County Down, Thursday, 16th June, 2022… *** *** We came across a number of green wyrm-holes in Cornwall and they often spat us out in wondrous locations… *** *** The
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Mound of Down…Mound of Down…
County Down, Thursday, June 16th, 2022… *** *** Such is the size and nature of these structures that the photographers art can seldom do them justice. * The front end
Drumskinney…Drumskinney…
County Fermanagh, Wednesday 15th June, 2022… *** *** With these ‘fellas’ as a prelude we could be forgiven for thinking the day was to end with a bang. *** ***
The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…
County Fermanagh, Wednesday, June 15th, 2022… *** *** Despite the plaited hair this side of the ‘Janet and John’ stone is now regarded as a masculine figure. *** *** Whilst
Creggandevesky…Creggandevesky…
County Tyrone, Wednesday, June 18, 2022… *** *** Another court-cairn… Continue reading at France&Vincent
Field of Towers…Field of Towers…
County Tyrone, Wednesday, June 18, 2022… *** *** Barbrook One* on Big Moor in Derbyshire, England, follows a similar pattern. *** *** But there, the cairn is associated with only
Little-Big Field…Little-Big Field…
County Tyrone, Wednesday, 15th June, 2022… *** *** Maybe, the magical battle is still going on? *** *** The Fomorians are described as one-eyed, one-legged, and one-armed? * Which
Tirnony Dolmen…Tirnony Dolmen…
County Derry, Tuesday, 14th June, 2022… *** *** Should it surprise us that people who lived so long ago were engaged in magical practices? *** *** Hardly, and certainly not
Ballymacaldrack…Ballymacaldrack…
County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June 2022… *** *** There are twenty-seven stones, or sockets for stones, supporting the ‘burial mound’. *** *** The ‘rubble’ in the outer court shown above
Court Cairns…Court Cairns…
County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June, 2022… *** *** From a distance this looked like nothing more or less than a giant moot. *** *** And maybe that is what it
Craig’s Dolmen?…Craig’s Dolmen?…
County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June, 2022… *** *** The history of Ireland can be perplexing. *** *** On the one hand, there are ample materials stretching far back in time…
‘Where be Giants?’…‘Where be Giants?’…
County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June, 2022 *** ‘In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.’ *** *** Clochan na bhFomharach, being, ‘Stones of the Fomorians’, who
The Marsh King’s Daughter: Blossom…The Marsh King’s Daughter: Blossom…
Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, bow and bend to me… * …There usually is. Perhaps one reason for the tale’s obscurity these days is its perceived, overtly, Christian message. This
The Marsh King’s Daughter: Bud…The Marsh King’s Daughter: Bud…
‘…The Earth will see you on through this time…’ * …There always is. The Marsh King sinks back beneath the waters with the unnamed Egyptian Princess in his thrall.
The Marsh King’s Daughter…The Marsh King’s Daughter…
‘…Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, Fol-de-rol-de riddle…’ * Although the second longest of Anderson’s Fairy Tales, The Marsh King’s Daughter is relatively little known and perhaps, even, considered to be
Last Call for Castlerigg…Last Call for Castlerigg…
* Tarot Card – The Fool: Penetrated Egoic Nature results in a ‘reckless fool’. * ‘There and back again…’ * The Road goes ever on and on Down from the
Fruits of Balance…Fruits of Balance…
* … “‘Greater’ is just as perplexing as ‘space’ and ‘colour’.” “It contains the concept of consumption.” “Yet, is not necessarily overjoyed at the idea.” “Perhaps it is just issuing
Fruits of Form…Fruits of Form…
* … “‘Space’ is difficult.” * * “What we call space might not actually be spacious.” * * “‘Specious Space’? Nice…” * * “Like, what we call colour, might not
Fruits of Force…Fruits of Force…
* … “Shouldn’t ‘bigger’ be ‘greater’?” * * “Only, if something can be smaller than something else, yet, still greater.” * * “It’s difficult to think of anything.” “I can
Foregone Conclusion…Foregone Conclusion…
* There are approximately one hundred billion stars in our galaxy. There are approximately one hundred billion galaxies in our universe. How many stars? Too many to count… Yet every
A Simple Soul?…A Simple Soul?…
* Bright. Free. Easy… * Or superficial? Blissful in ignorance rather than poised, tight-rope like, upon the very lip of uncertainty… * We have no words for it, this ‘traffic
Wings of a Prayer…Wings of a Prayer…
* Insects swarm… Birds flock… Animals herd… * May governments pursue Peace… Not war. *
Something hidden?…Something hidden?…
* Between outer form… * * And inner purpose… * * Falls the shadow.
Spirit-Born…Spirit-Born…
Tarot Card – The Magician: A conduit of forces From High to Low * ‘Love under will shall be the whole of the law…’ *** The wind blows where it
After the Flood…After the Flood…
* ‘After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.’ * When men began to increase on the earth daughters were born to them… The Sons of God saw