Tag Archives: The Silent Eye

White-Skunk and Bald-Eagle… Stuart France

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* In the beginning, Skunk and Eagle shared a dwelling. Eagle hunted for food and Skunk prepared it to eat. “Never approach my bed when I am out hunting,” said Eagle, “you will cause it to reek with your stench.” … Continue reading →

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Time Lines III… Stuart France

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “And everywhere literalism rears its convoluted head.” “I’m not sure I know what you mean.” “I mean, I don’t think these people regarded those so called entities as we do.” “Superstitiously?” “Just because one creates a form to … Continue reading →

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Time Lines II… Stuart France

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “In later Assyrian Mythology, Anzu becomes Pazuzu.” “Am I missing something, here?” “Pazuzu is a ‘wind demon’ responsible for bringing plague and pestilence, and whatever else we may think about the notions of a demon, in that region … Continue reading →

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Time Lines… Stuart France

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “And what have we here?” says Wen in that provocative way of hers which means she is up to something. “Anzu and Ninurta.” “Nope, not doing it for me.” “Anzu, Guardian of the Threshold, who stole the Tablets of … Continue reading →

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Down the Snow Stairs

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It has been a weekend of inclement weather. When the Siberian winds finally dropped, the snow fell, closing roads and making even the shortest journey hazardous. Snow always takes me back to childhood, even when it is inconvenient or the … Continue reading →

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Game of Bones… Stuart France

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* With what gusto the horizons of our world expand. Our enthusiasm grasps at each new enigma like a child its toy. Perhaps one day the most solemn problems of the past will appear as mere playthings to us… Continue … Continue reading →

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Of Sophists and Soporifics… Stuart France

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* With the advent of the Peripatetic Philosophers and their schools, where students could learn to aspire, to all that is good in life, and the roaring success of these ventures, came, inevitably, another sort of instruction, one based solely … Continue reading →

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Bestings … Stuart France

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* There is no better than… Just be the best you can. …Jack… Source: Stuart France

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Passions 4 God… Stuart France

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* True-hearted and importunate… * * Oriental and ecstatic… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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This Middle Earth… Stuart France

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The Ancient Greeks… White-robed, leather-sandalled, Studious yet peripatetic… They pursued a noble notion of religion. Nature based, gratefully borrowed from the mysterious Egyptians And equally graciously passed on to their eager followers… Continue reading at Stuart France

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