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Category: Winter Solstice weekend

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

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

October 31, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, mystical travel, Silent Eye Workshops, Winter Solstice weekend

The Moment that Teaches

by Steve Tanham

Most people who venture into the mystical encounter it before too long – that momentary sense of the world dropping away and an intense silence taking centre stage. In that silence is a new perspective which does not belong to the subjective, reasoning consciousness. I think of it as the ‘moment that teaches’. It is to be sought after as though it were gold. … Read More The Moment that Teaches

October 29, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, mystical travel, Silent Eye Workshops, Winter Solstice weekend

The Landscape that Teaches

by Steve Tanham

When we were creating the Silent Eye’s mentored correspondence course, we envisaged a three-year journey through a mental, emotional and spiritual landscape which would evolve as the Companion’s learning and depth of ‘being’ increased. This landscape was to be internal – an active, meditative experience, whose presence would extend into the daily life as learning of true cause and effect deepened, and different aspects … Read More The Landscape that Teaches

October 17, 2019 + #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Celtic Christianity, Christianity and modern mysticism, mystical travel, Silent Eye Workshops, Winter Solstice weekend

A prospect of Whitby (1) The Abbey at the centre of time

by Steve Tanham

The title’s cheeky… Bram Stoker created Count Dracula of Transylvania and had him come ashore at Whitby in a ship named The Prospect of Whitby. We’ll not be talking much about Dracula in our coming weekend workshop; we’ve got enough to contend with considering the truth… There are many ways to approach the centre of Whitby, but only one to truly approach its heart… … Read More A prospect of Whitby (1) The Abbey at the centre of time

December 11, 2018 + #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, myths and spirituality, Spirituality, Travel and people, Winter Solstice weekend

Hands of the Future

by Steve Tanham

It was cold, very cold on that Friday… just five days ago. Across the road, people were trickling out of the railway station and along the busy main road through Penrith. Three hours from now it would fill with commuters both leaving and arriving in the Cumbrian town on the main west-coast line to Glasgow. But not yet… “Full Circle: Finding the Way Home’ … Read More Hands of the Future

October 21, 2015 + Ancient Landscapes, guided mystical walks, Silent Eye School, Spirituality, Winter Solstice weekend

Below and Above – Souls on a Hillside

by Steve Tanham

Friday, 4th December, 2015. A group of companions, some old friends, some just introduced, all made very welcome, meet in the comfort of a small hotel on the edge of a mysterious range of hills, the last outliers of the West Pennines. A short distance from the old mill town of nearby Bolton, the hillside above them is very different in character from the urban … Read More Below and Above – Souls on a Hillside