🕍 Monastery of Saint Benedict | Where Divine Light Meets Earthly Craf
🌊 "An endless flood of grace carves wisdom into stone..." Architectural Alchemy 🕯️ Sacred Geometry: • Baroque gold leaf vs raw limestone walls • Hidden water channels symbolizing spiritual cleansing • "Floating" choir stalls suspended by invisible joins The Designer's Manifesto ✝️ "True divinity springs from nature’s gifts - We shape its bounty into new life, And it returns to us as second sight: To rethink nature, existence... and the self." Pilgrimage-Worthy Details 🌿 Natural Theology: • Chapel floor inlaid with fossilized ferns • Beeswax candles scented with wild monastery herbs • Refectory tables carved from single storm-felled oaks #SacredDesign #MonasticAwe