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The Hermit and the Pilgrim

Paul Kingsnorth · 3 Aug 2026

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  1. What I learned was that when the silence descends on you, it happens for a reason. When you feel the need to be quiet - when, in fact, it feels quite clearly like a spiritual compulsion - then you need to follow the feeling.

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