A visit to 126 High Street in Dunbar, Scotland — the house where John Muir was born in 1838, now a free museum and the starting point of the John Muir Way.
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Category: Scotland
Posts about Scotland — birthplace of John Muir, setting for the John Muir Way, and backdrop for the Scotland Cut of The Unruly Mystic: John Muir.
What did John Muir call hiking?
John Muir didn't hike — he sauntered. Discover the origin of the word and Muir's philosophy that mountains are holy land, meant to be moved through reverently, not conquered at speed.
Read moreThe Scotland Cut
During the 2020 pandemic, filmmaker Michael Conti revisited the original cut of The Unruly Mystic: John Muir and wove in new footage from Scotland — creating the 75-minute Scotland Cut that deepens the film's spiritual and environmental journey.
Read moreNature & Spirit: Q/A with Director
Michael Conti joins the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church's Nature & Spirit symposium for a Q&A on how John Muir's vision of wilderness as sacred ground continues to shape how we seek spiritual nourishment in nature today.
Read moreMake our own pilgrimages into sacred nature
Following Rev. Matthew Fox's idea of "pilgrimages into sacred nature," Michael Conti reflects on his own desert pilgrimage and how John Muir's writings helped shape a filmmaker's spiritual practice rooted in the natural world.
Read moreScots love to complain about the weather – Favorite weather related words
John Muir was born in Scotland, and Scots have always had a poetic relationship with their weather. A lighthearted look at the Scottish words and phrases for rain, wind, and cold that you won't find in Muir's Yosemite writings.
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