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There are two places we go to when we need some information – two sites that have never let us down when it comes to getting answers to tricky questions – The Druid’s Circle stone circle up atop Penmaenmawr near Conwy, and the Llangeryw Yew tree that is about half an hour away from there nestled in the north-west tip of Wales. Kal was going for answers to some life and death questions – i.e. questions about his life, and related to the death energies that he was interested in, but certainly wasn’t going to study, oh no. I was going for a host of things: mainly to get some answers about neutral energy and then some miscellaneous bits that had been unresolved for a while.

Maen Crwn

The long trek up the hills behind Penmaenmawr takes you past Red Farm (whose stone circle  we have yet to visit) and a standing stone known as “Maen Crwn” or “Round Stone”. Blimey – you can’t leave some people to do the naming, can you? They’re a right ‘un-poetic’ bunch! Anyhow, Round Stone is the noticeable hunk of rock that protrudes through the middle of a field of sheep as you pass by the lone house on the way to the top. Previously we have had negative energies coming off that stone and have avoided doing much with it. The last time I was up that way I felt the urge to “sort it out” and managed to do so merely with some good vibes and a cleverly-placed stone that helped to re-shape the energies.

We checked its’ current status as we passed, and for me it felt fine. For Kal, it was OK, but not somewhere he should remain fro long. That’s fine, at least it wasn’t detrimental this time. I asked Kal to check whether it had been changed due to my previous intervention – he dowsed a “yes” which pleased me. Nice to see your work bearing fruit. There was certainly a less ominous air surrounding the stone, and the area as a whole felt more inviting. The sheep were happy to browse around the stone too, whereas on one memorable previous visit the sheep had actually chased us away as we approached!

Cylch Glanhau

Before we reached the Druid’s Circle there was preparatory business to attend to. There is a small cairn circle known inventively as “Circle 275” in megalithic “circles”, but which I am going to name “Cylch Glanhau” (a perhaps too literal translation of “The Cleaning Circle”). There you go – it has a purpose and has been so named. Kal wandered off to admire the view and check his flies or something, but I remembered that the last time I was here I had been directed to stand within this small circle before going to the Druid’s Circle, and I wanted to see whether that was a necessary step for this particular journey. There was nothing energetically awry with my own field, but the dowsing rods indicated that Kal would need to be cleansed before he visited if he wanted the most favourable “reception” from the circle’s energies.

Kal being cleansed - dirty boy!

So, I called him over and made him stand in the circle for a few minutes before we carried on. He gave me looks which said “Is this strictly necessary?“. I wasn’t being argued with.

Druid’s Circle

Also known as “Y Meini Hirion“, which translates rather prosaically as, “The Standing Stones”. There they go again with their poetic naming – sheesh the romance is killing me! The site is a fair hike to get to and a strain on the car’s engine to even get to “base camp” as it were. Still, the trek is always worth it – Druid’s Circle always rewards effort, and today was no different. The first reward was the view – for the first time ever I could see as far as The Orme at Llandudno.

The long view

I entered the circle by the entrance I had been shown on my previous visit, in the eastern side. That was also how I approached the site, from across the dark heathland and through the marsh at the head of the small brook that runs silently beside the circle. I don’t know why – it just felt right to approach from that way, following animal tracks and instinct.

Once I had entered appropriately, stating name and purpose, I waited for the customary ‘tug’ at my energetic centre – the navel chakra. I got one and so went in, pleased to be back and welcomed. I deposited myself on the usual female recumbent stone in the western edge of the circle, as was my custom. I felt very comfortable now, and wanted to get on with some work. I picked my rods out of my bag and began to dowse almost straight away.

I started by asking is there was any Neutral energy here at the stone circle. I got a “yes“. Good, because otherwise it would be a wholly different experience than I would have hoped for.

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I have recently been reading the quite excellent and incredible revealing book by David Cowan and Anne Silk called “Ancient Energies of the Earth” (1999). Although I have only ventured a few chapters into the book so far I have been having to make notes as I go along due to the massive amount of information they somewhat randomly divulge.

I had found Cowan’s other book “Ley Lines and Earth Energies” somewhat difficult to stay with, either because it was beyond me at the time, or because his writing style assumed a great deal and stretched ideas across many chapters. “Ancient Energies..” is slightly better in that regard, and I have a greater understanding of the concepts being explored with the practical experience I have gained dowsing ancient sites this last year and more.

Now I am finding myself jumping at nearly every page saying: “That’s exactly what we’ve found!” in response to all these phenomena discussed in the book so far:-

• standing stone energy swirls
• double helix formations
• vertical columns of spiralling energies at blind springs (our power centres) that arc up into the air
• insects like gnats or midges swarm in columns of vertical earth energy
• passing through geomagnetic fields with increasing speed increases the voltage in the human body from 4 microvolts @ 1m/s to 400 microvolts @ 8m/s
• some plants grow better in faerie rings (which they call blind springs again)

The point I am at now in the book talks of the importance of cup marks and other petroglyphs (rock carvings) that seem to be maps of the energy formations in the local area. With that idea in mind I re-visited the pictures I had taken of the petroglyphs I had seen at a group of outlying stones near to the Nine Ladies circle.

