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The Feathered Seer – Part 3 (No. Really. The Feathered Seer!)

Originally posted on Stepping Stones:
Nine Ladies Stone Circle, Stanton MoorCopyright: Graham Dunn During the exploration session on Spirit Animals, presented during The Silent Eye (a modern mystery school) “Leaf and Flame: the Foliate Man” weekend in 2016, one of…

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The Feathered Seer – Divining meaning

‘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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The Journey of the Feathered Seer Part 3: Finding Peace by Alethea Kehas

Bratha left the Raven’s Nest with the gifts of the clan. Now cloaked with the wisdom of a seer, she traveled with her guide to speak Truth to those who sought knowledge. I had a day to process my experience … Continue reading

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The positives in negativity

“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” KJV Psalm 8:2 I passed the entire night in the hinterland between sleep and waking. It is that odd state where the body rests unresisting but the mind … Continue reading

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The Feathered Seer – The observer

”The spirit is so closely linked to the body as a thing that the body never ceases to be haunted.’ Georges Bataille We had chosen five of the ancient and sacred sites of the local landscape as inspiration and setting … Continue reading

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The Feathered Seer – Fear

‘All of you undisturbed cities, haven’t you ever longed for the Enemy?’ Rainer Maria Rilke “Burn and Grieve.” The title stared back at me from the screen. It seemed prophetic. Mute fingers poised, I wondered what on earth had possessed … Continue reading

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Flight of the Seer II

* …With this year’s April Workshop, we returned to source. Five years ago, The Song of the Troubadour birthed our school and opened the gateway to three levels of Enneagram study. This year we opened another gateway, which led into … Continue reading

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The Flowers of Mistrust – #Silenti

We live, increasingly, in an age of mistrust. It can be seen as cool, savvy, to doubt what we hear–an expectation of deceit in the ‘other’, as though trust belonged to the infant’s playground; something to be outgrown in the … Continue reading

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A touch of tenderness

My son gleefully squeezed harder at the knotted muscle in my shoulder, with a ‘Now I’ve got you’ as I groaned in agony. We have established and agreed that he has a slightly sadistic tendency where I am concerned. It … Continue reading

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Guest author: Steve Boseley – Feel the fear and do it anyway

Have you ever been gripped by fear and anxiety?  Crippling anxiety that dictates your actions.  A sinking fear that sits in your gut, strangling your organs, trying to push your breakfast back up and out.  I’m sure we can all … Continue reading

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