Mystery Schools – Page 12

November 2, 2017 + #Silenti, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

The Deadly Edge of Love (part one)

by Steve Tanham

They were both young, though he was a year older; beyond childhood but not yet adults, not in the way that their lives would soon force them to be… They had been together since their early years, and what they were experiencing, now, would, on an emotional level at least, bind them together for life. How much more frightened could you be than to … Read More The Deadly Edge of Love (part one)

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October 26, 2017 + esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

An Arthur for Elizabeth?

by Steve Tanham

Philip Sidney was born into prosperity and with connections. He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney and Lady Mary Dudley – making him a relative of the 1st Duke of Northumberland and the 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. If there was a man at Elizabeth’s court who epitomised the qualities of … Read More An Arthur for Elizabeth?

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October 19, 2017 + esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

The Adventurer’s Hidden Magic

by Steve Tanham

“Strike man, strike!” Those were the last words of Sir Walter Raleigh, spoken to an executioner who was taking his time, at the end of one of the most colourful lives of the whole Elizabethan era. The attitude–not of defiance, but of expediency–typified this adventurer’s life. Raleigh had charmed Elizabeth I, but failed to do so with her successor, James I of England, who … Read More The Adventurer’s Hidden Magic

September 14, 2017 + #SE18Characters, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

Magical Man at the Dawn of Science

by Steve Tanham

The Elizabethan age considered itself scientific, indeed the word ‘science’ was used to mean ‘knowledge’. The so called Age of Reason was a much later term applied by historians of science to broad-brush the slow ascent of experimental-based knowledge. What we now call science originated from the attempts to separate the observer from the method of experiment; a method that would employ only the … Read More Magical Man at the Dawn of Science

September 7, 2017 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Never Look Back?

by Steve Tanham

Never look back! It’s an adage that makes a lot of sense. It also characterises a certain stage of mystical development – a point at which the aspirant comes to realise that the only place of reality in our lives is within the moment; and that our history is simply a container that has conditioned how we react to experience. A skill-maker, certainly, but … Read More Never Look Back?

August 31, 2017 + esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

The Mind of the Virgin Queen

by Steve Tanham

Is it possible to go back in time and see into the minds of monarchs who played a key role in a country’s development? Given it is so long ago, how difficult would it be to do this for the Elizabethan age? This is our task for the Silent Eye’s spring workshop 2018: “The Jewel in the Claw’. The jewel is the emerging spirit of … Read More The Mind of the Virgin Queen

June 15, 2017 + enneagram types, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

An Encounter with Death

by Steve Tanham

It is 1616. King James VI of Scotland has been on the throne of England and Ireland for thirteen years, having inherited the kingdom as the closest surviving relative of the beloved and sadly deceased Queen Elizabeth I. England continues to go through a time of both upheaval and opportunity, though the crowning glory of Elizabeth’s reign, the destruction of the Spanish Armada, has … Read More An Encounter with Death

April 6, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystery Schools, nature, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Intimate Flames – #Silenti

by Steve Tanham

What is it to be intimate? The touch of a lover’s hand or lips, perhaps? Two bodies locked together in desire for a common fulfilment; the intellect muted while the emotional and sexual energies dance their own bolero? We generally associate intimacy with the body, but it’s not always so, and the exceptions can point the way to something much deeper… The body has … Read More Intimate Flames – #Silenti

March 23, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Gurdjieff, Mystery Schools, nature, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

The Finding of Polarity (3) – #Silenti

by Steve Tanham

In parts one and two of this set of three posts, we have examined how the development of the individual, the ‘self’, is a different process from the development of our young bodies, and relies upon our departure from ‘oneness’ in the womb towards a reaching for individuality – a process that eventually matures into what psychology calls the ego. From a psychological … Read More The Finding of Polarity (3) – #Silenti

March 16, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School

The Finding of Polarity (2) – #Silenti

by Steve Tanham

“As I begin to understand how ‘I’ am made I begin to see that infinity can largely be equated with what is formless and not with some mathematically and useless hugeness” I wrote that down some time ago. From one perspective, it describes the beginning of the real search for what uncovers the heart of polarity – rendering it useful, at last. We live … Read More The Finding of Polarity (2) – #Silenti

March 9, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School

The Finding of Polarity (1) – #Silenti

by Steve Tanham

We can speak of mysticism, of magic, of meditation, of psychodynamics and many other labels, but all these refer to the attempt by the human consciousness to become aware of a deeper level of existence than our normal day-world. In dreams, we experience another ‘world’ but it is often confusing and seldom follows the laws of cause and effect with which we … Read More The Finding of Polarity (1) – #Silenti

December 13, 2016 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Fear, Krishnamurti, Mystery Schools

#Silenti – A Rose Beyond Violence, part four

by Steve Tanham

Krishnamurti was not afraid of the radical. “The moment there is radical change in what we are,” he said. “we shall bring about peace in the world…” It’s a very simple thing to say: change ourselves and we change the world. How could this be viewed as anything but fanciful? Physics would certainly not allow such a postulation. There is no provable, repeatable … Read More #Silenti – A Rose Beyond Violence, part four