by Steve Tanham
We could be in any of the great cathedral cities of Britain. If someone took off the blindfold and asked, we might say Salisbury, York, Lichfield or the wonders of Durham Cathedral. The latter is significant, because they who built Durham came here to add their skills… We are in the capital of Orkney – Kirkwall (reference ‘F’ in the Northlink Ferry’s map, … Read More An Orcadian Diary (4): The Light of the North
by Steve Tanham
Jordis is new to blogging. Here you can read a very spiritual and joyous story of her sister’s passing…
by Steve Tanham
➰ In the gold-washed glow on green Of July’s vivid evening blue I watch your spinning fall to earth ➰ Through softer air than day’s has been Your path to ground is freshly spoken The soil-drawn spiral just for you ➰ Entranced, enspelled, entwined My sight conceives of your conception In six seconds of descending grace ➰ Stephen Tanham is a director of … Read More Ash Samara
by Steve Tanham
The Silent Eye Our penultimate church was in Batcombe… these days a small and straggling hamlet, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. There has been a church on the site of St Mary Magdalene for nigh a thousand years and very possibly more. It stands in a green valley, far from enough people to make a congregation seem barely feasible. The church boasts a … Read More The Giant and the Sun – The one with the magician…
by Steve Tanham
Maiden Castle… from Sue. The Silent Eye Our final site of the official weekend workshop was Maiden Castle, an enormous prehistoric structure just outside the Roman town of Dorchester. We gathered in the car park beneath the hillfort and began the climb to its gates. The name, Maiden Castle, is of debated origin, with some scholars taking it to mean an impregnable or unconquered … Read More The Giant and the Sun – The Great Hill
by Steve Tanham
A very special poem from Jordis… The Silent Eye Jordis Fasheh is a Companion of the Silent Eye. When we brought the School to birth at our very first April workshop, Jordis was the first to walk through the portal and has been held in our hearts ever since. At the Jewel in the Claw workshop, Jordis embodied the role of Lady Rab’ya El … Read More The Dancer ~ Jordis Fasheh
by Steve Tanham
Sue’s post on Crop circles in Dorset and a beautiful video shot from a drone… The Silent Eye Although the hexagram was the main ‘pattern in the landscape’ that we had come to investigate… with a little help from the Giant on the hillside… there was another pattern that had been intriguing our companions… that of the crop circle that had recently appeared on … Read More The Giant and the Sun – Accident or Design
by Steve Tanham
There was a feather on his pillow when he settled down to sleep that last time. He had no idea where it had come from. If it was time to die, so be it… Always the same beginning to the dream; the swim to the hidden beach on the Greek island, the beautiful sun blazing down on his naked body–far from the world he … Read More The Feather
by Steve Tanham
⦿ Seize! There is no voice to this command It is the scream of nature’s green A rush of breath, a hushed intent And distant flowers on the wind Recall sweet Maytime’s yearning sigh Yet far as can from Winter’s bite The taunting laughter draws the eye ⦿ Take! Prepared or not! the vixen’s call It is the voice of passion’s lure It is … Read More Seize, take, remember
by Steve Tanham
Sue continues the detailed narrative of the Dorset weekend The Silent Eye The current Church of the St Nicholas, at Sydling St Nicholas, dates largely to the fifteenth century, with the tall tower being the oldest part of the building. However, it stands on the site of at least two earlier churches that go back to the earliest days of Christianity in the country. … Read More The Giant and the Sun – The one with the light…
Sun in Gemini 
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