It is a very old idea that human beings and their cultures are renewed by quitting the familiar and going (in fact or in imagination) to the desert. In many traditions, the young must go into silence or wilderness before they can emerge as real persons. It is not enough to take instruction; there has [...]

Le pas du chat noir (2002) by Anouar Brahem. Jazz worth its name, pure music.

Julia Sweeney – Letting go of god: one of those very few media events that matter.