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Section 2. Dowsing and Earth Energies

A lot of work was done by Kal in particular this year relating to the modification of energy centres within houses. Some people call this “house dowsing” or “healing sick houses”. It relates to a concept called “geopathic stress”, but we have found that this “stress” has more causes than simply a water course running under the house. There was a fantastic checklist produced by a British Society of Dowsers member in the December issue of the group’s quarterly magazine ‘Dowsing Today’, which lists these causes, and I will post more on that soon, because I think the information bears repeating and distributing.

I was lucky enough to spend a day at Carnac in France this summer. It was a most glorious day and highly productive, but I absolutely must go back to spend longer there. I feel there is more to be learned still from this massive and impressive site. Other interesting sites this year include: Druid’s Circle above Penmaenmawr; also Nine Stones Close and Nine Ladies stone circles in Derbyshire. I will publish a full list of sites as one of the summary posts in this series.

Here are some of things we learned about dowsing and earth energies this year:-

2-1. House dowsing:

• We can dowse houses accurately, either locally or remotely
• We can either send and receive energy to specific points in the house, providing the house has not been “sealed off” and permission is given
• We can modify the energy formations on site
• Crystals can be used to repair this energetic state, and to change unhelpful or misaligned energies into helpful and aligned ones
• Plants can be asked to contribute to this
• The beneficial effects take some time – depending on how far the energy has to convert from harmful to beneficial, this can take from hours to weeks to achieve. Also dependent upon the amount of new positive input into the formation(s).
• The Moon or Sun can also contribute to the energetic change, acting as a catalyst for the change, and also providing either male or female energetic input.

2-2. Flat recumbent stones attract female energy (moon), whilst pointed stones attract male energy (sun). We don’t yet know which elements of a site attract star or planetary energies, but we know they are present at sites, especially stone circles.

2-3. Kal found that certain geologically faulted locations with water running through them can pin energy to a place.

2-4. Ironwork and iconography (in the case of stones in Brittany I found that it was Christian crosses) can restrain the energy of a standing stone, reducing its aura (field of effect).

2-5. Earth energy spirals are created from sacred geometrical principles and number. Even manifestations created by us have the same properties. Of particular significance has been the discovery that stone circles are based upon sacred geometry in their design. For exmaple, Moel-Ty-Uchaf stone circle in North Wales is based upon a pentacle,or five-sided shape. I have found that this is linked to specific “deities”, but more importantly, that these deities are actually one of the planets. The pentacle therefore is associated with Venus, which itself describes a five-sided geometrical figure around the earth in its annual travel.

2-6. Power centres are the central point of two cones of energy- one going up into the air, the other going down into the ground. Also confirmed by Viktor Schauberger’s research.

2-7. Avenues or rows of standing stones have male and female energies intertwining, and travelling the length of the line of a stone rows of standing stones.

2-8. Tumuli can provide a terminus pointfor energy to sink back into the earth. As an example, I found this double mound pictured below was a terminus point for the energy running through the Kermario avenues of standing stones at Carnac in France.

2-9. Cup-marked stones often provide a rising point, a focal point or source of earth energies entering into sacred sites. Some standing stones that are cup-marked are a map of the energy power centres nearby.

2-10. “Hand spread” patterns of energy fields can be dowsed on the side of circles where energy is being dispersed out of the area. They indicate areas of high fertility energy.

2-11. Many neutral 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. leys travel the length and breadth of lands, and have accumulated sacred sites and churches along them. I suggest this is similar to the geometirc patterns that many dowsers and researchers have discovered overlaying the British Isles, and some say, the whole of Earth (cf. John Michell)

2-12. “Martin”, “Margaret” and “Anne” are other synonyms for the male and female energy lines surrounding national leylines, as well as the better-known “Michael” and “Mary” energies. This year I traced what I call The St.Martin Line running from South-West England through France and into Italy.

These findings should be viewed in the context of the complementary section coming soon on our findings at Ancient Sites. I hope next year to concentrate on water dowsing, or rather, dowsing the energetic properties of water, sap and blood. Next in the series – Part 3 – I will be summarising our findings relating to tree energies, elemental spirits and death energy.

