Steve Tanham is the founding director of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness; a place of companionship, sharing and the search for the real in life, using the loving techniques and insights of esoteric psychology.

He retired from a life as an IT entrepreneur to establish the School in 2012, and, having persuaded Sue Vincent to join him, the two spent the next year laying the groundwork for the three year correspondence course provided as a not-for-profit venture. Stuart France, who had worked alongside Steve for many years, joined them shortly thereafter.

Formerly a Rosicrucian field officer, and a member of the administrative board of the Servants of the Light (SOL), Steve now divides his time between the Silent Eye school and family responsibilities. Steve and his wife, Bernie, live in a restored bungalow on the edge of the English Lake District, where it rains most of the time and is therefore very green. They have a collie dog and a (rescued) Rag Doll cat.

Steve, Sue and Stuart worked together within the Silent Eye for over ten years.

Sadly, Sue Vincent passed away in 2021, after a short illness. Stuart and Steve worked together in a post-Sue world for a couple of years, before the former left to pursue the promotion of his and Sue’s writing and further explorations of ancient sacred landscapes. 

Steve continues to lead the Silent Eye School and has the help of a new generation of former students of the school, plus an active working relationship with the CLCOM, based in northern California.

Steve has helped develop the technique of the weekend ‘walk and talk’ events as a vehicle for intense, but nurtured, teaching; where everyone – from beginner to experienced participant – gives their own contribution to the egregore of the event. These are normally held in the Lake District.

Steve is the author of four books, and is also the primary writer of the Silent Eye School’s monthly lessons sent electronically, by PDF file.

Steve is driven by a love of good teaching. He enjoys humour and is learning to live with an opened heart in a less-controlled world.