Living Mystery School Tours

10 Day/Night Tour and Immersion within the English Landscape and the Visionary Imagination.

"The cavities of their eyes beheld such skies, Such trees, such flowers, At which we in our infancy wonder; The cavities of those great eyes knew all That man can know. And I think that those who wrote their runes Were older than their stones"
Dorothy Violet Wellesley

"When temples and when palaces shall fall, And mighty cities moulder into dust, When to their deep foundations Time shall shake The strong-based pyramids, shall thine remain Amid the general ruin unsubdued, Uninjured as the everlasting hills, And mock the feeble power of storms and Time " Robert Southey

"Before the gods that made the gods Had seen their sunrise pass, The White Horse of the White Horse Vale Was cut out of the grass. Before the gods that made the gods Had drunk at dawn their fill, The White Horse of the White Horse Vale Was hoary on the hill" G K Chesterton

Stonehenge by Barrie Tumbridge Photography

"Rise from thy haunt, dread genius of the clime, Rise, magic spirit of forgotten time! ’T is thine to burst the mantling clouds of age, And fling new radiance on tradition’s page: See! at thy call from fable’s varied store, In shadowy train the mingled visions pour;" TS Salmon

"The plats were green with lavish growth, And, like a silver cord, Down to the northern bay the Brue Its glittering water poured. Far and near the pilgrims throng, With staff and humble mien, Where Glastonbury's crown of towers Against the sky is seen " Henry Alford

While summer airs scarce breathe along the tide, Oft pausing, up the mountain's craggy side We climb, how beautiful, how still, how clear, The scenes that stretch around! The rocks that rear Their shapes, in rich fantastic colours dressedThe hill-tops, where the softest shadows rest; "

"It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts."

"Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet." Leonardo da Vinci

"What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there No prophet durst declare, Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there" Thomas Hardy

Beneath, the sea! by Eve's fond gale caressed, 'Mid groves of living green that fringe its side; Dark sails that gleam on ocean's heaving breast From the glad fisher-barks that homeward glide, To make Clovelly's shores at pleasant evening-tide.

"Twist thou and twine! in light and gloom A spell is on thine hand; The wind shall be thy changeful loom, Thy web the shifting sand. Twine from this hour, in ceaseless toil, On Blackrock’s sullen shore; Till cordage of the sand shall coil Where crested surges roar." Thomas Carrington

"We lose a great deal when we lose the sense and feeling for the sun. When all has been said, the adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in it and awe of it, not to share in it, is to close a dull door on nature's sustaining and poetic spirit." Henry Beston

"In a warm haze the sultry light Is absorbed, not reflected, by grey stone. The dahlias sleep in the empty silence. Wait for the early owl. In that open field If you do not come too close, if you do not come too close, On a summer midnight, you can hear the music Of the weak pipe and the little drum" TS Eliot

"The wild. I have drunk it, deep and raw, and heard its primal, unforgettable roar" Gary Snyder

"DAY wanes apace, and yet the sun Looks as if he had now begun His course, returning from the west; O’er Mawgan flames his golden crest, Roughtor’s dark brow is helmed with fire, And the bluff headlands of Pentire Like shields embossed with silver glow. Glistening and murmuring as they flow" Henry Stokes

Lighting the fire of the creative imagination and accessing our inner power, on an inner and outer journey that will take us on a Visionary Initiatory Path exploring the Mystery Traditions within the Beautiful English Landscape, its Megalithic Sites and Magical Moors.

We will be immersed in an area of stunning landscape and earth energies that have inspired the Arthurian legends, with tales of Magicians and Sorceresses, Knights and Quests. We will explore the Grail Legend and its relationship to the Mystery Schools. We will invoke the Gods and Goddesses of Celtic Britain, and explore the symbolism associated with these figures. We will look at Witchcraft and Wicca and the beliefs of modern Witches and Magicians.

We will walk the earth and explore ancient sites in Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, visiting places that have inspired some of the greatest Romantic and nature poets including Coleridge and Wordsworth, TS Eliot, Ted Hughes and DH Lawrence and fantasy authors such as JRR Tolkien and Terry Pratchett. We will view the works of living artists and photographers who inspire through their own imaginations and deep connection to nature.

Summary Itinerary

Day 1 - Collection from Heathrow or Gatwick Airports. Travel to Hotel in Wiltshire. Meeting and Orientation.

Day 2 -` Avebury, West Kennet, Silbury Hll, Uffington White Horse and Wayland Smithy, Ceremony at Avebury.

Day 5 - Relaxation Day, Walking, Working with Sacred Animals and Vision Questing. Optional horse riding (enquire). Free time to explore.

Day 7 - St Ives, including the Tate Gallery, Men-An-Tol, Lanyon Quoit, Halliggye Fogou and Carn Euny Iron Age Settlement.

Day 8 - St Michael’s Mount, Marazion, the Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Boscawen-Un, and Tregiffian Barrow.

Day 9 - Bodmin Moor Moor, Hurlers Stone Circle, Trethevy Quoit, King Arthur’s Hall and the Trippet Stones

Day 10 - Dartmoor, Merrivale Stone Circle, Wistman’s Wood, Scorhill, Fernworthy, Grey Wethers Stone Circles

Day 11 - Travel to Oxford City. You can either arrange to extend your stay or we will return you to Heathrow or Gatwick Airports for 6 pm.

Magic, Myth, Megaliths and the Muse

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Magic, Myth, Megaliths and the Muse:

Ancient Sites In Sight

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