This blog is the product of a lifelong search for meaning, my own wanderings through the forest.

My posts are personal observations, things that have captured my interest on the journey. Topics include religion, theology, philosophy, narrative, mythology, metaphor, symbolism, mysticism, and contemplative practices.

The spiritual lexicon with which I am most intimate is that of the Christian tradition, and my writing reflects this lifelong influence. However, my spiritual life and my thinking are now deeply nourished also by teachers of other religious and spiritual traditions, as well as by philosophy, science, literature, and the arts. I have a special interest in the writings of the medieval German mystical theologian, Meister Eckhart, on whose work I wrote my doctoral thesis, “The Opening and the Entering are a Single Act: Divine and Human Agency in the Realisation of Union in Meister Eckhart.”

Christopher Knauf holds a PhD in spirituality from the University of Divinity. He is a sessional lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Catholic Theological College, Australia.