Category Archives: Ancient sites

A Bibliomantic Tale VII… Stuart France

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Harlech Castle * “Patrick McGoohan’s, ‘The Prisoner’, displays many thematic similarities to Franz Kafka’s, ‘The Castle’ and ‘The Trial’.” Authority Pages One-Five-Two and One-Five-Three * No 8 (Light) O God, the longer I gaze upon your face, the more … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: ‘I am not a number’

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There were people… two of them… heading towards the Druids Circle… so we wandered over to have a look at the intriguing cluster of stones we could see just over the rise in the land. The trouble with these complex … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Greeting the Druid…

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

You could not wish for a more spectacular setting for a stone circle. Perched high above the sea, with views to distant mountains in every other direction, it is  a magnificent site. A slight rise to the seaward side blocks … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Ascent

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘The prophet takes over where the mystic stops. The mystic is ascent; the prophet descent.’ – William Everson The bibliomantic reading could not have been more appropriate. From the mines, we were heading for the heights to meet a Druid … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Descent

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The trouble with awe-inspiring landscapes is that the camera can never do them justice. It is not merely a matter of scale, depth and perspective… the lens can capture all the details accurately. It can hold a frozen moment of … Continue reading →

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A Bibliomantic Tale IV… Stuart France

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* * “Somewhere in all that cloud stands a Druid at the head of a circle.” “Let’s go see if we can find him.” … * The Pillars: Penmaenmawr. * Tee minus Six hours and counting… “It’s odd, I had … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Stone and bone

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I was distinctly sceptical…unsure what to expect when we parked at the entrance to the mines. So many ancient sites, once commercialised, seem to lose both their intimacy and essence, but I remembered watching something about the discovery many years … Continue reading →

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A Bibliomantic Tale III… Stuart France

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* The Great Orme: summit. * Tee minus One-Zero hours and counting… “Pages Four-Four and Four-Five.” “It’ll have to be Nine.” * No 9 (Light) ‘I saw that God never began to love us… We have always been in God’s … Continue reading →

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The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Time travel

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Llandudno Bay is bounded by twin headlands of pale limestone. We stood on the larger of the two, Great Orme, looking out across a misty, morning sea, already certain that we needed far more time to explore than we would … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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