The Hedge Druid

Here I was at the culmination of a quest (see this post). Let me set the scene. The ground had about 8 inches of snow. I had driven for about 4 hours through wintry (and occasionally treacherous, according to Radio 4) road conditions. Had been disappointed by the closure of Stonehenge. To arrive at Woodhenge about 30 minutes before sunset.

As I arrived, the only other two visitors were departing. So it was just me and the sacred site. I asked some prelim questions and it was confirmed that the time and place and conditions were right for my meeting with (and merging with) my Energetic Double, a rather frightening and exciting prospect.

Preparations

I dowsed for the best place to do this work and was directed to the far (from the entrance) end of the circle, almost the most closest to the sun.

I asked what was required and it was crystals but no incense, and something else. Did I have it with me? No, Was it near here? Yes. I asked the rods to take me to the place where this extra ingredient could be found and I was taken to my car. Exploring the various items in my car I came to a smooth stone that I had picked up on my travels some place, this stone seemed to fit the bill.

But still there was something else, again I followed the rods, this time they took me to a bush growing by the side of the circle. Was I to take something from this bush? Yes, so I pulled a small twig with some berries on it off the bush and all the elements for the ceremony where fulfilled.

As directed by the rods I placed the crystals and the stone as shown in the pictures here.

I was ready, as I looked up from my work I saw that the moon (2 days of full) was resplendent in the eastern sky. The sun was her companion in the western sky. The scene seemed complete.

I dowsed for where to stand and it was between where I had laid the crystals and the post next to it on the circumference of the circle. Facing the sun.

I stood there looking out at the sun and in my mind recalling the song, that was uniquely me, I sent the music out into the world and waited for, whatever would happen. After a few minutes of nothing I recalled that I should protect myself from the direct gaze of my Energetic Double and although I didn’t think of it at the time I had placed it, I connected with the smooth stone that I had placed on the other post. Just as I had done when I learned about this kind of protection at Arbor Low.

As soon as I had put this extra connection in place I felt a change in the atmosphere. Things were looking up. The silence and stillness of the place was really magical in its “presence”. With the sun before me and the moon behind me. I could just feel that magic was happening.

It came like a wind, as if being hit by a cushion of air on my whole body and I was knocked back a couple of steps. I wasn’t winded but I think that if I hadn’t put the extra (smooth stone) protection in it would have been a lot worse.

I felt like the ready brek kid. It was like having a coating of energy around my body. Actually that’s no accurate. It was like having my body filled with energy and it projecting outwards a few inches.

I had never felt anything like it before it was neither a good nor bad feeling. I stood there for a little longer taking in the sunlight and the energy sense. Then I go an urge to finish up fast, really fast. I turned around and was surprised to see that the whole eastern sky had massive grey snow clouds gathering. Wow it was an awesome sight considering only minutes before it was clear.

Again feeling the need to rush I picked up my stone and crystals and was stopped. Things needed to be left behind. What? All the rose quartz crystals bar one, the berries from the bush. Where were they to be left? The rods carried me to this bush on the adjacent side of the circle. I dashed over and was told to bury them in the ground. Ice cold, frozen ground…Okay…

This done. I hastily said a thank you and got to my car just as I felt the snow on my cheeks.

Self-Healing

Fortunately the A303 is almost directly an East-West road and so as I drove into the setting sun the snow clouds were always in the rear-view mirror.

It was a surreal journey back, with watching the road for patches of ice and feeling the energy being pushed out of me continuously. I am sure that it should have taken me longer to return home and yet I can’t even recall much of the return journey.

When I got back to my rooms, I wanted to test my healing abilities, had it worked? I was tentative in trying, what if it hadn’t? I began my healing visualisation and it was slow at first, but then I got past the previous stumbling block and slowly but surely made it through the blocks and was channeling the energy like I had done for years.

Kal Malik With his Mojo back in place