Tag Archives: consciousness

Knot-Work…

Posted on December 11, 2019 by

* But perhaps there were other, less hazardous, ways of gaining the wisdom of the beyond, and integrating being into the personality. * * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Keys of Heaven (1): Cod and Lobster ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

Above: approaching Staithes’ wonderful Cod and Lobster pub Bright against the icy darkness, the Christmas lights of the Cod and Lobster pub greet the quiet sound of only two sets of winter boots, where, until a few hours ago, there … Continue reading →

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Fire From Heaven

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

There was supposed to be a meteor shower. The moon would not be bright enough to drown the display of cascading stars with its light and the skies over the village are but gently lit. The light pollution here is … Continue reading →

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Here and Now

Posted on December 8, 2019 by

The problem with living in a downstairs flat is that there is no upstairs. This may sound obvious, but when you have lived in a house almost all your life, with an upstairs, you tend to forget. Many times I … Continue reading →

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What if you were wrong?

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

I was thinking about a discussion I had enjoyed with a friend, about how our upbringing colours our worlds more than we realise. Both cultural and personal influences shape the images that imprint themselves upon the mind of the child … Continue reading →

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Time traveller

Posted on December 1, 2019 by

As the first lightening of the sky separates silhouettes from the blackness, the temperature plummets and cold floods my body. I can feel its bite and the reactive crisping of muscle and sinew as I huddle into my coat and … Continue reading →

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Cycles of Light (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 28, 2019 by

Have you ever considered how strange our week is? By this, I mean we get to the end of its seven days and fall off into an infinity of named celestial objects like Gemmda5, Godiano554, Artuix Sunburst and on, and … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Place…

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

* This notion, in the vague form in which it as come down to us, is probably more easily accessible, or, as some might have it, ‘fluffier’. * Still, few would deny that places can have atmospheres, Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Zeitgeist…

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

* … the other common transliteration, is ‘spirit of the age’ which is possibly even closer to, certainly one conception of, our unseen beyond. * Ages, Aeons, and Worlds… They are all ways. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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A pattern in the night

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

I couldn’t sleep. I’d gone to bed sleepy, read until I could read no more, then snuggled down expecting the inner lights to go out within minutes. An hour later I was still waiting… and wide awake. It might have … Continue reading →

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