Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Considering that we’d only landed on the island a matter of an hour prior to this point a lot had gone on already. This was fixing up to be a worthwhile visit already. Whatever next? As though in a form of light relief I switched my attention away from the ancient mound of the giant … Read More “Ionian Equinox 2012 p3 – The Abbey of Iona” »
As you approach the Abbey of Iona – with its church dedicated to Mary – the first sight you encounter is the mound of Odran (or Oran). It lies before the abbey like a pregnant belly, partially obscuring the visible entrances to the abbey buildings. It immediately drew my attention, and I became mesmerised by it. … Read More “Ionian Equinox 2012 p2 – A Giant Grave” »
The following series of posts recounts the tales of our adventures on the island of Iona in the Hebrides in the west of Scotland. We went there for the Autumn Equinox. Of course, my tales will be primarily from my perspective as Kal has his own stories to tell, and amazing they are too. Of … Read More “Ionian Equinox 2012 p1 – The Colour of Union” »
For the back drop to this tale see the following post (link1, link2). And, as I said, as they pushed the tube through my vein, Cailleach made an appearance… There I am, lying on a table/bed with my right arm pinned to the table and a whole array of instruments sliding around above me. Yes … Read More “Cracking open the Heart – p3 Goddess comfort” »
In my last post I had just been intuitively nudged into the A & E department of the hospital. You mention chest pain in there and boy do you get A1 service. Plus a bonus for me was that I knew the nurses and I had arrived at a quiet time. Within about 10 minutes … Read More “Cracking open the Heart – p2 Current beliefs Vs Old beliefs” »
I found myself in Paris on a business trip with one night free to look around. Ok, so where would you go? I was starting from the centre. Would you go to the Eiffel Tower, Pompidou Centre, Latin Quarter, perhaps a stroll along the Seine? I couldn’t decide either, so I did a spot of … Read More “The Heart of Paris 2012” »
I was confused! It began a couple of weeks ago when I suffered a minor heart challenge. I love that word, it kind of gives you a hint of what happened without giving you a hint of what happened. Let’s leave it at that for the moment and see how we go. As you know from my … Read More “Cracking open the Heart – p1” »
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