Tag Archives: psychology

The Lord of all Proud Beasts…

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* His skin is hard as rock. His heart huge as a boulder. His belly thick with spikes. * His eyes glow like dawn. He sneezes and lightnings flash. Flames leap from his mouth. * Continue reading at France & … Continue reading →

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…not as we know it. ~ Stuart France

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* …Moments later the bars of blue light shimmered into three tightly clad figures. Kirk, glanced expectantly around the room and sighed. Spock arched a well manicured eye-brow skyward. “An empty writing room,” pronounced Sulu, somewhat redundantly. Kirk’s hand held … Continue reading →

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Siesta…

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Sweating hours. Quiescence lies like a crime. * The crack of dry twigs underfoot… startles! A tumultuous green-flash of thumping rampage. Dog legs. Baboon haunches. A luminous ankh arrows away. A way out to tree-stump. Continue reading at France … Continue reading →

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A Big Top…

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The Circus Clown Encircles us His made up  face And painted on Smile belies An origin Not thought Much less sought From a world inanimate. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Shivering River…

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The traditional number of runes stands at twenty-four. A colt has twenty-four milk teeth. Sleipnir is a colt. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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North-easterly: Beyond the Walls

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Next morning, we gathered at the gates of Bamburgh castle. We had seen it from beyond its walls, considering how we could glimpse our own ‘inner fortifications’ from a perspective beyond the control of the ego, and now we were … Continue reading →

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Old Stones…

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Built by the sea But not of the sea These enclosing walls… * It is a ‘Celtic’ thing The Spirit tied-to-tide And it is still understood By today’s Old Bones… Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Some of them… Stuart France

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* I had half expected the town to be deserted. That is Memory again. It acts like  some indifferent film director moving extras around, concerned only with their ebb and flow. Over time the ‘peripherals’ fade leaving only the ‘principals’ … Continue reading →

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Carnival…

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* …Face of moving water Breathing in water The water a breathing face… * Today I will speak to you For, today, we hold a race A sprint to the death Whose spirit yields to the swiftest The fleetest of … Continue reading →

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Odin’s Steed…

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* We have to travel far and wide before we can comprehend this story, but in psychological terms ‘Loki’ is straightforward enough. He represents the shadow side of the personality. * In the Myth Cycle as a whole, Loki’s binding … Continue reading →

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