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Mystical Circles, Emotional Charge on the Spiritual Journey – How Life Itself...
Over the last few months, some readers have been asking me, “What inspired you to write ‘Mystical Circles’? And, as I have just issued a revised edition of the novel on Kindle with a new cover design,...
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Unconscious Research and Dream Yoga
What might walking backwards through the Australian rainforest have to do with a mystery romance novel set in the Cotswolds? It was all part of my “unconscious research”. And it was a long research...
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The Double-Edged Sword of an Artist’s Silence
“If I didn’t make films I don’t know what else I would do, apart from playing jazz and making a nuisance of myself.” (Woody Allen) Woody Allen’s words above show the nature of passion for art. For many...
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Defining Moments of Life: Journey To a University Open Day
road through Cambrian Mountains The beautiful Cambrian mountains – spectacular scenery to drive through, to your daughter’s first university open day. A misty, rolling, dreamlike landscape – ideal...
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Musings From a Saxon Sanctuary – A Lesson of History: Success or Failure...
Hidden in the heart of rural Warwickshire is a Saxon Sanctuary I only recently discovered. http://raggedrobinsnaturenotes.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/wootton-wawen.html It’s in St Peter’s Church at Wootton...
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“Mystical Experiences and Glimpses of Eternity” Mini Series Part 5 – Secret...
Does an experience of joy and spiritual upliftment only count as a mystical experience if it changes your life? I believe these experiences gather significance cumulatively, over the course of a...
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“Mystical Experiences and Glimpses of Eternity” Mini Series Part 6 – An...
In Australia I found a unique Centre – located in Brisbane, and run by an Englishman. 35 years ago, LIONEL FIFIELD, formerly an accountant, set up an organisation called The Relaxation Centre of...
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Guys Cliffe House, Romantic Ruin in a Dreamlike State, Awaiting New Life
What could be more poignant than a formerly grand mansion, standing on a cliff, now partially demolished, abandoned and desolate? Guy’s Cliffe House 25 Aug 2013 (photo credit: Jamie Robinson) Gaping...
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The Dream of William Morris at Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds
My dream, wrote the designer William Morris, is a dream of what has never been… and therefore, since, the world is alive, and moving yet, my hope is the greater that it one day will be… dreams have...
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The RADA Student Who Felt Like Packing Her Bags and Going Back North
The BBC Radio 4 Today programme is often a source of inspiration to me. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London And today at 8.20am I heard an item about the party for former RADA students that the Queen...
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For Love of the Sea and the East Sussex Coastline
Living in the Midlands, one of the things I most miss is being near the sea. Brought up in Kent, as a child I often went on family trips to Rye and Camber Sands in east Sussex. To experience the beauty...
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Echoes of “A Passionate Spirit” in Mystical Tales from British Folklore
Book Review: “Faeries, Elves and Goblins: The Old Stories” by Rosalind Kerven, published by the National Trust I bought this book recently in a National Trust gift shop, and found it captivating....
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Amateur Actors, No Rehearsal, Disorganised Direction, Disappearing Props – A...
This weekend I joined a cast in a drama – at St Mark’s Church in Leamington Spa – which I think Shakespeare would have loved. Why? because we were rather like the little band of local workmen in that...
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Fun, Tranquility and Happiness on My Third Visit to Highgrove Garden
Last week I visited HRH the Prince of Wales’ garden at Highgrove for the third time. Each time I’ve visited – the first time in pouring rain in August 2015, the second time near the end of the...
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My Dream Cast for “Mystical Circles”
Novelists, have you “dreamcast the film adaptation of your book? Many do! If you do it early enough in the process of writing your novel, it can be very helpful. Though I understand that the reality...
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Oxfordshire Place of Inspiration: Castle Inn, Edgehill
A place of inspiration is any place which arouses strong emotions, or perhaps memories, dreams, or reflections. The Castle Inn at Edgehill Oxfordshire is one such place. A tavern was first built in...
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