Heather Hansen ‘How mastering the art of being alone can boost your mental health’ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134840-400-how-mastering-the-art-of-being-alone-can-boost-your-mental-health/

Ellie Hunt in New Scientist 22 May 2024 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234920-300-new-psychology-book-reckons-with-separating-solitude-from-loneliness/, referring to Solitude Netta Weinstein, Heather Hansen and Thuy-vy T. Nguyen (Cambridge University Press)

Onli [alone/at one] is a soule whanne it loveth Jhesu and tendeth fulli to Hym, and hath lost the savour and confort of the world; and that it myght the betere kepe this onlynesse it fleeth companye of alle men yif mit mai, and seketh oonlynesse of bodi, for oonlynesse of bodi moche helpith to onlynesse of soule [integrity of soul] and to the free wirkynge of love. pp. 236 & 239

The soul is a mirror, in which you shall see God spiritually. And therefore you should find your mirror and keep it bright and clean from bodily filth and worldly vanity, and hold it well up from the earth so that you can see it and our Lord within it. [p. 206]

Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection, ed. Thomas H. Bestul, TEAMS, (Kalamazoo, 2000)

— trans. Leo Sherley-Price, The Ladder of Perfection (Penguin, 1957)

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