Spiritual Journeys by SC Skillman
'Spiritual journey' has long been one of my favourite themes as a writer. My two novels, my non-fiction books, and my current WIP novel, all carry this theme, which has, of course arisen from my own life. Brought up as a Christian, other spiritual outlooks took a hold on me after the age of 12 and thus I began a 25-year pilgrimage through a diverse range of philosophies, worldviews and faiths. The journey took me on a round journey between London and Australia, during which I certainly lived out the invitation to "taste and see." Ultimately the journey brought me back to my Christian heritage; as TS Eliot says in his poem 'Little Gidding': The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. However, I brought back gifts from my journey, as classic story structure tells us the traveller must. I feel empathy for those who follow a variety of spiritual paths: because I feel I know where they are coming from, ha...