Tag Archives: Silent Eye School

The Big Picture (1) : life and the image ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We don’t live ‘in the world’… an outrageous thing to say, and yet it’s true. Well, if we don’t live in the world, where do we live? We don’t live in the world; we live in a picture of the … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time ~ The Enclosure

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had, quite unfairly, asked the company to dowse for the next stone we were to visit, giving them the simplest of descriptions. Following the person who was on the right track, we set off through the sodden grass in … Continue reading →

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Circles Beyond Time ~The Standing Stone

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had brought the group here for just two stones. Nothing as visually spectacular as the wonderful dolmens we had seen in Wales, but to a quiet, green glade that always feels as if it is waiting and where a … Continue reading →

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To dare, to dream, to be…

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

‘To know, to dare, to will… and to keep silent’… this is a phrase heard within many branches of the Mysteries and one which echoes facets of the labyrinthine journey undertaken by those of us who work within them. It … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Breathes Out? ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We seem to be wrestling with the recognition that an age is coming to an end, and that strange forms are filling the world with casual madness, behaving as though nothing hangs over, us; no piper calling for the line … Continue reading →

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Living knowledge

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Crepuscular!” He was getting desperate now, having exhausted his list of the most obscure words. His face fell as I gave him the definition. He tried another and scowled… “How do you do that?” “I read.” The words he dangled … Continue reading →

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The Whirlpool ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Underlying image by Gordon Johnson on Pixabay It begins with a feeling… A feeling that something has fallen: like a vital bridge being destroyed. As it develops, you sense the landscape being stretched, allowing forms of life alien to your … Continue reading →

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Land of the Heart ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Sue Vincent

This is a self-help exercise I developed recently. I call it ‘Land of the Heart’ It’s an exercise that involves the surrender of the small self that feels so much pain and anguish, especially at a time of national division, … Continue reading →

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The Creature on the Beach Beyond Thought ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It lay there, head in the sky, gazing at the radiance. Its tail was still in the ocean of thought, the gentle waves urging it back where it belonged… The gaps in the waves had always been there; they were … Continue reading →

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Three Days of the Oyster-Catcher (Part 6) Beyond the Blasted Heath ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

And then the worlds around us literally fell away… We were all tired; it had been a wonderful day, and the weather had been kind – which is not always assured in Scotland… The brain tends to switch off, which … Continue reading →

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