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Keys to Heaven: Gluttony… Stuart France

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

* The Norse God, Odin, hangs over all. His attendant wolves symbolise our lower self, and both their names can be translated, ‘greed’, which leads us to glut… * For most people the plan is simple: to experience all they … Continue reading →

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Paths #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

* Few pathways run straight Save those imposed by stern will Upon life’s landscape * Carried by the stream To destinations unknown Our paths meander *  

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A very strange grave in a suburban churchyard: Pinner’s ‘floating coffin’ ~ Caroline Swan

Posted on November 27, 2019 by

Reblogged from Flickering Lamps: One of the joys of graveyard exploration is the discovery of unusual graves and memorials – those with eccentric designs or strange stories attached to them.  The imposing monument we’re looking at today, which towers above … Continue reading →

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Wily Wotan…

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

* Determined to retake the mead of poetry from, the Giant’s who had stolen it, Odin, The High God, disguises himself as one of them… * He calls himself, ‘The Evil One’. * All the Jotunn have those sort of … Continue reading →

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Stone of the Night…

Posted on November 19, 2019 by

* You are a passenger… You stay under glass… You are driven through the city’s ripped back-sides. You leave the city’s ripped back-sides on a road which snakes through low, rough, foothills. Far on the horizon a solitary fin-shaped peak … Continue reading →

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Hunting the Moon…

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

* We thought we would get there early, to soak up the atmosphere, and await the fall of night… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Time Bleed…

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

* … “Stratford Strange Day!” “I don’t know what you mean?” “Well, the first thing was our conversation before we’d even properly decided we were going to Stratford…” “Which one?” “Statues!” “Oh, that one. It didn’t strike me as particularly … Continue reading →

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Longing for home ~ Running Elk

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

Reblogged from Shamanic Paths: It’s odd how it catches you, sometimes, off guard. The picture on the right is an image I’ve often tried to capture, usually without success, so when it popped up on a social media group I’m … Continue reading →

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Wen’s World…

Posted on November 8, 2019 by

* …The weather is being unkind again. There are other reasons this time, however, for our sense of anticipation for the first of the Glastonbury talks being perhaps less enthusiastic than it might be. The intrusion of Christmas left little … Continue reading →

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Written in stone

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

There has been a bit of a preoccupation around here lately with stone. Between the recent and forthcoming workshops we will have visited a fair number of stone circles, standing stones and burial chambers and it might be tempting to … Continue reading →

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