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Why did you move me?

“Here in the city man dies oppressed at heart, man perishes with despair in his heart. I have looked over the wall and I see the bodies floating on the river, and that will be my lot also. Indeed I know it is so, but whoever is tallest among men cannot reach the heavens, and […]

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Magan and metal

In a remote oasis, on the foothills of a dusty mountain, the first morning light shone through the sharp palm leaves and pierced through the faint smoke of last night’s fire. The sound of water bubbled and gurgled in the settlement’s meandering falaaj system whilst dragonflies busily chased each other in the water’s sparkling light. […]

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El suelo de Cataluña

Near the shores of warm lapping waves The wind flows through the cypress trees And from beneath the pine needle covered ground Warm earth is collected to be kiln-baked, Colour-glazed And geometrically cut. In late summer, the gentle hills have Straw combed harvest ready fields. A landscape like warm air filled linen. Inside the little […]

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Above and beyond risk

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Light from overseas

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Sharing time, wishing

Remember those times when you called me from abroad? Both in bed looking out the window, But both seeing silhouettes of differently shaped leaves. We’d speak, relay news, sometimes complain. We often spoke till the telephone credit ran out. A strange feeling: not knowing when our conversation would stop. Waiting for time to run out. And sometimes, in […]

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ZEAL

A gathering of people, strumming, singing, joking, every year for a folk fest. Stumbling into the next song but all are welcome to join. ‘Hey, you, come and join us.’ ‘What was the name of that last jig?’ ‘ “She was”. Or in Devonshire dialect “She be” ‘. “Or in Twickenham dialect, “One is” ‘. […]

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Tales from Afghanistan

I once found a unique looking book in a second hand bookstore which was in a church in a remote part of Devon. The book was called, ‘Tales from Afghanistan’. Along the way, the main character hears many stories. This is one of them: The first question dealt with the fact that since only the […]

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Heinrich Zimmer: Every time I carry you like this …

I was curious to know who inspired and influenced Joseph Campbell. It seems it was a German researcher by the name of Heinrich Zimmer who studied and wrote about oriental mythology. He wrote the ‘Philosophies of India’ which recounts Indian mythology, philosophy and tales as well his own interpretation. Some of the tales leave a […]

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The power among us

Power – A force and an energy Flowing silently and shifting quickly. Power is desired – so that it can be controlled, used and magnified. Power never runs out. It simply shifts. Energy is stored within the consciousness of everything around us; Especially in human consciousness. In deep supra energetic levels, waiting to be unlocked. […]