Tag Archives: Derbyshire

Keeping a promise

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It was the first opportunity we had to re-visit the stone circle below Hordron’s Edge and we had a promise to keep, planting a crystal in the earth at a very specific spot. It was not the best of days, … Continue reading →

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The church with the feet

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I was running out of time, but it was only a small church and it did not look overly promising. The stonework looked too regular…modern… except for the tower which looked as if it didn’t quite match, and the enclosure … Continue reading →

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Picking up the breadcrumb trail…

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Wandering the backroads that meander through the hills between Staffordshire and Derbyshire was something I had been promising myself for a while. The map is the last thing on my mind… I just point the car in a generally northerly … Continue reading →

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Above and beyond…

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Over the past few years, the Silent Eye’s weekend workshops have covered many scenarios, from the gilded glories of ancient Egypt, to the medieval grandeur of the court of King Arthur. The themes and stories are no more than a … Continue reading →

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Flight of the Seer IX… Stuart France

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Shortly after the ‘Leaf and Flame’ event in 2016, the outline for, The Feathered Seer, workshop took shape for us on the edge of an ancient necropolis overlooking Big Moor. The seeing that day, be it courtesy of the … Continue reading →

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Snakes and peacocks

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There was still a little time before my son had to be at the station… time enough simply to drive, showing him some of the places I love, places that call me home to a place I have yet to … Continue reading →

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Flight of the Seer VIII – Stuart France

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* During our ‘Church Tapping’ days we acquired the rather dubious art of Bibliomancy, that is, taking it in turns to read at random from the pages of the bibles which, like as not, had been left open on the … Continue reading →

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Flight of the Seer VII…

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Given our quiet revolution, it was heartening that so many of the Companions stayed on after the workshop to play out in the landscape. The feeling was that many others would have too had not circumstances dictated otherwise. For … Continue reading →

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The Feathered Seer – Patterns of enchantment

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

    ‘The hidden world has its clouds and rain, but of a different kind. Its sky and sunshine are of a different kind. This is made apparent to those not deceived by the seeming completeness of the ordinary world.’ … Continue reading →

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The Feathered Seer – Divining meaning

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘In former times the soul was feathered all over’ Plato The third ritual of the workshop weekend was named Deadshaw Sick after the strip of land that divides the lands of the living from the lands of the dead at … Continue reading →

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