Reblogged from Alethea Kehas The journey of the queen continues with the hunt… There was a time, perhaps a very long time as we like to measure it, when
Leaf and Flame – Laughter on the dance floorLeaf and Flame – Laughter on the dance floor
The Sunday morning guided meditation took the Companions back to the place where they had begun to seek answers to their own riddles. To begin the day in silent communion
Leaf and Flame – Fox fireLeaf and Flame – Fox fire
It would be fair to say that, although the Lady of the Hunt may have tried to maintain dignity during the Fox Dance, it had gone up in flames with
Leaf and Flame – Trust and honourLeaf and Flame – Trust and honour
The Saturday night ritual drama saw Gawain taken to meet his fate. The Green Knight waited in the Green Chapel to return the blow traded so long ago… and Gawain’s
Finding Gawain – Act Five (final part)Finding Gawain – Act Five (final part)
Finding Gawain – Act Five (final part) Deep within the Hart, the white hands reach for him… And, in the space between the single drop of blood leaving his skin
Leaf and Flame – The extra mileLeaf and Flame – The extra mile
Saturday continued after lunch with an Exploration led by Stuart, illustrating an idea of such simplicity that it is seldom noticed; that the most fundamental spiritual beliefs, no matter how
The Face of a Queen by Alethea KehasThe Face of a Queen by Alethea Kehas
Reblogged from Alethea Kehas, who played Guinevere at the recent leaf and Flame Workshop. Legends tell of a queen of great beauty. Guinevere, thought by some to be part mortal,
That which does not die…That which does not die…
The Soul Attains – Edward Burne-Jones Elaine He fences right well yon Knight of Arthur’s realm. Lancelot Yet he seems to my mind a little coy. Bedivere Perhaps size is
Finding Gawain – Act FourFinding Gawain – Act Four
(image: detail from ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch. Wikipedia Creative Commons) Finding Gawain – Act Four Reckoning… Within the forest there is a sense of reckoning. Plucked from
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part threeFinding Gawain – Act Three, part three
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part three And then… And then, there is the sound of laughter rolling in from the hills…that host the hunt…that gives rise to the baying
The Return of the Queen by Alethea KehasThe Return of the Queen by Alethea Kehas
Reblogged from Not Tomatoes: Alethea shares a personal perspective on her journey through Leaf and Flame… How does one condense a journey that is not over, but that began before a magical
Leaf and Flame – Sharing LifeLeaf and Flame – Sharing Life
The Saturday of any workshop is always busy. No matter how much free time you try and build in, there never is any spare time. The morning began by greeting
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part twoFinding Gawain – Act Three, part two
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part two By the time Gawain realises he had come back on himself, in a great circle of many day’s ride, he has lost all
CowCow
Protected and serene, the stream of life flows from her breast, Within her sheltered warmth her starry children safely rest. Her lowly form oft overlooked, conceals the Mother’s crown In
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part oneFinding Gawain – Act Three, part one
Finding Gawain – Act Three, part one In the sanctuary of the Castle of Camelot, he awakens; wet with sweat and wondering… Who is this ‘me’, he asks the cold
WolfWolf
Run wild, run free and know the touch of wind upon your back Yet freedom’s totem knows it has a home within the pack. Part of a greater life,
HareHare
Most subtle of the shifting forms and yet most constant too Whose moonlit transformation cannot change the heart that’s true. He hearkens to each season’s turn and reads the
Finding Gawain – Act TwoFinding Gawain – Act Two
Finding Gawain – Act Two Gawain staggers from the castle of Camelot, the memory of the Green Knight’s bloody axe vivid in his mind as though the mere dropping of
StagStag
A silent power vigilant beneath the forest bough, No thought of past or future holds thine eye… only the Now. Part of an endless cycle of the life and death
Seed Thoughts…Seed Thoughts…
The Outer is reflected Emotion… The Inner is reflected Form… The Outer reflects the Inner and the Inner reflects the Outer… The Principles, work not for themselves but for others.
Finding Gawain – Act OneFinding Gawain – Act One
Finding Gawain – Act One The last of the sunlight has gone. The light of the torches flickers in the great hall. The Table Round has assembled for more Yule
MagicMagic
A silent given grace you seek to find Within the moonlit forests of the mind Where mossy doubt obscures the silver stream And clarity comes only in a dream Where
The Last Post?The Last Post?
We are now only two days away from the Silent Eye’s 2016 workshop, Leaf and Flame, organised by my two co-directors of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness Stuart France
The soul in the ovenThe soul in the oven
If ‘life is like a box of chocolates’, then people could be said to be fruitcakes. For once, I am not using a literary colloquialism to cast aspersions upon the