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Month: September 2020

September 3, 2020 + #Silenti, Belief and Faith, Consciousness, Esoteric Meaning of Myth, esoteric psychology, Politics and Power, Psychology, Unconscious

The Entered Dragon (5) : a seat in the gods

by Steve Tanham

Continued from Part Four The stage is set. The feeling of expectation is deep. In the darkness of the auditorium, we cannot see those sitting beside us. The stage is dark, yet the darkness is not empty; in fact the darkness is full of that which is not yet formed, but can be. None of our senses can yet register what is happening. But … Read More The Entered Dragon (5) : a seat in the gods

September 1, 2020 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Mystical poetry, Photographic techniques, Photography, Poetry

#ShortWrytz : three things

by Steve Tanham

Sometimes there is a kind of poetry in the arrangement of objects in a landscape, not seen, fully, before the finger presses them into personal history. The symmetry, the visual song, is seen later, as here with ancient rocks, weathered and waiting; the out at sea lighthouse; and the distant volcanic dome, worn down into a bullet by millennia. The arrangement is not created, … Read More #ShortWrytz : three things

September 1, 2020 + #NightMoves, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes

#NightMoves : unknown quay

by Steve Tanham

We had arrived late in the day, on the CalMac ferry from Ardrossan. Dinner in the hotel had seemed other-worldly, as though we and the other diners had just begun a magical adventure whose substance was to be the exploration and understanding of the island of Arran. The rain storm thrashed the tall windows, and we looked out at the darkening, still unknown world. … Read More #NightMoves : unknown quay