Meta tags:
description=At the meeting of waters;

Headings (most frequently used words):

the, of, solstice, moon, stepping, stones, threads, trail, talk, southern, upland, way, part, one, portpatrick, to, glenkens, three, points, compass, shooting, past, hoarding, other, people, memories, multitude, heavenly, host, conversations, with, shaman, magical, world, michael, vasey, chasing, goddess, graven, images, circles, out, time, sacred, earth, follow, blog, recent, posts, archives, search, meta,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (246), and (78), that (45), for (36), with (28), have (25), was (22), our (22), but (21), posted (20), all (19), this (18), 2020 (16), one (16), not (15), day (15), there (13), are (13), been (13), out (12), world (12), they (12), may (11), long (11), through (11), which (11), view (10), december (10), three (10), some (10), misanthropic (10), bear (10), truth (10), wardrobe (10), others (10), comments (9), stones (9), november (9), 2013 (9), april (9), 2017 (9), solstice (9), more (9), had (9), would (9), from (9), who (9), album (9), july (8), 2016 (8), 2022 (8), has (8), too (8), even (8), you (8), what (8), his (8), light (8), other (7), august (7), 2015 (7), moon (7), time (7), magical (7), way (7), post (7), when (7), just (7), about (7), were (7), own (7), these (7), image (7), them (7), her (7), well (7), stepping (6), march (6), 2018 (6), memories (6), uncategorized (6), much (6), little (6), can (6), years (6), everything (6), any (6), know (6), only (6), into (6), why (6), first (6), now (5), june (5), 2012 (5), 2014 (5), september (5), sacred (5), images (5), michael (5), vasey (5), part (5), points (5), compass (5), words (5), circle (5), nothing (5), could (5), made (5), old (5), church (5), its (5), having (5), will (5), how (5), those (5), than (5), isn (5), their (5), she (5), dave (5), email (4), comment (4), site (4), already (4), wordpress (4), com (4), blog (4), february (4), shaman (4), shooting (4), past (4), talk (4), southern (4), upland (4), portpatrick (4), glenkens (4), posts (4), follow (4), original (4), yet (4), after (4), seems (4), yes (4), none (4), above (4), story (4), things (4), god (4), work (4), like (4), something (4), completely (4), darkness (4), ahura (4), mazda (4), then (4), most (4), found (4), someone (4), poliakoff (4), picture (4), camera (4), take (4), inner (4), ever (4), him (4), free (4), ourselves (4), right (4), life (4), log (3), january (3), october (3), 2019 (3), chasing (3), goddess (3), conversations (3), people (3), trail (3), your (3), new (3), another (3), quite (3), different (3), probably (3), rather (3), least (3), before (3), enough (3), france (3), vincent (3), car (3), find (3), while (3), leave (3), fergus (3), same (3), built (3), don (3), last (3), finally (3), though (3), managed (3), able (3), mind (3), onto (3), duality (3), form (3), sense (3), gary (3), care (3), tagged (3), fire (3), self (3), awareness (3), happy (3), eye (3), longer (3), history (3), very (3), end (3), couldn (3), over (3), family (3), come (3), else (3), house (3), photo (3), sad (3), didn (3), every (3), likely (3), pictures (3), point (3), taken (3), whatever (3), half (3), developed (3), emptying (3), bridget (3), delivery (3), guy (3), far (3), film (3), narrative (3), see (3), read (3), brainwashing (3), brainwashed (3), name (2), required (2), content (2), sign (2), subscribed (2), subscribe (2), account (2), join (2), 367 (2), subscribers (2), feed (2), search (2), select (2), archives (2), earth (2), circles (2), graven (2), multitude (2), heavenly (2), host (2), hoarding (2), threads (2), address (2), older (2), visit (2), stone (2), bit (2), want (2), here (2), place (2), where (2), north (2), under (2), weather (2), looking (2), wasn (2), really (2), seemed (2), incredible (2), sky (2), show (2), missing (2), two (2), full (2), walked (2), trees (2), recumbent (2), looked (2), might (2), being (2), morning (2), few (2), features (2), return (2), irish (2), many (2), around (2), high (2), christian (2), possibly (2), era (2), weekend (2), quickly (2), face (2), rain (2), alone (2), begin (2), method (2), slavic (2), forms (2), powerful (2), taking (2), each (2), turn (2), done (2), short (2), book (2), available (2), format (2), get (2), appeared (2), random (2), single (2), conversation (2), allan (2), please (2), give (2), listen (2), enjoy (2), always (2), enjoyed (2), spare (2), various (2), born (2), david (2), ahriman (2), thee (2), shall (2), religion (2), lucifer (2), gained (2), became (2), doesn (2), course (2), brought (2), humankind (2), pair (2), fall (2), remember (2), memory (2), feel (2), think (2), across (2), seem (2), let (2), kept (2), lost (2), several (2), got (2), spall (2), stephen (2), down (2), contents (2), 1930s (2), mid (2), late (2), push (2), owner (2), contained (2), moment (2), genuine (2), vague (2), going (2), perhaps (2), looks (2), often (2), sister (2), sisters (2), hair (2), reflection (2), hand (2), nor (2), off (2), picnic (2), clearly (2), latter (2), riotous (2), among (2), model (2), thinking (2), writing (2), backstory (2), dozen (2), hadn (2), white (2), carefully (2), items (2), almost (2), entire (2), revealed (2), bin (2), bags (2), lot (2), set (2), bought (2), felt (2), knew (2), front (2), break (2), four (2), discover (2), struggling (2), buy (2), happened (2), won (2), british (2), plays (2), audience (2), britain (2), themes (2), political (2), sees (2), hard (2), reality (2), make (2), highlight (2), since (2), note (2), propaganda (2), skinny (2), jeans (2), hold (2), heard (2), rejected (2), assimilated (2), accept (2), unknowable (2), between (2), both (2), side (2), effects (2), problem (2), obviously (2), wrong (2), must (2), unseen (2), ideas (2), society (2), class (2), career (2), known (2), release (2), middle (2), meeting (2), waters (2), website, write, loading, collapse, bar, manage, subscriptions, reader, report, privacy, entries, create, meta, month, recent, enter, receive, notifications, 902, lesson, breakfast, suburban, state, archaeology, concentrated, abereenshire, unfair, live, virtually, miles, south, surface, ploughed, sown, centuries, farmers, visible, frustrating, times, promising, final, workshop, raining, heavy, grey, clear, window, night, starlit, 894, park, parked, distance, back, arriving, group, listening, ghost, lady, seen, woods, walk, constructed, blocked, redundant, provide, beautiful, approach, backdrop, green, lawn, opens, beyond, shadows, spectacular, escape, rained, second, ask, ritual, cleansing, continue, heading, unusual, loanhead, daviot, 521, pict, bishop, responsible, bringing, christianity, area, scotland, originally, eight, hundred, ago, parish, dyce, sits, bend, river, worship, present, significant, pre, remains, apart, shell, curious, doorway, east, altar, normally, situated, flown, edge, aberdeen, sun, decided, still, anyway, blue, skies, roofless, ruins, touching, continuity, sanctity, 882, communicate, big, experience, describe, spiritual, depth, need, vulcan, meld, sort, stumbled, connecting, reading, alan, richardson, dark, magery, convinced, chose, perun, veles, discovered, magic, synchronicity, eve, wrote, called, kindle, shortly, paperback, visits, events, actually, synchronicities, opened, whole, understanding, dragons, moravia, intrigued, similarity, root, mór, ríoghain, merging, archetype, function, cailleach, elemental, incredibly, journey, meet, mother, admit, season, episode, lovely, pringle, trained, zuni, share, minutes, ear, wigging, talking, bits, published, below, regular, podcasts, include, great, good, diverse, community, esoteric, interests, stories, ceremony, stream, saviour, fear, unto, city, build, pyre, tomorrow, upon, primal, defeating, presented, christ, bringer, mankind, ultimately, defeat, days, subverted, remaining, deities, dared, odd, yhwh, precedence, bearer, effectively, subverting, role, nemesis, zoroastrians, wisdom, supreme, creator, duo, theistic, seeking, destroy, created, shortest, year, northern, climes, parts, religious, marking, does, beginning, funny, winter, practices, yoga, ayurveda, favour, depart, barring, fabled, finder, possession, faces, remain, vividly, imprinted, closer, occasionally, wonder, keep, reason, connected, till, disastrous, move, including, stranger, accompanied, moves, character, wanted, count, collection, notable, subjects, inspired, starring, timothy, contacted, libraries, track, tried, means, trace, hope, returning, avail, realised, acquired, relatives, did, children, exhibit, maybe, 60s, early, 70s, because, revelation, broke, becomes, connection, animation, senses, honest, recognition, amusement, behind, settle, beach, shots, fiddling, distracted, slack, jawed, directly, non, committed, smile, excludes, eyes, creased, worn, sitter, love, leaps, relishes, cake, unaware, loving, presence, third, pays, heed, either, brushing, checking, mirror, neither, noticing, interacting, duty, photographer, laughing, enjoying, freedom, revelling, warmth, companionship, control, young, women, 30s, attend, anymore, dress, style, 