Category Archives: esoteric

Big Chants…

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Stuart France

‘OM’ *** ‘Once, when the Gods and Demons, both children of Prajapti, arrayed themselves against each other, the Gods got hold of a Big Chant. With this we will overpower them, they thought. They venerated the Big Chant as the … Continue reading →

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Temples Too…

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Stuart France

*** The space created by the temple, for augury, originally, appears to have been in order to better observe the flight of birds across the sky. To afford them focus and meaning. Their point of origin, the direction of travel, … Continue reading →

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Knights, saints and leys…

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** Walking through the town towards the church in Bakewell, I couldn’t help thinking that it was all a bit weird. There were inexplicable gaps between what we had seen and what we had been brought to realise, gaps that … Continue reading →

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Dragon-lines

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Eight dragons watch the landscape, gazing out across the land To where the lines originate and guarding where they stand An ancient story carved in stone depicts old myths and new To show that though the story shifts, its … Continue reading →

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Temple of Living Lore…

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Maiden Castle * “Of course, once you have written one book, the next one is easy…” * It was true that we still had things we wanted to say, and some things which we had thought might make it into … Continue reading →

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The Lowdown on Lowe… Lands of Exile: Kith ‘n’ Kin

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Sue Vincent

  Lands of Exile: KITH ‘N’ KIN Stuart France & Sue Vincent The Beeley Stone, ‘liberated’ from the churchyard at Bakewell, stands proudly in the centre of its village green once more. While the locals enjoy the fruits of its … Continue reading →

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‘Ben’s Out!’… Excerpt from Lands of Exile: Kith ‘n’ Kin

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Winged blade. Everywhere. Nowhere. Now here. “Now slowly, gently, return to the Circle, carrying the vision of Light within. Return to your body… meld with it once more… Allow yourself to feel your chest, rising and falling as you … Continue reading →

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Nuances of Nicoll ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

NUANCES OF NICOLL The Keys to Heaven Stuart France Available via Amazon Psychologist, Maurice Nicoll studied under Fourth Way exponents G.I Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky, and presented his own philosophy in a series of works published during the Mid Twentieth … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: The Place of the Heather Priests

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our final visit of the workshop was to be a silent, withdrawn location that owes much of its history to its very isolation. Hidden amongst the hills of the Braes of Glenlivet, the buildings of Scalan remain invisible until you … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: Shells and Fruits

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Sometimes, on these workshops, the land and the sites are so well chosen that they need do little except be there in order to remind us that we are not simply here as sightseers… we are here engaged on spiritual … Continue reading →

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