Rupert Spira - The Transparency of Things

Rupert Spira - The Transparency of Things

The Birth of the Word

On Meister Eckhart and the Inward Path to the Divine Presence

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Rupert Spira
Aug 07, 2025
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Fra Angelico – The Annunciation (c. 1437–46)

Mary receives the Word not through effort or image, but in silent, inward stillness. Fra Angelico’s fresco is a visual echo of Eckhart’s teaching: the divine is born in the soul’s ground when it becomes pure, receptive and utterly still.

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