50s, surfaced, depths, shows, interest, records, appears, sand, dunes, picnics, heather, moorland, welcome, windbreak, flies, uncontrollable, fuck, tearing, avoided, real, mocking, during, simply, match, actual, within, card, pages, glorious, loose, run, allotted, space, fared, preserved, companions, held, black, inserted, holding, slots, absent, mindedly, herself, drop, bag, dedicated, unrecoverable, complete, dregs, assorted, scarves, bottom, drawer, pocket, sized, devil, makes, idle, hands, however, onlookers, unknown, develop, item, folded, stowed, increasing, pile, knowing, took, charge, process, recovered, refreshing, blast, camphor, friend, worked, vintage, shop, agreed, decanting, hardly, deserved, valued, turns, veritable, capsule, ranked, furs, cocktail, flapper, dresses, sequined, hats, fedoras, anything, originated, 1930, returns, key, eagerly, gathered, suggested, phd, biomedical, science, gave, shift, knows, mate, floors, thing, tall, wide, solid, oak, gone, wanders, kitchen, asks, helping, budge, driver, pleased, top, floor, deposited, hall, further, strops, haze, sweat, letter, salutations, student, housemates, call, went, auction, pick, extra, unbeknown, stored, healthy, telling, habit, disappearing, ages, posting, twice, haven, hopefully, disappoint, institute, review, technically, flawless, beautifully, acted, television, wider, consolidated, reputation, foremost, writers, deal, contemporary, series, heartfelt, cry, against, rampant, philistinism, capitalism, gradually, infiltrated, attitudes, towards, culture, heritage, archive, represent, eccentricities, core, values, portrait, straight, ealing, american, company, market, anderson, anti, hero, eventually, pleasing, conclusion, urgency, underneath, somewhat, wish, fulfilling, suggests, darker, oswald, despair, attempted, suicide, ring, bring, watch, hour, episodes, serves, stellar, cast, eternal, viewing, worth, finding, online, week, nay, watching, lived, rent, head, aired, 1999, mentioned, reblogs, landscape, 215, mile, follows, sea, fat, rude, padded, surprisingly, wander, stomping, ground, lucky, ramble, consciousness, copyright, giulio, tarquinio, avoidance, doubt, biased, devoid, lamborghini, selected, unless, thought, processes, einsteinian, standards, bearing, truths, fail, data, emerges, personally, dear, refined, came, accepted, merely, confirmation, everyone, dissonance, unwilling, unable, accommodate, matthew, king, james, version, kjv, beholdest, thou, mote, thy, brother, considerest, beam, thine, act, considering, concerns, beliefs, ideals, understand, concern, yourself, requires, save, inhabitants, illusion, making, eliminate, recognise, subject, true, inhabit, argument, invariably, alternative, countering, adopted, lie, halfway, compromise, capable, resolving, tension, competing, concepts, removed, extremes, literally, next, universe, quicksilver, matter, try, grasp, runs, fingers, leaving, naught, potentially, sinister, disproportionate, shiny, allure, external, idea, aligns, personal, bias, residing, heads, evident, passes, certainty, skewed, kick, hate, news, othering, denies, human, susceptible, assimilating, thoughts, causes, expressing, whom, agreement, radical, thinkers, generation, adopt, such, perspectives, agendas, disagree, deny, internal, logic, overwhelming, evidence, allows, conclude, readily, cabal, keen, line, nefarious, order, uniquely, resist, sheeple, started, interpret, grunts, parents, language, continued, education, formal, informal, ways, behaving, particular, reinforced, newspapers, friends, paths, thrown, adult, embraced, expressions, believed, align, shoddily, scraps, handed, formative, whether, bemoaning, persistent, feeling, somehow, become, media, elite, wokerati, firmly, supplanted, illuminati, greatest, risk, functioning, strange, concept, bravo, avoiding, stereotype, fully, embracing, cathartic, reactionary, internalise, bigotry, surely, toll, denying, opportunity, peace, respects, sorry, aged, man, hits, overwhelmed, tsunami, crisis, privileged, position, tight, sports, trade, wife, younger, certain, commentator, tumbled, deeper, conspiracy, rabbit, hole, thoroughly, overtaken, kind, languishing, drafts, folder, literal, cobwebs, lang, pitch, thread, define, yours, mine, cancun, wedding, home, skip,

Text of the page (random words):
ch over three 1 hour episodes but if memory serves me at all well the incredible writing stellar cast and eternal themes will make this weekend s viewing well worth while this technically flawless and beautifully acted work was the first of three long format television plays which gained stephen poliakoff a much wider audience and consolidated his reputation as one of britain s foremost writers all three plays deal with themes of family and history but shooting the past is the most contemporary and the most political the series is a heartfelt cry against what poliakoff sees as the rampant philistinism of capitalism that has gradually infiltrated british attitudes towards culture and heritage the photo archive seems