Tag Archives: Whitby Abbey

Discovering Albion – day 9: Saints and Snakestones

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We walked further up the cliff towards the fourteenth century ‘cross’ that rises from its steps in front of the gatehouse. The Abbey, of course, was closed by the time we got there…if, indeed, it had been open at all … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (6): the greater force ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The greater force… What did they know of it! Anyone could see it in the fall of boulders in the mountains; in the crashing of the seas on the rocks, in the burning of the forests when the wildfires took … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (5): the will of the king – gathering ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We climb the steps to the Abbey at Whitby, aware that something different is happening; that the curtain of time is being drawn back… for as long as we can keep the critical mind at bay The years pass away. … Continue reading →

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Whitby Weekend: Within the Abbey

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We did not visit the Church of St Mary, perched on the edge of the cliffs. I have to wonder for how much longer it will stand and was glad to have spent some time there on our previous visit … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (4) – through the bones of the whale ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The pale winter sun lies – to our symbolic view – just beyond the East Cliff horizon. Its lowness and lateness in the cold sky speaks of the approach of the winter solstice, a time of maximum darkness and minimum … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (3): the synchronicity of kindness ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There’s a certain ‘presence’ about kindness. Like the spiritual – or, more likely, as a part of it – the act of unexpected kindness drops into our lives like a messenger from the ‘Gods’. So it was with our visit … Continue reading →

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A Prospect of Whitby (3) Touching the Sun ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There’s something ‘monumental’ about planning to be high on the vast moorlands of the North Yorkshire National Park at the end of the first week in December. Yet that is exactly what we’ll be doing on the Sunday morning of … Continue reading →

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The Moment that Teaches ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Most people who venture into the mystical encounter it before too long – that momentary sense of the world dropping away and an intense silence taking centre stage. In that silence is a new perspective which does not belong to … Continue reading →

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The Landscape that Teaches ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Sue Vincent

When we were creating the Silent Eye’s mentored correspondence course, we envisaged a three-year journey through a mental, emotional and spiritual landscape which would evolve as the Companion’s learning and depth of ‘being’ increased. This landscape was to be internal … Continue reading →

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A Prospect of Whitby (2) Steps in Time ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Good food is everywhere in Whitby. Even with our Collie dog in tow, we were able to find a wonderful and furry-friendly tearoom – Sherlocks in Flowergate. Forty minutes later we had enjoyed it so much we decided it would … Continue reading →

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