Category Archives: mystery

Spendyke…

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Stuart France

*** All boundaries… Are important… But some boundaries… Are more important… Than others… The boundaries between… England and Wales… And Scotland And England… For instance… Are not important at all… Because they are not really boundaries… The boundary between… Land … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Art, fiction, mystery, writing | Tagged Books, consciousness, magic, psychology, story | 5 Comments

Mister Fox in Holmfirth

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Flames light the night and the beat of the drum calls… Guardians await the coming of the Silver Fox… Foxes prowl the night… …and the revellers become aware… and they follow. Music fills the night… Trees blossom with fireflowers… and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, England, Events, mystery, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, Traditions, travel | Tagged crow, fire dance, folk dance, legend, Mister Fox | 35 Comments

Windblown stone

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Still stuck at home… possibly for good now… I can still share memories and previous visits to places that have special meaning for me. Some, like Brimham, were magical, both in their own right and to the eyes of the … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Books, mystery, Photography | Tagged ancient sites, archaeology, Brimham rocks, geology, Moors, Nidderdale, Photography, sculpture, stones, travel, yorkshire | 68 Comments

G. Michael Vasey reviews “Finding Don and Wen”

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Gary Vasey knows ‘Don’ and ‘Wen’ and their way of working in the landscape. His own new website, Earth Magic Brno has recently launched, and the book has pointed him in new directions… I enjoyed this book a lot. The … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Books, france and vincent, Friendship, History, Humour, Moors, mystery, Mythology, Photography | Tagged Amazon, book review, Don and Wen, france and vincent | Leave a comment

Heart of Albion: Triad of Albion, Book Two ~ Stuart France and Sue Vincent

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

He scared them. He knew things. He was Fey… He had talked to the soldier. They had come from far away, marching across the hill with their sharp swords and short kilts, shiny metal at their breast and sun dark … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Books, England, Heart of Albion, historic sites, Living Lore, mystery, Mythology, Photography, Sacred sites | Tagged don ad wen, magical quest, second ediition, triad of albion | 8 Comments

North-easterly: Sidetracked and Gobsmacked

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We had chosen to take a very long route home for one simple reason… there was something we wanted to see that was never going to be on our way to anywhere. So the possible three hour journey took us … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Churches, England, History, Landscape, mystery, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged cursus, East Riding, menhr, Rudston monolith, sacred landscape, standing stone | 3 Comments

North-easterly: Sidetracked by Stones

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

As the tides would not allow us to cross to Holy Island before eleven, three of us were on the road early to visit a stone circle. It had been a late decision… very late, in fact, but as Gary … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Don and Wen, mystery, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Duddo, Gary Vasey, Northumberland, singing stones, standing stones, stone circle | Leave a comment

Distorted reality

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I stood outside my son’s bedroom, bundled up against the cold that was dropping a few meagre snowflakes on the morning. Camera in hand, I was snapping away happily when I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the window. … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, mystery, nature, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged assumptions, dimensions, experience, fifth dimension, perception, reality, reflections, senses | 1 Comment

Three faces

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For November, it was a surprisingly pleasant morning. In need of somewhere to go to stretch our lockdown-cramped legs, we wandered to a neighbouring village to explore its history. Whilst personal preference may direct our attention to the ancient face … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Giants Dance, historic sites, mystery, Photography, Poetry, psychology | Tagged art, churchill’s toybox, film. war effort, Jan Struther, Mnistry of defence, Mrs Miniver, remembrance, Rex Whistler, Whitchurch | Leave a comment

Solstice of the Moon: Circle of Timeless Light

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few stars twinkled above Inverurie as our group gathered for dinner. It wasn’t even raining much. That probably explains why, some time after nine o’clock, when the moonless night had well and truly fallen, four people would once again … Continue reading →