by Charles Cameron | Jun 24, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in using the word apocalyptic to describe mundane (or zombied) disturbances such as Brexit, we lose sight of the beauty and mystery it conceals & reveals ] . In fact, not so much as a whiff of fresh napalm in the morning. Tim Furnish...
by Charles Cameron | May 20, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — exploring the importance to both Shias and Sufis of Uways Al Qarni, and of the Uwaysi transmission in Sufism ] . Uways, the destruction of whose shrine I described today in the first of two posts, was the man to whom the Prophet Muhammad...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 19, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — mystery beyond the senses, holy of holies behind the veil, altar beyond the iconostasis, and other considerations bearing on Orthodoxy, Pussy Riot, holy folly and monastic punk ] . Life is full of surprises. glorious photo credit: choir...