Category: Spirituality

Coffee and Haiku Cake – “Sly Dog”

“Sly Dog” ⦿ Hissing flow on stones Green soft swaying, fullsome trees Sly dog drinks it all ⦿

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Four, Two Ships

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Four, Two Ships There were two ships on that day, each of them spoke of other dimensions…One completed our journey back from Caldey, in a way that could only be seen as symbolic. The other was the vessel called St Illtud’s church, whose foundations, and, perhaps some of the contents, had carried the ancient wisdom of the … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Four, Two Ships

Arty Tuesday – “Hiding in the Leaves”

  “Hiding in the Leaves” Third in a series of Tuesday Art pieces. Feel free to share or re-use, but kindly leave the notice intact to help the Silent Eye School.

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Three, Ancient Suns

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Three, Ancient Suns I had to crouch down to get the shot of the ancient sun, above. These wonders of ancient history occupy a very quiet and almost hidden place on Caldey Island, one I had stumbled across eight years ago, when we paid our first visit here. Then, the twenty or so plaster (reproduction) engravings … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Three, Ancient Suns

Arty Tuesday – “The Seen”

“The Seen” Second in a series of Tuesday Art pieces. Feel free to share or re-use, but kindly leave the notice intact to help the Silent Eye School.

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Two, Layers of the Cold Eye

History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Two, Layers of the Cold Eye At the eastern end of the main complex of Caldey Abbey a stone stairway leads upwards to one of the most enigmatic parts of the island. St David’s is the parish church of Caldey Island. This may seem a strange notion, given that the impressive Abbey is next door, but … Read More History and Mystery on Caldey Island – Part Two, Layers of the Cold Eye

Arty Tuesday – “Coming Home”

“Coming Home” First in a series of Tuesday arty pieces. Feel free to share or re-use, but kindly leave the notice intact to help the Silent Eye School.

In the Beginnings

  Roam upwards from soil Hold fast as she breathes Donate all you have Deny what you haven’t Drink beauty’s release On the petals of ecstasy And my name will be in the beginnings ——- ©Copyright Stephen Tanham 2016

Finding Gawain – Act Two

Finding Gawain – Act Two  Gawain staggers from the castle of Camelot, the memory of the Green Knight’s bloody axe vivid in his mind as though the mere dropping of it onto the temple floor carried no significance, and its dark presence remains with him, still. Across the land he strides, stumbling and falling in the darkness, mouthing unintelligible noises as the full horror … Read More Finding Gawain – Act Two

Finding Gawain – Act One

Finding Gawain – Act One The last of the sunlight has gone. The light of the torches flickers in the great hall. The Table Round has assembled for more Yule merriment, but the room has turned to ice. The giant, green figure rides on his equally mighty horse into the sacred space of Camelot’s inner chamber. It is a monstrous sight; a circle of … Read More Finding Gawain – Act One

The Last Post?

We are now only two days away from the Silent Eye’s 2016 workshop, Leaf and Flame, organised by my two co-directors of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness Stuart France and Sue Vincent. I have the dubious honour of having the largest vehicle. Tomorrow, I will spend five hours or so loading the major fixtures needed to create the Temple of the Mysteries that … Read More The Last Post?

Nine minutes to One, part three – The Wishing Well

  Nine minutes to One, part three – The Wishing Well “I suppose she sent you?” said the man with green eyes, looking down, sadly on the boy. “Who sent me?” replies the boy, in a voice deeper and more powerful than he expected. At this the man with the green eyes stands back, as though some link has been made with something forceful … Read More Nine minutes to One, part three – The Wishing Well