#Silenti – Page 38 – Sun in Gemini

November 18, 2021 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Healing, Higher Mind, meditation, Mystery Schools, Photography, Psychology, Silent Eye School, Unconscious

The Size of Life

by Steve Tanham

What size is our life? It’s an odd question, but the kind of challenge that gets us thinking… Does our life have a ‘size’? We can measure it in years elapsed, of course, and that may have a lot to do with how we think we got ‘here’. But that continuity is entirely in our head, and, has little to do with the real … Read More The Size of Life

November 16, 2021 + #Silenti, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography

Lancashire Art Deco!

by Steve Tanham

It’s a building I’ve always loved – along with the period from which it came. It looks modern but it was opened in July 1933, at the height of the Art Deco movement in architecture and design. Morecambe, along with most of the classic ‘railway seaside resorts’ has had its fair share of economic challenges since, but the ‘mighty Midland’ remains classy, elegant and, … Read More Lancashire Art Deco!

November 14, 2021 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Politics and Power, Silent Eye School, Speaking truth to power

Within the mud, that narrow eye…

by Steve Tanham

He died when I was thirteen; but none of us knew his full story, which he refused to glorify. He lied about his age to join the Army. He survived WW1, including the Battle of the Somme, and enlisted again, for WW2. The fact that he was an Irish citizen gifted me an Irish passport, allowing me to have dual citizenship and remain a … Read More Within the mud, that narrow eye…

November 11, 2021 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, landscapes

A Lighthouse of Man

by Steve Tanham

We have friends who live on the Isle of Man, a once-Viking stronghold which lies in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland. Once or twice a year we exchange visits. I’ve always been fascinated by the presence and the symbolic importance of lighthouses, and this trip offered the opportunity to discover a new one, in a wild and wonderful setting. Our friends … Read More A Lighthouse of Man

November 9, 2021 + #Humour, #Silenti

The croissant and me

by Steve Tanham

It’s one of those love-hate things… Apart from a bacon sandwich – crispy, of course – it’s my favourite breakfast… assuming Manx kippers aren’t on the menu… The humble French croissant, bought frozen from M&S, baked for twenty minutes in the oven then served alongside a fresh latté made in our Nespresso machine. We’re ‘dunkers’ my wife and I. The croissant reaches new heights … Read More The croissant and me

November 7, 2021 + #PhotoZen, #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography

An accidental ‘tribute to Hokusai’

by Steve Tanham

I was lucky with this one… We’d stopped the car to buy some eggs from our local farm. I spotted the tree and its supporting mound, and noticed the exceptionally clear light in which it was bathed. Snap first, seek explanations later… The months of October and November have the Potential to give us morning brightness and high contrast. The tree in the above … Read More An accidental ‘tribute to Hokusai’

November 4, 2021 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Dementia, esoteric psychology, Memories, Powers of the Mind

Tender is the Night

by Steve Tanham

It’s a song by Blur and an iconic book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The latter is autobiographical, and tells of the steady decline of his beloved wife, Zelda, as she descends into madness… I don’t often write about dementia. But my mother’s own final years are proving to be a similar descent. She’s in a care home in Morecambe, on the seafront with beautiful … Read More Tender is the Night

November 2, 2021 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Lake District, Mystery Schools, nature

Crown of Leaves

by Steve Tanham

There is within this ring of gold and green a voice Not of the river rushing by in flood Nor of the nearby street where cards of early Yule, like fallen leaves Are themselves passed by, vapid and unloved ➰ The old tree speaks an ancient tongue we recognise The naked and the dressed are what is sung The outer life stripped bare by … Read More Crown of Leaves

October 31, 2021 + #Cats, #Humour, #RagDollCats, #Silenti, nature, Pet Heaven

The Cat and the Executioner’s Block

by Steve Tanham

It’s made of oak and is very heavy. Sir Gawain of the Round Table knelt at it to have his neck severed by the Green Man in ‘Leaf and Flame’, the Silent Eye’s 2016 workshop by Stuart France and Sue Vincent. I know, I played the part of Sir Gawain, the knight who wanders in search of his death, a forfeit undertaken to protect … Read More The Cat and the Executioner’s Block

October 28, 2021 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology

Stepping back from the noise

by Steve Tanham

Are we losing the spirit and purpose of quietness? Quietness and privacy are intimately linked. We need that space inside us that can’t be intruded upon. It’s a place to go when we must make the most important decisions of our lives. Are we are losing the art of privacy? Perhaps even losing the idea of a right to privacy? The result is that … Read More Stepping back from the noise

October 26, 2021 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Alchemical Poetry, Consciousness, Mystery Schools, Mystical poetry, nature, Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, Seasons of the year

Pale sun into a hallows pool descends

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2021 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

October 24, 2021 + #Cats, #Silenti, humour, The Inner Cat

The inner cat

by Steve Tanham

I’m not fond of practical jokes. They’re usually performed by people – famous or next door – who you’d cross the street to avoid. But there is a level of trickery that can be justified as long as one is prepared to face the consequences…and only as a matter of important principle. My lovely wife, Bernie, would tell you that my most ‘celebrated’ example … Read More The inner cat