Category Archives: Ancestors

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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Giants Dance: Rhyme and Reason… now Book of the Month at Strange Book Reviews

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It is always a lovely surprise to find a review of a book. Even better when it is a positive review… Book of the Month and reviewed at Strange Book Reviews It started with a Kite moved through conversations with … Continue reading →

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Perspectives in stone

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It is not every day that you get a graphic demonstration of one of the mysteries of the ancient world, especially not in your own garden. Or, in this case, your son’s. But that was exactly what we got when … Continue reading →

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Losing the past

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was an article about the archaeological explorations taking place along the route of HS2, the planned high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham. It highlighted the amazing number of sites being excavated, spanning the human history of the last … Continue reading →

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Merlin, Beast-Master…

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* … It was night, the horns of the bright moon shone, the vault of heaven’s lights gleamed… * From the top of a lofty mountain, Merlin regarded the course of the stars… * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

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Elusive realities: The touch of the past..? II

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing from yesterday’s post: We had visited one of the more obscure sites in Derbyshire. It was one we did not know well, so  spending time with the stones, hidden away within a copse of trees, was something we felt … Continue reading →

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Into the Hill… Stuart France

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* …And the Wood-Stone started to glow, White it was… * * And I felt an impetus to take flight, but only as far as the end of the passage… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Notes from a small dog: IndieAni Bones and the dragon’s lair III

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Parking the car up a bumpy lane, we got out and walked along the Ridgeway for a while. She said she was saving the best till last… and I would have been happy with the little wood she let me … Continue reading →

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Seeking the sacred

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

All my life I have visited sacred sites when I could, and I have been lucky enough to visit many. Whether ancient church, temple, stone circle or legendary landscape, there is something about these sites that touches a place deep … Continue reading →

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Being Beyond Seeing…

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* One of the ‘hardy perennials’ on many of our workshops is the thorny problem of intent. Thorny because much of what we now see may not have been originally intended by the erstwhile perpetrator or perpetrators, yet some of … Continue reading →

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