About us
Mystic Friends is a spiritual group formed in 2023 under the care of the Newtown Square Quaker Meeting. Its purpose is to create a safe community to share and explore mystical experiences, readings, discussions, and events. When we speak of “mystical experiences” we mean to include not only religious experiences but those experienced in nature and within each mind and soul.
Quakerism, at its heart, is a mystical religion. Despite these origins, Quakers and non-Quakers alike are often reluctant to share their mystical experiences because there are few communities that welcome them in a supportive manner. We are confident that Mystic Friends can fill this void. We aim to bring together both Quakers and non-Quakers to search for the roots of mysticism that seem to be present in each human soul. Our goal is to encourage the sharing of mystical experiences, contemplation and discussion in the setting of an old Meeting House where people have been gathering for similar sharing for over 300 years.
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The Spirituality of Aging
Newtown Square Quaker Meeting, 120 N Newtown Street Rd, Newtown Square, PA, USFor many of us, advancing age is a time of loss: of parents, spouses, siblings, and friends; the loss of physical strength and endurance; sometimes the loss of independence, certainty, or familiar roles. Aging can confront us with limitations we once thought belonged only to other people.
And yet, for many, these same years may bring an unexpected deepening of the inner life. As the distractions and ambitions of youth begin to fade, there is often more room for reflection, contemplation, gratitude, forgiveness, and spiritual awareness. Questions that once seemed distant — meaning, legacy, mortality, transcendence, the nature of the soul — become immediate and real.
At the same time, aging raises difficult spiritual questions:- How do we face mortality without fear?
- How do we cope with grief and loneliness?
- What does it mean to live meaningfully when our abilities change?
- What wisdom, if any, have the years actually given us?
- How do we become elders rather than simply older?
Rather than seeing aging only as decline, perhaps we can explore whether it may also be an invitation: to simplify, to deepen, to reconcile, to mentor, and ultimately to prepare ourselves spiritually for the final stage of life with greater peace and openness.
Come as you are. Leave a little more alive.
Mystic Friends
The Newtown Square Friends Meetinghouse in Newtown Square, Pa was constructed in 1711. People have been coming here to sit and reflect for more than 300 years.
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