to represent the old britain with its eccentricities and core values a portrait which could come straight out of an ealing film while the american company is the hard face of the market with anderson as the anti hero who eventually sees the light in an audience pleasing conclusion but there s a sense of urgency underneath the somewhat wish fulfilling narrative which suggests a darker reality oswald s despair and attempted suicide have a ring of truth which bring us up short british film institute review hopefully it won t disappoint i seem to have developed a habit of disappearing for ages then posting twice in one day haven t i posted in random tagged film story telling 4 comments hoarding other people s memories posted on april 8 2022 by a misanthropic bear happened across the above the other day and was happy to discover that i m not alone having stored someone else s memories for far longer than may be healthy when i was a student one of the housemates let s call him dave for that is his name went to an auction to pick up an extra wardrobe unbeknown to him you buy the wardrobe you get the contents come delivery day and the driver is well pleased to discover we re on the top floor after much struggling wardrobe is deposited in front hall delivery guy isn t for taking it any further and strops off in a haze of sweat and four letter salutations dave wanders into the kitchen and asks for a helping hand he can t budge the wardrobe he d gone all out this thing was over 10 tall and 8 wide and made of solid oak three of us couldn t shift it god knows how the delivery guy and his mate managed up four floors that s the point at which dave suggested emptying it i know but he was only half way through a phd in biomedical science so we gave him a break by the time he returns with the key the entire house is eagerly gathered in front of the wardrobe turns out dave hadn t bought a wardrobe he d bought a veritable time capsule one if the ranked furs cocktail and flapper dresses sequined felt hats and fedoras were anything to go by originated in the 1930 s bridget knew these things ok having recovered from the refreshing blast of camphor dave revealed that a friend who worked at a vintage shop had agreed to take the lot we set about decanting everything into bin bags hardly the care deserved by these items so valued by someone for so long bridget knowing these things took charge of the process the devil makes work for idle hands however and with so many onlookers it didn t take long for an entire backstory for the unknown owner to develop as each item was revealed carefully folded and stowed in the ever increasing pile of bin bags the emptying was almost complete when among the dregs of assorted scarves in the bottom drawer appeared a pocket sized photo album even bridget with all her care absent mindedly found herself about to drop the album in the bag dedicated to unrecoverable items the album held about a dozen black and white pictures probably 4 x 2 carefully inserted into the holding slots one loose image having run out of allotted space hadn t fared quite as well as the others but was preserved well enough with its companions and it was glorious whatever likely half mocking backstory had been developed during the emptying of the wardrobe simply couldn t match up to the actual story contained within the half dozen card pages of that album all of the pictures had been taken on the same day fuck i m tearing up just thinking about it is that why i ve avoided writing the real point for so long the album records a riotous picnic among what appears to be sand dunes or perhaps several riotous picnics as some of the images are clearly taken on heather moorland in these latter images a model t forms a welcome windbreak as hair flies uncontrollable but none of these pictures shows the view there is only one point of interest in all of them nor is it the 1930s anymore the dress style is clearly 50s yet nothing from the latter era had surfaced from the inner depths of the wardrobe three young women in their mid late 30s likely sisters attend the picnic s two of them take control of the camera in turn the off duty photographer looks so happy laughing enjoying the freedom of the moment revelling in the warmth and companionship of the day in every image the third sister she pays no heed to either of her sisters she is lost in her own world brushing her hair checking her reflection in a hand mirror neither noticing nor interacting with the camera she relishes the cake yet seems completely unaware of her loving sister s presence that love that much leaps out of every image the spare picture creased worn looked at more often than the others has only one sitter they have managed