Category Archives: Spirituality

North-easterly: Layers

A short walk along the coast from Craster is another of the most iconic sights on the Northumbrian shore…Dunstanburgh. The castle has inspired artists and poets over the centuries; Turner and Girtin both painted the ruins, and so did I, … Continue reading

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Outside the Box…

* Most of the world’s original and productive thought comes from people of relatively poor physique and an impractical turn of mind. * In many societies conditions are hard and there is little surplus wealth. The contemplative has to face … Continue reading

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Going the Whole Five Feet

There is a lot of discussion going round at present about the new era in spirituality, the new wave of esoteric thought and a coming age of enlightenment. Some of it deadly serious, some seemingly less so. Some may seem … Continue reading

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Universal Mind…

* Human minds are linked in some way to human brains, and there has been little if no change in the size and constitution of human brains for many thousands of years. * The doctrines of the Prevailing View can … Continue reading

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This is You…

* All this. The world, and everything in it, is you. Not the you you think you are. Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Finding Don and Wen…

Dear Wen, Yes, it sounded like you were enjoying work on this one… Amazing really, how it has turned out with very little tweaking. Available via Amazon in paperback and for Kindle. Initially started as adverts for the School Books … Continue reading

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Pure in Heart…

* We can consider knowledge as a function of being. * A change in the being of the knower brings corresponding changes in the tone and tenor of knowledge. * In growing from child to adult for example knowledge becomes … Continue reading

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Love story

It has been a lazy day, lounging half asleep on the sofa, nursing a rotten cold. The mind wanders down odd paths at such times and  I have been thinking a lot about the whole idea of love. It is, … Continue reading

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Together, Poles Apart

As a little girl, I loved the tale of Borrobil by William Croft Dickinson. There was something wholly magical about the battle between the Summer King and the Winter King facing each other in within a circle of stones to … Continue reading

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The Pylon Gate…

* “Behold! The Double Son of the Songstress, hail to you Great God, Lord of Truth and Justice who oversees the completion of the Sacred Eye in the City of the Sun. My purity is that of the Great Benu-Bird … Continue reading

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