It is Shrove Tuesday and in England that means pancakes. Not, you will understand, those heart-warming American delights, nor the elegance of French crepes, but ‘proper’ pancakes. For my sons,
Category: symbolism
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (7)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (7)
Now we have finished with our incursion into maths, and I know that will be welcome… Why have we been talking about such non-spiritual things as acceleration, velocity (speed) and
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (6)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (6)
(Above: the original Bell 30 which established commercial helicopter technology, and was invented and developed by Arthur M. Young. Picture Wikipedia, public domain) In our last post, we looked
Bill and Ben?Bill and Ben?
“Stand still…” I placed the newly-found basis of a godly crown upon his head. “I am not wearing a plant pot on my head!” To be fair, I should probably
The Rotating Blade of Meaning (5)The Rotating Blade of Meaning (5)
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
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
Getting there…Getting there…
January…and the clock is ticking down to spring. Work that has been going on all year now changes gear. It began in earnest last year, with a research trip to
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
Shaping the worldShaping the world
Back in the earliest days when mankind had his beginnings, it was the land and our response to it that had shaped us. It has been suggested that it was
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
Full Circle: The final curtain…Full Circle: The final curtain…
On most of our workshop weekends, we offer a ‘greeting of the dawn’ at one of the ancient sites. The winter workshops are perfect for this as the sun rises
North-easterly VII: A final graceNorth-easterly VII: A final grace
“…Manifest thy light for my regeneration, and let the breadth, height, fullness and crown of the solar radiance appear, and may the light within shine forth!” Abbe de Villars,
North-easterly: Legends…North-easterly: Legends…
There are many stories associated with the castles of the Northumbrian coastline, some historical, others apocryphal, but it is often buried within the myths and legends that some fragment of
North-easterly V: LayersNorth-easterly V: Layers
A short walk along the coast from Craster is another of the most iconic sights on the Northumbrian shore…Dunstanburgh. The castle has inspired artists and poets over the centuries; Turner
North-easterly II – Beyond the wallsNorth-easterly II – Beyond the walls
Next morning, we gathered at the gates of Bamburgh castle. We had seen it from beyond its walls, considering how we could glimpse our own ‘inner fortifications’ from a perspective
Following the feeling…Following the feeling…
Have you ever done something completely illogical, just because it ‘felt right’? Chances are that you have, and that it turned out that listening to that inner, elusive prompt was
The Elusive ShrimpThe Elusive Shrimp
“They seek him here, they seek him there...” I couldn’t help thinking about Baroness Orczy’s Elusive Pimpernel as I watched the translucent creature foraging in the corner of the aquarium.
The spiritual minefieldThe spiritual minefield
“’Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought,’” said my son, reading out the daily inspirational quote he has delivered to
Riding the rollercoasterRiding the rollercoaster
The day did not start well, either for me or the little fish I had to remove from the tank. It was no surprise that it was dead this morning…
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
Winter with the Silent Eye…Winter with the Silent Eye…
Full Circle? – Finding the way home… Penrith, Cumbria Friday 7th – Sunday 9th December, 2018 Home. It is an evocative word. The images it conjures are different for each
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