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Centuries of Meditations by Thomas Traherne ~ Full Audiobook [religion]

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Centuries of Meditations by Thomas Traherne audiobook. Genre: religion Centuries of Meditations gathers the luminous spiritual reflections of Thomas Traherne, a 17th-century Anglican priest and metaphysical writer whose voice feels both intimate and expansive. Written as a sequence of brief, numbered meditations arranged in groups of one hundred, these prose passages move like sparks: each one turns an ordinary fact of life into a doorway toward wonder. Traherne returns again and again to a central struggle of the soul - how to recover a clear, childlike vision of the world in the face of habit, distraction, pride, and spiritual dullness. With a poet's eye and a theologian's tenderness, he explores joy, gratitude, innocence, desire, eternity, and the divine love he believes saturates creation. Rather than offering a rigid system, Traherne invites the listener into a practice of attention: to see blessings where we have stopped looking, to re-learn amazement, and to let worship arise from daily experience. The result is a devotional classic that feels like a companion for prayer and contemplation, speaking to anyone hungry for a life enlarged by praise. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:33:38) Chapter 01 (01:01:06) Chapter 02 (01:28:53) Chapter 03 (01:58:04) Chapter 04 (02:21:16) Chapter 05 (02:47:04) Chapter 06 (03:09:34) Chapter 07 (03:31:07) Chapter 08 (04:01:02) Chapter 09 (04:29:31) Chapter 10 (04:54:40) Chapter 11 (05:23:52) Chapter 12 (05:48:32) Chapter 13 (06:14:28) Chapter 14 (06:38:53) Chapter 15 (07:12:27) Chapter 16 (07:42:19) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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