Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

The Light of divine Love transfigures and fuses and changes all things into religion.



"When we read, 'And God said: LET THERE BE LIGHT,' we are too apt to think only of the light of the sun.  But it is not the sun that makes the day, it is Love.  In this Light of lights, rocks and seas and everything is not only illumined, but transfigured and fused and changed into religion."

The Contemplative John Muir, p. 162

Photo: Sunset light illumines a dead Limber Pine, a living Ponderosa Pine, and the Vedauwoo Rocks; Medicine Bow National Forest, WY; November 3, 2012

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