Dear friend,
I’m glad you found your way through the mists to find this quiet place.
Silentium is an almost daily journal and very occasional podcast — exploring silence and stillness, hosted by myself, Andō.
I’m your guide to silence — a contemplative, writer, poet, silence facilitator, spiritual director, and mentor.
If you’re not already familiar with me, you might like to listen to the conversation with Clive Johnson of the Impact Podcast. You can listen to this two-part conversation on the Impact website, and all the usual places: Part 1 | Part 2
A little way back, in November 2024, I shared a conversation exploring poetry and silence, at the invitation of Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Watch and listen to our conversation, as we explore the subject, and our journey through both poetry and silence, and especially in relation to my course, in which Zenju enrolled back in 2018.
You may also wish to listen to another two part conversation of silence and words I shared with the Encountering Silence podcast team back in early 2019.
Other conversations are in the pipeline.
Explore my website to discover more, if you feel drawn, including courses, retreats, and one to one sessions.
Visit this page if you wish to support my life’s work, in all the forms it shows up in.
Why subscribe to Silentium?
I’m not inviting you to be a distant and casual reader of Silentium — I’m inviting you to join the contemplative community who have been reading, listening, and gathering around Silentium daily since mid 2019.
Silentium is here to offer you a taste of the peace of a contemplative life.
Perhaps life feels over full, busy, noisy, or simply too much right now. Maybe you’re in a state of overwhelm. Whatever it is, you’ll find peace here.
Perhaps you’re feeling like a lost soul — here you will find a spiritual roadmap to help guide you out of the weeds.
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As a paid subscriber, you won’t have to worry about missing anything here.
There’s no RSS feed, and no noisy social media feed to follow. You can even choose to simply follow Silentium’s contemplative explorations from the sanctuary of your inbox.
Every new edition of Silentium will come directly to your inbox, or alternatively you can view it in your web browser, or the Substack app.
Whatever works well for you.
Subscribe to receive full access to an archive of written, visual, video, audio notes, chats and other goodness I share here.
Become part of this quiet community
Join a community of people who share an interest in silence, meditation, prayer and contemplation.
There are other ways you can support my life’s work, this contemplative expression of great silence. You can begin as a founding subscriber of Silentium, helping me to build a stronger foundation here, or upgrade your subscription here from a regular paid subscription to a founding subscription.
You can become a patron at $10+ and receive occasional bonus content. Or you may simply and quietly support this work through making a one-off or monthly donation.
Thank you for showing up here, and reading to the bottom of this page. I’m grateful for your presence here. If I can be of any service to you, please feel free to contact me.
Much love,
Andō.
