Team &

Writers

Brier Mountain, PRIOR

Brier Mountain is Native American and a Buddhist priest. He resides in Pennsylvania, USA. He was the first person to join the monastery. His deep fondness of traditional practices, including flute and poetry, helped inspire him to name the Komusō as the model for The Order of Nothingness, of which he is the Prior. 

maurice, CONTRIBUTING Writer

Maurice resides in The Netherlands. His writing often focuses on Nietzsche and Proust, with themes of uncovering hidden meanings, time and Paradise. He also contributes poetry. He is currently writing a series on Zen.  Website

James Souttar, Founding WRiter

James is a communication consultant and designer, thinker, strategist, writer, typographer, type-designer and apprentice Persian calligrapher. He is a long-time student of Sufism and mysticism. He resides in London. Website | Essays

Paul Ellis, founding Writer

Paul is a longtime practitioner of meditation and student of various spiritual systems. He is an initiate of the Sufi Inayati Order. Professionally he is a computer systems administrator of many years. He resides in Virginia, USA. Website | Essays

The Reverend Thomo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Reverend Thomo is an old dog Dudeist priest and member of The Little Creek Monastery. He lives at Apple Blossom Hermitage by the edge of a pine forest in a quiet corner of Austria. He has practised Aikido and Tai Chi for many years but now likes to spend as much time as possible doing nothing. His goal is to underachieve and to be a shining example of this to his children. He is the founder of the world’s crappiest Dudeist clothing company called Deadbeat Genius which at the time of writing this bio, has managed to sell only one pair of socks in the last year. Awesome.

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