ABOUT

I am James Nichol and I live in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The Contemplative Inquiry blog started in August 2012, and includes personal sharing, discursive writing, poetry and book reviews. I began my contemplative inquiry within modern British Druidry and my book, Contemplative Druidry: People, Practice and Potential, was published in 2014.  https://www.amazon.co.uk/contemplative-druidry-people-practice-potential/dp/1500807206/

My inquiry soon broadened into a wider exploration of contemplative spiritualities, drawing on the enduring wisdom of many times and places. For a time, I identified my personal path as a Sophian Way. Here I discovered an ‘at-homeness’ in the flowing moment, which nourishes and illuminates my life. Such at-homeness is not dependent on belief or circumstance, but on the ultimate acceptance that this is what is given. I have found that, for me, the realisation of this at-homeness has supported a spirit of openness, an ethic of interdependence and a life of abundant simplicity.

My inquiry journey has changed the emphasis of my spirituality, and I have now been able to craft a Druidry that integrates these changes: a modern, re-enchanted eco-spirituality, receptive to ancient wisdom, contemplative in emphasis, and inspired by the magic of Awen.

REVISED AND EDITED SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2020

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