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Ship of Fools: Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Islington, London

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited November 2018 in The Mystery Worshipper
imageShip of Fools: Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Islington, London

Ship of Fools

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  • GeraldGerald Shipmate Posts: 1
    I think we visited it during this period too, after which we went and paid homage to the memory of William Blake.
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    I had never heard of the expression soup-to-nuts before.

    I also have never attended a Quaker meeting. Thank you for sharing.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Climacus wrote: »
    I had never heard of the expression soup-to-nuts before.

    I also have never attended a Quaker meeting. Thank you for sharing.

    Neither have I, but I think I know what 'soup-to-nuts' means.

    I think.

    IOW, from the opening 'ting' of the sacristy bell, through the music, processions, clouds-of-incense, Communion, final Blessing etc., to the coffee (or, said he hopefully, WINE) after the service.....

    As remarked, not quite the Quaker style!
    :wink:
  • LydaLyda Shipmate
    I wonder how one leaves a discreet Mystery Worship card in such a situation?
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    In similar situations I have simply left it on a table or chair when no one was looking.
  • LydaLyda Shipmate
    Ah. Thanks.
  • venbedevenbede Shipmate
    I have been to a Quaker meeting twice this year, in addition to going to mass.

    Two points. Those who (are moved to) speak are not said to be giving testimony but to be ministering. Which is very interesting.

    After one Meeting I was speaking to a Friend and said I had come from mass. She said it must be very different because mass is all words. I said no, mass in an action.

    Quakers seem to me to have gone through Protestantism and come out the other side recognising the centrality of contemplation.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    venbede wrote: »
    <snip>

    After one Meeting I was speaking to a Friend and said I had come from mass. She said it must be very different because mass is all words. I said no, mass is an action.

    Rather well put, O Venerable One!
    :wink:

  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    Thanks - this has reminded me I was planning on visiting the local Quaker Meeting. I like the silence, but would miss music if I were a regular Attender,

    The last one I went to was when I was visiting another city where I though I knew no one, but I found I did know 7 of the 10 people who attended, having met them elsewhere.
  • QohelethQoheleth Shipmate
    I'm intrigued by the seeming seven year gap between the MW visit, and the report.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Not sure what you mean. The visit was on November 27, 2011 and the report was filed and published within days of that.
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