The Wilderness

[juantoo3]

I suppose 'wilderness' for me is where all our anchors, our markers are absent ... the loss of certitude ...

Indeed...but how many of those anchors and markers are manmade? We want them to be G!d given, but so few actually are.

 

[Thomas]

Indeed...but how many of those anchors and markers are manmade?

In the absence of actual examples ... I can't say.

 

[TheLightWithin]

The Desert Fathers, I think you mean ... the Church Fathers were Churchmen, some were monks, but not particularly hermits.

Right, Yes.

 

[TheLightWithin]

I like desolate landscapes, but I'm not sure that's wilderness ... I envisage a scape without feature, without a fix ... a vista of uncertainty.

I always thought wilderness referred to large stretches unsettled territory, vast countryside, anywhere.
In North America, it's like like you can still find in parts of Canada, in the North Country in NYS and in large parts of the American West.

 

[Faithfulservant]

I always thought wilderness referred to large stretches unsettled territory, vast countryside, anywhere.
In North America, it's like like you can still find in parts of Canada, in the North Country in NYS and in large parts of the American West.

I consider my story with SDA as being in the wilderness.. spiritually anyways! 😉

 

[juantoo3]

Wilderness is also a spiritual metaphor