Tag Archives: history

Selby Abbey – Phoenix

Posted on March 26, 2020 by

“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 →

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Selby Abbey – Interwoven threads

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

We walked down the Norman nave, passing Abbot Hugh’s pillar, identical to those at Durham cathedral where we had been the day before. Was it only the previous day? Similar too to the great carved columns of Dunfermline a few … Continue reading →

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Selby Abbey – Dignity and memories

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

We were supposed to be in Scotland this week, revisiting a magical place. However, that cannot happen at the moment. As things are rather up in the air, I thought I’d revisit a past trip this week and share a … Continue reading →

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Brave New World ~ Willow Willers #writephoto

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

The path well trod leads to the stones Feet bare or shod approach the thrones The Gods of men look down and smile The land is bathed in gold for a while. Continue reading at  willowdot21

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The outcast dead ~ Mike Biles

Posted on March 13, 2020 by

Reblogged from A Bit About Britain: This is Cross Bones Graveyard, surely one of the saddest places in London.  Its story belongs within a wider narrative about poverty and prostitution, an important aspect of the two-thousand year history of the … Continue reading →

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A silver cord

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

As soon as I was considered old enough to wander alone… a ridiculously young age by today’s standards… I would knock on the doors of the various elderly relatives that lived within a stone’s throw of home or school. Their … Continue reading →

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Memory ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 2020 by

Who knew what the old standing stones remembered. I ran my hand along their rough cut, damp moss covered surface as I walked around each one. Did they remember where they came from? Who brought them here and what worship … Continue reading →

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Fragments of history

Posted on February 29, 2020 by

Over the past month or so, we have been revisiting places in my local area in preparation for the April workshop we will be running here. There are so many wonderful sites that we would love to include, but time … Continue reading →

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Hostýn and a strange image of Jesus ~ G. Michael Vasey

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey  : Last weekend I managed a quick trip out to Hostýn about 100km from Brno. Svatý Hostýn or St.Hostýn is a hill in Moravia and a place of devotion to Mary. … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Robbie Cheadle ~ Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

The Hungarian Jewish Museum was constructed on the plot where Theodor Herzl‘s, known as the father of the State of Israel, two-story Classicist style house stood, and adjoins the Great Synagogue on Dohány Street in Budapest. The museum holds the Jewish Religious and Historical … Continue reading →

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