So far, we have examined how Arthur M. Young, inventor of the Bell helicopter, engineer and astrologer/philosopher, used his skills and insight into how our minds determine meaning. Within
Category: esoteric workshop
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (4)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (4)
Everything is in motion… Arthur M. Young and Isaac Newton both knew that, but in different ages and different ways. Let’s take a slight detour into some basic ways of
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (3)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (3)
For this series of posts to make sense – and be spiritually useful in our lives – it must challenge the way we see and therefore ascribe meaning to
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (2)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (2)
In Part One, we looked at how Arthur M. Young, a brilliant engineer and inventor, was fascinated by the ‘act of knowing’, and determined that there were four stages
The Rotating Blade of MeaningThe Rotating Blade of Meaning
You have probably never heard of him. He was an engineer by training. He was the primary inventor and developer of the Bell helicopter, which made the promise of point
Why not?Why not?
One of the joys of working with the Silent Eye is the people you get to meet. Not all of them are part of the School; most follow their own
Why Myth? IV…Why Myth? IV…
* ‘Gilgamesh is among the greatest things that can ever happen to a person.’ – Rainer Maria Rilke. Those of you with an eagle eye will have realised that next
Hunting the ‘Tree Demon’…Hunting the ‘Tree Demon’…
* …”Where Hu-Wa-Wa comes and goes becomes a track and all those ways are well trodden. As Hu-Wa-Wa passes through the forest the birds begin to sing… Wood-Pigeon moans. Turtle-Dove
A Second-Self…A Second-Self…
* Gilgamesh My vizier says you have tidings of some import to my realm? Trapper Great lord, I bring dire news! A threat to the kingdom… Gilgamesh Speak, man! If
The Tyrant of Uruk…The Tyrant of Uruk…
* “The Eternal City of Uruk… See how its ramparts gleam like copper in the sun… Climb the ancient staircases up stone more ancient than mind… Approach the Temple of
Castles of the Mind (ii)Castles of the Mind (ii)
Continued from Part One As the group walk through the arched entranceway to the interior of the castle, a new feeling emerges: one of ‘being in it, together’. The transition
Castles of the Mind (i)Castles of the Mind (i)
Like the best of ideas, it begins with a partly-seen ghost, the glimmer of an edge of something that will work…. Ideas are great, but, unless something is practical and consistent
Lord of the Deep – Workshop April 2019Lord of the Deep – Workshop April 2019
The Silent Eye’s Spring workshop for 2019 * The glories above were unamed. The word for that world beneath, unuttered. Source and time, unfettered, merged… From the mingling waves-of-water came
The Magical RoundaboutThe Magical Roundabout
I remember the moment, a few years ago, when Stuart – one of my co-directors of the Silent Eye – said to me: “And that’s it, vanished in an instant:
Castles of the MindCastles of the Mind
Do we have ‘castles of the mind’? Traditionally, ancient castles were built where there was trouble… Do we have the equivalent in our minds and emotions? Have we, over the
Consider the lily…Consider the lily…
Riddles of the Night. 1st-3rd December 2017, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Sometimes it can be hard to see The difference twixt wood and tree Seek out the Lily and
An Eye full of Reflections (7 of 7)An Eye full of Reflections (7 of 7)
Amidst the seemingly pristine field of stones, the old oak tree usually went unnoticed… Like this group of happy but somewhat weary pilgrims, newly entered via the gate at the
Flight of the Seer VIIIFlight of the Seer VIII
* During our ‘Church Tapping’ days we acquired the rather dubious art of Bibliomancy, that is, taking it in turns to read at random from the pages of the bibles
Flight of the Seer VII…Flight of the Seer VII…
* Given our quiet revolution, it was heartening that so many of the Companions stayed on after the workshop to play out in the landscape. The feeling was that many
Flight of the Seer VI…Flight of the Seer VI…
Alethea Kehas and Barbara Walsh holding a photograph of Obi. * For those Companions who study the Silent Eye Correspondence Course the Sunday morning of our April Workshop is a
The touch of Otherness #SilentiThe touch of Otherness #Silenti
In every mystical gathering, of whatever nature, there comes that moment when a correctly constructed ‘vessel’ is taken over – however fleetingly – by a sense of ‘otherness’. Experience teaches
Flight of the Seer V…Flight of the Seer V…
* Any creative endeavour involves hazard. We are fortunate enough to work with an eclectic and talented bunch of souls which inevitably lessens that hazard. With our previous Workshop, Leaf
Flight of the Seer IV…Flight of the Seer IV…
* “No one else is doing this.” “So far as we are aware.” “And if they are doing it they are not doing it in quite the same way.” *
Flight of the Seer II…Flight of the Seer II…
* …With this year’s April Workshop, we returned to source. Five years ago, The Song of the Troubadour birthed our school and opened the gateway to three levels of Enneagram
Flight of the Seer…Flight of the Seer…
* It has become traditional before our April Workshop, in Derbyshire, to climb to the highest point in the area and to quietly contemplate the prospective unfolding of our combined