Tag Archives: Derbyshire

Shades of the Golden Age…

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

As a child, I loved the old movies of the swashbuckling variety. Even then, I knew the stories were not real and the history likely to be wildly innaccurate. Romance and adventure did not wait behind every tree. Magic, though, … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Dreams, Events, fantasy, fiction, Film, Friendship, imagination, Silent Eye weekend workshop | Tagged Derbyshire, Elizabethan, Jewel in the Claw, shakespeare, The Silent Eye | 11 Comments

Silent Eye: Sixth Weekend Draws Nigh! – by Alienora

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Alienora’s Anthology: Silent Eye: A Modern Mystery School has been an important part of my life since its birth way back in 2013; though, actually, the story starts even before then… I first met Stephen Tanham and Sue … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged April 2018, Derbyshire, Elizabethan England, Elizabethan era, friends, great hucklow, Jewel in the Claw, John Dee, modern mystery school, Red dress, ritual drama, SE18 Silent Eye Workshop, spirituality, symbolism | 9 Comments

A common misconception?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“….so, this year it is Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Court, and next year we’ll be in Sumeria.” Running around getting things organised for the workshops always involves the attempted acquisition of some strange items. I frequently get asked what I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Ancestors, ancient civilisations, Derbyshire, Egypt, mystery play, Mystery School, Mythology, psychology, sacred sites, science, Silent Eye annual ritual drama workshop, spirituality, Uruk | 11 Comments

Enigma #midnighthaiku

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Human enigma Achieves the impossible Denies evidence The valley is flooded. Beneath it two villages are drowned. Modern Man works engineering miracles then sails on his creation, trusting his eyes and self-satisfaction. Above the valley are sculpted hills, crowned by … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, ancient mound, Ancient sites, Photography, Poetry | Tagged Derbyshire, haibun, haiku, Ladybower, Slbury | 22 Comments

Brood #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Mam Tor, which means ‘mother hill’, is surrounded by her children, where the underlying layers of shale have caused landslips to form smaller hills at her base. The instability of the hill gave her the name of ‘shivering mountain’. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged birth, Derbyshire, haiku, Mam tor, Spring, winter | 8 Comments

A snowy weekend…

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It was touch and go as to whether I would make it north this month, what with the lingering effects of this damnable ‘flu. Then the weather forecast was dodgy. But, in spite of freak sleet storms and icy roads, … Continue reading →

Posted in Don and Wen, Landscape, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged beauty, Deer, Derbyshire, Moors, snow, winter, yorkshire | 57 Comments

Wish you were here?

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We regularly share the stories of our workshop weekends on these pages. What is impossible to share on these pages is the sense of warmth, the laughter and the camaraderie that attends these weekends. Those who come along are not … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged ancient sites, Cerne Abbas, CIRCLE OF TEACHINGS, consciousness, Derbyshire, dorset, enneagram, esoteric meaning of myth, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, landscape, magic, Mystery School, Silent Eye annual ritual drama workshop, weekend workshop | 15 Comments

The Other-Side of Space… Stuart France

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* So Cor and Fran retreated to the start of the green sward and replayed as accurately as they could remember the events that had led to Min’s mysterious disappearance. Fran ran on ahead and when she got to the … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Books | Tagged Derbyshire, Folk Tale, giants, landscape, magic, mystery, Poetry, story, The Silent Eye | Leave a comment

A Far-Flown Arrow… Stuart France

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “Where did she go?” “I dunno.” Poor Fran and Cor, in this day and age people are not supposed to disappear, or at least, not like that. They still do though. Despite their understandable confusion. Over a thousand people … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye | Tagged albion, Derbyshire, landscape, magic, mystery, story | 1 Comment

Game of Stones … Stuart France

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “This must be it,” shouted Min getting excited again. If she had been a child she would have been jumping up and down on the spot. “The green sward, you mean?” replied Cor who was just as excited but … Continue reading →