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The City and the Stars (1) – Skara Brae ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

With the Pictish Trail weekend a long car journey and a boat ride behind us, we had awakened in Stromness to the early morning of an overcast Orkney day – The excavated and intact Neolithic village of Skara Brae was … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (5) : a seat in the gods ~ Steve Tanham.

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Four The stage is set. The feeling of expectation is deep. In the darkness of the auditorium, we cannot see those sitting beside us. The stage is dark, yet the darkness is not empty; in fact the … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (4) : the world within ~ SteveTanham

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Three I know these posts, so far, have been intense. The picture painted by Carl Jung and his Jungian successors of our linked internal and external lives is a detailed and vivid one. We began by looking … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (3) : beauty and the beast ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two The dream continues… We are frozen, the dragon and I. He cannot be seen, as he is mirroring my every move, behind me. My fingers explore the tip of the spear, the only movement left… I … Continue reading →

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The Entered Dragon (2) : dancing with shadows ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This time the dream is different. I know the dragon is there, but can’t see it. But I can see the heavy spear on the ground in front of me… I bend to pick it up. Something moves behind me, … Continue reading →

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Aeons… Stuart France

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Blake’s take on the Seven-Headed Dragon is suitably anthropomorphic! * To continue our ‘trawl’ through chapter twelve of Revelation, which commenced here: … ‘And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her … Continue reading →

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Into the Deep…

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* …Shiduri, the tavern keeper, sat, at the edge of the Great Ocean, her golden brewing-vat resting by her side. * Gilgamesh, whose heart was still full of anguish, strode toward her… * ‘This desperate man must be a murderer,’ … Continue reading →

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The Round Ark?

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* The story of Noah’s Ark is one of the first Biblical Tales that people in the western world hear. Yet the story far pre-dates the compilation of that venerable book. A tablet recently came to light dating back to … Continue reading →

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Why Myth? III ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …We do not pretend to be expert in Australian Aboriginal myth. We have probably in our whole life-time to date read only a handful of their stories. We have though spent some time in Australia crossing the country bottom … Continue reading →

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Why Myth? II ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…So, what is the significant act?’ ‘All the acts in the story are significant.’ ‘What is the story about?’ ‘It is about a Dust-Devil.’ ‘For the human body there are really only five significant acts: the first is breathing. … Continue reading →

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