#Silenti – Page 2 – Sun in Gemini

May 4, 2023 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Higher Mind, landscapes, Photography, Silent Eye School

Fear No Object

by Steve Tanham

I was looking through some photographs from various trips we had taken, when prepping Silent Eye weekends. The beautiful hills of Derbyshire were a home for our monthly get-togethers, largely because they gave a sensible meeting-point for journeys from home that began in Buckinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Cumbria. The opening shot is the only one of this post that is not Derbyshire. Tess is … Read More Fear No Object

May 2, 2023 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Lake District, landscapes, nature

The hidden Birdhouse Meadows

by Steve Tanham

It’s largely unvisited by people passing this way en-route to busy Ambleside – just a mile up the road. I’ve been coming to the Lake District most of my life, and we now live on its southern edge, yet, until two weeks ago, I had never heard of the small triangle of land between the ancient Roman Fort and the Rivers Brathay and Rothay, … Read More The hidden Birdhouse Meadows

April 30, 2023 + #Phoetry, #Silenti, landscapes, Life and Death, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Poetry

Led by Bent Metal #Phoetry

by Steve Tanham

Voice of war from a wizened tower Orchestrating irony, avoiding boulders An iron stave of howling notes Issues forth. And throws its force of straightening iron, Slick by rocks that tear and sands that grind To arm the ninety, ready soldiers of the right Angled mage-like, she guides her seeing out to sea And does not deign to turn and watch the curves Of … Read More Led by Bent Metal #Phoetry

April 27, 2023 + enneagram, esoteric psychology, Consciousness, #Silenti

Through the looking glass of Polarity

by Steve Tanham

Students of esoteric studies – focussed on practical techniques for understanding and accessing the deeper potentials of our being – are exhorted to consider the idea of polarity at the start of their journey. Polarity is the idea of opposites creating a dynamic environment in which some kind of evolution takes place… For example, the play of heat and cold in a watery substance … Read More Through the looking glass of Polarity

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April 25, 2023 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Lake District, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Seasons of the year

A Rite of Spring Green

by Steve Tanham

As dwellers on the southern edge of the English Lake District, we are very conscious of the seasons. The dawning of what I call ‘the real Spring’ is a feeling rather than an exact date. It is triggered by the sight of a certain shade of green in the local forest’s foliage. I couldn’t define that green; simply state that it has a ‘voice’ … Read More A Rite of Spring Green

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April 23, 2023 + #Silenti, Places and Prose, Travel, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

#SundayHumour : first day in heaven

by Steve Tanham

I’m a simple man when it comes to food.. Especially simple, old-fashioned grub when we go out for a meal; which, given the presence of the Collie, is a rare treat. A reunion with a much-loved former neighbour in Whittle-le-Woods, near Chorley, Lancashire, saw us sharing the pub’s dining room with a funeral and having some of the best ‘home cooking’ I’ve ever had. … Read More #SundayHumour : first day in heaven

April 20, 2023 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, English Lake District, enneagram types, esoteric psychology, History

Drowning not waving

by Steve Tanham

Stage Directions: Cue: Hamlet cigars advert music from the 60’s to the 90’s…. Video link below, if you weren’t there… YouTube video, late 1970s… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVecbh15dWU They were a very popular series of ads about heroic failures… All featuring the same theme music ‘Air on the G String’ by J. S. Bach. It is said that humour is divine. I often find it puts into … Read More Drowning not waving

April 18, 2023 + #Silenti, English Lake District, landscapes

Spring Oak

by Steve Tanham

From a distance it’s just another tree. Yet, as you get closer there’s something about this oak that makes it a kind of ‘king of the hill’. It sits on the highest point of a track that used to be the path of a canal linking Preston with Kendal. The stretch of landscape was known among the barge folk as the most beautiful of … Read More Spring Oak

April 16, 2023 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, English Lake District, esoteric psychology, guided mystical walks, Higher Mind, landscapes, meditation, Mindfulness

To Boldly Glow…

by Steve Tanham

We’d like to thank Stuart France for his decade of insightful contributions to the Silent Eye, his companionship, and the depth of his historical spiritual knowledge. We will miss him, very much, and wish him well in his future work. And now we have to move on… Deeper into cyberspace may not the only place we glow. The world is changing, and we must, … Read More To Boldly Glow…

April 13, 2023 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Photography, Silent Eye School

Presence: seed and flower (1)

by Steve Tanham

Our Silent Eye Explorations group meets online via Zoom on the third Sunday of the month at 8 pm UK time. For April, our topic is Presence. We live in an age that takes a lot of ideas lightly, professing a working familiarity with such things as meditation, mindfulness and the idea of presence. Are these separate, or do they overlap and even interact? … Read More Presence: seed and flower (1)

April 11, 2023 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature, Photography, Poetry

Soft pale blues in mackerel sky

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2023 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

April 9, 2023 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, English Lake District, esoteric psychology, Photography, Silent Eye School

Death and Resurrection

by Steve Tanham

For the mystic, Easter is about symbols… Being doesn’t break through the barriers into normal life very often, though it is the very substance and energy of its existence. The journeys in the gospels are those of the individual soul, learning the fundamental truths of their own existence – which then expands to be existence, itself. For me and many others, Easter is about … Read More Death and Resurrection