Category Archives: Steve Tanham

An Eye full of Reflections (2) – Steve Tanham

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is so much going on that you can miss him on the downward leg of the guided introduction to Portmeirion. In a world of the strangely beautiful, one in which the normal laws of constructing a ‘village’ have been … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Shaman (5) – Life and Death on Kukulcan by Steve Tanham

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The count had reached one forty steps by the time the newfound realised what was happening. Below him, the rising air from the plateau smelled, newly, of summer grasses and deeply-perfumed flowers.  The sun, near vertical overhead, beat down with a … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Shaman (2) – two journeys to Chichen Itza by Steve Tanham

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Jerome, my newly-found Mayan Shaman friend, was born in Belize, and had travelled before settling, for the present, in Yucatan, Mexico. I had been surprised at how vividly alive the Mayan culture was in this part of Central America. It … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Shaman (1) by Steve Tanham

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Jerome (not his real name, but those are his hands) had been teaching us some elementary Spanish. We had been advised that the lesson was half an hour later than billed, but it had started on time. By the time … Continue reading →

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Intimate Flames – #Silenti

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

What is it to be intimate? The touch  of a lover’s hand or lips, perhaps?  Two bodies locked together in desire for a common fulfilment; the intellect muted while the emotional and sexual energies dance their own bolero? We generally … Continue reading →

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Panics quietly stage left…

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is that time of year. The time when my bedroom starts to ressemble a theatrical costume department, the days suddenly start racing by far too quickly and The Day approaches with panic-inducing velocity. Not that I am starting to … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (3) – #Silenti

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In parts one and two of this set of three posts, we have examined how the development of the individual, the ‘self’, is a different process from the development of our young bodies, and relies upon our departure from ‘oneness’ … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (2) – #Silenti

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘As I begin to understand how ‘I’ am made I begin to see that infinity can largely be equated with what is formless and not with some mathematically and useless hugeness’ I wrote that down some time ago. From one … Continue reading →

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The Finding of Polarity (1) – #Silenti by Steve Tanham

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We can speak of mysticism, of magic, of meditation, of psychodynamics and many other labels, but all these refer to the attempt by the human consciousness to become aware of a deeper level of existence than our normal day-world. In … Continue reading →

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The Holes in the Boat -#Silenti

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I remember my first journey into the world of being conscious of identification. I had been particularly struck by its description in the book In Search of the Miraculous, by P D Ouspensky – considered to be one of the key … Continue reading →

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