Tag Archives: mystery

Head of the Serpent…

* 2001 – ‘War on Terror’ 2020 – ‘War on Coronavirus’ * There is an old adage that if you chop off the tail of a snake, the head will turn around and bite you, but if you chop off … Continue reading

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Curiosities… Stuart France

St Michael’s victory over the Devil – Sculptor, Jacob Epstein * The French occultist, Eliphas Levi, the German philosopher Franz von Baader, and the Theurgist, Louis Claude de St. Martin spoke of 1879 as the year in which Michael overcame … Continue reading

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What, no boots! …

* ‘…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought and also the importance of getting beyond the rational and that’s where the myths and fairy stories come in… Plato spends the greater part of his master work ‘The … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Causeway #writephoto

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Cascade #writephoto

Magic and laughter Memories for tomorrow Ripples cascading * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Scotland three years ago, at a place that I have always found magical, ever since I first drove that way, over forty … Continue reading

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…A Month of Sundays: Lady’s Lamp.

Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 * … Florence Nightingale’s spiritual life was graced by contact with the last of the Esoteric Medical Orders. The Sisters of Charity, was a religious order founded by St Vincent de Paul in 1634. Such orders had … Continue reading

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Dereliction…

* …That night Jed’s ‘derelict’ appears in the bed-room enveloped in an aura of light. He slowly crouches and whispers in my ear: ” ‘E cummin outta dem bushes shinin’, ‘e shinin’ like sum black buff sun. * ‘E donna … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Cascade #writephoto

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Eve #writephoto

Changing of the guard From life through death to rebirth The seasons turning * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at the Imbolc celebrations in Marsden, West Yorkshire, a few years ago. The night is lit with flames, … Continue reading

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Samildanach…

* …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading

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