The Breath of the Monastery
“The Breath of the Monastery” is a living ambient soundscape rooted in queer devotion, sacred decay, and contemplative presence. Soft wind moves through ancient arches as the echo of Winchester Cathedral enfolds you in stone and time. A bowl gamelan drone hums at the base of all things—steady, luminous, grounding. The river murmurs nearby, constant and cleansing, while an owl calls from the garden’s edge, keeper of the liminal hour. Female voices—Caritas’s delicate invocation and the solemn chanting of nuns—braid the air with ancestral song. Between them, pages turn—slow, intentional, as if someone is reading beside you, or perhaps you yourself are the monk, the witch, the witness. This is no ordinary cloister: it is a monastery of the in-between, humming with prayer beyond doctrine, devotion beyond binaries. It is a place to breathe, to remember, to begin again.
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- Winchester Cathedral by acclivity from http://freesound.org +)
- nuns gregorian chanting by el viaje del navegante +)
- page turn by flag2 from http://freesound.org +)
- Soft Wind by George Vlad of Alchemy Audio Design +)
- Ubi Caritas - Gregorian by Gregorian Monks, Unknown +)
- Owl Hooting by https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqkNULitp-4NZs6J1dnCBA +)
- English River Ambiance by kernowrules from freesound.org +)
- bowl gamelan drone by thatjeffcarter +)