to settle her it s one of the beach shots she isn t fiddling or distracted or slack jawed but looks directly into the camera a vague non committed smile that excludes the eyes and yet there is something there missing in the others a connection an animation of the senses a moment of genuine honest recognition a vague amusement at something going on behind the camera perhaps in that image she becomes and because of that image the revelation contained in the others broke me who were they was one of them the owner of the wardrobe probably not as they would only have been in their mid late 60s by that time early 70s at a push so maybe yes and that made me sad but why would they have kept the wardrobe contents as a 1930s exhibit and why didn t any of their relatives did none of them have children want any of it not even the picture book and that made me sad and that s when i realised i d acquired a photo album full of memories for someone through the years i tried various means to trace the family in the hope of returning the images to no avail in 99 inspired by stephen poliakoff s shooting the past starring timothy spall i contacted what few picture libraries i could track down none of them wanted them not enough to count as a collection not notable subjects but the story spall s character would have got it poliakoff would have got it through all this the little album accompanied us on several house moves till that disastrous move when so much including the album of stranger s memories was lost i like to think someone else found the album connected kept it i like to think they occasionally come across it and wonder why they keep it but can t seem to find a reason to let it go and though it s been out of my possession for over 20 years now the faces remain so vividly imprinted in my memory they feel closer than family even though i don t know who they were when i finally depart this world there will be no one barring the fabled finder above to remember them do me a favour remember their memories for me posted in uncategorized 3 comments a multitude of the heavenly host posted on december 21 2020 by a misanthropic bear sacred fire image found at winter solstice practices from yoga and ayurveda it s a funny old day shortest of the year in northern climes and sacred in these parts through most of humankind s religious history marking as it does the beginning of a return to light after the long fall into darkness for the zoroastrians it was ahura mazda who brought light and fire truth and wisdom to humankind the supreme creator god of a duo theistic pair the other ahriman brought only darkness seeking to destroy all that ahura mazda had created odd then that as yhwh gained precedence the light bearer became lucifer effectively subverting ahura mazda to the role of his own nemesis it doesn t end there of course it couldn t end there christ bringer of light to all mankind he who shall ultimately defeat that very same lucifer at the end of days subverted any remaining deities of the north who dared be born on this day seems that religion is one long history of light defeating light presented in the form of darkness the primal duality may not be a duality at all build your pyre high ahriman for tomorrow the eye of ahura mazda will be longer upon thee and he shall know what thee have done fear not for unto you is born this day in the city of david a saviour happy solstice posted in another stream ceremony self awareness stories of fire tagged darkness light solstice 2 comments conversations with a shaman the magical world of g michael vasey posted on december 16 2020 by a misanthropic bear now for something completely different really enjoyed my conversation with gary so if you have 40 minutes to spare or just like ear wigging in on what other people are talking about isn t it always the way have a listen to the bits that could be published below if you enjoyed it give gary a follow his regular podcasts include the great and the good of a diverse community of various esoteric interests and me season 2 episode 2 of the magical world of g michael vasey is out this morning it features a lovely conversation with allan pringle who trained as a zuni shaman please do give it a listen and if you enjoy it please do share it around i ve know allan for some time and i always conversations with a shaman the magical world of g michael vasey looking more like my mother than i care to admit posted in uncategorized 8 comments chasing the goddess posted on december 7 2020 by a misanthropic bear gary s incredibly powerful journey to meet a slavic goddess intrigued by the similarity of root with the mór ríoghain and the merging of that archetype s function with those of the cailleach