St. John's Mountain Monastery

The most likely author of the Flemish literary work Elckerlijc is the Carthusian Petrus Dorlandus van Diest, linked to this Carthusian monastery in Zelem.

The play Den Spyeghel der Salicheyt van Elckerlijc addresses a theme that is both simple and universal: what do you do when you suddenly learn that you are going to die very soon? How do you say goodbye to life and to the people and things that have accompanied you, with your physical abilities still intact and fully aware? The theme (the journey to the end of life) is intentionally kept timeless and placeless so that “elckerlijc mensch” (every person) feels addressed.

Pascal Brackman