title: Treasures in Darkness : Duco Divina | Contemplative Doodling
author: Shini Abraham
description: Treasures in Darkness duco divina - contemplative doodling Lectio Divina (divine reading) is a traditional Benedictine practice of scripture reading, meditation, contemplation and prayer that is transformational. Traditionally Lectio Divina has 4 specific steps: reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. The author respectfully adds to this list of spiritual disciplines, a fifth: doodling/drawingDuco Divina. Treasures in Darkness is a compilation of personal contemplative doodles and writing, thrown into a box over time. They represent milestones in the author's journey in living with chronic pain. They take her back to very specific times and experiences in her lifesome of them joys, many of them struggles, but all of them moments of deep revelation that have left lasting impressions that continue to impact her life today. Within these pages you may find something you can relate tothose 'connecting points' that say our struggles are similar, but we're not alone. There is hope. In finding those connections, may you too be inspired to share the stories of your journey with others, in your own way! For more on Duco Divina, go to www.ducodivina.com
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  # Prologue
  
  
  The Reverse Reverse Side of the Coin.
  
  
  Rock_on_Right_Arm.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The meaning of each individual event may not be immediately evident.
  
  
  But when viewed together, something else entirely comes into view.
  
  
  ♦
  
  
  ——December 3. The High Priest, one of the Magic Gods visiting Academy City,
  brought extreme disaster.
  
  
  What they wanted was incredibly simple.
  
  
  “We want a way of knowing if we are doing the right thing.”
  
  
  In exchange for taking on that one role, he would be lent the power of all the
  Magic Gods and be tossed into a framework that made him ruler of the world.
  
  
  “Become our scorer and obtain the altar of the Magic Gods, Kamijou Touma.”
  
  
  ♦
  
  
  ——After Kamijou Touma rejected the High Priest’s wish and fled on a new kind
  of bicyc