David Cassian Cole
David Cassian Cole is the Founder and Executive Director of Waymark Ministries, he is an international Spiritual Teacher and Retreat Leader; he has lectured in Christian & Bible Colleges; has appeared in numerous television programs; is an award winning author of 8 books, as well as being part of collaborative published writings; and was Deputy Guardian of The Community of Aidan & Hilda, a Celtic inspired New Monastic Order that he was a member of for 20 years.
He has been a full time Church Minister and Teaching Pastor in different churches and is qualified in 'Spiritual Care' (holistic care and pastoral counselling); he holds a Masters' degree in 'Christian Spirituality' from Sarum College, specialising in the Christian mystics, and writing his thesis on how historic Celtic Christianity can inform New Monastic ideas of Discipleship.
He says "My role as a spiritual teacher, as with all spiritual teachers, is not to give people more information, but to use the information and experience I have within me to help reveal the truths which already reside in each of us; to guide people into opening their eyes to the Divine presence surrounding them, and saturating them; and the Divine essence of and in their inner being; and to facilitate the opportunities where the Great Divine can be experienced in the deepest parts of our selves, so we can progress along our unfolding journey with Christ in lives of peace and compassion."
He has been a full time Church Minister and Teaching Pastor in different churches and is qualified in 'Spiritual Care' (holistic care and pastoral counselling); he holds a Masters' degree in 'Christian Spirituality' from Sarum College, specialising in the Christian mystics, and writing his thesis on how historic Celtic Christianity can inform New Monastic ideas of Discipleship.
He says "My role as a spiritual teacher, as with all spiritual teachers, is not to give people more information, but to use the information and experience I have within me to help reveal the truths which already reside in each of us; to guide people into opening their eyes to the Divine presence surrounding them, and saturating them; and the Divine essence of and in their inner being; and to facilitate the opportunities where the Great Divine can be experienced in the deepest parts of our selves, so we can progress along our unfolding journey with Christ in lives of peace and compassion."