The Daily Eudemon

Macarius the Great, Silence, Russia, Hollywood


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Another saint of the desert: St. Macarius.

Why all the saint days in January? It's cold. The desert is hot. 

But January is a lot like the desert. Desolate. Forbidding . . . Silent. 


Russia has a long history of hermits. "Mystics of the Northern Forests."

Russia has a long, weird religious history in general. I flush it out here in summary form. 


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Music for Lighting Segments: Sky Hawk Beach by Blue Wave Theory. Used pursuant to the Attribution Share-Alike License 4.0.

Theme song: Skinnin’ Lynyrd by Greg Scheske, a bespoke expert. Email him here: [email protected]

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