Tag Archives: sacred sites

Full Circle: Fragments of home

Posted on December 16, 2018 by

Penrith is a lovely old market town with narrow alleys and some wonderful old buildings. Sadly, we would not have time to do the place justice over the weekend, but at least we had a glimpse as we walked to … Continue reading →

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The Big-Bold-Blue of Beyond…

Posted on December 11, 2018 by

* … When Brother-Warrior entered the chamber of the princess, because of his Cloak-of-Darkness, she thought she was enjoying converse and congress with a spirit. So too, did all her hand-maids but before departing he took off his cloak and … Continue reading →

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Some of them… Stuart France

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

* 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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Shadow Play…

Posted on November 25, 2018 by

* ‘Shadowing’ is our term for the phenomenon whereby a standing stone, or group of stones, recreates a distant landscape feature and thereby renders it immediately apparent or tangible. Most other megalithic writers on the subject have also, independently, recognised … Continue reading →

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Wish you were here…

Posted on November 22, 2018 by

* In Olden Times, Holidays were originally just that… Holy Days. The whole community would lay aside their work day duties and together engage in deeply or intrinsically symbolic activities which related to the situation that they all found themselves … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Imaginary Isles…

Posted on November 18, 2018 by

Dear Wen, ‘I don’t know. I wasn’t there…It’s impossible to say…’ Well, not having been invited to Ashbourne of course… The bell clapper sounding hollowly is an analogy of a lost soul… The bell or the ‘silent shell’ is the … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Imaginary Isles…

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

Dear Don, It was an interesting weekend with the research. The south transept window from Ashbourne has opened a whole set of mysteries to track down and so far I’ve only got a little way in. I enlisted the help … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: Edge and Point…

Posted on November 15, 2018 by

* Now every fifth year in the land of Erinn games, between the provinces of Meath and Connacht, were held. One year, a contestant known as Mac Duff brought with him to those games, his two fine sons. Both mighty … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: Talon and Beak…

Posted on November 14, 2018 by

*         …Now, one day the Leinster men were gathering together on their Game-Plain in order to take sport.  “Those ravens are making a terrible cackle over there,” said one. “They have been cawing at each other like that for … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: Bristle and Grunt…

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

* Said Keiron-the-Holy to the Ogham Stone of Fergus…  “A question, O Fergus Mc Roy, what was the cause of, ‘The Ulster Raid’. Some say it was the curse of two friends deprived of their friendship by the wiles of … Continue reading →

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