Category Archives: Sacred sites

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Our final visit of the workshop was to be a silent, withdrawn location that owes much of its history to its very isolation.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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Dreaming Stones: The Fairy Circle

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

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 Sue Vincent

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 Sue Vincent

* ‘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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IndieAni Bones, all the King’s Men and the Fairies

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“In you go, girlie,” she says, holding the car door open. “We’re going on another adventure!” Well, it was a while ago now, but I remember it as clear as day. She put my seat belt on and told me … Continue reading →

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The chapel at Haddon Hall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again recently. We wandered out into the landscape. Although the workshop was over, apparently, the work begun on the weekend was only just beginning… Parts … Continue reading →

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The way home

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: We had set off for Dorset the day before… way back in 2013… and had inexplicably ended up in Glastonbury. There was, after all, only one way we would choose to go home from there… and that … Continue reading →

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Sidetracked

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: What was supposed to be a quick, two day ‘raid’ on Dorset, back in 2013, somehow expanded, as our travels seem to do, to include a few other places… like Somerset. And eventually, Wiltshire… Sitting on … Continue reading →

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More high places

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: The second day of our flying visit to Dorset in 2013… I would not want you to think we had been having a good time. No. Would we? Manfully (or, perhaps, hobbitfully in my case), we have … Continue reading →