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Alder-Ley… Stuart France

* A rift in the bed-rock Makes us wonder Just what is destined to emerge… A poisonous fume Or the trailing plumes Of a Sun-Bird? * Source: Stuart France

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Weather window…

For the past few days I have up to the proverbials in rose-thorns, leaf litter, mud and, inadvertently, the stream that runs through my son’s garden. I may have moaned about the cold and the wet, and the  sojourn in … Continue reading

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Burning Bush… Stuart France

* So, what to say of this banner? It is a work of art, certainly. It is a work of art which transcends the medieval style of its composition, although, the ‘S’ as an ‘eight’ and the ‘M’ as an … Continue reading

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Blinded by the light… Stuart France

* So, we return to the quest. And turn shining eyes to the south. Not that we ever left it, yet the churches had definitely ‘fallen off-line’… Until Skipton. Until one particular stained-glass window in Skipton. It is tempting to … Continue reading

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Given III… Stuart France

* “The problem with ‘religious art’ is that whenever you start to enthuse about it people put you down as ‘God Squad’.” “And then impose their own conception of ‘God’ on you.” “Which is usually a hideously naive one.” “I’d … Continue reading

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Clues III… Stuart France

* “Well, it has taken a while, but I think we can be fairly certain that this particular example of the symbolist’s art has something to do with the number eight.” “‘Fairly certain’? ‘Something to do with’? It is hardly … Continue reading

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Clueless

The past few days have seen us up to our eyeballs in research, planning and speculation. With the December Living Land workshop less than two weeks away, this was our last chance to get out in the field and check … Continue reading

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Connections…

“I know what links St John the Baptist, St Christopher and St Catherine…” “You do?” “They were all beheaded.” “…Baphomet!” “Sophia.” “How did you get from Baphomet to Sophia?” “There’s a cipher, you convert Baphomet into Hebrew letters then apply … Continue reading

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Field of Nine… Stuart France

* (8) Full… Waxing Gibbous First Quarter Waxing Crescent New… Waning Crescent Last Quarter Waning Gibbous (8) Full… “Which appears to be equating ‘newness’ with ’emptiness’?” “It is impossible to be the sun.” * Source: Stuart France

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Alpha et Omega… Stuart France

“Why is the Octave so important?” * * “Because it is simultaneously Both the end of one thing And the beginning of another.” * Source: Stuart France

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