Gwas.

The complexities of life often catch me by surprise. The mix is so varied, meaningful and relevant that it is difficult to describe where a particular chapter (of your life) begins. For me it seems quite common that the web of life interweaves multiple phenomena, experience and whatever was left over from last night’s cooking into the mix to create a new day that seems unique and individual and yet if one takes but a single thread and follows it (down the rabbit hole) it leads to truly unexpected and to what I original thought of as unrelated phenomena.

Humbling is a word that begs for deeper meaning when I traverse such tunnels of thought and speculation. I am not going to enter the debate of intelligent design, god, gods or indeed evolution. I am certain of one thing, if you think you know anything (and I mean anything) think again!

Today, being the third day in the trinity (for me) of Samhain, the festival of fire (see Gwas’s post here) traditionally marks the end of harvesting and the beginning of a period quietude and reflection. Alas, as is my wont I am going to have to differ somewhat with the traditional view of this dividing day. This leap of (semi) rationality can be forgiven I hope since we (most of us) do not reside in the world of harvesting (fantastic though it may have seemed a hundred years ago) technology has given us the ability to have any harvested product at any time of the year.

A new interpretation of Samhain may be that it is a period of flux (I love that word). A time that can be utilised by any who have the means, belief, understanding and (the essential ingredient) desire or intent.

For me (please note that ‘for me’ bit) Samhain festival was divided into three components. You may ask, why three? I can only answer that it was a mix of intuition and divine (by this I mean divination using the rods) answers. So it was an event(s) that encompassed three days Saturday 31st, Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd. Furthermore – an indication of each days activities was that it would follow the pattern of:

1. Preparation
2. Transformation
3. Confirmation

The promise (or result) was that should I not mess it up (the divine indication was that it was highly likely that I would – cheers!) Anyway the promise was of invisible blocks to be released and pathways cleared of obstructions.

A strange promise to honest, because at this present time in my life I am feeling that anything and everything is possible. Indeed and therein lies (or rather lay) the rub!

Spirit

Gwas and I had planned to be out together on Sunday and so I was left in the preparation phase to my own devices. Now, very recently my dear mum passed away, and whether it is real or a method of comforting myself (what does it matter which?) I have been in commune with her of and on as the days have waned into weeks and months. Strange it seems to me that such energetic commune seems more effective and solid(?) when at her graveside.

As an aside, you must realise that my belief in life after death wanders from believing to not believing constantly – this paradox doesn’t really bother me – in fact it’s refreshing.

Prior to my visiting my mum’s graveside I had no notions of the above trinity or anything else on the matter of Samhain.  However whilst in meditation at the graveside (I’m not really a prayer-for-the-dead kind of person, and frankly on the days that I believe in life-after-death I don’t really think the departed need it). I digress. So there I was meditating with some incense burning away. When I got the message that the following two days could be utilised to great effect should I not dawdle and make a mess of it.

Okay, you may be asking where this message came from – I will be honest, it was my mum. Now, you may think it was just my imagination – and if it helps you any, I will think that too. Again, who cares what and where it came from? Surely its reality is only defined by whether you do anything about it? And since I did, the message was real, even if the originator is unknown or suspect.

The day this occurred was Saturday, A nice, warm and pleasant early afternoon. After receiving it I consulted the oracle of the divine i.e. the rods for further information and was given to understand that a visit to the sea would be of great advantage as the Preparation phase of the Trinity.

Water and Wind

A random point along the coast of Wales had me sat in between some boulders watching and listening to the music of the waves rolling in. A few months ago I had an very humbling experience with, what I am going to call Poseidon, but you may as well call it the sea, ocean or water, I guess.

Poseidon conjures up a nice vision for me and perhaps we create our reality based on our beliefs and thus my containing whatever I was connected with into that image, that is what it became.

On this particular occasion I was very humbled by Poseidon, it is something that is not to be messed with – I guess one might say the traditional view of the sea as being a tempestuous spirit was coming to truth for me. Or…tempestuous is wrong, it was…”beyond approachable”. My attempts at being recognised where in vain.

