Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D
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 The Still Point:
A Daily Advent Calendar of Music, Art and Poetry
​ as we wait and listen with Mary




​“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope,
for hope would be hope for the wrong thing;
wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing;
there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing."
​-TS Eliot, "East Coker"

In this dark  time of the year, we are invited into season of stillness, called inward to a deeper kind of listening.
As we cocoon inside, you are invited to enter into contemplation with this  online Advent program. From November 19- December 24, you will receive an email in your inbox each day that will share stories, inspiring poems,  gorgeous art and  heart opening music in celebration of  the Sacred Feminine through Mary.

Advent Chapel: Sunday Mornings, 11 am- Noon  PST
Every Sunday, you will be  into a  contemplative circle  on zoom where together we will share spiritual practices that can help connect you to the "still small voice" within you: chanting, visio divina, guided journaling and reflection in small groups on the themes of  Advent.
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Monday - Friday, there will be daily posts  of art and/or music, stories about Mary and prayers.
Saturday is Sabbath Day: a time to rest and integrate the learnings of the week
Sunday is Celebration Circle: an online zoom gathering where we sit in silence together, sing and  share 

Weekly Topics Include:

Week One: Remembering Our Roots
Heralds and Ancestors: The Sibyls of the Ancient World; Art of Pietro Perugino and Fra Lippi; St. Anne and St Joachim, Mary's parents; music of Orlando di Lassus;  The Childhood of the Virgin Mary in myth and art

Week Two: First Flowering and  Bridal Mysticism
The Life of Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions, Scrovegni Chapel by Giotto; Van Eyck Altarpiece;  Song of Songs, Bridal Mysticism  and Bach's Wachat Auf, Cantata 140

Week Three:  Saying Yes to Surprise: Annunciations and the Magnificat
Art of Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Fra Lippi;
Music of Charpentier, Bach, Dufay, Josquin des Prez, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Alonso Lobo

Week Four: Awe, Wonder and Humility
The O Antiphons; HIidegard of Bingen and Sapientiae; music of Morten Lauridsen and Arvo Part;
poetry of John of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz) and contemporary writers





Contact Kayleen Asbo: mythicamuse@gmail.com
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    • About
  • Retreats
  • Magdalene
    • Magdalene Conference
    • Forty Days with Mary Magdalene
    • Passion of Mary Magdalene
  • Poetry
  • Rose Sangha
  • Music