in a single elemental form the magical world of g michael vasey having sort of stumbled onto a method of connecting with slavic god forms after reading alan richardson s dark magery i am convinced that this is a powerful magical method of work i chose the duality perun and veles and by taking on the form of each god in turn i discovered more magic and synchronicity that i had eve done before i wrote this up in a short book called chasing dragons in moravia which is available in kindle format and shortly in paperback in it you will get a sense for how what appeared to be random visits and events were actually synchronicities that opened up a whole world of understanding i wasn t able to communicate everything some of it is for me alone and some things are too big an experience to even begin to describe with any spiritual depth i d need a vulcan mind meld to do view original post 882 more words posted in uncategorized leave a comment solstice of the moon graven images posted on november 15 2020 by a misanthropic bear day 3 touching on continuity of sanctity france vincent our last visit of a weekend that seemed to have flown by all too quickly was to a little church on the edge of aberdeen the sun finally decided to show its face though it still managed to rain anyway but at least we had blue skies through the roofless ruins of st fergus church originally built around eight hundred years ago the old parish church of dyce sits high above a bend in the river don it was a place of christian worship long before the present church was built and possibly already a sacred or significant site in the pre christian era little now remains of the church apart from its shell with the curious doorway to the east where the altar would normally be situated fergus the pict was an irish bishop responsible for bringing christianity to many in this area of scotland he may be the same fergus view original post 521 more words posted in uncategorized leave a comment solstice of the moon circles out of time posted on november 13 2020 by a misanthropic bear day 3 return to the stones france vincent it looked for a while as if we might escape being rained on at our second site of the morning but no that would have been too much to ask the ritual cleansing would continue we were heading for another recumbent circle with a few unusual features loanhead of daviot the car park was full so i parked the car at a little distance and we walked back arriving to find the group listening to a ghost story about the lady seen in the woods through which we would walk to the circle the trees could not have been there when the circle was constructed or they would have blocked the view of the moon and made the recumbent redundant but they do provide a beautiful approach and backdrop to the stones the green lawn opens out beyond the shadows of the trees on a spectacular site there are two view original post 894 more words posted in uncategorized 3 comments solstice of the moon sacred earth posted on november 12 2020 by a misanthropic bear day 3 some of our stones are missing france vincent the weather was looking none too promising for the final day of the workshop but at least it wasn t really raining it seemed incredible under the heavy grey of the sky that we d had the clear weather window the night before just long enough to show us a starlit sky above the stone circle we had another visit to a stone circle after breakfast but this one was quite a bit different and suburban i want to state here and now that to have quite so much archaeology concentrated in abereenshire seems a little unfair when the place where i live has virtually nothing for miles north or south yes but not here oh it is probably all there under the surface ploughed and sown by centuries of farmers but little of it is visible it can be rather frustrating at times and yet there is a lesson for me in that view original post 902 more words posted in uncategorized 2 comments older posts follow blog enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 367 other subscribers recent posts threads trail talk southern upland way part one portpatrick to the glenkens three points of the compass shooting the past hoarding other people s memories a multitude of the heavenly host conversations with a shaman the magical world of g michael vasey chasing the goddess solstice of the moon graven images solstice of the moon circles out of time solstice of the moon sacred earth archives archives select month july 2022 1 may 2022 1 april 2022 2 december 2020 3 november 2020 11 october 2020 2 september 2020 3 august 2020 4 july 2020 1 june 2020 2 april 2020 1 march 2020 1 february 2020 1 november 2019 3 october 2019 4 september 2019 2 de...