Category Archives: symbolism

The speed of honey

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

“Ten easy steps to open your psychic senses.” “How to become spiritually aware with five simple tricks.” “ Five keys to unlock your spiritual potential.” The stuff just kept on appearing in odd places and, every time it did, I … Continue reading →

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Shaping the world

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

Back in the earliest days when mankind had his beginnings, it was the land and our response to it that had shaped us. It has been suggested that it was the long grass that caused us first to stand on … Continue reading →

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…Silence.

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

Hebrew Letter – Yod * The worlds of Trade and Ideas have finally made it to the Car-Boot! From its tired tarmac the momentous march of modern minds has turned its grubby gaze to the Beyond. But how will they … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Deep: Death of the self…?

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

* ‘…When Anu heard this, he called for the Bull of Heaven, And handed its nose rope to the Princess Ishtar. Ishtar led the Bull of Heaven down to earth. * When the Bull of Heaven snorts on the earth, … Continue reading →

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Even mountains mourn…

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

Image by Stefan Keller Long ago, when the world was young, a fire had burned in him, red as hearts’ blood and he had called it love. She had risen beside him, igniting the life within, and their lives had … Continue reading →

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A church under wraps II

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

As we opened the door into St Kentigern’s church, it was fairly obvious we had picked the wrong time to visit. Not only was the sudden and relative warmth of the building steaming up the camera lens like there was … Continue reading →

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A church under wraps

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

After the Full Circle workshop had ended and we had taken our leave from the rest of the party, Stuart, Larissa and I went to visit a local parish church, St Kentigern’s in Crossthwaite. I had wanted to visit the … Continue reading →

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The magic of the moment

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

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 →

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Ars Geometrica: Seal… Stuart France

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

* ‘For God created man immortal, and made him in the image of his own eternity.’ – The ‘Twentieth’ Leaf The preceding image we had to own did not seem to us particularly god-like. We turned the leaf: The Twenty-First … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: A Corn of Wheat… Stuart France

Posted on January 2, 2019 by

* ‘…then a triangle and finally a circle……’ – The ‘Eighteenth’ Leaf. …This to our mind pretty much makes the earth feminine and the moon masculine which we expect also makes the sun feminine and the star behind the sun … Continue reading →

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