Category Archives: albion

The Green Harper…

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…Peedy Weedy…Pally Ludy… Lady Whistle… Lody Wassel and Great Big Hodyman Dod…’ -Traditional Toe Counting Rhyme * …Wen becomes pensive for awhile, ‘we need to go to Cerne Abbas…’ ‘Father Corn…?’ ‘Possibly…and then there’s the Long Man of Wilmington…whose … Continue reading →

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Telling Stones…

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Gazing into the depths of the reflection the moving torches seemed to open the gates of vision and she saw herself in an Other-Where… Dressed in strange garb, looking across time with other eyes, watching herself made her feel … Continue reading →

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Priest of the Sun II (A Thousand Miles of History)

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Giant Hill, Cerne-Abbas * …We stop, looking out across the processional way… as the torchlight approaches. The sky is clear, and the Hunter’s Moon illuminates the white outline of the giant. From the Trendle comes the sound of drum beats… … Continue reading →

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Sentinel Stones…

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …But she knew. She had seen it when the vision took her there… Following the spirit path on the hawk’s wings… They marked her when they had realised that she knew… She would bear no children now, save at … Continue reading →

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Priest of the Sun… (A Thousand Miles of History)

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Cadbury Castle * ‘…Reality is now shimmering in the heat as the air sparkles and I remember that King Arthur sleeps beneath the hill of Camelot like a child in a giant’s womb… ready to wake in the hour of … Continue reading →

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Head of the Serpent…

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* 2001 – ‘War on Terror’ 2020 – ‘War on Coronavirus’ * There is an old adage that if you chop off the tail of a snake, the head will turn around and bite you, but if you chop off … Continue reading →

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What, no boots! …

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought and also the importance of getting beyond the rational and that’s where the myths and fairy stories come in… Plato spends the greater part of his master work ‘The … Continue reading →

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Size matters – Lichfield Cathedral

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Back in June 2017, I finally managed to break my journey between north and south to spend time at one of our mediaeval cathedrals… In our modern world, when we are accustomed to seeing skyscrapers on every skyline, size seems … Continue reading →

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About time – Lichfield cathedral

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Back in June 2017, I finally managed to break my journey between north and south to spend time at one of our mediaeval cathedrals… I had been going to do it for ages. Almost every trip north for the past … Continue reading →

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…A Month of Sundays: Survive.

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The Lady with the Lamp * … After first studying medicine with the Sisters of Charity, Florence Nightingale later underwent formal training as a nurse both in London and Edinburgh and then became superintendant of a hospital in Harvey street, … Continue reading →

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