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Journeying For Newbies – Part Two
This is the third in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology in shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. Continuing on from last week, I look again at ‘journeying’ and at some other journeys…
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Journeying For Newbies – Part One
This is the second in my new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’, in which I attempt to outline the basic practices and terminology in shamanism, in as clear and easy to understand prose as I can. This week I look at ‘journeying’. My first shamanic teacher, Simon Buxton, told me that…
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Shamanism for Newbies
I thought that I would start a new weekly (every Friday) series of blog posts ‘For Newbies’ to outline the basic practices and terminology of shamanism in as clear and easy to understand prose as I could. I’m going to start with the question my mother regularly asks me… What exactly is a shaman? A…
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Autobiographies: Actors – Part One
This is a new regular weekly series (every Wednesday) of 4 Audible reviews, broken down into the categories, which I selected for my first Audible blog (Dan’s Top 5 Reasons to Start Listening to Audible.co.uk) and subdivided, where helpful. So, this latest one is ‘Autobiographies’, subdivided into ‘Actors’. Links to where you can purchase each…
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BFI London Film Festival 2017 – Week Two
The BFI London Film Festival 2017 concluded last week. Here are my reviews of the films which we went to see in Week 2; The Shape of Water, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Forgiven, Journey’s End & Bad Genius… The Shape of Water I’m still reeling from this extraordinary film and finding it…
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BFI London Film Festival 2017 – Week One
The BFI London Film Festival 2017 kicked off last week. Here are my reviews of the films which we went to see in Week 1; Breathe, Ghost Stories, Beach Rats, My Friend Dahmer & Rift (Rökkur)… Breathe Breathe was the film chosen for the Opening Gala of this year’s BFI London Film Festival and it also…
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Raindance Film Festival – Virtual Reality Summit
I have always been fascinated by Virtual Reality. I remember the earliest incarnations of VR from my childhood – those giant ‘cinema 180’ screens, which convinced my brain that I was on a roller-coaster, despite just standing in front of a huge screen in a tent at a fair. Science fiction promised me so much…
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Raindance Film Festival – Virtual Reality Arcade
Quite frankly, nothing has the ‘wow’ factor like Virtual Reality. Not even the biggest IMAX screen, showing the latest Hollywood blockbuster, can compare to the total immersion, which VR can provide. The other night, Dan & I were transformed into little kids, when we descended into watery depths in a shark cage, courtesy of Playstation’s…
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Top 5 Reasons to Start Listening to Audible
1. Autobiographies There’s just something special about hearing someone tell their own life story, particularly when it’s someone who is familiar/famous, whose inflexions might seem odd if they were pronounced by anyone else. Current favourite Brian Blessed’s ‘Absolute Pandemonium’ – it honestly hurt listening to this book, I laughed so much! Blessed’s booming anecdotes are the…
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My Mysterious Photographs
I will continue to update this blog post, whenever I come across a new mysterious photograph in my collection – so, please bear in mind, that some of the photographs below might already be familiar, if you’re a regular visitor to this site…
