Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Back Road Artworks, St Ives, Cornwall, Lots Of Art And Pippin Of Course ....
There must be loads and loads of people who go to world famous St Ives in Cornwall, to paint. Many of the offerings are very Andy Warhol-esque - with pop art houses painted in very bright soda pop acid colours.
There are paintings just about everywhere and many galleries, including an off-shoot of the famous London Tate Gallery.
I came across the Back Road Artworks gallery just the other day and thought Pippin might like to make some sort of astral visit there.
So to set the scene - to really get in to it - I made him a gallery backdrop to sit in front of. Pippin certainly seemed to enjoy himself, looking at pictures of the sea and lots of red rooftops.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Pippin's Ostara Adventures With The Ostara Hare And Another Little Friend
Pippin had a really good time at Ostara, the first day of spring, this week. He was out with his friend - the Ostara Hare - and - another little doggie pal who decided to tag along. They all had a great time posing for photos. Pippin gets all over the place. He is always in demand and very busy. Pippin even had his own necklace on this occasion - proudly spelling out his name. He is a totally gorgeous and well - he is a natural at posing for the camera!
Pippin's St Patrick's Day Extravaganza
Pippin pulled out all the stops for St Patrick's Day, on 17th March. He tired on a shamrock covered hat but it was a bit too big for him. Never mind, he still enjoyed the shamrock decorations and the green glowing candle.
That is the thing about Pippin - he is a very curious little dog - always in to everything. He is not one to sit back and let the world go by as a rule - unless he is snoozing that is and then he might forget to look! However, generally he is always alert to the next new thing.
Pippin's Pottery Daze
Little Pippin has taken a liking to some St Ives original pottery, before the company who made it moved to Newlyn, or thereabout. Pippin has a particular liking for the late 60's and very early 70's designs.
To be honest, this pottery goes by a special name and was intensely popular back in the 60's. It used to be on sale in seaside towns - the kind of stuff someone would take home for a souvenir for the grandparents or something of this kind, after spending a week making sandcastles and visiting the local amusement arcades. It has gained popularity again recently and Pippin seems quite drawn to it generally.
Ghostly Poldark Mine And The Spectral Book
Round about 2009 - I bought an extremely interested book about Haunted Britain. it is divided in to sections and each section features different areas of the country. The Cornwall section features the Poldark Mine which was of course re-named and has been a tourist attraction. It is apparently Britain's deepest mine, according to the book.
I have a particular favourite photo in the book which I will probably use at another time. However it has nothing to do with Cornwall and actually features a place in Brighton. I was constantly drawn to a particular photo which caused me to research the family in the photo out of curiosity, but I will use that particular incident as a different post as it also features a little dog which is what drew me to the Brighton photo originally.
Something else happened when I read the book - which is a large one with expressive photos and drawings.I kept smelling flowers and floral scents as well as pipe tobacco and other things. It felt like the ghosts from some of the places were coming through the book - either that or I was picking up on them - so I put it away and only get the book out very occasionally now.
Friday, 24 February 2017
Pareidolia Pippin (See The Shadow)
The home is a person's sanctuary and their base. It is a port in a storm, somewhere to sleep. The home can be a place to take pride in or to be nonchalant about. But, homes can pick up any number of very strange energies and weird feelings. There is a book by Davd Furlong, called 'Healing Your Family Patterns' and this book talks of the 'house clock' meaning that if something bad happened in a dwelling it could easily repeat itself unless cleared.
Often 'divorce houses' will have other divorces in them, the same with 'disabled houses' or 'argument houses' or 'illness houses'. One of the most well known 'harbinger/doom houses' is a place long since pulled down and yet the land is still full of residual energy, called Milner Field, near Bingley in West Yorkshire. The gate houses still stand and the place attracts a flurry of interest from time to time.
One of the most simple ways to clear a property is by using a white candle and burning it whilst casting good vibrations in to the heart of the house. Sage can be used for smudging but this does not always work - though it always shows it working on TV.
Another thing that can be done is to put a cup of salt in the north, a lit incense stick in the east, a candle in the south and a cup of water in the west and leave this in a central position in the home until all burns down.
Playing loud music and hitting the walls with a cushion dispels stuck energy too - it is best to open the windows to let the negativity out at the same time.
Holiday apartments and hotels can often pick up stuck and stale energy due to the high turnover of people who use them. So however sunny a temporary holiday or business home or room of any kind, anywhere, looks, a quick clearing ritual should make your stay more peaceful generally, as your temporary home becomes aligned and in tune with you and your personal energies and feelings.
Below are some general public domain links that may have some bearing on the post.
See also:
Mona Steorra
Dowsing Spirits
Aspect Holidays
Friday, 10 February 2017
Keighley Victorian Cult Group Information Film
This film was made in January 2010 and like the film on the previous post, is also on another of our blogs and has been seen by thousands of people in its original format. I am not actually making reference to which magick group I am talking about in the write-up here, but all is made perfectly clear in the film itself.
The film is about a very mysterious and secretive occult group which operated in Keighley, near Haworth (- think Brontes - Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre), West Yorkshire in the late 19th century.
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