Photo: Bernard Chandler
Decoding myth and archetype to tell the story of our times in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama & on YouTube
Parts 1, 2 & 3 of Coherence & the Grail Myth now available on YouTube - click the buttons and become a subscriber
Diana's debut novel
'The Curve of the Land' out now from Skylight Press, UK and on Amazon USA and UK and this website. See Books/CDs for details, or click below for sample chapter. Ancient Stones, Ritual Space & the Curve of the Land
When we feel disconnected from the land, we feel unhappy - even if we don’t consciously realize it. When we hear about the toll our presence is taking on the earth - the pollution of its air, soil and waters, the extinction of species - we cannot bear it. So we often do one of several things: deny it, cover our ears, protest and/or try to live more sustainably by recycling, reducing our carbon footprint and buying local or organic produce. But even if we make these attempts, we wonder if they aren’t all too little, too late..... |
NEWLY AVAILABLE
my series of 50 sonnets 'Between Two Worlds' from Chrysalis Poetry. Each one of these booklets is handmade, and uses a layer of vellum to symbolize the 'mists' between the worlds, or the veil Perceval must pierce to complete the quest. See books/CDs for details. Here's one of the sonnets: The Dragon Powers they saw him in the wave beats of the sea the rippling skins of streams and rivers, in cloud flows and massing storms that shivered high across the ink brushed mountain passes in the falling scales of snowflakes, glitter of rain, in knobbly trees and knotted stone everywhere his light and heavy slither rolled and vaporized in and out of form and now he’s there in new ways, flickering through neon signs and pixelated screens, the flash from all four corners, red, blue, green and yellow, of index figures rising now the turning faces of the gathered crowds take on themselves the dragon powers. |
The Chalice Well, Chalice Well Gardens, Glastonbury
Photo: Jonathan Guilbert
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Derrynaflan Chalice, 9th Century
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European Union
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