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Showing posts with label The Horned Whale by Jeremy Schanche. Show all posts
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Friday, July 12, 2019
Monday, April 1, 2019
The Claws Of Time
Osseous - brittle - carapacious - exoskeletal - keratinous - telechronological - clattering and clacking or mineralized husks - chattering teeth in secular skull with sunken eyes and the sands of time trickling - running through the jaws of fossilized throwbacks -
Thursday, February 28, 2019
An Gath Vlewek Dasson 119 Kommolek Tewlwolow Ha Bengalji Brae
Oh Globe - oh world - what are you up to now~ What in the world are you doing you jesting scoundrel sayeth the clown upon the throne of hay - thus it spun and thus forth it crisseth-crosseth the terrestrial territory - An tir - an mor ha ebbren yw - Tramor gwerinieth ha yn Kernow gwerinieth Lemmyn - Kai styn Elada dimokratia kai manges xorepsetai zeibekiko kai fumaro xasissi pola - and so it was and so it was and spinneth the orb towards midnight -
Hey time - hey dust - hey consciousness - trickling mercury shimmers and glistens in the sun - let the people shine - let the light blaze - let the golden mirror shimmer and burn bright the light - the light -
Hey time - hey dust - hey consciousness - trickling mercury shimmers and glistens in the sun - let the people shine - let the light blaze - let the golden mirror shimmer and burn bright the light - the light -
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
7-DAY DOC - A Black and White Archive - 30 Nov - 6 Dec 2017
A friend was doing a 7-Day Document in black and white showing scenes from her life without explanatory text - she invited others to do the same and I liked the idea - no further explanation necessary - anyone can do this -
30th November 2017
1st December 2017
2nd December 2017
3rd December 2017
4th December 2017
5th December 2017
6th December 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Boswarva Carn Settlement
Boswarva Carn Settlement lies above Madron in West Penwith - Kernow -
The picture below shows what I believe to be a large fallen Menhir (long-stone) lying in a moorland field where it fell centuries earlier - this one is very near the top of the hill where you would expect to find a larger obelisk - it conforms to the typical leaf or blade-shape often found in these objects -
The stone below is another one I am sure is a fallen menhir -
Around six feet long - you can just see a large flat rock leaning on the left end of it - I believe this to be one of the original packing-stones used for holding the upright in place - the left end of the menhir is the end that would have been planted -
This object was largely obscured by brambles and tufts of grass - I spent about ten minutes clipping around it and then removed the layer of moss and soil (about 4 inches deep) which had accumulated in the system of cracks on the upper face - this soil accounts for the large blackish stain visible on the rock -
In my opinion this menhir - like many others - including the South West Piper - was picked out for these very cracks - I believe they are a vital feature of a lot of these long-stones -
A typical menhir stands tall and is often pointed - it is hard to avoid phallic connotations and there is no reason to suppose the Ancients were shy about sex - however after looking closely at more and more of these interesting stones I noticed that many of them featured large cracks - often conforming to the pattern seen on the South West Piper where you have a descending crack that does not reach the bottom and an ascending crack that does not reach the top - thus these stones are not merely phallic - as is pretty obvious - but are also vaginal - they aptly and vividly illustrate the union of male and female that lies at the heart of creation and is therefore sacred to so-called primitive people -
The picture below shows what I believe to be a large fallen Menhir (long-stone) lying in a moorland field where it fell centuries earlier - this one is very near the top of the hill where you would expect to find a larger obelisk - it conforms to the typical leaf or blade-shape often found in these objects -
The stone below is another one I am sure is a fallen menhir -
Around six feet long - you can just see a large flat rock leaning on the left end of it - I believe this to be one of the original packing-stones used for holding the upright in place - the left end of the menhir is the end that would have been planted -
This object was largely obscured by brambles and tufts of grass - I spent about ten minutes clipping around it and then removed the layer of moss and soil (about 4 inches deep) which had accumulated in the system of cracks on the upper face - this soil accounts for the large blackish stain visible on the rock -
In my opinion this menhir - like many others - including the South West Piper - was picked out for these very cracks - I believe they are a vital feature of a lot of these long-stones -
A typical menhir stands tall and is often pointed - it is hard to avoid phallic connotations and there is no reason to suppose the Ancients were shy about sex - however after looking closely at more and more of these interesting stones I noticed that many of them featured large cracks - often conforming to the pattern seen on the South West Piper where you have a descending crack that does not reach the bottom and an ascending crack that does not reach the top - thus these stones are not merely phallic - as is pretty obvious - but are also vaginal - they aptly and vividly illustrate the union of male and female that lies at the heart of creation and is therefore sacred to so-called primitive people -
When I arrived at the site the sun was about to set and I had not much time to look around - clear some undergrowth - and try to snap these pictures - I wanted to upload them to a popular archaeological website but this is initially proving tricky - I did manage to post a comment - my first - on their site - regarding Boswarva and you can read how Floydy Steps Through The Megalithic Portal - it-s an excellent realm for anyone suffering from menhirgitis!
