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Eye without Vision…

* You believe you are part of where you think you are, because you surround yourself with the environment you want, in order to protect the image of yourself you have constructed. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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O’ Coyote…

* We welcome you to our sacred space… …We seek your help, in bringing balance and harmony into the world of our younger cousins. With your permission we will work with your spirit, Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Con-Men and Cwena…

* Talking to door-knobs, is one way of opening doors… * ‘Maam, charmed,’ sez the Wolf-of-Oz, oozing oblique obsequies, rather than, ‘Alacazan!’ * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Losing the past

There was an article about the archaeological explorations taking place along the route of HS2, the planned high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham. It highlighted the amazing number of sites being excavated, spanning the human history of the last … Continue reading

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Bally’s Tale: Apple and Yew…

* …Afterwards the same uncanny man went to the south and accosted Elaine as she was resting from her travels in a sun-trap. “From whence do you come and where are you heading, unknown?” said Elaine. “From the mouth of … Continue reading

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‘Other Earth…

* Aurally… Aurally, pray, explain if you can, “Why O’ why is it so typical for this sort of man?”… * The Sci-en-ti-fic Messers, ‘Our-King’ and ‘Door-Kins’ et el… Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Rites of Passage: Lurchers, Stags and a mummified cat

*** Just over the road from the entrance to Cressbrook Dale is a pub. It is a most unusual pub and we could not pass up the opportunity to take our companions there to end the weekend. The Three Stags … Continue reading

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Rites of Passage: Last rites III

*** We walked on, the mood had changed with the meditation; all of us quietly aware that there was to be something more. The broad, well-trodden path continued to wind its way through the valley, but we took instead the … Continue reading

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The Green Harper…

* “…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought but they also recognise the importance of getting beyond the rational and that is where the myths and fairy stories come in… Plato spends the greater part of his … Continue reading

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Rites of Passage: Last rites?

*** On the Sunday morning, the last day of our weekend workshop, we had arranged to meet close to the entrance of Cressbrook Dale, a deep, green cleft in the hills that has a strange and often dark history. Our … Continue reading

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