Category Archives: Stuart France

Burn, Burn, Burn…

* Man was always chasing Hare but Hare was usually too swift for him… * One day, by means of a fluke, Man caught Hare, “Now, I’ve got you,” said Man and he tied Hare to a tree, then he … Continue reading

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All about the Pear Tree…

* …One of the things they taught me at High Furrow was that love has gone out of fashion. ‘Love, is passé,’ they said. In fact, so outmoded a concept was love that the people there could not even bring … Continue reading

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Sound of waves…

* After holidaying three years running at White-Lake, Mother decided it offered more congenial surroundings than sooty Colton in which to bring up a family so she put it to Father that we really ought to move there for good. … Continue reading

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Into the All…

* One, is All… Two, is the realisation that One is All… Three, is the balance of it… Four, is the establishment of it… Five, is its central essence… Six takes sides against it… Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Cusp of the Moon: young lion…

* …It was not long before Aggafdu, Prince of Annwn, got to hear about the marvellous sun shoes of Sow Hill: “You must bring me a pair of blue and gold shoes from the master cobblers of Sow Hill,” he … Continue reading

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Cusp of the Moon: cobblers…

* …“You must make a name for yourself,” said Branwen, and she looked from one to the other of them. “Now, how are we to do that?” said Greidyawl-the-Wise, and he scratched his chin as he chewed, looked to the … Continue reading

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The Yoke of all Craft…

*** …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading

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Fire and Ice…

Isaz * … Merlin’s bonds were loosed and he was told that if he explained his laughter in the city streets he would be free to return to the forests of Caledonia. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Odin’s Steed…

* We have to travel far and wide before we can comprehend this story, but in psychological terms ‘Loki’ is straightforward enough. He represents the shadow side of the personality. * In the Myth Cycle as a whole, Loki’s binding … Continue reading

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Svadilfari…

* Long before the Shining One arced into sky, our horseman had already started work. * With net and horse, he found an old stone quarry and began to heave the massive stone slabs, which lay all about, into his … Continue reading

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