‘…The Earth will see you on through this time…’ * …There always is. The Marsh King sinks back beneath the waters with the unnamed Egyptian Princess in his thrall.
Tag: magic
Mist on the MoorsMist on the Moors
… We met up with author and blogger Graeme Cumming and his partner for another wander over the moors. We followed a path that leads from a place of hoary
The Marsh King’s Daughter…The Marsh King’s Daughter…
‘…Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, Fol-de-rol-de riddle…’ * Although the second longest of Anderson’s Fairy Tales, The Marsh King’s Daughter is relatively little known and perhaps, even, considered to be
Last Call for Castlerigg…Last Call for Castlerigg…
* Tarot Card – The Fool: Penetrated Egoic Nature results in a ‘reckless fool’. * ‘There and back again…’ * The Road goes ever on and on Down from the
A rift in realityA rift in reality
We were up at the crack of dawn, not because there had been too much wine the night before, which might have been expected during an evening in an Italian
Petals of the RosePetals of the Rose
* Close your eyes, relax and prepare for an inner journey, breathing deeply and easily. You stand on a green mound by a sunlit sea. Far below you is a
Fruits of Form…Fruits of Form…
* … “‘Space’ is difficult.” * * “What we call space might not actually be spacious.” * * “‘Specious Space’? Nice…” * * “Like, what we call colour, might not
Fruits of Force…Fruits of Force…
* … “Shouldn’t ‘bigger’ be ‘greater’?” * * “Only, if something can be smaller than something else, yet, still greater.” * * “It’s difficult to think of anything.” “I can
A Journey at SolsticeA Journey at Solstice
I wrote this a few years ago after a journey through the English countryside one Solstice. As the vernal equinox marks the turning of the year once again, I thought
A Walk in the Woods…A Walk in the Woods…
From the Derwent Dam we walked a little further down the long, narrow valley to the lower reservoir. The river still flows, mingling with the waters that flooded the valley
Leaf and Flame – Trust and honourLeaf and Flame – Trust and honour
From Leaf and Flame – 2016… The Saturday night ritual drama saw Gawain taken to meet his fate. The Green Knight waited in the Green Chapel to return the blow
Babel-fish wantedBabel-fish wanted
I had to post the picture of the dragon… you’d all run away if you thought I was going to write about fish again… and I’m not. Not exactly. Well,
Taking the slow road northTaking the slow road north
On Thursday I drove north in sunshine. The hedgerows are fuzzed with the first tender, tentative leaves. Catkins sway in the breeze and even the untended verges beside the road
Thursday in the northThursday in the north
Thursday dawned hopefully over Derbyshire. It was the day of our monthly meeting so we headed out for Great Hucklow, where our party converged from various directions on the Queen
Spirit-Born…Spirit-Born…
Tarot Card – The Magician: A conduit of forces From High to Low * ‘Love under will shall be the whole of the law…’ *** The wind blows where it
An open mindAn open mind
* “You’ve got problems, you know that?” I just looked at him… the usual answer was superfluous; he knows it well enough by now. “I was just thinking those exact
One name…One name…
Tarot Card – The Lovers: ‘open up and get out of the way.’ * ‘Leaf and flame hath but one name’ * Yva followed on Abadam’s heels, “O Abadam,” she
SEE: January Zoom Cyber Room…SEE: January Zoom Cyber Room…
*** Having considered the physical, psychological and spiritual structures of the human being, we now examine how these interact with our ability to ACT… Not something that should be taken
Star-of-the-Sea…Star-of-the-Sea…
*** Tarot Card – The Star: The feminine figure represents the planetary being of the earth. * ‘A point has the power to let a line emerge from it in
Petals, wood and stonePetals, wood and stone
Friday the four of us met as usual at the Queen Anne in Great Hucklow for lunch and business before the evening’s meeting. It was a damp day, not particularly
Like time…Like time…
Tarot Card – The Chariot: The balanced psyche moves forward without hindrance in the world. * “I see a chariot coming over the plain.” *** “…The next day Connor Cruel-Crest
Gardening…?Gardening…?
The honeysuckle hedge has got a little overgrown, The roses have gone loopy and the lawn has not been mown, Valerian is sprouting out of every nook and cranny… And
Lazarus…Lazarus…
*** Tarot Card – Death: although the ground is strewn with body parts a glorious sun rises on the horizon. * ‘Loose him and let him go’ John 11.44 ***
SEE: December Zoom Cyber Room…SEE: December Zoom Cyber Room…
*** A Dickens of a Christmas! Tonight our talk mixes the mystical darkness of the solstice plus a little humour… ‘Timeless Darkness’ – Three days of liminality… And what to
Wells…Wells…
It is a goodly while since I was last at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. Three years, when I think…Back then I took fewer photographs…though my friend still commented upon quite