Tag Archives: Castles

Exploring islands and castles – and ourselves ~ G. Michael Vasey

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Gary Vasey shares his experience on our recent Walk and Talk weekend in Northumberland: This time, the Ryanair flight from Brno to Stansted was on time. This time, I arrived at the scheduled time and skipped through immigration without issues. … Continue reading →

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In the Similitude of a Dream III…

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … At this his relations were sore amazed; not for that they believed that what he said to them was true, but because they thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head; therefore, it drawing towards night, … Continue reading →

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In the Similitude of a Dream II…

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …In this plight, therefore, he went home and refrained himself as long as he could, that his wife and children should not perceive his distress; but he could not be silent long, because that his trouble increased. * Continue … Continue reading →

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In the Similitude of a Dream…

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where there was a Den, And I laid me down in that place to sleep… * * And, as I slept, I dreamed a … Continue reading →

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The Stone and the Pilgrim (2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Rested, the group of pilgrims gathers beneath the vast presence of Bamburgh Castle. The castle was restored to its present glory by the 19th century munitions entrepreneur and inventor William Armstrong. Lord Armstrong bought it from the Crewe trustees in … Continue reading →

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The Stone and the Pilgrim (1) – Steve Tanham

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Sun in Gemini Late Friday afternoon, 14th September. A group of travellers arrive in Bamburgh, Northumberland. Their intention is to invoke a landscape. The meeting place is one of the hotels in the village of Bamburgh, but the first destination … Continue reading →

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Pilgrims of Blood and Stone

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The blood: the Life that flows through us, taken in as breath, fresh each second, flowing out to be renewed in the world of nature; natural, given. The stone: the fixed structures we rely on to ensure persistence of that … Continue reading →

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Getting personal…

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

This weekend saw the monthly meeting of the Silent Eye in the north of England… a time when we reconnect, share and explore ideas and discuss plans for the four workshops we run every year. Work is already well under … Continue reading →

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Our next event…

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Castles of the Mind Seahouses, Northumberland Friday 14th – Sunday 16th September 2018 Do we have ‘castles of the mind’? Traditionally, ancient castles were build where there was trouble… Do we have the equivalent in our minds and emotions? Have … Continue reading →

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Dwellers in Towers – Steve Tanham

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

A recent trip to the beautiful Northumbrian coast threw up a chance visit to Preston Tower, one of a type known as a ‘Pele Tower’ – a fortified place of refuge for well-to-do families, built during the times of the … Continue reading →

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