You asked a friend who is a witch and she wasn’t too sure? That does surprise me. I am not a witch but the signs seem clear to me.

First of all let me say that what you saw is nothing to be concerned about. Certainly they are signs of witch activity, but I know a few witches and some of them are nice people. Others that I have encountered on my visits are not. Like life, really.

You didn’t mention the design of this bundle of twigs, but I can guess. I have seen similar things at other sites. Sometimes they are left by well-meaning people, sometimes they are not. In itself, it doesn’t tell us much.

The clincher is the hare/rabbit that got deposited at the same tree. That was likely to be a sacrifice left by some people for whom the death of animals means little, other than the energy release that its death provided them with. These people don’t value most humans too highly either. They are best left alone, really. They are known to use the wood of Alderley Edge for their rituals. All sorts of people use the woods, some with good intent and some who seek their own empowerment only.

My philosophy concerning such people is that I leave them be. If I come across a place where they may have been active and I find that there is some sort of energy imbalance or pollution then I set it right again. My work is all about the balance that is of benefit to all, and in doing this work I try to leave no visible traces, because, as you have highlighted, this causes innocent people consternation.

The next time I am in the area I will do a check on the feel of the woods to see what the activity levels are like and whether the balance is being maintained.

I hope this episode doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of what is a wonderful wood with amazing views of the Cheshire countryside. Long may it feel welcoming and leave you feeling closer to Nature.

Thank you for reading,
Blessings to you,
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You raise an extremely useful argument here. Both Kal and I have remarked on many occasions (too many to mention and even to record) that we have been given the knowledge we need just when we need it and not before we were ready, or after it was useful. This is one of the most powerful aspects to the argument that some form of higher design or intelligence is guiding our progress in a spiritual sense (I believe we are largely responsible for our physical and mental selves).

The difficulty in bringing such an argument into the wider discussion on guidance is that the “gifts” are extremely significant ONLY to the person to whom they are given. Sadly this makes explaining their significance very dubious to a sceptical mind. It’s easy to sound a bit mad trying to explain! So I don’t.

Thanks for the reminder about this often overlooked part of our work,
Gwas.

It’s really good to hear from you and thanks for your thoughts about this:-) I have to confess, I’ve been exposed to a number of what one might term ‘unorthodox theories’ lately, this one I discussed about ancestral blockages is about the most plausible one! I think it sort of lies at the foundation of one of those very fundamental questions we have about how much we as humans are entitled to ‘engineer’ our destiny, as opposed to allowing natural forces to do their thing. I honestly don’t know Gwas. Sometimes its hard to know exactly what we pick up when we go into meditation, is it genetic memory, astral beings or the thoughts of others, messages from other external things? So, I can’t be sure if what I saw made sense or not. But I can tell you, that the night after that ceremony I had an immensely powerful lucid dream in which I was initiated into an American-Indian tradition, something connected to the land of California and I assume the Tumash tribe who were indigenous to those parts in pre-Columbian times. Whatever the ceremony triggered, it was life-changing for me, more because of the dream and what I leaned about my spiritual path as a sort of ‘necromancer’ for want of a better term! At the moment, I really don’t know what to make of where my path is taking me, in some ways it feels healthy, in others i worry that it’s going into the realms of fantasy and is making me a little ‘unstable’ some days!LOL At the moment I’m looking at a webpage called ‘Rhesus negative.net’ as I’m A- and I’ve been fascinated by this, as it is a rare blood group. Some of the theories are hard to take on board, especially when it involves Reptilian aliens a le David Ike! But I do think there is something, I’m inclined to think it might be from the Neanderthals, and there does seem to be a theme of serpent magic civilizations and high percentages of this blood type. It’s high in Ireland and Wales for instance, also with the Berbers and Ethiopians, and some Jewish populations. Some think its the ‘grail blood’ either way, science doesn’t have much of an explanation (yet) as to the rhesus – origins. Anyway, I’m rambling again with a train of thought, as I say, please bear with my mild autism!

