Tag Archives: alchemy

Half-seeing ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Image: ©️Stephen Tanham The spiritual teacher and philosopher Krishnamurti once wrote: ‘Recognition dulls the mind’. When I first read it, years ago, I disagreed with his proposition. Surely, I reasoned, the act of recognition is a result of intelligence? We … Continue reading →

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Only a Horse and a Sword ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We become habitual in our thinking. It’s a good idea (and fun) to play little games with our mind to help us look at things differently. One of these is to look at things in a ‘zero-sum’ way: that is, … Continue reading →

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A question of joy…

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

“You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy … Continue reading →

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A Wild Mother… Stuart France

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Mother-Wild has not only the experience of her forebears and the accepted rules of the clan to guide her, she seeks to learn also from ants, bees, spiders and badgers. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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The Gift… Stuart France

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* It is possible to box almost anything. Thoughts… Ideas… Emotions… In this way a whole life may be compartmentalised into secure, bounded segments of much more manageable proportions. Bite sized pieces. Or even, ‘shots’. * Continue reading at Stuart … Continue reading →

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Mermaid up a Mountain ~ Antonia Sara Zenkevitch #writephoto

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Dysfunctional polymath, renaissance woman, Mermaid walking up the great mountain, The things I was told I can’t but found I can, We learn to drink from our own fountain, I have faith and I have faith in science But don’t … Continue reading →

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The Great Mystery: Dreaming… Stuart France

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* The mysterium conspires with the animal world whose souls so resemble the purity and innocence of a human child. * It recognises the miracle of life in both seed and egg and the wonder of a harvest which springs … Continue reading →