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Ian

Felt like a tide left me here

About Me


At the gates of Summer
Love standeth us to greet
The earth, to do him honour
Burgeons beneath his feet

The flowers that aye attend him
Laugh at the golden prime
Should Venus not befriend them
They die before their time

Of all things the beginning
Was on an April morn
In Spring the earth remembereth
The day that she was born

And so the feast of Venus
Wherever Love holds sway
By mortal and immortal
Is kept a holiday

(Carmina Burana, from the Ludas scenicus de nativitate Domini - 12thC)

My Interests

Everything... (except those things that aren't very interesting).
Photography, history, music - making tunes, metaphysics, healing, astrology, greenpeace

I'd like to meet:

Liv Tyler, Anna Reaburn, Ray Mears

Music:

Jimi. Cocteau Twins. Joni. Fields. Feist. Miles Davis. The Breeders. Alex Reece. Eddie Henderson. Stevie Wonder. Corina Round. Gong. Carrie Tree. Eat Static. Throwing Muses. Laura Nyro. Incredible String Band. Andy Shephard. The Cure. Lauryn Hill. and so on...

Movies:

Gregory's Girl. Barefoot In The Park.

Books:

Anita Brookner - Family and Friends.
Pauline Gedge - The Eagle And The Raven.

How do people find the time to read so many books???

My Blog

Astrology - The Spiral of Learning

As with any system of philosophical or contemplative symbology, the meanings of astrological signs can have 'higher' and 'lower' interpretations. The chart wheel can 'spiral' inwards or outwards, tho...
Posted by Ian on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:35:00 PST

Antikythera Mechanism - new evidence

150 BC. Antikythera Mechanism. The new discoveries confirm that the mechanism is an astronomical computer or orrery used to predict the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky. On 30 November, the sc...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:28:00 PST

astrology, science, and metaphysics

A few bloggy thoughts arise. From the 'Research Into Astrology' interview conducted by Garry Phillipson for his book 'Astrology In The Year Zero'. (www.astrozero.co.uk) - "Actually your question unco...
Posted by Ian on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:06:00 PST

Guy Fawkes and Tower Hamlets

Seems to me in the middle of all the fuss about Tower Hamlets Council in London opting for a Bengali extravganza this year instead of the standard Guy Fawkes bonfire and fireworks its only playing un...
Posted by Ian on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:40:00 PST

Attitude and Astrology

The spiritual or mystical experience does not directly or automatically inform intelligence.Intelligence must work to interpret and understand that symbolic experience.Above all else, attitude inform...
Posted by Ian on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:32:00 PST