by Geoff | Aug 27, 2022 | Arran, Cemetery, Great Stone Project 2022, Phenomenology, Scotland, Shrine, Stone, Stone Circles, Western Isles
Great Stone Project 2022 : on 15th June 2022 I left the Machrie Stones and made my way back to Lochranza to catch the ferry to Claonaig. On the way I noticed several large stones on the foreshore overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound, and passed by...
by Geoff | Aug 27, 2022 | Great Stone Project 2022, Phenomenology, Scotland, Shrine, Stone, Stone Circles, UK
The Great Stone Project 2022 : Continuing along the coastal road from Corrie, the A841 cuts inland at Sannox and climbs through a valley before it drops again to the coast at Lochranza. There is a summer ferry there I would be catching the...
by Geoff | Feb 12, 2020 | Aisha Qandisha, Essaouira, Gnaoua, Hamadcha, Morocco, Moulay Idriss Zerhouna, Northern Africa, Ouezzane, Sherif, Shrine, Sufi, Wazzan, Zaouia
UNFINISHED POST We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. Little Gidding T.S. Elliott It may seem incongruous to entitle a page about Islamic and African culture with...
by Geoff | Jan 2, 2020 | Essaouira, Marabout, Morocco, Northern Africa, Regraga, Shrine, Sufi, Zaouia
The zaouia/koubba of Sidi Ishaq is located beautifully on the Atlantic coast. It is a short caleche ride along sandy tracks from the small town of Sidi Ishaq some 3 miles inland. The caleche park is situated in the centre of the town just off the R301 which...
by Geoff | Jan 1, 2020 | Gnaoua, Marabout, Marrakech, Morocco, Shrine, Sufi, Zaouia
A gaggle of older men in djellabas were sitting outside of the main entrance into the zaouia of Moulay Abdel Hussein, the grandfather of Moulay Brahim who’s tomb and zaouia resides a little further south in the foothills of the Atlas mountains. Both...
by Geoff | Dec 12, 2019 | Essaouira, Marabout, Morocco, Regraga, Shrine, Sufi, Zaouia
Rather than portraying each zaouia as a separate blog entry I have decided to present them in groups. Here are zaouias I have visited over the last week or so. They are located in the vicinity of Akermoud and Telmest, almost the furthest that the bus travels north...
