#Silenti – Page 74 – Sun in Gemini

November 9, 2017 + #Silenti, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

The Deadly Edge of Love (part two)

by Steve Tanham

(Continued from Part One of The Deadly Edge of Love) It’s the morning of 18th November, 1558. Robert Dudley is witnessing a miracle. In her dying months, Queen Mary, Elizabeth’s half-sister, and daughter of Henry and Catherine of Aragon, has restored Elizabeth to the line of succession, following the failure of her marriage alliance with Charles II of Spain. Now, Mary is dead, and … Read More The Deadly Edge of Love (part two)

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November 2, 2017 + #Silenti, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, Understanding Fear

The Deadly Edge of Love (part one)

by Steve Tanham

They were both young, though he was a year older; beyond childhood but not yet adults, not in the way that their lives would soon force them to be… They had been together since their early years, and what they were experiencing, now, would, on an emotional level at least, bind them together for life. How much more frightened could you be than to … Read More The Deadly Edge of Love (part one)

October 12, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

A game of three halves (3 of 3)

by Steve Tanham

Continued from Part Two So, this one day, considered in all its facets, resolves itself into a journey, a destination and an arrival – an arrival at a meeting with a French relative we have never met, and whose unlikely presence, here in the north-west corner of Wales, completes a cycle of mystery and loss lasting ninety-three years… As we journey along the spine … Read More A game of three halves (3 of 3)

October 10, 2017 + #Silenti, Anglesey, Consciousness, landscapes

A game of three halves… (2)

by Steve Tanham

It is, still, all of it, only one day… Though now the winds that buffeted the bed-and-breakfast farmhouse have abated. I look at my watch. We have two hours to go before we need to leave to drive across Anglesey to meet a young woman named Juliette, who holds the key to this entire story. She will be waiting, at noon, by the red … Read More A game of three halves… (2)

October 5, 2017 + #Silenti, esoteric psychology, landscapes

A game of three halves… (1)

by Steve Tanham

It is, after all, only one day… Have you ever re-assembled a day into a different sequence? Been so involved with its contents that the threads seem to weave themselves, again… and differently. But it is only one day… and at the halfway point she will be waiting; waiting near the red tower where we will meet for the first time. And then the … Read More A game of three halves… (1)

October 3, 2017 + #Silenti, Astrophysics, Silent Eye School

The slow-quick Big Bang

by Steve Tanham

Most people are familiar with the Big Bang. It’s a name adopted by the scientific world to describe the origin of the universe, a point of ‘singularity’ at the centre of the original black hole where everything, including space and time, came into existence. Wikipedia defines it as: ‘The initial singularity was a singularity of infinite density thought to have contained all of the mass and space-time of … Read More The slow-quick Big Bang

September 7, 2017 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Never Look Back?

by Steve Tanham

Never look back! It’s an adage that makes a lot of sense. It also characterises a certain stage of mystical development – a point at which the aspirant comes to realise that the only place of reality in our lives is within the moment; and that our history is simply a container that has conditioned how we react to experience. A skill-maker, certainly, but … Read More Never Look Back?

September 5, 2017 + #Silenti, Mystical poetry

Yours is no disgrace

by Steve Tanham

And yours is no disgrace Yours to arrive and not to know To stand in the sun, un-named And feel the sliding mountain Falling behind and not know fear At the sound of tiny pieces Returning to their source ➰ Used… ➰ And yours is no disgrace When used means filled with ‘lived’ Lost to recall, now, but singing still Upon that shore From … Read More Yours is no disgrace

August 17, 2017 + #Silenti, esoteric psychology, Silent Eye School, Social Media, spiritual turning around

Where are we going? (2) – the vice

by Steve Tanham

It may be that the present compressed and negative feelings that we humans are experiencing is a birthing chamber rather than a vice. This outrageous idea ties in closely with what was written in last week’s blog. In it, I suggested that just as a body has trillions of cells, so the planet has a vast number of connected parts of its ‘mineral, animal … Read More Where are we going? (2) – the vice

August 15, 2017 + #Silenti, Silent Eye School, Tech

What value the human? (2) – The disassembly of consent

by Steve Tanham

Last night BBC2 aired part two of the documentary Secrets of Silicon Valley, subtitled ‘The persuasion machine’. by Jonathan Bartlett. The programme charted the rise of the modern Tech giants, many of which are not traditional ‘product or services’ companies in the sense we have become used to. For example, Facebook, one of the main subjects of the programme, is viewed as not only a … Read More What value the human? (2) – The disassembly of consent

August 10, 2017 + #Silenti, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Silent Eye School, soul in body, Spirituality

Where are we going?

by Steve Tanham

Where are we going? When things are going well in ‘our’ world, there is an understandable tendency to assume that a generally benign evolution of civilisation is taking place, one in which we play our part, however small, being a kind of swimmer who lives and dies within that flow of slow progress. But when we are faced with the kind of politics, violence … Read More Where are we going?

August 8, 2017 + #Silenti, Silent Eye School, Tech

What value the human?

by Steve Tanham

The Open University (OU) is a wonderful institution. I have watched its progress for decades, and it’s a fine example of the power of education and broadcasting, combined. Last night we happened to watch a BBC Two documentary produced as part of the OU series: ‘Secrets of Silicon Valley‘ by Jonathan Bartlett. Its premise was that Silicon Valley (referred to as the Tech world) … Read More What value the human?