Tag Archives: Leaf and flame

Gorgeous Georgius… Stuart France

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

St George ‘cradling’ or ‘choking’ a baby dragon? (Nuremberg Chronicle 1493) * … Like Michael, the St George we know today is something of a construct. * Historically, George appears to have been a third century greek conscript in the … Continue reading →

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Looking back…

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The Silent Eye is busy gearing up for the annual April workshop. Every year we host a residential workshop weekend in Derbyshire and every year people come from across the globe to join us for an adventure of mind, heart … Continue reading →

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Shape-shifting (Part 1) – by Running Elk

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

This series of posts are based on the outline of an exploration session presented at The Silent Eye  (a modern mystery school) “The Feathered Seer” weekend in 2017. Whilst I have attempted to retain some of the flavour of the … Continue reading →

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Space for error

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For five years, it was Steve who was the principal writer of the annual workshops. I don’t think any of us had really considered that it would ever be otherwise. We contributed, both ideas and certain sections of the weekend, … Continue reading →

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Spirit Animals by Running Elk

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Shamanic Paths This post is based on the outline of an exploration session presented at The Silent Eye  (a modern mystery school) “Leaf and Flame: the Foliate Man” weekend in 2016. Whilst I have attempted to retain some … Continue reading →

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The Feathered Seer – Patterns of enchantment

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

    ‘The hidden world has its clouds and rain, but of a different kind. Its sky and sunshine are of a different kind. This is made apparent to those not deceived by the seeming completeness of the ordinary world.’ … Continue reading →

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Green grow the rushes O… from Stuart France

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Stuart France… The Grand-Father Clock, tock…tock…tocked reassuringly in the corner of the oak panelled study. Through the window to one side the ancient time piece’s Big Brother could be discerned dominating the metropolitan sky-line… Tee, was wilfully oblivious … Continue reading →

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Leaf and Flame – Laughter on the dance floor

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Photo by Barbara Walsh The Sunday morning guided meditation took the Companions back to the place where they had begun to seek answers to their own riddles. To begin the day in silent communion with a sense of something vast … Continue reading →

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The Face of a Queen by Alethea Kehas

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Alethea Kehas, who played Guinevere at the recent leaf and Flame Workshop. Legends tell of a queen of great beauty. Guinevere, thought by some to be part mortal, part Fae, a queen who seduced hearts and intoxicated the … Continue reading →

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Finding Gawain – Act Four by Steve Tanham

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from SteveTanham at The Silent Eye… continuing Steve’s personal journey as Gawain. (image: detail from ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch. Wikipedia Creative Commons) Finding Gawain – Act Four Reckoning… Within the forest there is a sense of … Continue reading →

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