After a while, the wind slowly rose and I pondered whether there was any significance to the winds change?

How does intuitive knowledge come to you? One particular means for me is just a gentle pondering, answers come when beckoned. To trust or act on these answers is the prerogative of the listener I fancy.

My answer was that it was the element of Air combining with that of Water. I sent out a thought to the Sea “Will you come with me tomorrow and help?” I got back an echo of the question. I had to laugh – I was so far down the scale of things that I wasn’t even something that would (or indeed could) be acknowledged. Still I felt from the combined wind/water a sense of…yes.

Divine (this word is going to get popular) knowledge said that preparations were complete for part one of Trinity. It also added an addendum – that my Solar plexus and Crown chakra energies would be worked on in the coming day.

Wind and Water Companions

Sundays arrival was marked with rain and wind. As I went for milk in the morning I remarked to myself that a sliver of Poseidon was in that air. I arrived at Gwas’s in the early afternoon with a gentle breeze and a few raindrops in tow.

A long drive filled with discussions about Gwas’s adventures in gathering spirit forms had us arrive at Nine Stones Close. As we walked through the fields Gwas’s intuition decided on a different path than normal and we found ourselves climbing up a rocky hill. As id often the case we split up and followed our own energetic paths through this new territory.

I am often surprised at our ability to go-off and do different activities at these sites and then return with individua tales to tell.

My path led to a place where the boulders had fallen in such a way as to create a cave like structure. I sat in it for a while feeling its shape before pointing it out to Gwas. Once we moved away from the cave we walked further around the hill only to have to come back on ourselves a little so as to find a path to the Stone circle.

Often we have foundthat recapitulating upon experiences results in little connections that were at the time missed. For example – upon reflection – it seems to me that the deviation in our path was to find that cave and for me to sit in it, Gwas didn’t. Which becomes meaningful in a moment.

As we approached Nine Stones Close the wind was a surprising gust and my spirits rose. I am really connected to that site because of a beautiful Oak tree that is there. Fortune had a particular smile for us today as the neighbouring field was devoid of its usual cows. Cows are the bane of dowsers! This absence allowed me to climb into the next field and become more acquainted with the Oak tree.

Divine knowledge guided me to the best place to stand and I stood with my back to the tree, my hands were positioned with palms facing the tree and behind me. As I stood there for many moments the wind whipped up into a strong breeze continually changing direction. Even though it was quite cold, I found my hands warming up behind me. It was as if the tree was warm.

Fire

After a while I felt myself filling up with warmth from the tree. But it was more than just inside of me, it seemed that it was my aura filling with orange flame. CommuningAn interaction with an invisible and natural sentient force that is independently identifiable, even if it cannot be named or classified. The interaction takes place at the level of a subtle amalgamation of the mind of the perceiver such that a dialogue or transference of feelings may occur between the two sentient parties. The interaction that is ‘communing’ is purposefully initiated by the perceiver for the express purpose of learning or simply to transfer feelings in a sympathetic manner. with the tree gave me to understand that the winds frenzy was necessary to ensure that my aura would contain the flame otherwise it would be released. It was also at this time that two other realisations dawned on me.

First, was that the Solar plexus chakra is associated with Fire and second, that my understanding of the use of cave structures is to shape the aura. Thus only a few minutes ago I was shaping my aura and now it was being filled with flame. Of course these are all coincidences right?

Upon completion of this filling, I was given a small seedling from the tree, which I transferred to my pocket and minutes later we were done and moving off upon our normal path back to the car (completing ‘the’ circle). Upon the return walk to the car I found a white feather which I also pocketed. White feathers are rare – I’m usually a Crow feather man.

Addition: Just to note that Gwas’s and I checked the trees aura and found it to be a healthy size. And again – why do I do this? I decided to follow the shape of the aura around the tree and found that it had some strange shape and twist to it. Further divination revealed that several head sized rocks had fallen of the wall and were interfering with the aura of the tree. Gwas and I quickly divined that this was not a good state for the tree and returned the rocks to the wall.

