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A bastard’s bastard, he would never know that he carried the blood of the Templars in his veins. That was only speculated after his death; being proved, later, by the researcher who followed his short life. He did it because he was a runner… Hardship was the key; hardship and the words his cruel companions at the parish school carved on his leg with … Read More Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (3)

December 7, 2017 + Consciousness, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops

Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (2)

by Steve Tanham

Imagine a tiny village, just a few miles from a major Derbyshire town, yet unknown to most people passing by on the busy road between Bakewell and Matlock. The village contains an ancient mound of boulders of millstone grit layered on the underlying limestone base – typical of this part of the White Peak. Aside from its geology, the intricate and serpentine rocks … Read More Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (2)

December 5, 2017 + Consciousness, Silent Eye School, Silent Eye Workshops

Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (1)

by Steve Tanham

It began at Baecca’s Well… Sue and Stuart have run many successful weekends in the course of the Silent Eye’s short history, but the start-point for this one had a rather mundane location, given the ancient and exotic hill-forts for which they are best known. “We’ll meet at the far end of the Recreation Ground on the Matlock road just out of the centre … Read More Riddles of the Night – Templar Shadows (1)

September 26, 2015 + Ancient Landscapes, Bakewell, esoteric psychology, Silent Eye School

Ben’s Bit – Part … of a greater story

by Steve Tanham

It began with: “There is a wall and, across the dark room, another wall. I walk between them. Getting there – to the other wall – is the goal. What is in the middle is mere mathematics: five strides sees me across the old stone floor, and I practice so that my toe touches the far wall exactly on the fifth . . . … Read More Ben’s Bit – Part … of a greater story

June 19, 2015 + Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness

Approach to the Summer Solstice – Friday

by Steve Tanham

As we approach the Summer Solstice, a few pictures from last weekend’s Silent Eye weekend in Avebury. These ancient and grand stones mark the entrance to the West Kennet long barrow. At a suitably private moment we experimented with chanting and found the resonant note for this beautiful place … Quite a sensation when a Neolithic barrow starts singing back at you …

June 9, 2015 + Ancient Landscapes, Mystical poetry, Silent Eye School, Summer Solstice

The Morning of the Eye of God

by Steve Tanham

He never thought that on his last Solstice run He would be chosen Never dreamed that leagues could fall behind Leaving the others, younger mostly, In the dust of his tracks, farther, now, than his hearing. Ahead, the great rock soars up, black and massive Its winding path, dark strip in the pre-dawn light His feet, belonging to something else, Thunder like heartbeats along … Read More The Morning of the Eye of God