We might imagine it as the root and basis of an engagement with life that could give meaning and purpose. But sometimes a seemingly insignificant event can give rise to a dark night: You may miss a train and not attend a reunion that meant much to you. Subscribe to our Quarterly and receive 4 Digital Issues each year! Her lyrical intuition matches her musical one, and she can almost be called a modern mystical poet in her spiritually thought-provoking pieces.Loreena started life as a Canadian farm-girl, and although she has certainly become something of a Citizen of the World since then, her as an honorary colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force shows her patriotism. I just want to be alone almost the whole time.. the thing is, I don’t know what to do with my time. And I felt it every minute. Still others explore the meaning of love such as “The Two Trees” by William Butler Yeats, and others delve into the essence of human suffering such as “The Stolen Child”, also by Yeats.Her choice of folk songs combines old standards with new vocal styles and a dynamic range of instruments from a variety of cultures and periods. He is also quite conscious of the kind of seriousness he radiates.” This is dark night talk—presence and seriousness, the key gifts of Saturn—as a long tradition holds.
I try to imagine how a symptom, like a long-standing dark night, might be re-imagined and even lived out in a way that is not literally depressive. Crazy. But my unending will to change myself is decreasing my abilities. I looked on the CD cover for her name. The planet itself is suffering; it is going through a dark night constantly. And some lusts died. Until now I live with this drama. We have no road map to find the meaning either. Now, it is probably the case that some people who’ve gone through this transformation realize that they had to go through that in order to bring about a spiritual awakening. Even her interviews seem to exude a certain peace of presence, as one who has found the flow of life in the now. What dies is the egoic sense of self. “I’m a lonely person. Love, now that's a sham word. We have no road map to find the meaning either. To do this it helps to have a philosophy of life that understands the creative coming together of conflicting moods. Loreena McKennitt - The dark night of the soul Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest. I’ m extremely lonely nowadays.. NancyThank you very much for your answer, Nancy. What I was encountering was watered down Truth to make is palpable to the masses. Evidently her father was of Scottish Protestant and her mother of Irish Catholic stock, marrying two different strands of the Celtic Christian tradition, but she portrays herself as broadly spiritual in a way that is able to see the presence of the divine in all religions and cultural expressions.
Hope things are going better for you now.A beautiful perspective. I see some of these comments are quite old but I can’t help but maybe share some of the authors and people who helped me, especially in the same realm that Nancy suggested in reengaging with the earth itself ..Thank you Colin. Now last August 2016 , I was sleeping in my hostel. But your personal darkness converts into anger at injustice and then into compassionate vision and effective action. I alwayz wanted to be a good person. Unlike some other Celtic singers, she does not succumb to musical clannishness, but uses her roots to branch out into new dimensions, realizing that the original Celts were migratory people and their story connects with many others.Loreena often chooses classic poetry to set to music, bringing back forgotten literary gems to the popular consciousness. Maybe dark nights are generally less personal than they feel. I had to face me and rely on myself without him despite feeling intense love.I read a lot about the so-called dark night.