Tag Archives: Photography

Creation – Stuart France

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* In Mesopotamian mythology a Mother Goddess, with the assistance of a God of Wisdom, created men out of clay, mixed with the blood of a slain God. The Primeval male and female human beings were not allotted a life-span. … Continue reading →

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Deluge!… Stuart France

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Various stories relating a catastrophic flood are told by classical authors. These flood stories may derive from a single Mesopotamian original used in travellers tales for over two thousand years along the great caravan routes of Western Asia. In … Continue reading →

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A Sunny Day Hike up the hill to Castell Dinas Bran by Cathy Ryan

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Between the Lines: A couple of months ago we attempted the very steep climb up to the ruined castle. Dinas Bran towers above Llangollen and the Dee Valley in a spectacular setting that offers panoramic views from all … Continue reading →

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The Incomparable Comper II… Stuart France

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “And for a long time that is all we had.” “That, and the Green light of the Lady Chapel.” “That, and the Gold-Green light of the Lady Chapel.” “And, when that is all you’ve got you tend to … Continue reading →

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The Schrödinger effect – Top 10 Sites 2017

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

A blog is designed to be read… and until it is, the words are no more than words; they take flight in the imagination or the writer, but once on the page, they remain silent until awakened by a reader. … Continue reading →

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Whatever path you follow…

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Silent Eye

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Angels, Angels, everywhere III… Stuart France

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “The nine orders of Angelic Being mattered because the divisions echoed the Trinity and because they corresponded to the nine-fold partition of the heavens.” * * “From the Empyrean in descending order the spheres were those of the ‘first … Continue reading →

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Angels, Angels, everywhere… Stuart France

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “The Elizabethans followed Medieval lines of belief with regard to the angels yet confused, omitted, or misunderstood many of the finer details.” * * “They were convinced that the angels, as agents of ‘pure intellect’, acted as intermediaries between … Continue reading →

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Linking the Chain III… Stuart France

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “Despite Copernicus, the educated Elizabethan inhabited a geocentric universe whose movements were directed from a fiery, light-filled heaven, situated beyond the fixed stars, by a fiery, light-filled Super-Being.” * * “Between this, the ‘highest-heaven’, and the created universe was … Continue reading →

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Stones of the Night III… Stuart France

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …After a longer than expected climb up the steeper than anticipated side of the plateaux, you are finally within appraisal distance of the pointed stone. Its presence, which now looms towards you, defining the false horizon, seems to demand … Continue reading →

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