And thus, without a Wing Or service of a Keel Our Summer made her light escape Into the Beautiful
In less than two weeks, I will be lying cocooned in the sounds of the Brazilian rain forest, in a circular temple of green...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
The moment of great seeing
The moment of great seeing
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20196 min read
GENERAL WRITING: Why Meditate?
Oh God, it’s raining. I’m late, my back hurts, Eric’s left me AND it’s raining. These people are getting in my way with their bloody...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Der weisse Gott, aus dessen Spucke alle wachst
The Proms! the Proms! How I love the Proms when they come to the Royal Albert Hall every summer. 70+ concerts in 50 odd days and every...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
"to interpret the world’s things as if they were our dreams deprives the world of its dr
ZCame back from two weeks up in Scotland and the Lakes to poignant decay in the house. It was a powerful fortnight away. Didn’t really...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
deus é mais. mais que um. sao é dois.
Thanks for your kind comments concerning my well-being when I was away. I wasn’t in a great space when I left for Bahia two weeks ago....
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20195 min read
The Falsely-Funnelled Olympic Footfall
Ok, first up some declaration of interests. 1) I LOVE the Olympics. I cry non-stop during most sports and definitely when there’s a medal...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
BH: the most civilized place in the world
I was hosting Radio 3’s Breakfast show this weekend – my word! I LOVE radio. It’s so civilized next to TV. Not that TV doesn’t have it’s...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20193 min read
BOOK REVIEW: Jean Cocteau, Le livre blanc
I actually first came across Le Livre Blanc in Gosport Municipal Library when I was about 15. Since it’s a vivid, sometimes poetic...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Seamus Heaney climbs back "out of the marvellous as he had known it"
The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all at prayers inside the oratory A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Orientalism in the Amazon
I watched Channel 4’s Medicine Men Go Wild last night because they were doing ayahuasca in the jungles of Peru. The show follows two...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
‘Heaven opens inward, chasms yawn/ Vast images in glittering dawn/Half-shewn, are broken and withdra
We did the last session during the day. Traditionally ayahausca is drunk in the night, in the pregnant dark, digging and dealing with...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
HAPPY NEW YEAR
HAPPY NEW YEAR The Chinese and the Greeks were arguing as to who were the better artists. The king said, “We’ll settle this matter...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20193 min read
The Jungle is Calling
In September this year, I’m going to be returning to Brazil to help with another seminar on Ayahuasca , the Shamanic tea that I tried...
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