I strive very much to understand these things and I am open-minded to all sorts of theories, so as to whether the lady was correct about ancestral memory, I don’t know. But my rule of thumb is, if it doesn’t sit right with you, then disregard it, always works for me;-) I just wanted to quickly share something else with you, if I may while I’m here:-) Yesterday I went to investigate the site of a recent suicide, the news of it had rumbled all around my neighbourhood and we knew that an unfortunate had hanged himself in the local cemetery. Not something for the fainthearted to look at I guess, but I am rarely spooked by things, if nothing else! We found ourselves guided to the right tree, which in itself was eerie (discovering the remains of flower bouquets made it seem like this must be the spot) and I was told NOT to touch the tree. So I didn’t. Any of that ‘electrical charge’ one encounters shortly after a terrifying event had vanished and I was pleased to say that the young man had moved into a place of understanding and although his presence was still around the tree, he was not a lost soul. I had an impression that the tree had absorbed that awful tragic energy at the moment of the young man’s death and that I would be required to deal with that when the weather gets warmer. So I suppose I was given a little tip about how trees and no doubt other living things can become diseased by the negative energies of others.

Well, I shall have to leave it at that for now, as i have to take my daughter to the dentist!

Liz

You’ve got so many intersting tales – and you’re so kind to contribute with such detail. I’m sure I’m not the only one to aprpeciate it.

I an quite wary of the concept of clearing blocked energies from before we were born. I understand the genetic idea that traits and even personalities may be incorporated into our basic biological structure. Where I begin to get uncomfortable is with the spiritual or psychological inheritance. To me this seems like an opportunity for the therapy process to strecth its tendrils beyond both etents of our lves – in our past and even into our future. Where could it stop? How much of a difference could it make? Could it re-arrange our spiritual or psychological “DNA”? I’m not sure about this. Something doesn’t sit right with me.

As for Genghis Khan – I’m not sure I’d want to meet any of his other descendents – are they merchant bankers? Personal injury lawyers? World leaders? Scary! You clearly came out on the side of the “light” (ooh – “value judgment”!). Many of us in these lands have a diverse heritage and it’s becoming more so with each passing generation. Who knows if this is a good thing or not, but it’s what we do now – we mix our genetics to a high degree. Maybe we’ll form a new species soon – an evolutionary leap?

As for imprinting – I think we all imprint at momments of high emotion. Of course that depends on the environment – some materials seems to absorb and retain the imprint much better than other. Crystalline structures seem to have a good imprint capability, as does chalky rock. Our ancestors seemed to know this too. I think it all feeds into the kundalini energy we were discussing in other posts/mails.

So much more knowledge to recover! Only one lifetime to do it in.

Gwas.

Well, it seems a rather strange coincidence that you came across these conception energies, it makes perfect sense. Why not? If when a person dies they leave behind an imprint, why not at the moment they formed as life? It also might explain some of what I was talking about in my mail at Arbor Low, so I found this helpful in deciphering more about that as it was such a startling thing to witness in a vision. I wonder if the conception energy you found was from one of your own ancestors, which might explain why you were able to tune into that particular frequency so much! Wow – some really interesting ideas Gwas:-)

Blessings, Liz

Just adding some more flavour to this. Here are the posts where I first encountered ‘conception energies’. It was during a house energy investigation.

- The investigation of house energies : http://www.hedgedruid.com/2011/02/energies-of-the-home/#more-9361
- the follow-up : http://www.hedgedruid.com/tag/house-energies-2/

Note: I just sent the couple an email to see how things are

Kal Malik

I can’t imagine my old man EVER getting a romantic notion in his head! I think I’d faint if he ever suggested watching Gene Kelly (who I love too incidentally!) Joking aside, that great feeling of compassion, I know it from those wonderful times I too, have come into alignment with I guess my higher self. I don’t know if men are able to ‘meld’, I think it is possible, but you’ve all been conditioned to hold your feelings back, to keep a tight hold on the reigns and only allow logical content to dominate in the brain. Although I do think women are naturally more empathic because of our biological function, I know men once upon-a-time were able to let go more easily and experience the type of hyper ecstasy that now really only women seem able to tap into – its not peaceful, far from it, its like being struck by lightning and torn apart with love, like St Teresa the mystic describes her visits from ‘God’! I came close to it in Crete and I will never forget the magic of that holiday and what wonderful things unfolded:-)