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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

September 6, 2015 + Doomsday series of books, esoteric psychology, prisoner, Silent Eye School, soul in body

Ben’s Bit, part seven – Heels in the Night

by Steve Tanham

Ben’s Bit, part 7 – Heels in the Night The sound began one night; an insistent tapping entering my dreams, making me think of leaking pipes and other failing elements of the old infrastructure of Bakewell’s ‘improving’ jail. When it continued, my thin sleep on the thinner mattress came to an end, and I lay with ears straining in the total blackness as the insistent … Read More Ben’s Bit, part seven – Heels in the Night

August 30, 2015 + Ben's Bit, Consciousness, prisoner, Scions of Albion, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Ben’s Bit, part six – Far Away Places

by Steve Tanham

The air is blazing on the Greek island. There is a faint breeze blowing off the shore, but it does little to cool the afternoon. Sitting comfortably in my beach chair, I wiggle my toes in the sand, digging them deeper and feeling the hot, dry grains give way to the wetter and more compact sublayer of the beach. The tidal shelf extends all … Read More Ben’s Bit, part six – Far Away Places

August 23, 2015 + esoteric psychology, prisoner, Silent Eye School, soul in body

Ben’s Bit, part five – The Reasonable Dr Grey

by Steve Tanham

Ben’s Bit – part five – The Reasonable Dr Grey The man is calm. His dark-rimmed, circular glasses focus the intensity of his study at me, rather than taking in the light that bounces off my prison uniform, whose monotone colour, resembling a modern warship, bears his name. “Do you think it’s normal for a person in your position to refuse bail?” Dr Grey … Read More Ben’s Bit, part five – The Reasonable Dr Grey