Mary Magdalene Church
Mary Magdalene Church
end of the mayan calander
I am the single radiance by which all is aroused and within which it is vibrant…
For the man who has found me, the door to all things stands open…
I am the magnetic force of the universal presence and the ceaseless ripple of its smile.
— Excerpts from Hymn To the Eternal Feminine by Teilhard de Chardin
Today was the shortest day.
At a little wholefood stall in at the Central Market in Lincoln, maybe a new stall as I have never seen before, a little typewritten notice of celebrations for the Winter Solstice.
0700 Walk up Hoe Hill, near Fulletby, near Horncastle to observe the sunrise
1100 Mary Magdalene Church, Castle Square, Lincoln for a silent meditation at 1111.
1130 Tea shop at Lincoln Cathedral.
1530 Heartwood near Branston to observe the sunset.
The only one I was able to make was the silent meditation at Mary Magdalene. Walk to the top of the High Street, then up The Strait and Steep Hill. I must be unfit as hard going.
Mary Magdalene is rarely open, it was a pleasant surprise to find open. No mention of mediation, no one knew what I was talking about.
Rather annoying, very noisy people in the church.
Unbeknown to the church the silent mediation did take place, and luckily the noisy people had left.
But why can people not be quiet in a church? In the main Catholic Church in Puerto de la Cruz, it is always quiet, those in the church are either silent or converse in quiet whisper.
Silent meditation in a church, one very quickly becomes aware of surroundings, every little sound.
Nine people turned up, ten counting me.
I like this idea a group of people unannounced descending on a church.
I walked with them to Lincoln Cathedral. I was curious why these two locations?
Mary Magdalene represents the sacred feminine, Lincoln Cathedral masculine (I assume St Hugh), yin and yang.
Mary Magdalene lies immediately outside Lincoln Cathedral. At Winchester there is a little church immediately outside the cathedral.
Mary Magdalene, an old Saxon church, lies on a ley line (I do not know what evidence). It is also at the junction of two Roman roads. One I know to be Ermine Street, I assume the other to be Fossway.
A little south of Lincoln, where you can still walk on the old Ermine Street, not a modern road that follows the route, is an ancient Templar building.
At least one of the group of nine had read The Alchemist several times (the tenth anniversary edition is currently available as e-book reduced price). I said there was a new book, Manuscript Found in Accra available next year, Aleph was in The Works at a low price, The Pilgrimage preceded The Alchemist, and to check out The Alchemist pen from Montegrappa. And do not forget audio book of The Way of the Bow is free!
Today the world was going to end (the day has not yet ended). A misinterpretation of what Mayans predicted. They predicted a new era of understanding, not the end of the world. (14th Baktun).
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