Tag Archives: The Silent Eye

Divination by the book

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is an ancient art of divination knows as bibliomancy…divination by books. It has been around a long time…the I Ching, the Chinese Book of Changes, has been in use for at least three thousand years, and who knows how … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Signs III… Stuart France

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Brown, Black, Grey and Red, All men and women end up dead.’ It seems to me that this rather macabre Fionn tale, adapted from a collection made by Jeremiah Curtin and first published under the title, ‘Myths and Folk-Lore … Continue reading →

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Black … Stuart France

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …As the lot had fallen to Black to go on the second watch, he set a flame to his brand and went off into the night upon Brown’s return, with Fin’s dog, Bran, padding softly behind him. Black wandered … Continue reading →

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Dereliction of Duty… Stuart France #writephoto

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* It was a day of surprises. For the matter beneath his feet to commence shaking was a surprise because it had shown no prior predilection so to do and hence had come to be regarded as stable. Given the … Continue reading →

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Dear Deer… Stuart France

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* A silent given grace you seek to find Within the moonlit forests of the mind Where mossy doubt obscures the silver stream And clarity comes only in a dream Continue reading here

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Tell-Tale Signs II… Stuart France

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … A very different Fionn tale (to give him his correct nomenclature), adapted from one of Ella Young’s re-tellings. The full cycle of tales from which this one is drawn are available in, The Tangle Coated Horse, and although … Continue reading →

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Albion of the Heart… Stuart France

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Hear Yea… …Hear Yea… …Hear Yea. * * Continue reading here

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Alchemical Gold by Stuart France #writephoto

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* As soon As one Posits One-self ‘Natura Superior’… One is Immediately confronted with Earth as dirt And the need To flee This filthy spectre Becomes paramount… * Continue reading here

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Carrot and Coals IX… Stuart France

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …On the screen of inner sight a single glowing point of light that seems farther than the farthest star, yet closer than the sun. Between her and the light nothing but the streaks of passage… a stream of movement, … Continue reading →

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Carrot and Coals VIII… Stuart France

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …A hand extended, smiling eyes unseen but felt. She takes the hand, stiff after the long vigil in the chill of night, accepting assistance to regain her feet. The grass is cold, frost biting her bare toes. Above, a … Continue reading →

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