May 2019 – Sun in Gemini

May 30, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, Astrology, Belief and Faith, Biology and mysticism, Castles, Child of Light, Consciousness, Egregore, Esoteric Meaning of Myth, esoteric psychology, Higher Mind, Highlands of Scotland, Initiation, landscapes, Magic, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, Mystical ritual drama, myths and spirituality, Scotland, Silent Eye School, spiritual turning around, Spirituality, Travel and Photography, Understanding Fear

Five Faces of the Macbeth Human

by Steve Tanham

Exploring the faces of the ‘human condition’ should be consuming our world at the moment. We might reasonably conclude that understanding the heights and depths of our shared experience, as we drain the planet of its living life, would be of interest to us. But we don’t… Instead, if we ask any questions at all, we spend months looking at things from a political … Read More Five Faces of the Macbeth Human

May 29, 2019 + Spirituality

Small change…

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I had been called to my younger son’s home on a matter of vital importance… almost a mission of mercy; I had to teach him the innermost secrets of baking my lemon meringue pie. It had been too long since he’d had one and he could wait no longer. Making one for him would have been…

May 28, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Higher Mind, imprisonment, Journey of the hero, prisoner, Speaking truth to power, spiritual turning around, Spirituality, Truth and Esotericism

An idea whose time has come

by Steve Tanham

An idea: invisibly potent A watery creek A new and gentle breeze of ripeness Felt by few A red propeller spinning in the soil? A sail – unfurled and flapping Held fast with thin steel ropes which ‘clack’, dull metal, at its imprisonment … Whose time: like the now-revealed spinning toy Whirring in the wind Unwraps, revealing shining teeth Rotating gear, synchro-meshed Engages, beneath … Read More An idea whose time has come

May 25, 2019 + #Cats, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, Collie dogs, Spirituality

#FurryFives

by Steve Tanham

C: It’s a bug… D: It’s a ladybird. Leave it alone. C: One more inch and… D: It will taste horrible! And I’ll… C: One, two… spoilsport! ©Stephen Tanham

May 25, 2019 + Spirituality

“Asmodeus…

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Stuart France:
* …Bearer of Time Gnomon of Eternity You must have seen a thing or two During your torturous sojourn… How best can we understand our predicament?” * “As Death is the Lord of life… Life must be the Lord of death.” *

May 24, 2019 + Spirituality

What’s the point of blogging?

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Blogging is a commitment… it takes time, energy and work to produce a respectable blog. What starts as a free site often begins to cost money and, every so often, you will wonder whether or not the returns are worth the effort. A lot depends upon what you want from blogging. It may simply be a…

May 23, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Higher Mind, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, nature, Photography, Places and Prose, Silent Eye School, Stream of Consciousness

The Bedouin

by Steve Tanham

It is said we learn most from those we would wish to emulate. Not copy, perhaps, but take from them an essence of thought, of action. If we are younger, of style, even… There must have been a thousand people in the room. The university hall was full. When he stood up to speak, his movements were relaxed. His body language gentle, open. What … Read More The Bedouin

May 21, 2019 + #Poetry, #WhimsyPhotoEssays, Stream of Consciousness

Afternoon in Scorpio

by Steve Tanham

Half grasped, leaving like silk, much less remembered

May 19, 2019 + Spirituality

Where Beauty Sleeps ~ The Silent Eye Annual Workshop 2020

by Steve Tanham

From Sue: advance notice of next Spring’s Silent Eye Workshop… The Silent Eye It is a familiar story. Both gifted and cursed at birth, a princess grows within the safety of a castle. Reaching adulthood, she is cast into sleep in the most inaccessible tower, surrounded by walls of stone and a hedge of thorns… waiting for the brave prince to cut his way … Read More Where Beauty Sleeps ~ The Silent Eye Annual Workshop 2020

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May 19, 2019 + Spirituality

Full Moon in Scorpio ~ The Spiral of Life

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Good Witches Homestead:
We enter a Full Moon in Scorpio this evening at 5:11 pm PST (2:11 pm EST). I am always one to fall deep into the preparation for a Scorpio Moon and find that it is a few days before this particular Moon that I can truly find what I need to release. Scorpio is a sign that delves deep into…

May 19, 2019 + #Cats, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, Collie dogs, Rag Doll Cats, The Inner Cat, Your inner wolf

#FurryFives – Foot stool

by Steve Tanham

Thats my footstool! – You weren’t using it! I’m about to… – I’m about to… keep it… If you weren’t so beautiful… ©Stephen Tanham

May 17, 2019 + Spirituality

Trading the high price of hedonism for hope

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on The Light Behind the Story:
Since my recent visit to Italy, I have been thinking about the trap of hedonism. From a yogic perspective, hedonism is a concentration of energy in the sacral and solar plexus chakras, or areas of the body. Here is where individual lust, when it is allowed to, takes over the bloom of ever-lasting life. The mind-body…