A ten minute drive later we arrived at the Nine Ladies circle just as dusk was approaching. Clouds were ominously covering the full moon. Again as we approached the circle we divided off into our own little projects. I went and greeted the Oak whilst Gwas meditated on the circle.

With the wind howling away and Gwas’s news that he had to wait until complete darkness before his work could begin. We spent a leisurely hour or so watching the moon rise.

Earth

When the time came Gwas and I entered the circle and began to do our individual work. I was only moments in when it became clear that the power-center in the circle was Gwas’s area. I was told to embrace the wind. Who am I to argue? So I was up and off, following the wind to its source. I was led to the King-stone and sat down upon it. I’ve never actually sat on it before and found that it has a comfortable little niche in it.

A few minutes of quite reflection and the wind quieted down followed a few seconds later by the clouds clearing and the full-moon’s spotlight felt like it was falling directly on me and the King-stone. As I sat there wondering what would happen next I felt the Orange flame seep out of me into the King-stone and follow the energy tracks down to the stone circle, flow around it once and dissipate into the ground. I felt deflated and was wondering whether the activities of the night were completed when I felt that a blue flame was filling me up, but not from the ground up at before but from the top down. It was coming from the Moon! Blue moon energy?

The blue flame filled me up and again it filled my aura to the brim (my aura was about 2 feet outside of the physical me – or so it seemed).

The right way

I knew then that it was complete and stood up from the stone. As I looked down to the circle I knew I had to come down and walk once around the circle (widdershins as Gwas had divined earlier). So I walked back to the circle and completely forgot to walk around it!! Instead I headed for the Oak tree and a second later – Wham! a branch had hit me straight in the right eye!

Funny isn’t it, as Gwas noted later “I didn’t hear you cry out” – it’s because I didn’t. As soon as my senses returned I stepped back andheaded around the circle! Point – literally taken! The funny thing is that I didn’t have the usual “kicking the tree” reaction that one might expect – instead I thought “Hey how lucky is that – I could have had my eye out!”

Thanking the Genius LociGenius Loci means 'spirit of the place' and refers to the geological/gaian spirit of place. It is transfixed to a place – being an embodiment of the collective intelligence of the place. of the place we both felt that the nights adventures were complete and I wondered whether Monday’s divination would reveal success/failure.

Sunny kinda guy!

It is unquestionable that I am a “sun” aligned guy! Although I love the moon and its creative juices. I just love the sun energies. Which I have to say doesn’t have anything to do with lying on a beach any place – definitely not!

As an aside I have to say that I am a star person too – which kind-of makes sense to me because they after all are suns too!

Upon returning home on Sunday night I was shattered! I came in and went straight to sleep, which is definitely unlike me, I am a midnight at least person.

Monday, I awoke and wow! The sun was shining and the sky was blue and the wind was gone. There was only one element around this day. Sun.

I got up and changed and hit the outside – I just walked and walked taking in all that sun energy. I sat in my garden in the lunch time sun meditating upon the Trinity. What puzzled me was why I was filled with Blue – the colour for the Crown which is what I would have expected – if I had expected anything is Violet.

But divination revealed that I had it right. I was filled with blue flame. Now my intuition took me in this direction:

• Blue -> Throat Chakra -> Understanding and Communication

Then in my meditation I got the urge to go and write something on my computer and before I knew it the words were flowing like – well – like they used to before I lost my muse when my mum passed away. I wondered…was that the block that had been removed? The divine answer…one of the smaller ones. Just wait til you re-alise (re-align) one of the bigger ones that is gone! I’m still figuring out what that one is!

And so it is that that the following was also released into the world today!

Kal

Tonight I felt a strong urge to go back to Llandrillo, and climb up to Moel-Ty-Uchaf stone circle again. Kal and I have been there only a few days ago, but I just had to go back. This wasn’t a feeling of curiosity that was driving this thought. It was more of an urging – a feeling that had to be assuaged. So I set off in the dark without a clue as to why I was going, nor any clear direction of how to get there.