I took a pencil and began to darken the dark spots on a print-out of the photo. Very soon a clearer picture of the patterns on the rocks emerged:

Map of the circle

This picture, I believe, denotes the position and qualities of the energy points of the stone circle in a symbolic format. Here’s a picture of the circle taken last year for reference. The picture is taken from the SW view:

The Queen Stone

On the left of the picture, the flat-topped square stone is the Queen Stone, which I believe transforms the radiant energies from the sun, moon and stars and thus maintains the circle’s energy flows. This flow seems to be governed by the ebb and flow of the relative position of the moon (perigee/apogee, new moon/full moon) and of the sun’s strength through the year (the seasons).

In the petroglyph this correspond with the stone marked by an outlying square shape (right-hand side of diagram).

The Straight AlignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. Ley

A quite distinct straight line is shown between two stones – from the small stone (centre left in photo), through the circular centre patch, and into the stone to the left of the oak tree (in the photo). This marks a NE-SW cardinal alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment..

Connected to the stone at the northern end of the glyph is what appears to be two pyramid-shaped hills with a sun either rising or setting on the right-hand side of them. Is this indicating that the NE-SW alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. ley shows where the sun rises or sets against some surrounding hills?

In the right-hand centre of the glyph photo, inside the circle, is a circle overlaying a long triangle. The point of the triangle is directed North East, in alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. with the straight ley. South-West of the site are two other stone circles – Eagle Tor and Nine Stones Close.

The Pyramid Shapes

As well as the small pyramid shapes that are linked to the alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. line are two much larger triangles inside the circle. These happen to correspond exactly with the location of the two major power centres within the circle that Kal and I have found on every visit. The larger of the two triangles denotes the stronger female power centreA place where a person of a particular alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. (see ‘AlignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment.’) feels particularly comfortable and empowered. The place is an energetic centre where a particularly beneficial combination and formation of energies is formed into a pattern that is harmonic with the person for whom it can be called a power centre., whilst the other one on the right hand side of the glyph marks the place of the male power centreA place where a person of a particular alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. (see ‘AlignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment.’) feels particularly comfortable and empowered. The place is an energetic centre where a particularly beneficial combination and formation of energies is formed into a pattern that is harmonic with the person for whom it can be called a power centre..

The male power centreA place where a person of a particular alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. (see ‘AlignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment.’) feels particularly comfortable and empowered. The place is an energetic centre where a particularly beneficial combination and formation of energies is formed into a pattern that is harmonic with the person for whom it can be called a power centre. appears to be linked in the diagram to the male stone that is northernmost in the circle. This is also the point where I believe energies flow out of the circle down into the valley below the nearby cliff’s edge.

The Wide Flat Female Stone

On the left hand side of the glyph you will see I have ringed a large raised area. I don’t think I’ve made it as large as it is in the actual carving though. This is the location of the flat stone that dowses as female that lies close to the main power centreA place where a person of a particular alignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment. (see ‘AlignmentAlignment relates to the concept that humans have their own energy fields that are oriented or formed in a specific way such that the person is either suited better to one energy source of another. Some people have their energy fields empowered by the direct subtle energy force of The Sun, whilst others are empowered by the indirect subtle energy of The Moon. Due to the historical associations and symbolisation of The Sun with masculinity and The Moon with femininity we designate these alignments as either being ‘male’ or ‘female’ alignments accordingly. We interchangeable refer to people as being ‘sun-aligned’ or ‘male-aligned’ and similarly with the female alignment.’) feels particularly comfortable and empowered. The place is an energetic centre where a particularly beneficial combination and formation of energies is formed into a pattern that is harmonic with the person for whom it can be called a power centre. (also female).

Oak Tree Link

At the very bottom edge of the glyph photo you can see an external energy coming directly up to the circle’s edge. This, I believe, is showing the energy link to the big oak tree that lies exactly in that direction, a mere fifteen feet away from the circle.

The Black and White serpent energies

In the top left corner, coming into the place that I designate as the ‘entrance’ to the site, are two snakes – one black and one white. They are intertwined in a polarised male and female form, and I believe they come in from the nemeton that encircles the stones. The nemeton energy is sourced from the King Stone that sits above the circle, some thirty or so yards away.

I believe this images suggests the spiralling, intertwining, alternating male and female energy forms that describe the flowing energies of this site.

There may also possibly be a recurrence of this image at the top edge, inside of the circle in the glyph photograph. There is some kind of moving, twin-headed snake head image almost distinguishable there, and this would correspond with the path of the nemeton energy as it’s male form coils around inside the circle.

Other glyphs at the site

There are the faint sketches on some outlying rocks:

Animal and human sketches in rock

This is a photograph that I have again embellished with a few pencil marks to trace the lines and to darken some patches, but I have not added anything that is not there.

In the sketch you can see a boy or girl who wears a tall or long hat with a woolly or furry brim looking astonished at the sight of a whale, whose tail turns into a fish. Just above and centre is the outline of a horse. Notice the drawing is centred around a dark spot.

Was this some dramatic vision that an artist visiting the site felt compelled to record?

And the following spiral glyph appears on a rock nearby:

I hope that this prompts a further visit to this wonderful site so that Kal and I can confirm these suspected correlations. If the map is as accurate as I think it is then we could have found a vital key to the decoding of energies at other sites too, much as David Cowan and Anne Silk have suggested.

Gwas.

Follow the maps.