his bed, David's father told him of his love for his motherSubscribe to Podcasts
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