Somehow I managed to take all the correct turns and pretty quickly (quicker than we got there at the weekend!) I was turning off for Llandrillo when I got just outside of Corwen village. I parked at the fork in the tiny road that forms a car park and read a text message from Kal: “You should have told me earlier you were going – remember to dowse for q.”“Dowse for q?” I texted back. “That funny reading we got last time.”. “OK – will do.” I grabbed my staff, gloves and hat, and started the trek up the steep hill. What more incentive did I need?

In the darkness all my senses were heightened. I took a moment to savour the night air and let my eyes adjust to the darkness. I stopped thinking and started walking slowly uphill along the narrow lane. As I walked towards the only light on the hillside that marked the site of a farmhouse, I started to feel a tensing of my stomach. I have felt this many times before. It was the effect of adrenalin. It was a feeling that I was encroaching upon the outer edge of the hearing of some dogs. I could feel their vigilance as I walked up the road, picking my way carefully along the tarmac, keeping to the grassy central strip. I imagined hardening the edge of my own nemeton as I walked. I found myself repeating in my head, “I am not here to disturb you. I wish only to pass peacefully. I will be about my business. You can ignore me.” and repeating these phrases over and over gently under my breath and in my mind.

I walked through the darkest part of the road where the trees overhung on both sides. Beneath my feet I could feel water seeping into my old knackered boots, and heard the slopping sound of my boots as they moved through a trickle of water that was running down the lane. Niiiice. After a further hundred feet or so, just as the trees thinned for a moment I felt the tightness in my stomach ease. This was the other edge of the dogs’ perception, I presumed, because now the light from the farmhouse was not visible any more. I audibly relaxed and exhaled. I stopped thinking about my nemeton’s edge and dissolved the hard exterior.

I was about a third of the way up now. I stopped to let my breathing recover slightly. Then I noticed the night sky above me. In-cred-ible. All around me were the brightest stars, clustered in formations that made me gasp at the complexity and the literal lines of interconnectedness they seemed to have. I can’t really describe how beautiful the scene was. I don’t think I have seen anything like it before.

I saw the full extent of the Milky Way, its arms spiralling in both directions either side of me. Directly above me was the centre of the Milky Way with two bright stars seeming to pin it to the canvas of the inky dark backdrop of the night. It was all in full three-dimensions too. The stars seemed to droop down towards earth in extra-ordinary patterns of star clusters. I had a “wow” moment for about five minutes – spinning my head around in all directions to try to take it in. Just imagine what it’s going to be like at the top, I thought!

Thankfully I had my staff with me. It was invaluable in testing the ground ahead of me as I climbed. When I got through the second gate the going got tough, with rocks strewing the path. I asked for some assistance in finding a safe path, and was attracted to walking on the green grass next to the main path. It was indeed smoother and had no obstacles. Sensible choice!

As I approached I had an urging to head up the hill, from the west side. My head was saying “Keep near to the path, and at the top hang a left up the hill.” but something was overriding this, and I stepped away from the path and headed straight up the hill. Suddenly I saw a dark animal track, a dark snake of a path, heading up the hill in front of me. I followed it to the top to arrive right at the King Stone. I nearly jumped at the sight of it a few feet in front of me!

I deposited my staff next to the King Stone as a handy marker point, and got out my trusty copper L-rods. Best get the dowsing over with first, I thought. “First”? Before what? I didn’t know, but I walked towards the circle’s edge. Again I was drawn around to the north side. A stronger wind was picking up now and a little rain splattered my face. Oh great! Cold, dark AND wet – nice combination for a Tuesday night stroll. But I was here now, and you don’t go home just because of a speckle of rain – I’m a hardy Northerner! I determined to stay. I looked up again – damn! The clouds coming in had obscured the stars – all I could see now was the occasional twinkle. Shame.

The south-westerly wind was blowing in my face as I stood with the rods in ‘ready’ position. The first thing I wanted to do was check where the circle’s nemeton was, and whether it was still flowing clockwise. I walked towards the stone circle from about twenty feet out and asked for the boundary of the circle. About six feet away I got a response. Hmmm…that seemed closer than when we were last here. I did it again, And again. From different positions. Same result. OK then , which direction was the flow of the nemeton’s energy? Both rods swivelled to indicate clockwise as a reached the nemeton’s edge. Good. “Was the direction of the flow caused by our last visit?” – Yes. I was happy with that much.

