Category Archives: Sacred sites

Dreaming Stones: Incipient weirdness…

Posted on July 21, 2020 by

It was later than anticipated when we left the rest of our Companions on the Sunday afternoon at the end of the workshop. We hadn’t eaten, needed a garage for the damnable deflating tyre and we were a long, long … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones: The Place of the Heather Priests

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

Our final visit of the workshop was to be a silent, withdrawn location that owes much of its history to its very isolation.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

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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Dreaming Stones: The Fairy Circle

Posted on July 18, 2020 by

Sunday morning already… the weekend was slipping by incredibly fast, but we knew Dean had a lot planned for the final morning of the workshop. Our day began by packing the car, necessarily skipping breakfast… which was to prove a … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones : “…of whirling air and of rushing fire…”

Posted on July 17, 2020 by

The first stop of the afternoon was a familiar one; we had made a point of visiting the magnificent Sueno Stone on our last trip to the area. It is the tallest carved Pictish stone in Scotland and shows scenes … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Thin White Stones…

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

* ‘This site, important for its grandeur, its design and its astronomy, is a complex, of a diminutive stone circle, an avenue, three rows and a chambered tomb…’ – Burl * “To be ‘called’ is not the same thing as … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Stones ~ Into the Highlands

Posted on July 13, 2020 by

We had pumped up the still-deflating tyre once again before leaving Kinross. In spite of all assurances by the mechanic, there was obviously some kind of problem and the winding roads of the Highlands are unforgiving. It was to be … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXXVIII: Back to the Future…

Posted on July 11, 2020 by

We went back once more to where it all began. Paying our respects to Dragon Hill, the ancient White Horse and the hillfort known as Uffington Castle, we left the car and the world behind and walked to Wayland’s Smithy. … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXIV: The ‘First and Last’ Church

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

We were sorely in need of grounding after our visit to Boscawen Un stone circle and set off in search of breakfast. Okay, second breakfast. Land’s End… now a tourist attraction rather than the end of the land… was full … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXIII: The mating dance

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

We stood at the gate in hushed awe. For a moment it seemed as if we were looking through a rift in the mists of time, back to an age that has passed beyond memory, when the land was still … Continue reading →

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