Tag Archives: The Silent Eye

Fresh air…

From the archive: I had an odd and unexpected encounter today. One of those chance meetings that seem small and unimportant yet which leave a mark deeper than we realise at the time. I had wandered over to the next … Continue reading

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All – Ex – Andros… Stuart France

  One is All… In Alchemy there are no short cuts. Many are those who have spent a life-time seeking its treasure in vain. On the other hand, everything it promises to reveal is freely given at the outset. One … Continue reading

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Nightmares…

I woke sobbing this morning after a fitful sleep filled with nightmares. Not the kind where the monster with dripping fangs chases you like a scared rabbit through the set of a Hammer horror movie. Those are easily dealt with… … Continue reading

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Three Steps to Heaven… Stuart France

* “Sure, ’tis a wondrous thing of beauty to so confound the rational mind.” – The Aurally Man * Step One: Infinite Dimension * * Step Two: Find the way and follow it…** * * Continue reading here

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Eyes for an Eye… Stuart France

* “You know of what I speak, Gandalf. A great eye, lidless, wreathed in flame.” * I recall struggling to formulate this image when first reading Tolkien’s masterpiece. Even with the help of the cover illustrations it seemed to me … Continue reading

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Tell-Tale Signs IV… Stuart France

* One of Ireland’s, ‘Three Great Tales of Sorrow’ which all deal with the lives and tragic deaths of offspring, this one, the second in the series, is the most poignant perhaps as, ostensibly, the offspring are still children. Whilst … Continue reading

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Rombald’s Moor – Reblogged in honour of #YorkshireDay…

There is a place the heart calls home, I think, for each of us. Sometimes we are lucky enough to live there. Sometimes it simply lives within us and pulls at the heartstrings, calling us. It may be the place … Continue reading

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Stellar Interiori … Stuart France

‘…One becomes Two, Two becomes Three… And out of the Third comes One as the Fourth…’ – Mary the Prophetess. Plate One of Duvet’s Apocalypse. The Apocalypse of St John serves as more than just a Coda for the New … Continue reading

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Cusp of the Moon IV… Stuart France

* When ravens In battle-torment For torn-flesh fight… Morvran, my horse Firm-hoofed in stance Is indisposed to flight. Continue reading: Cusp of the Moon IV…

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Cusp of the Moon III… Stuart France

* O Leader of the way Smooth your face Fair your form Graceful your motion Like a white-headed gull On the gently swelling ocean wave. * I lift up my hands And raise my eyes. I bend my knee And … Continue reading

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