by Steve Tanham
“Enough. You may release the tension.” He would not know that certain of the herbs in the incense were there to relax the body. He would think he had come close to failing her. This was all part of the build-up to his initiation, to take place later. That edge of failure – and the chasm beyond, were part of a pattern that began the breaking of the reflection…
+ Esoteric Meaning of Myth, Greek Myths, Higher Mind, Labours of Hercules, Silent Eye School, Spirituality
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. I made a special effort to be at Rose’s coffee shop early the next Monday morning. Despite that, he was there before me … “Morning, John,” I muttered, trying not to let my irritation show… “Morning, Alexandra,” said my uncle, cheerfully. It was only then that I noticed two things were–well, wrong… To start with he was sitting with his hands on his head, … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 37 – Golden Apples
by Steve Tanham
Chapter 4 – Touching the Sky The Stonemaker halted his weary band in the shade of the rocky escarpment, allowing them too much water from the team’s meagre supplies. It had been a long march from the banks of the Nile, where their boat lay tied up to stout wooden stakes, recently cut and driven deep into the banks of the fertile river. This was to be … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Four – Touching the Sky
+ Esoteric Meaning of Myth, Greek Myths, Higher Mind, Labours of Hercules, Sex, Silent Eye School, Spirituality
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. “There were three of them!” I said, getting the first word in before he had chance to open the ominous black bag sitting on his knee. “Three of what?” I watched as his fingers let go the zip that ran across the top of its length. “Three cyclopses…” “Ah,” he said, smiling at our agreed corruption of the word. “Yes, three of them… … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 36 – Three Eyes of the One Mind
by Steve Tanham
Chapter 3 – The Dark Waters Rameses II, soon to be King, Chosen of Ra, Justice of Ra, stood in the prow of the Beak of Horus, looking northwards into the darkness that had fallen like spilled ink onto the smooth waters of the great river. There was nothing on his mind; he was exercising his considerable powers of mental control to keep it … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Three – The Dark Waters
+ Esoteric Meaning of Myth, Greek Myths, Higher Mind, Labours of Hercules, Silent Eye School, Spirituality
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. I had done my homework the previous weekend and arrived at our cafe early, eager to organise my thoughts before John arrived for our Monday get-together. “Dark out there,” he said, entering behind me and kissing the top of my head in his customary fashion before sitting down. I looked out of the window at the clear blue morning sky. We were having … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 35 – Mr Cyclops
by Steve Tanham
Hey, you! ———– Hey, you, come play! said the wind in the heights Whipping the sail in a dance of the round Me?, said the cloth, but I’m tied to the mast I can play all you like but to steel I am bound ——- Hey, you, come play! said the sky to the steel Reflecting its rust, through the colour of blood Me? … Read More Hey, you!
by Steve Tanham
Chapter Two – An Agony of Sunset (introduction follows the text) Seven Years Later Far below, Rameses was angry; so angry that Lord Menascare could hear the merciless tones in the young voice that would soon be the controlling instrument of the Egyptian 19th Dynasty. The whole of Egypt would tremble when that voice was raised – but they would love him, too. The … Read More River of the Sun, chapter 2 – An Agony of Sunset
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. “Wild horses,” I said, sitting down with both our coffees and passing his across our small table. “Wild women horses!” John replied, a glint in his eyes. “Okay, then, wild women horses, if you must. But you said we were now, in our studies, in Aries, the sign of the ram, surely?” I watched him nod. “So why wild horses?” “I do not … Read More Nine Deadly Sins, part 34 – Wild Women
+ Ancient Landscapes, guided mystical walks, Silent Eye School, Spirituality, Winter Solstice weekend
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
by Steve Tanham
In April 2015 a group of people gathered in the Derbyshire hills to enact the Silent Eye’s annual Mystery Play, entitled, The River of the Sun. The five-act mystical drama formed the backbone of that Spring weekend, and told the fictional story of a clash of ego and divinity set in an Isis-worshipping temple located on an island in the Nile, during the the … Read More River of the Sun – serialisation of the novel
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. “I’ve had a week of threes,” I said, wanting to seize the initiative. I felt empowered, full of energy; and I wanted to be at it … the labours of Heracles, that is. He looked at me over a succession of objects: the coffee cup, poised next to his bemused lips; the newspaper, held in his free hand until I arrived and tapped … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 33 – Three Journeys
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