I’ve always had an open mind on the reality of ‘fairies’ – earth elementals to magical folk, and a very real presence to many in our woodland, and particularly landscapes with streams.
Category: Mythology
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This Sunday is the third of the month, and we have our SE-Explorations talk over Zoom; linking a growing group of people across the world in friendly yet deep explorations
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
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
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…
SEE: October Zoom Cyber Room…SEE: October Zoom Cyber Room…
Photograph – courtesy, the estate of Sue Vincent (All Tarot Card Images – Rider-Waite Deck) * The Silent Eye’s October Explorations Zoom Talk The Thousandth Face – breaking through from
Keys to Heaven: Planning…Keys to Heaven: Planning…
* Baldrick, famously, hatches cunning plans which always back-fire. * Dick Dastardly, equally famously, hatches devious plans which always back-fire, and he usually has to be saved from destruction by
The Quest for Immortality: Gods…The Quest for Immortality: Gods…
* The workshops serve as a Celtic Cauldron of Plenty… Everyone gets what they most need. How is this possible? How is it possible that three years on from
The Quest for Immortality: Dreams…The Quest for Immortality: Dreams…
* When the people of Uruk rebel against the tyranny of Gilgamesh, they petition the Gods… * Hearing their plea the Goddess, Aruru, fashions the twin of Gilgamesh from the
Costumes…Costumes…
* “So what’s it all about, then?” “Oh, lots of things, like, duty and service, and honour, and love, and friendship, and devotion and good government, and bad…” “But ultimately?”
Dancing with the ghost in the machineDancing with the ghost in the machine
If you’ve ever been involved with anything of an ‘amateur dramatic’ nature, you will know that moment: the protagonist, hated until the final few moments (when the greater picture is
The Round Ark?The Round Ark?
* The story of Noah’s Ark is one of the first Biblical Tales that people in the western world hear. Yet the story far pre-dates the compilation of that venerable
Lord of the Deep: Death of the self?…Lord of the Deep: Death of the self?…
* ‘…When Anu heard this, he called for the Bull of Heaven, And handed its nose rope to the Princess Ishtar. Ishtar led the Bull of Heaven down to earth.
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
Unexpected Shaman (1)Unexpected Shaman (1)
Jerome (not his real name, but those are his hands) had been teaching us some elementary Spanish. We had been advised that the lesson was half an hour later than
Mister Fox and the Green ManMister Fox and the Green Man
In previous years, the Silent Eye has released a workbook after the annual April workshop. In Song of the Troubadour and Land of the Exiles, we published the script of
Faith, Belief or Gnosis – Did Gawain have Faith? by The Patrician LadyFaith, Belief or Gnosis – Did Gawain have Faith? by The Patrician Lady
The Patrician Lady is a much-loved and respected member of the esoteric community who, for the last two years, has shared her own perspective on the subject matter of the
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
The Silent Eye’s 2016 Summer pre-solstice eventThe Silent Eye’s 2016 Summer pre-solstice event
Shake off the Winter blues – Anticipate the Summer ahead and book now for the Silent Eye’s 2016 pre-Solstice weekend, “Whispers in the West”, to take place in the
Leaf and Flame: The Foliate Man #3Leaf and Flame: The Foliate Man #3
“…The loveliest lady there on him glanced with eyes of grey: that he found anyone more fair in truth might no man say…” – J.R.R Tolkien #3 La Belle Dame