The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Getting there…

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We took our time getting organised, intending to take a leisurely drive cross-country… perhaps stopping along the way, wherever the spirit moved us. In the spirit of the planned walk-and-talk weekend, the prisoners had escaped and were heading for the border. Anyone would think we were on holiday. We did ourselves. We should know better by now.

We may not have been heading for our respective places of work, but the Work that we do  when we are not at work…and even when we are… is not something that can be switched on and off. It cannot be neatly compartmentalised or assigned a designated slot on the timetable, to be dipped into when the fancy takes you; it is a state of being, not doing. Once a pinhole has been opened in consciousness, the pressure of life floods through in an unceasing current.

The problem is that the conscious mind is rather dense. It seems to forget, from moment to moment, that the flow is constant, even if our attention is elsewhere. Which is why the discrete presence plucking at your sleeve may go unnoticed until it sighs, gives up and hits you round the face with a wet kipper.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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12 Responses to The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Getting there…

  1. Ritu says:
    June 23, 2017 at 06:40

    Love those gargoyles!

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  3. Cathy says:
    June 23, 2017 at 10:01

    And after such a lovely week it’s like winter has returned. You had the best of the weather for your visit 🙂

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  4. willowdot21 says:
    June 23, 2017 at 16:19

    Aha!said Alice!

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  5. Lyn Horner says:
    June 24, 2017 at 03:48

    What wonderful stone creatures! Even though work piles up, it’s still nice to take a break.

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