Tag Archives: stone circles

Written in stone

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There has been a bit of a preoccupation around here lately with stone. Between the recent and forthcoming workshops we will have visited a fair number of stone circles, standing stones and burial chambers and it might be tempting to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Ancient Sacred Sites, ancient stones, coded symbols, geometry, landscape, Maurice Nicoll, Neolithic monuments, spirituality, stone circles, symbolism, Understanding and Knowledge, workshop | Leave a comment

The Wicker-Tree… Stuart France

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Why meet again, we three? To quell a raging psychopath… and tell the Way of the Wicker-Tree. * Why we three? Why a circle? Why a dance? * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Ancestors, Ancient Sacred Sites, ancient sites, Crone, landscape, magic, mystery, perception, psychology, Silent Eye Teachings, spirituality, stone circles, weekend workshop | Leave a comment

Elusive realities: The touch of the past..? II

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing from yesterday’s post: We had visited one of the more obscure sites in Derbyshire. It was one we did not know well, so spending time with the stones, hidden away within a copse of trees, was something we felt … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancestors, ancient mound, Ancient sites, Don and Wen, Elusive realities | Tagged earth mysteries, france and vincent, historic sites, history, mysteries, standing stones, stone circles, theories | 30 Comments

Elusive realities: The touch of the past..?

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We visit a lot of ancient sites and, over the years, have developed both a set of ideas and a bit of a ‘feel’ for these places. Some of those ideas have later been borne out by research into the … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, ancient mound, Ancient sites, Don and Wen, Elusive realities, france and vincent, historic sites, History | Tagged Ancestors, earth mysteries, mysteries, standing stones, stone circles, theories | 35 Comments

A Sea of Souls ~ Willow Willers

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from willowdot21: This is a mystical moment from this past weekend spent in Cumbria with The Silent Eye. The weekend was entitled The Full Circle : Finding your way home. It was late morning on the second day of … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry, reblog, Silent Eye weekend workshop | Tagged Finding your way home, hope, learning, light, stone circles, The Full Circle, trees | Leave a comment

Archaeology, migraine and the barometric fish…

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

After celebrating the recovery of Super Trooper, the little fish who swam, it was with a heavy heart that I saw him once again floating upside down in the pond and looking decidedly dead. The pale belly finally showed no … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, History, Landscape, Life, nature, Photography, Sacred sites, science, symbolism | Tagged barometric pressure, nature as teacher, observation, stone circles, swim bladder, weather | 55 Comments

Maiden Mother Crone, Part 8 – Farewell by Helen Jones

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: So this was it. The final stop on my weekend with the Silent Eye, not far from where it had begun for me, two days earlier. We were very close to Aberdeen airport, but, other … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, History, Photography, Scotland, Solstice of the Moon, The Silent Eye, Workshop 2017 | Tagged Aberdeenshire, archaeology, art, history, Pictish symbol stones, Silent Eye weekend workshop, standing stones, stone circles | 4 Comments

Maiden Mother Crone, Part 7 – The Dance by Helen Jones

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: It was Sunday morning, and it was raining again. But I breakfasted with friends, warmth and laughter a pleasant way to begin the day. Outside, a raven wandered along the wooden fence – one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, consciousness, Photography, Scotland, Silent Eye weekend workshop, Solstice of the Moon | Tagged Aberdeenshire, archaeology, art, history, Photography, Silent Eye weekend workshop, standing stones, stone circles | 5 Comments

Maiden Mother Crone, Part 6 – Rain to Bow by Helen Jones

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: Along winding roads through green fields, the purpling hills beyond, we travelled back to where our journey began – Easter Aquhorthies. We returned to a circle transformed from the screaming wind and rain of the … Continue reading →

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Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden by Helen Jones

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: Stone and rain. Rain and stone. It seemed to be a theme of the weekend. No matter the weather, when we reached any stone of significance the rain would fall. From soft misty drizzle to … Continue reading →