Category Archives: Spirituality

The magic of the moment

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was no way to tell what kind of a morning it would be… except that it had turned cold. Yesterday’s sunshine had been a feint, designed to instil a false sense of security and the rain had a suspicious … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, symbolism, The Silent Eye | Tagged dawn, Deer, fear, magic, morning | 5 Comments

Two for the Solstice ~ Barbara Walsh and Steve Taham

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Two poems for the coming Solstice. The first is The Iron Hand from Barbara Walsh, who is in the process of establishing her own WordPress site: The Iron Hand The iron-hard earth imprisons life below Cold darkness, gripping life that … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry, Spirituality, Steve Tanham | 1 Comment

Being Beyond Seeing…

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* One of the ‘hardy perennials’ on many of our workshops is the thorny problem of intent. Thorny because much of what we now see may not have been originally intended by the erstwhile perpetrator or perpetrators, yet some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancestors, Ancient sites, Spirituality, Stuart France, The Silent Eye | Tagged Ancient Sacred Sites, Belief and Faith, consciousness, esoteric workshop, Folk Tale, landscape, mystery, perception, Photography, psychology, Silent Eye Teachings, weekend workshop | 2 Comments

Apologies to Euclid…. Stuart France

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Given the option we would all choose to live in a house of the imagination…’ …A riddle is a trick played with words. And this word ‘trick’ is interesting for it too has a three in it. This three … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, symbolism | Tagged esoteric thought, Euclid, line, sacred geometry, three hares, triangle | 1 Comment

A link in the chain

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“… and one of these days you will know a world in which I no longer exist.” “I don’t know that I can imagine that.” “Possibly not. I have always been part of your world. Before you were born, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, symbolism, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, death, example, existence, funeral, future, importance, influence, Life, non-existence, silence | 4 Comments

Rainbow’s end

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I drove into a landscape lit by a rainbow, with crows and kites wheeling overhead, their wings carrying them into the light. I remembered the legends and stories associated with those ribbons in the sky that seem to emanate from … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Living Lore, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged arrow, hope, legend, myth, Noah, rainbow | 22 Comments

The Temple Church II: Talking heads…

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It is difficult to say what you see first when you step inside the church built by the Knights Templar in the middle of London, over eight hundred years ago. What you notice first, though, is a complete disparity in … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, alchemy, Churches, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, symbolism, Templars, travel | Tagged carved heads, Crusades, London., medieval, Norma, Pilgrims, Templar Head, Temple Church, treasure | 4 Comments

Heart to heart…

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“I don’t get it,” said my son. “We’re an island… how can we be short of water?” I had been telling him about the shocking state of the Derwent Valley reservoirs. I have seen them very low before, but never … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: parchment…

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Big-Earth… Little-Earth… Bigger-Earth: Earth-Man-Stars. * …On its reverse is scrawled in an uneven hand: “To regain, ‘The Raid’,”… “Seek out the Nine Chief Culdees of Erinn. Then journey with them to the Ogham Stone of Fergus Mc Roy, Continue … Continue reading →

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Missing the mark

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

A new footpath has been installed close to the village, running for a few miles through the silent, empty fields. One of its entrances gives onto the road I travel every day and I have watched with mild curiosity as … Continue reading →