Month: December 2017
The Edge of Order: Frances Walsingham
It had been simple, back then, when all eyes shone with approval; when she was the young bride of the Queen’s Champion, Sir Philip Sidney. This daughter of the ‘Sworn’, – the inner cabal of those who had vowed to lay down their lives, without question, in the defence of their embattled queen – could do no wrong. He should be here, she thought, … Read More The Edge of Order: Frances Walsingham
Riddles of the Night: Connections
Sue adds some rich detail to the possible Templar links with the Bakewell region… The Silent Eye We toured the church in Bakewell with our companions, stopping at each of the eight chosen points of interest that highlighted the story we were speculating upon. There is far more in that church than the details upon which we were focussing, but knowing that time was … Read More Riddles of the Night: Connections
Riddles of the Night (4) – Leaving the Temple
The Riddles of the Night weekend, created and hosted by Sue Vincent and Stuart France, reached a dark crescendo on the Saturday night. By dark, I mean the kind of physical blackness that comes with an early December trip to the middle of an ancient site at nine in the evening… After the all-consuming (Saturday) daytime visit to Robin Hood’s Stride, and the nearby … Read More Riddles of the Night (4) – Leaving the Temple
Riddles of the Night – A walk in the park…
The Silent Eye We began at the well that gave the town its name. Baecca’s Well is an ancient healing spring that rises from deep within the earth. It is thought to have taken its name from a tribal leader whose story is lost beyond memory. It is one of the points on a proprosed ley running from the great circle of Arbor Low … Read More Riddles of the Night – A walk in the park…
Angels, Angels, everywhere III…
Originally posted on Stuart France:
* “The nine orders of Angelic Being mattered because the divisions echoed the Trinity and because they corresponded to the nine-fold partition of the heavens.” * * “From the Empyrean in descending order the spheres were those of the ‘first mover’, the fixed stars, saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury and moon. The Nine Hierarchies of Angelic Being each…
Angels, Angels, everywhere II…
Originally posted on Stuart France:
* “The Angelic Worlds had been set out as early as the fifth century AD by Dionysius the Areopagite who taught that the Angelic Beings were arranged in a definitive nine-fold order according to their capacities to receive the undivided divine essence.” * * “In this scheme there were three main orders. The ‘contemplative’ consisted of Seraphim, Cherubim and…
Linking the Chain II… Stuart France
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
* “The Elements, then, were not links in a simple chain but acted more as ‘inherent principles’ within the chain as a whole…” * * “Similarly, the perfected parts of inanimate nature, operated at heights far removed from what might be termed the lower specimens of the animate classes…” * * “The stars and constellations were…
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Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (3)
A bastard’s bastard, he would never know that he carried the blood of the Templars in his veins. That was only speculated after his death; being proved, later, by the researcher who followed his short life. He did it because he was a runner… Hardship was the key; hardship and the words his cruel companions at the parish school carved on his leg with … Read More Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (3)
Yoga: When You Are Not Used To Love
Originally posted on The Light Behind the Story:
A Rose Opens to Light I have started working with the mantra Aham Prema, which translated into English means “I am Divine Love.” 54 repetitions with the mala beads brings my voice outside of myself to a state beyond insecurity. My body becomes a humming vibration of energy amplified by the back of my throat. Constriction…
Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (2)
Imagine a tiny village, just a few miles from a major Derbyshire town, yet unknown to most people passing by on the busy road between Bakewell and Matlock. The village contains an ancient mound of boulders of millstone grit layered on the underlying limestone base – typical of this part of the White Peak. Aside from its geology, the intricate and serpentine rocks … Read More Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (2)

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