The stones seemed to form a broad double-row that headed off down the hill in an orientation that would apparently take you just South of Lanyon Quoit - - - Going the other way it was aimed towards the top of Madron Carn - the modern road that crosses the hill-top at this point possibly pierces an ancient structure or complex as the field adjacent to the opposite hedge is also rich in large stones -
The site offers the usual sweeping views of a hill-top settlement and in this case you can get a good view of Trewern Round and Lanyon Quoit amongst other notable places -
I have checked for the official designation of this site and it looks like the Boswarva site is considered to lie in three lumps - whereas the menhir-row (posited) that I found lies outside all of the three designated zones which makes me wonder if it appears on the list of "suspected" monuments - I imagine some-one must have paid it some attention in the past - however - a menhir does not look like a menhir if you can only see part of it - so maybe the significance of these particular stones had escaped notice until now - time will tell - - - - -
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I-m Jeremy Schanche - Author - Activist - Archaeologist - Anarchist - Arachnid -
When I-m not hacking my way through some of Cornwall-s finest brambles I have a couple of other occupations - I-ve been working with Harold Hempstead - Florida-s Caged Crusader - to publicize the story of Darren Rainey - a case which will not be closed until justice is served -
I-ve also published my first book - available in electronic form only at the moment - which is a romantic mystery set in early twentieth-century Cornwall - - -cause I-m a twentieth century boy - - -
Under the brambles - the bracken and gorse - lies The Bronze Age - sleeping like King Arthur - waiting to be awoken - - -
Sunday, October 9, 2016
The Horned Whale by Jeremy Schanche
The Horned Whale or An Morvil Kornek by Jeremy Schanche at all good ebook outlets - available now!
Hi folks, I'm very happy to tell you that my ebook is ready for you all to devour.
If
it’s words you want, this book’s full of ‘em…
The
Horned Whale or An Morvil Kornek is the first book by
Jeremy Schanche. It contains a short story, a full-length
novel, a novella, a collection of poetry and two glossaries.
The
Janetta Stone is a subterranean tale which explores
the origins of tin-mining and the roots of language. Set in Cornwall’s metalliferous far-west, the
story is partly based on the author’s own experiences as one of the last
generation of Cornish miners. Glimpses
of an underground past melt into the present as the man from Chyannor shows reporter Pat Vulgata around the old
‘bal’, or mine, that runs out under the sea.
The
Kramvil is a gothic novel of mystery, romance and home-made
science, set in the archaic fishing port of New Lynsmouth, circa 1911. Elias Gillpington is a young scholar, quietly
pursuing a life of learning until he encounters the elderly Lazarus Taxon and
gets drawn into his world of extraordinary experimentation. Desperate to win the love of the luminous
Constance Place, Elias pursues his fate through the foggy alleys of the Old
Quarter, while back in the lab, something is taking shape, swelling, writhing,
emerging-
The fog, the sea, the dappled sunshine and the
clacking, rooking crows are as much a part of this story as its cast of rare
characters and the stream of inexplicable phenomena through which they pass.
Gerlyvrynn
Kernouac or the Cornish
Glossary gives translations for the Cornish words which occasionally enrich
the script. Cornish is a Brythonek
language – part of Ancient British culture and pre-dating Sowsnek, or the
English language by many centuries.
International
Glossary contains words from thirty-one different languages,
ancient, medieval and modern.
Ghost-Hulk
of a Phantom takes a laconic dive into the world of a
struggling writer whose only wish is to get his book published. Determined to make a few quid before he gets
old, the fame-hungry, whimsical and volatile Arthur Buxtereide has a whale of a
time in the wacky world of publishing. A
beastly tale.
Monstrous, lyrical and dream-like, this collection
of writing from the Keltek heart-land offers rich food for those who look
within.
Jeremy
Schanche has also published over 340 papers on art and
politics which are all available free.
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It took me years to write - won't you take a look?
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