#Silenti – Page 59 – Sun in Gemini

There’s a certain ‘presence’ about kindness. Like the spiritual – or, more likely, as a part of it – the act of unexpected kindness drops into our lives like a messenger from the ‘Gods’. So it was with our visit to the ancient church of Lythe in the middle of the Friday afternoon of the Keys of Heaven workshop. The village of Lythe lies … Read More Keys of Heaven (3): the synchronicity of kindness

December 15, 2019 + #Cats, #Collie dogs, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, #Silenti, humour, Spirituality, Your inner wolf

#FurryFives – winter

by Steve Tanham

December 12, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Belief and Faith, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, esoteric psychology, Gurdjieff, Mystical ritual drama, Photography, Spirituality

Keys of Heaven (2): a pocket left open for magic

by Steve Tanham

It’s a winter’s tale, so best told in warm snippets… With a weekend workshop carefully envisaged, there’s always a moment where that mental and emotional picture becomes ‘invested’ with life. These old English words contain a wealth of linguistic depth so easily passed over in modern usage. After months of refining the stages, and a preparatory visit, the latest of our ‘Landscape’ workshops was … Read More Keys of Heaven (2): a pocket left open for magic

December 10, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, Photography, Spirituality, Travel and Photography, Winter Solstice weekend

Keys of Heaven (1): Cod and Lobster

by Steve Tanham

Bright against the icy darkness, the Christmas lights of the Cod and Lobster pub greet the quiet sound of only two sets of winter boots, where, until a few hours ago, there were many… It’s quite a walk down from the car park above the lovely fishing village of Staithes – pronounced ‘Steas’ – just north of Whitby along the coast of Yorkshire’s beautiful … Read More Keys of Heaven (1): Cod and Lobster

December 5, 2019 + #Silenti, Astrology, Astrophysics, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystery Schools, Spirituality

Cycles of Light (2) – Wheels of Fortune

by Steve Tanham

Part two of our investigation into the mysterious mental and emotional construct we call the ‘week’ and its celestial influences… This time we begin to examine the intimate relationship between events on Earth and the map of the ancient heavens.

December 3, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Belief and Faith, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystical poetry, Spirituality

End of the Line

by Steve Tanham

Take me out in darkness Where the only light is black Like a railway platform leading To the forms that end the track ⦿ Let endless trains of thinking Pass, ghostly, through the night And cease their whistling thunder In a silence turning bright ⦿ Let what I am-not die there On the empty, singing rails As sleepers are run over As tickets blown … Read More End of the Line

November 28, 2019 + #Silenti, Astrology, Astrophysics, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystery Schools, Spirituality

Cycles of Light (1)

by Steve Tanham

The mysterious mental and emotional construct we call the ‘week’ and its celestial influences… Click on the link below for the post…

November 21, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, esoteric psychology, spiritual turning around, Spirituality, Travel and Photography

Divide and be Conquered

by Steve Tanham

It’s a funny thing, division – its principles apply to many aspects of our lives. We can cut something up, but its original ‘wholeness’ persists in ways we may never have considered. Wholeness as a concept is worth some thought. Can we step back and consider why we think something is whole? Is it simply that ‘it works’ – in the way that a … Read More Divide and be Conquered

November 14, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, mystical travel, Silent Eye Workshops, Winter Solstice weekend

A prospect of Whitby (3) – Touching the Sun

by Steve Tanham

There’s something ‘monumental’ about planning to be high on the vast moorlands of the North Yorkshire National Park at the end of the first week in December. Yet that is exactly what we’ll be doing on the Sunday morning of the ‘Keys of Heaven’ workshop on the start of the workshop’s final day – weather permitting. If it doesn’t, there’s a plan B… Bridges … Read More A prospect of Whitby (3) – Touching the Sun

November 12, 2019 + #ShortWrytz, #Silenti, Lake District, landscapes, nature, Spirituality

#ShortWrytz – Bare Ash

by Steve Tanham

It’s a view I get every morning, letting the pets out before making the first cup of tea. The beloved ash tree – almost certainly doomed to fade away when the ‘die back’ virus finally gets this far north Today, with the strong wind stripping away the last of its leaves, I had a deep and poignant moment when it seemed to face me … Read More #ShortWrytz – Bare Ash

November 10, 2019 + #Cats, #Collie dogs, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, #Silenti, Collie dogs, Your inner wolf

#FurryFives – Enuf!

by Steve Tanham

– It’s just mean? – Yes… – Holding my ear with your teeth – I’ve had enuf of you charging me, sideways, from across the room! – I’ll be back tomorrow! ©Stephen Tanham

November 9, 2019 + #ShortWrytz, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature, Seasons of the year, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Spirituality

#ShortWrytz – Heysham Village

by Steve Tanham

Heysham Village on the Lancashire Coast. I love the way the autumn colours cling onto the year, knowing that Christmas will bring its own brief riot. And then the season of long grey days, unbroken, will begin, again… ©Stephen Tanham