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Brian Snellgrove
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Holdstone Down – EX34 0PF – where George King of the Aetherius Society conducted a ceremony
Up quite a mysterious and misty hill where our hosts for the weekend come regularly and pray and beam peace to the world. Weather at the top can vary from still fog (as it was today) and a raging tempest, which will...
Combe Martin Beach
We went for a walk from the town to the beach. We always on arrival at a new place go for a walk. We just beat the sunset. This small town of 2000 pop is essentially one long street in a valley. The rocks are...
Dark days, darker nights
Off to the garage to take my car and see if anything can be done to improve the performance. My auto was not changing gear without complaint. The garage changed the gear oil (at 60k you could say that it was due) and...
A new year – the second day
I watched briefly for two minutes BBC1 TV hoping to see something more than Jules Holland. Instead there was a firework display and God help us even this had been turned into a propaganda exercise for the Government....
List of words you might not know
I love words. Here are a few that I had not been aware of anomalistic - adjective. Departing from the normal: aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypic, atypical, deviant, divergent, irregular, preternatural, unnatural....
The ‘slough of despond’ between Christmas and New Year
The time between Christmas and new year has never been particularly pleasant because nothing is going on, everyone is unavailable and there is very little to do. I've decided to make this year an exception when I am...
To the RUH hospital in the rain obediently wearing my mask
Obedient means 'complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority. Example "a docile and obedient dog" The only reason I wear a mask is because in the hospital you have to. ...
A priest actually giving a homily on The Great Reset
I was just surfing Youtube as one does, and low and behold I come across Fr. Robert Altier giving a homily 'God or the Great Reset — there is no middle ground'. There is a link to the video here. I give 100% creds to...
The day of the great conjunction/winter solstice – but Glastonbury town has changed
As all students of the esoteric will know, this is a great day for conjunctions apart from being the winter solstice. There is only one place to be which does not involve a lot of traveling and that is Glastonbury to...
To Wetherspoons, two different reactions to COVID
Wetherspoons have made a great effort to confront the COVID charade by a front cover and 13 page insert in their News Magazine. They have made a real effort to sum up the whole world-wide situation, trying to look at...
A ghastly Christmas card
I thought I had seen it all. This is a Christian card or I suppose it is. I cannot describe in how many ways this is in bad taste. I wont say who sent the card. We had an idea today that if the winter is severe...
We have just about had enough
I went to a podiatrist this afternoon to find out why my toes were showing signs of infection. The helpful lady told me that this was due to bad circulation and there was nothing much I could do about it. Prior to my...
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