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White Sun…

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Stuart France

* The White Sun of the Tarot Fool is reputed to signify the spiritual sun… An impersonal power manifesting as a limitless energy radiated to the world-system of planets without number, streaming out and over them from their respective suns. … Continue reading →

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Lizard-Men

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Stuart France

*** … “You know, I’m not sure syncretism is quite the right word,” says Wen, eyeing the icon of Gilgamesh with some trepidation. We are in the British Museum doing ‘research’ as Wen likes to call it. ‘Pick up your … Continue reading →

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Year of the Pig…

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Stuart France

Image – Sue Vincent * The device of riddling is common to most traditional cultures. Maidens set riddles for their suitors: ‘What is sweeter than mead…?’ ‘What is whiter than snow…?’ ‘What is lighter than a spark…?’ * Antagonists use … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Petals of the Rose

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Petals of the Rose Guided Journeys Sue Vincent A collection of guided meditations, designed to open aspects of the personality in as gentle and natural way as the petals of the rose open at the touch of the sun. Each … Continue reading →

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A Rebellious Streak…

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Stuart France

Sir Toby Belcher * Rudy Trudy… No puddin’… No pie… Jabbed… The plebs… And made them… Cry… When the truckers… Came to play… Rudy Trudy… Ran away! * The now slightly portly figure of Sir Toby paced the church hall … Continue reading →

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A Pen and the Swords

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Sue – a photograph taken during her ‘Swords Phase’ *** February 6th, 2013… Some time around half past one this morning I dried my eyes and placed the final full stop at the end of the manuscript. The characters came … Continue reading →

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Spendyke…

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Stuart France

*** All boundaries… Are important… But some boundaries… Are more important… Than others… The boundaries between… England and Wales… And Scotland And England… For instance… Are not important at all… Because they are not really boundaries… The boundary between… Land … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox and The Green Man…

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Sue Vincent

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…And the Green Man

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* …If Tee’s study was the hub of intelligence, then Miss Hunnyfludd’s office, which comprised no more than a hastily compromised ante-chamber to its plush superior, was the heart… Thomas Welch was currently making himself at home in the heart … Continue reading →

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