by Geoffrey | Dec 17, 2023 | Ganges, India, Rishikesh, Spirituality, Street art
The famed Laxman Jula bridge of Rishikesh, featured in original photographs of the Beatles in Rishikesh, has now closed and a new bridge with a Beatles’ association has opened. Crossing the Ganges from the Kailash Gate area to the Maharaji Mahesh...
by Geoffrey | Sep 27, 2023 | Bristol, Skateboarding, Spirituality, Street art, UK, United Kingdom, Urban
‘Skateboarders never want to talk about religion, unless it’s to praise their favorite ‘switch god,’ show off their burning nun graphic, or ridicule an aging, born-again pro. But, as a skateboarding sociologist that focuses his research on religion, I...
by Geoffrey | Sep 19, 2023 | Antyesti, Ganges, India, Shiva, Spirituality, Uttarkashi, Varanasi
It is not long before, whilst walking along the banks of the river Ganges in India, one is confronted by the spectacle of flames emanating from a large fire beside the flowing river. Upon looking more closely, one sees that the flames consume a...
by Geoffrey | Sep 19, 2023 | Cornwall, Spirituality, UK, United Kingdom, West Penwith
What is a Celtic landscape? The great atlantic ocean buffets the granite cliffs of the West Penwith coastline. The high craggy moors cut through the low scudding clouds. The twisted knotty woods conceal groves where healing wells and clouties draw...
by Geoffrey | Sep 14, 2023 | Art, Ganges, India, Shiva, Spirituality, Street art, Uttarkashi
“There is no such country, and this is the first and most essential fact about India that can be learned. India is a name, which we give to to a great region including a multitude of different countries. There is no general Indian term that corresponds to it....
by Geoffrey | Aug 21, 2023 | India, Kumbh Mela, Spirituality
About a decade ago I attended a magnificent religious festival at the city then called Allahabad. Approximately 100 million people attended from all over India and from around the world, gathering in a great temporary city on a sandy flood plain where...
