Not exact matches
The
hermit is an established type in both Western and Eastern Christianity, and monastic institutions, even though striving for a common and closely knit
way of life seemingly at the opposite pole from solitude, have often been linked with hermetical institutions and practices
of one sort or another.
In a
way, we are like Merton who are living as kind
of hermits out in the world, many
of us in isolation from other Christians and church communities.
Writings about the early desert
hermits tell
of the seductress somehow finding her
way to a solitary who leads a life
of prayer and meditation.
In 1986, Ivan Chase
of Stony Brook University made the first observations
of hermit crabs exchanging shells in a «vacancy chain» — a term originally coined by social scientists to describe the
ways that people trade coveted resources like apartments and jobs.
«This isn't going to go the
way you think it is,» snarls grizzled old
hermit Luke Skywalker halfway through writer - director Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi, which for a Statement
of Purposes makes a clever contrast with Max Von Sydow cooing «This will begin to make things right» at the start
of J.J. Abrams» gently placating The Force Awakens.
Eric has had many pets
of his own from small
hermit crabs all the
way to dogs
of all sizes.
The necklace shows him the
way to his father's sword and shield, two items that spark a local
hermit to reveal to the adventurer the lore
of Arcadia.