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
Tag: psychology
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
GoliathGoliath
Image source: Linkedin * It has been a lousy weekend. How’s that for a start to a cold, wet Monday? The wind demolished the fence and it is now beyond
After the Flood…After the Flood…
* ‘After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.’ * When men began to increase on the earth daughters were born to them… The Sons of God saw
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
A spiritual ostrichA spiritual ostrich
There was an idea that has had me playing around with a digital painting programme. It also got me thinking. So, last night I toyed with an image from the
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 ***
A misbehaving mindA misbehaving mind
“Susan…” I was never called Susan. Except when I was in trouble. I looked up; Miss Bedford, blue eyes wide under raised brows, looked down with a severity belied by
Wilderness…Wilderness…
*** Tarot Card – The Devil, In this instance, represents the Egoic Nature. * ‘You were a sealer of the sum…’ The Living One * …Then was he led up
EdensorEdensor
Where were we, before time and other concerns overtook me? I was sharing the weekend in the north… the one with all the heather in bloom. We had found a
One step…One step…
I was going through the files and came across a picture… which inevitably sets off a chain reaction… We never really know where the road is going to lead us
Turn of the wheelTurn of the wheel
The car pulled out in front of me and stood out from the rest of the traffic like the proverbial sore thumb. I followed it up the long road towards
SEE: November Zoom Cyber Room…SEE: November Zoom Cyber Room…
Rider Waite Tarot *** A Walk with Death… Death is one of the most important things about our lives, and yet many people have remarkably shallow views on it, preferring
Portals…Portals…
* “In the programme…” said the man wearing a green-kilt, * * “…the portal-stones lead to another time.” * * “He’s referring to a television programme,” said Wen, quietly. *
Where do they go to?…Where do they go to?…
* …And the Wood-Stone started to glow, White it was… * * And I felt an impetus to take flight, but only as far as the end of the passage…
Into the Hill…Into the Hill…
* Further vindication of our unscheduled return was granted upon re-entering the chamber. The free standing stone and the facing stone, which were separated by space and shadow, were both
Inner Sanctum…Inner Sanctum…
* The thing is… It is impossible to ‘do’ such sites in one visit. In fact, it is not possible to ‘do’ such sites at all. If anything, they
The road home…The road home…
* Wen and I are back on the road which leads past Bryn Celli Ddu… We had to double-back to the hotel because someone called down ‘Cloud City’ before we
Curried garlicCurried garlic
I recoiled as I opened the door. There had, quite apparently, been garlic the night before. Lots of garlic. Evidently in curry. And there can be few things worse than