Tag Archives: history

Songs of a bard….

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Sue Vincent

I love the old stories, the legends and lays of ancient times when the world, from our vantage point, seemed both a more innocent and more magical place, where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where … Continue reading →

Posted in Crucible of the Sun, fantasy, History, Life, Love and Laughter, Mabinogion, Mythology, Spirituality, Stuart France, Uncategorized | Tagged Books, history, Life, magic, Stuart France | 4 Comments

Naked Earth

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Looking at the map of prehistoric sites across the land, where there are just so many to see, I wondered just how long it would take to visit them all. Most of Britain is the same once you get outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancestors, Ancient sites, archaeology, Art, TOLL | Tagged Ancestors, Ancient Sacred Sites, archaeology, chauvet caves, history, landscape, Lascaux, mankind, Photography, spirituality | 6 Comments

Rowan berries

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** It started with a sleepless night. I was late to bed, as I couldn’t seem to relax. I wandered back downstairs a scant hour and a half after snuggling down with every intention of staying there for a long, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, History, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Sacred sites, Spirituality, travel | Tagged being, history, Life, sacred sites, spirituality | 21 Comments

Flying kites…

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Sue Vincent

The original post from 22nd March, 2013 in which Sue describes day three of our adventures in what was to become the story of, The Initiate… I woke yesterday to two lines in my inbox that brought a sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality, The Silent Eye, Uncategorized | Tagged art, being, birds, buckinghamshire, esoteric school, hawk, history, red kite, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 17 Comments

Little gems – All Saints, Burton Dassett III

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The paintings of the north transept with their beheaded saint and crowned figures would have been enough and well worth the visit. On this wall alone there are layers of decative themes, from figures to foliage, curlicues and stars. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, mankind, Spirituality | Tagged ancient sites, art, churches, England, English saints, history, medieval church, medieval wall paintings, Norman architecture, painting, Photography, sacred sites, travel, warwickshire | 7 Comments

Little gems – All Saints, Burton Dassett II

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Sue Vincent

There is a calm, clean feeling to the church of All Saints in Burton Dassett. It isn’t just the limewashed walls or the plain glass in the windows… not the stone flagged floor or the mefdieval tiles. It is something … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sacred sites | Tagged ancient sites, art, churches, England, English saints, history, medieval church, medieval wall paintings, Norman architecture, painting, travel, warwickshire | 19 Comments

The tomb and the missing skull

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

If the only way I can get out and play at the moment is to revisit old haunts, then so be it. Four years ago, I stumbled across a church with some wonderful stories and a fantastic tomb… In the … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Churches | Tagged ancient sites, Bassett tomb, Blore Bay, England, history, Photography, sacred sites, spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, travel | 5 Comments

North-easterly: Ringing a Pele

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sue Vincent

There is something about a map, a proper, paper map, that makes a journey personal. We don’t tend to use sat-nav, resorting to such technologies only when cities force us to do so… and we had invested in a brand … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged barriers, ego, friendship, history, Northumberland, Preston pele tower, weekend | Leave a comment

Smorgasbord Book Reviews Sally Cronin reviews: A Bit About Britain’s High Days and Holidays by Mike Biles

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Smorgasbord: Today I am reviewing A Bit About Britain’s High Days and Holidays by Mike Biles, the second of Mike’s books that I have reviewed and enjoyed. About the book High Days and Holidays are special occasions, celebrations, or … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged britain, history, non-fiction, reference | 2 Comments

Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey – Phoenix

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring…” Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Just before midnight, October 19th 1906, workers who had been installing a new system in the organ saw flames in … Continue reading →