Month: November 2015

A world of change

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I had picked up the book from the shelves at the top of the stairs. When I am too tired to read anything useful in bed, I go to old and familiar friends that I know I can re-read and enjoy as pure relaxation without having to concentrate or analyse. This one I hadn’t read for…

Station to Station XI…

The Silent Eye Meditations What aspects of the personality could be represented by: …The Hooded Figure …The Bearer of the Cross …The Haloed Female Figure …The other female figures …The figures disrobing Jesus …The figure of Jesus …The body of Jesus …The figures entombing the body? – Dark Sage View original post

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 37 – Golden Apples

.Alexandra. I made a special effort to be at Rose’s coffee shop early the next Monday morning. Despite that, he was there before me … “Morning, John,” I muttered, trying not to let my irritation show… “Morning, Alexandra,” said my uncle, cheerfully. It was only then that I noticed two things were–well, wrong… To start with he was sitting with his hands on his head, … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 37 – Golden Apples

Station to Station IX…

Stuart’s very deep exploration of the Stations continues… The Silent Eye Questions   If the story of Jesus is historical then why contemplate unhistorical episodes of that story? Why would the Roman soldiers coerce Simon into helping carry the cross? To what does the prophecy uttered by Jesus to the Women of Jerusalem refer? What do the hieratic gestures of the hooded figure signify? … Read More Station to Station IX…

River of the Sun, Chapter Four – Touching the Sky

Chapter 4 – Touching the Sky The Stonemaker halted his weary band in the shade of the rocky escarpment, allowing them too much water from the team’s meagre supplies. It had been a long march from the banks of the Nile, where their boat lay tied up to stout wooden stakes, recently cut and driven deep into the banks of the fertile river. This was to be … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Four – Touching the Sky

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 36 – Three Eyes of the One Mind

.Alexandra. “There were three of them!” I said, getting the first word in before he had chance to open the ominous black bag sitting on his knee. “Three of what?” I watched as his fingers let go the zip that ran across the top of its length. “Three cyclopses…” “Ah,” he said, smiling at our agreed corruption of the word. “Yes, three of them… … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 36 – Three Eyes of the One Mind

Rifts in reality

But ‘n’ Ben… a new book from France and Vincent!

Don and Wen are now pursued on their, increasingly, anarchic journey through the ancient British landscape… while poor Ben rots in Bakewall Gaol!  … “Stone Hugger” – could it get any worse?