Dr. Rebecca Beattie

13th September 2014 Good writing is not something that requires the reader to be completely passive; it is a dialogue, in which the...

9th August 2014 When I started on my spiritual path some fifteen or so years ago, someone shared a very special piece of wisdom with me,...

28 January 2014 This is the story I was told... When a Berber girl reaches eighteen years old, she is deemed old enough to marry. Should...

Last weekend was the Altered Consciousness conference at Queen Mary, University of London, and was beautifully organised by Dr. Katy...

Posted @ 11:42:21 on 13 July 2013 Yesterday was a scorcher! While hordes of people were heading for Hampstead Heath, I snuck away down a...

Posted @ 11:42:21 on 13 July 2013 Well, I must confess I have been a little quiet on here. I have been buried deep in the research, and...

Posted @ 10:43:38 on 20 January 2013 The best moment of my week was running into a teenager on the tube who really surprised me. I...

Posted @ 08:19:51 on 03 November 2012 Blogging these days feels like a bit of a luxury. Between working full time, researching part time,...

Posted @ 20:58:34 on 31 August 2012 One of my earliest memories from primary school is coming home from school in floods of tears because...

Posted @ 15:52:04 on 04 August 2012 I took a little naughty detour from my dissertation a couple of weeks ago, to read a really fantastic...

Posted @ 11:32:12 on 04 June 2012 It is never a good sign when I start a new post thinking "My goodness, is it really that long since I...

Posted @ 11:00:24 on 21 August 2011 Next saturday is holiday time - woohoo! It can't come soon enough, as my energy tanks were way beyond...

Posted @ 12:24:03 on 28 May 2011 It is a long time since I have posted anything here. It is a busy busy time at the moment, and all...

Posted @ 10:15:36 on 04 February 2011 It is a strange thing living under a dictator... This week the news in Egypt has obviously been...

Posted @ 10:12:44 on 22 September 2010 Dear JJ, I felt I had to write this letter to you, after the way you gave me such a reproachful...

Posted @ 10:09:44 on 16 September 2010 A few years ago, when I was very unhappy and unsatisfied in my old life, I used to have a little...

Posted @ 09:04:09 on 19 July 2010 GRATITUDES XV Oops! I vanished there for a while, but it was for a very good reason... I was writing a...

Posted @ 09:01:16 on 27 April 2010 I am so excited... I have accidentally managed to get myself published in Sci Fi Now magazine... Isn't...

Posted @ 08:58:56 on 22 April 2010 I have been having a really interesting foray into the world of Archetypes this last few weeks, from...

Posted @ 09:26:56 on 31 January 2010 The Lychway is finally in print, and I am so excited. Not only is it in print, but it is now...