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Category: Tudor Lifetimes

May 17, 2018 + #Silenti, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, The Jewel in the Claw, Tudor Lifetimes

Jewels in the Claw (iv)

by Steve Tanham

Continued from Part Three. The line of packing cases is nearly complete. The man looks down at the three chairs in the East, one white, one purple and one red. The symbolism of the outer two was plain: the Tudor colours, central features of the royal Tudor Rose – the white of House York merged with the red of House Lancaster. Queen Elizabeth had … Read More Jewels in the Claw (iv)

May 10, 2018 + #Silenti, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, The Jewel in the Claw, Tudor Lifetimes

Jewels in the Claw (iii)

by Steve Tanham

Continued from Part Two The man with the packing case pauses as he passes the place that was the East, the place from which the Queen began her direction of proceedings in this, her favourite palace of Nonsuch, in 1590’s South London. There is little left of the ritual-drama space now. Just the mental image of the chequered floor that was the Royal Court … Read More Jewels in the Claw (iii)

April 5, 2018 + esoteric psychology, Spirituality, The Jewel in the Claw, Tudor Lifetimes

Esoteric shipbuilding

by Steve Tanham

It was a ‘stream of consciousness moment’; one of those that acts like a time machine. The flash of memories cut right back to my childhood – seven or eight years old. It included the sight and texture of the old bricks of our primary school playground, the beginnings of art at school, and learning about that most romantic of things – ships, or, … Read More Esoteric shipbuilding

November 30, 2017 + #SE18Characters, #Silenti, esoteric psychology, Jewel in the Claw, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops, Spirituality, The Jewel in the Claw, Tudor Lifetimes, Understanding Fear

The Dragon of Elizabeth’s Seas

by Steve Tanham

It is the beginning of May, 1587, and a man known locally as The Dragon is headed for Cadiz on Spain’s Atlantic coast. His mission is not peaceful. The act of sailing to Cadiz poses few challenges for this master mariner, who, ten years prior, had already circumnavigated the globe – becoming only the second person (after Magellan) to do so. But what … Read More The Dragon of Elizabeth’s Seas