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Category: #Silenti

October 1, 2019 + #Collie dogs, #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, humour, Lake District, Lake District, English Lake Distric

Bad morning at the pharmacy

by Steve Tanham

It’s been a bad morning at the Boots pharmacy in Kendal, which is why I’m posting some gentle pictures of the park where, earlier, I walked Tess before the catastrophe… The annual ritual of the flu jab is upon us. We soothe it with breakfast in Kendal afterwards; but we have a Collie dog, Tess, who needs at least two good walks plus frisbee … Read More Bad morning at the pharmacy

September 29, 2019 + #ShortWrytz, #Silenti, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Spirituality

#ShortWrytz: vertical panaroma

by Steve Tanham

Some smart phones have a ‘Panorama’ feature within the photography options. This allows a left to right scan to be taken of the scene in front of you. You can make it as wide as you like, subject to a maximum of about 180 degrees. The trade-off is that the wider it is, the thinner the vertical slice of scenery, as below. It never … Read More #ShortWrytz: vertical panaroma

September 26, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Bakewell, Consciousness, Fear, Life and Death, Love, Spirituality, Travel and Photography, Understanding Fear

Fear and Love in the High Peak (2) – “I want a posset!”

by Steve Tanham

The first visit of the Silent Eye ‘Rites of Passage: Seeing Beyond Fear’ weekend was to the Derbyshire village of Eyam (pronounced Eem) – The Plague Village. Our family has a personal connection with Eyam and the terrible events of 1665-6, when bubonic plague, newly arrived in Derbyshire from London, took the lives of 260 of its occupants: over seven-tenths of its population. No-one … Read More Fear and Love in the High Peak (2) – “I want a posset!”

September 24, 2019 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Egregore, esoteric psychology, Mystical poetry, nature, Photography, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Big Bubbles

by Steve Tanham

Once there was an ocean A bright blue ocean That shone shimmering gold As its waves crested and fell And the bubbles danced with joy ➰ Then a bubble grew bigger And gathered other big bubbles We’re not bubbles they cried We’re a cluster of bubbles And they rose to the top of the waves And flew off into the bright sky ➰ Higher … Read More Big Bubbles

September 22, 2019 + #Cats, #Collie dogs, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, #Silenti, Collie dogs, Your inner wolf

#FurryFives – pilates class

by Steve Tanham

– Okay, class, breathe in! And… doooown. No giggling at the back… and put the tea down. – And pivot! – And rest… – You wouldn’t be laughing if you knew how much closer I was to your toes than you are! ©Stephen Tanham

September 19, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, Bakewell, Consciousness, Esoteric Meaning of Myth, esoteric psychology, guided mystical walks, Higher Mind, landscapes, Life and Death, Love, meditation, mystery, Mystery Schools, myths and spirituality, Photography, Silent Eye School, soul in body, Spirituality

Fear and Love in the High Peak – part one

by Steve Tanham

It’s not the best of photo resolutions, but the above image says it all. Briony saluting the Derbyshire landscape in her own way at the end of three days of the Silent Eye’s Tideswell-based workshop: Sue and Stuart’s creation; and a wonderful experience for the group of souls who braved the provocative title for the weekend… Rites of Passage: Seeing beyond Fear …and decided … Read More Fear and Love in the High Peak – part one

September 17, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Mystical poetry, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Somber not Sad

by Steve Tanham

A second on an icy breeze A chill that fears no coat A fading colour unafraid Of its own transition floats ➰ From the order of formed green To the falling of bronze The collecting whisper Is the voice of the colder wind ➰ North of the east and south of the west Nothing turns bad Culling life-magic, living no death Is somber not … Read More Somber not Sad

September 15, 2019 + #Cats, #Collie dogs, #FurryFives, #InnerCatPeace, #RagDollCats, #Silenti, Collie dogs, Your inner wolf

#FurryFives – end of summer

by Steve Tanham

– It’s gone, hasn’t it, Tess? Yes… – Will it come back like last year? (Yawn) Yes, Misti. It always does… just takes forever I wish I could count in twelfths… ©Stephen Tanham

September 12, 2019 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, nature, Seasons of the year, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

The cycle of life

by Steve Tanham

The approach of the autumn always makes me reflect on the nature of life; in particular the way the mysterious essence of life takes form and shape, ‘living’ for a while, then giving up its life and surrendering the elements of that form back to the earth from which it arose. We all feel the poignancy of life’s seasons, but it’s useful to align … Read More The cycle of life

September 5, 2019 + #Silenti, #writingprompt, Consciousness, Fear, humour, Magic, myths and spirituality, Photography, Short stories, Silent Eye School, Speculative fiction, Spirituality

The Stump and the Ring

by Steve Tanham

Image from Pixabay This is in response to the September Speculative Fiction Prompt from Carol Forester of Writing and Works, who has taken over from Diana Wallace Peach of Myths of the Mirror Diana has caregiving commitments that have prevented her continuing with a prompt she clearly loved. I would like to add my thanks to Diana for her personal responses to the writers … Read More The Stump and the Ring

September 5, 2019 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Spirituality

Half-seeing

by Steve Tanham

Image: ©️Stephen Tanham The spiritual teacher and philosopher Krishnamurti once wrote: ‘Recognition dulls the mind’. When I first read it, years ago, I disagreed with his proposition. Surely, I reasoned, the act of recognition is a result of intelligence? We learn to recognise something as an act of shortening the ‘path-length’ of the brain’s logic, as it wrestles to categorise the seen thing. Take … Read More Half-seeing

September 3, 2019 + #Collie dogs, #ShortWrytz, #Silenti, Collie dogs, landscapes, Love, Pet Heaven, Photography, Silent Eye School, Spirituality, Your inner wolf

#ShortWrytz – Who Knew?

by Steve Tanham

Who knew… How softly your paws would pad to the door, just before I enter. How your hazel eyes would gaze and melt with joy when the new day dawns. How your sleeping yelps would replay the joys of the day. How you would, one day, sit in front of a blown-open door for an hour, guarding the house until we returned to find … Read More #ShortWrytz – Who Knew?