* The red cross on the white shield of St. George is made up of red scales like the scales of the red dragon that wakes at the foot of
Author: Stuart France
Writer and Director of T.O.L.L.
The Fair Isle of Emain…The Fair Isle of Emain…
* A far distant isle lies in leagues fifty-thrice over the ocean to the west larger than Albion, twice. * Many faceted Emain encircled by sea rises from tide into
SEE: August Zoom Cyber-Room…SEE: August Zoom Cyber-Room…
John the Evangelist (Stained-Glass, Swanbourne Church) ‘John was challenged to drink a cup of poison to demonstrate the power of his faith, and thanks to God’s grace the poison was
Aye of the Unicorn…Aye of the Unicorn…
Silent Eye Workshop – Summer 2019 – Scotland… ‘Within the Forest of the Work are found the Twin Natures, Mercury the Stag and Sulphur the Unicorn.’ The Philosophers Stone –
The Dream Tree…The Dream Tree…
* The pillow resembles an open book Its leaves shall shadow my dreams As tree-leaf dapples sunlight. * The night and day Shall entwine in these pages As vine creeps
The Gift…The Gift…
* It is possible to box almost anything. Thoughts… Ideas… Emotions… In this way a whole life may be compartmentalised into secure, bounded segments of much more manageable proportions. Bite
St Just…St Just…
* Not only did our last hotel fail to provide any windows, to speak of, in our room, it also failed to provide us with a breakfast… * Which
Nightingales: July Zoom Cyber Room…Nightingales: July Zoom Cyber Room…
*** The Self, is it real or a psychological illusion? In this hour of focus on what many consider to be our most precious possession, we will look at the
The Great Mystery…The Great Mystery…
* Approach to the mystery is silent, solitary and free from all self-seeking. * It is silent because in comparison with the mystery all speech is feeble and imperfect. *
Dans Maen…Dans Maen…
Cornwall Recce, 2018… * This kind of weather adds to the atmosphere of these places, and makes the sun big… * The Merry Maidens stone circle is another of those
El Drac? …El Drac? …
* Geography! Never our strongest suit. There are some places though, where we seem to already know the lay-out. Edinburgh for one, and Durham. Tavistock proved to be another of
Citadel of the Sun…Citadel of the Sun…
Cornwall Recce 2018… * ‘There is a certain atmosphere about the place, an echo of a life that is hidden deep in the recesses of the mind.’ * If our
The Nightingales’: June Zoom cyber-room…The Nightingales’: June Zoom cyber-room…
* The Egoic Nature In this hour of self-severity and unbridled selfishness, we will, through a series of questions, explore this seemingly all-powerful ‘image of ourselves’ and the part it does,
Seeking the Hermit…Seeking the Hermit…
* “Should be over by the crags.” * * “Look more like Hags to me.” * * “But Hags are usually at barrows.” * * “Maybe that’s what the cave
Here be ‘Hobbits’…Here be ‘Hobbits’…
* ‘Grey Hobbits’ are still often to be seen in these parts for those with an eye and copious amounts of patience. * * They have developed a penchant for
May my beloved pass…May my beloved pass…
* Draw back the bolt, Ba-Ba… Open the doors of heaven. Fling them open for my beloved. * Drawn back by the breath of the fire-spirit… The doors are open!
Circles of Heaven: Animal…Circles of Heaven: Animal…
* In the Great Circle of Time Progress halfway around And the new becomes the old Upon a higher arc… *
Circles of Heaven: Plant…Circles of Heaven: Plant…
* What we now call ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’, the ‘ancients’ saw as spirits. How does one learn to safely cook a poisonous plant? By many deaths? Or, by contacting the
Circles of Heaven: Mineral…Circles of Heaven: Mineral…
* There is an inevitable circularity to many of our arguments. For the logician, circularity is a death knell. Logic proceeds in steps along a perceived line, from a perceived
Synchronicities…Synchronicities…
* It has been our policy for some time now to ask Companions to bring readings for inclusion in our Landscape Weekends… We first tried this on the Glastonbury Walk-and-Talk
Crouching Tiger…Crouching Tiger…
Images and Text from the Silent Eye Workshop: Whispers in the West… Or maybe… * Not quite… * So hidden?
Irony Age dwelling…?Irony Age dwelling…?
Images and Text from the Silent Eye Workshop: Whispers in the West… * Why? * Why, would anyone… * In their right mind… * Choose… * To dwell… * Here?
St David’s Head…St David’s Head…
Images and Text from the Silent Eye Workshop: Whispers in the West… Above it all… * Aries in Ochre… * Seal-Calf Grazing… * Provocatively Pensive Environs… * Plundered and Strewn?…
A Preponderance of Stone: Pentre Ifan…A Preponderance of Stone: Pentre Ifan…
Images and Text from the Silent Eye Workshop: Whispers in the West… * Angles of Approach… * Concord of Stones… * Step forward Spirit… * Claws of what?… * Pinnacle