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Ol’ Bill…

* …”When it comes to the end of life you have to have something to call your own,” Bill slipped his arm through mine. The soft twill of his well pressed jacket warmed my bare flesh. “Something you’ve come up … Continue reading

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Nowt ’bout owt…

* The Master Mason watched as the Foundation Stone was lifted from its point of origin and swung out and over the construction site. * “I’d hate to have your job,” said a voice to his left. He shifted his … Continue reading

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Valet…

* …Monsieur Phillipe Montgomery laid aside his goose feather quill. It made an art of his writing. It made a rite of his practise of that art. Besides which it happened to be the instrument with which he had first … Continue reading

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The Slavic World Tree Myth and the Hexagram ~ G. Michael Vasey

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: Several years ago, Sue Vincent and I wrote a book about the Hexagram. The book explores that symbol. “Not from some scholarly or deeply complex perspective, but seeing it as a … Continue reading

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I Have Risen…

* ‘I have gathered myself together, Like the beautiful Hawk of Gold. * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

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Soft Morning Mist ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

Stand still awhile on this empty moorland Let the silence wash away yesterday Feel the pull, as if walking backwards To an old time, an old world Continue reading at Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie

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Are we there yet?… Sue Vincent

This week, I will be sharing again a little about the people behind the Silent Eye… My grandfather gave me his annotated copy of the Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune when I was fifteen. “This is the only magical book … Continue reading

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Body and Soul…

* On the sixth day the earth was delivered of Abadam, the very image of the Spirit conceived in the likeness of a lump of clay. * The Spirit breathed life into the clod and Abadam rose to his feet. … Continue reading

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Facing the Stones ~ Wallie’s Wentletrap #writephoto

It was traditional, not to say required, to be married before the stones. The people of the fields and drops of Little Boulding had kept to this tradition, not at all a requirement, since before anyone could remember. So of … Continue reading

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Mimir’s Bubbling Head…

* We seem to have finally lost the Hawks. The day feels somehow empty. But for Wen the day is still young and she is keen to introduce me to another chalk figure. This one is much later than the … Continue reading

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