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The Devil’s Door

Early churches were often built on sites that had been sacred long before the arrival of Christianity. Old traditions die hard and so, in parts of England, these buildings often include a ‘devil’s door’, an entrance that was used for those ceremonies to which the priest was not invited.

When Dark Mountain invited contributions for a special issue on the sacred, we invoked that image: the afterlife of supposedly obsolete beliefs, the pragmatic compromises by which ground-level coexistence comes about, and the way that different stories of the sacred can hinge on a shared experience that a particular patch of land is somehow special.

Having made that call, we found that many doors were opened to us. So this section is an ongoing home for writing that draws on the languages of the sacred to face the vastness of the unravelling through which we are living.

Song of Water

James McGowan
27th May, 2019
James McGowan tells the story of what happened when Native Nations attempted to use the laws protecting religious freedom to challenge the destruction of sacred landscapes across the United States.
The Devil's Door

Unravelling and Reweaving

Beth Vanderpool Bracale
25th March, 2019
The Devil's Door

Greenstone Axe

Mat Osmond
18th February, 2019
On mass extinction, ecological recovery and the Rose-Garden Game
The Devil's Door

Between Home and Hell

James Nowak
21st December, 2018
From Our BooksIssue 12: SANCTUMThe Devil's Door

The Bone Walk

Amy Heneveld
19th December, 2018
The Devil's Door

Cathedral in the Park

Geralyn Pinto
27th November, 2018
The latest in our Devil's Door section is a new poem from Geralyn Pinto.
The Devil's Door

Leap of Faith

Carrie Foulkes
5th November, 2018
it will find its form in the writing of it // Or so I hope....
The Devil's Door

Sanctuary

Ali McGhee
8th October, 2018
Under a juniper-tree the bones sang, scattered and shining We are glad to be scattered,...
The Devil's Door

Nothing but Braided Stream

Harvye Hodja
3rd September, 2018
Our tents grew unclean and stank. Mildew skins grew on our vinyl floors and walls....
The Devil's Door

The Lost Etiquette

Sharon English and Deena Metzger
20th August, 2018
“Who do we have to become to find the forms and sacred language with which to meet these times?” asks Deena Metzger.
The Devil's Door

Childish Things

Dougald Hine
13th August, 2018
Issue 12: SANCTUMThe Devil's Door

Toutouwai the Curious

Siana Fitzjohn
24th June, 2018
Other KingdomsThe Devil's Door

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