Anonymous fourteenth-century text, "The Cloud of Unknowing", is the glory of English mysticism and a useful guide to finding union with God.| The Culturium
The writings of Saint Teresa of Ávila are a potent and passionate testament to the inner workings of the human heart.| The Culturium
Pavel Lungin's "The Island" is a deeply moving parable, which combines the realities of Russian everyday life with monastic ritual.| The Culturium
Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men' tells the true story of the assassination of seven Trappist monks and examines how their faith is tested.| The Culturium
Philip Gröning's 'Into Great Silence' is an elegant & experiential contemplation on the power of stillness & the hermitic path.| The Culturium
Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love" is a remarkable work of revelatory insight, and is a classic of mediaeval religious literature.| The Culturium
"Le Grand Voyage" beautifully explores the relationship and experiences of a father and son as they drive through seven countries on pilgrimage to Mecca.| The Culturium
Shūsaku Endō's "Silence" explores the theme of a silent God, who accompanies a believer into extreme adversity & religious persecution.| The Culturium
Spiros Stathoulopoulos' "Meteora" is the simple and yet exquisitely beautiful tale of the forbidden relationship between a Greek monk and a Russian nun.| The Culturium
Hildegard of Bingen was a German mystic, writer, composer, philosopher and Benedictine abbess, and thus bestowed with the title, 'Sibyl of the Rhine'.| The Culturium