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Woburn Deer Spirit Fair
Please join me for the Deer Spirit Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Fair at Woburn Village Hall, Crawley Road, Milton Keynes, MK17 9, United Kingdom on November 23. I’ll be offering readings throughout the day. Doors open at 10.00. I look forward very much to seeing you there.
Why the Tarot is better than social media
Start your day with a Tarot reading, instead of looking at your phone. Your phone contains all the noise of human ignorance and misery, expressed as righteous indignation. Tarot cards contain the wisdom of centuries and take the ego out of everything. They rely on pure chance. This morning, I have drawn the Star, the …
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Yelling. And laughing.
Cut it up yourself, it’s always been cut up. Now you know, it’s all cut up. Mos Def and Rawkus cut it up.Disposable Heroes cut it up.Life is memories. No time. Just experiences pieced together.Everyone knows now, everyone is a writer, a musician, a painter. When everyone knows, no one knows.S h a d j …
Rendlesham – the truth is in there
We were drawn by the mystery. It was a journey not so much into a forest, but into the very fabric of our psyches. Yes, forest there was, but it was the unseen that called to us. From the depths of time and space it beckoned us on a two-and-a-half-hour journey from the gentle Chilterns …
I Don’t Know
I don’t know who I don’t know how I don’t know then I don’t know now I don’t know if I don’t know but I don’t know where I don’t know what I don’t know why I don’t know when I leave my knowing To other men I don’t know me I don’t know you …
Breakfast, by Harry Graham
A favourite poem, and a sobering moral tale The perfect breakfast, all must own, is that which man enjoys alone Peace, perfect peace, is found, they say, only with loved ones far away And there is naught but solitude that suits the matutinal* mood. But there, alas! are tactless folk who choose that hour to jest …
The Shaman’s Prayer
I am already given to the power that rules my fate. I cling to nothing, so I have nothing to defend. I have no thoughts, so I will See. I fear nothing, so I will remember myself. Detached and at ease, I will dart past the Eagle To be free. Thank you, Stonebear. www.ivanmcbeth.com
SAY YES
Say Yes To Yes Say No To No Accept Acceptance Reject Rejection Say Come In To Come In Say Get Out To Get Out Support Support Deny Denial Be True To Truth Give the Lie To Lies Love Love Meet Hate With Love Say Yes Say Yes SAY YES SAY YES YES YES YES YES …
Sir George Trevelyan: will you wake?
The human heart can go the lengths of God. Dark and cold we may be, but this Is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries cracks, breaks, begins to move; The thunder is the thunder of the floes, The thaw, the flood, the upstart Spring. Thank God our time is now when wrong Comes …
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they …
Marcelle Morgantini: The Chicago Blues Box
This article originally appeared in Living Blues magazine #205 in February, 2010. I had wanted to write it for years. The recordings made by Marcelle Morgantini in Chicago during the 1970s are a definitive evocation of the real blues of the day. Her recording of The Aces is one of my favourite albums. Chicago Blues …
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Snake just wants to come inside…
Sensuous serpents surely snaked their seductive ways into our sensitive souls. Certainly we celebrate a successful session, shaded from shooting stars, still shining in cindery sparks. Eggs will hatch. Let them be.
Harmony
Wisdom before knowledge This is a page inspired by the book by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales. I’ve probably got his title wrong. To quote the Harmony movie website (www.theharmonymovie.com): HARMONY IS…. Creating excitement, urgency and action, Harmony reaches out to various and diverse communities, organizations, NGOs and individuals who can help promote …