Tag Archives: Gilgamesh

Dancing with the ghost in the machine ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

If you’ve ever been involved with anything of an ‘amateur dramatic’ nature, you will know that moment: the protagonist, hated until the final few moments (when the greater picture is revealed) shuffles off, in rags, to his doom; and the … Continue reading →

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Voices from the past

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was a jaw-dropping moment when it finally hit home… We knew the story… we had discussed it long before Stuart had started working with it. The ‘hero’ was a historical king who lived around five thousand years ago. About … Continue reading →

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Bill and Ben?

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

“Stand still…” I placed the newly-found basis of a godly crown upon his head. “I am not wearing a plant pot on my head!” To be fair, I should probably have waited until there was nobody else in this section … 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 →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Ark, Consciousness Studies, enneagram, esoteric meaning of myth, Flood Story, Gilgamesh, Irving Finkel, magic, Mythology, Noah, psychology, self-development, spirituality, Sumeria, symbolism, weekend workshop | 12 Comments

Getting there…

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

January…and the clocking is ticking down to spring. Work that has been going on all year now changes gear. It began in earnest last year, with a research trip to the British Museum to see the art and artefacts of … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Deep – Workshop April 2019

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The Silent Eye’s Spring workshop for 2019 * The glories above were unamed. The word for that world beneath, unuttered. Source and time, unfettered, merged… From the mingling waves-of-water came mud and slime. Enshar and Kishar, twin halves of the … Continue reading →

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Bearding the lion…

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“You busy?” I flick the phone onto speaker, my hands are otherwise occupied. “Just a bit.” “What’re you up to?” “Sticking pasta in a beard.” There is a long silence on the other end of the phone… “Could you repeat … Continue reading →