Now I switched my attention to Kal’s directive. I asked, “Show me a site used for spiritual transformation.” That was what Kal had asked last time when he got the bi-directional response (see previous post). I walked towards the circle from the north side again. As I approached the circle my right-hand rods started to swivel inwards (to the left). As I got to the stones it was at 90 degrees – the left-hand rod was still straight. Same reaction as last time but with the other rod now! I carried on into the circle and the right-hand rod kept turning towards me until it pointed backwards as I got to the centre of the circle. What did this mean?

I repeated the effect twice more, then stopped in the centre of the circle, puzzled. Then it struck me. The rods was trying to point at the stones in the circle. As I passed them it pointed back towards them. The other rod was firmly pointing at the other side of the circle. It was the stones themselves! The stone circle itself WAS the site of spiritual transformation. It was the energy flowing between the stones that effected the spiritual transformation! I asked the rods whether I was right – a strong ‘yes’. Oh wow. Most intriguing. It wasn’t a new response so much, more a literal pointing at the stones in the circle. Now I understood why the rods were reacting to something we hadn’t “programmed”.

I felt it was time to put the rods away soon. Whatever it was that was calling me was tugging at me again. I did one last bit of dowsing to prepare myself and try to find out why I was there. I asked, “Am I here for a purpose tonight.” – yes. “Does that purpose involve me sitting on my 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 ‘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.?” – yes. Well, I felt sure I would find out exactly why soon enough so I tucked the rods away and went to find my power centre – the female spiral to the south-eastern quadrant of the circle. I sat with my back to the wind, lit a cigarette, and relaxed. As I lay back I saw that the clouds had dispersed revealing that wondrous show of stars again. I goggled for another ten minutes or so as I revelled in their perspective. I realised that the rain had stopped too. Perfect timing? Just another coincidence.

I started to hum a little. There was a musical refrain going around in my head,

“Oh show me the way to the next whisky bar. Oh, don’t ask why. Oh, don’t ask why. Oh, Moon of Alabama, it’s time to say goodbye. You’ve lost your dear old mama. And must have whisky, oh you know why!” (Alabama Song, The Doors)

It was The Doors! Where had that come from? It felt a little mocking, as though Mother Nature was telling me that my “whisky”, my habit, was keeping me from connecting with “my dear old mama”. I got the message and put the cigarette out. This is not the first time she has warned me about this. But I’m just an animal in essence, and give in to all sorts of irrational needs! I felt she would forgive me.

When i had finished I turned into the south-westerly wind and put my staff across my lap. As I turned I lost my place – uurrrgh – this spot was cold and damp! The place where I had been sitting was warm, like power centres often feel. You feel warmer, and protected from the elements. In this new spot I felt exposed and cold! I shunted around a bit until I “clicked” into a spot and felt instantly warmer. Found it!

As I sat there gazing out over the valley below I could see power centre that Kal had used last time out fo the corner of my eye. It was between my power centre and his that I had seen energies flowing during our last session. Tonight, no ‘tracers’ or paths of light or any sign of movement. Perhaps I was being hasty. I waited and relaxed. Nothing was happening.

I decided to proceed with my usual ‘ritual’. I adjusted my gaze, stopped my chattering thoughts and began to go into a trance (I make it sound so easy – but this has taken a while to be able to do this so readily). I call it “druid meditation” as it differs from eastern approaches to meditation in that it is not concerned with disconnecting yourself from the world by closing your eyes and drifting away – instead it is very much rooted in the world, and can be performed with open eyes, if you prefer. Instead of disconnecting, druid meditation seeks increased connectivity with Nature.

I started my root and branch meditation technique to raise my energy levels. Soon my nemeton was glowing with strands of pale white light that formed a ball around me as I sat in the circle. For some reason I thought of Castenada’s description of this phenomenon. This article has a good description of how it all fits together. And so I formed my nemeton tree shape (roots below, branches above) and felt protected. I pushed and extended my “assemblage point” in the nemeton outwards. This is where it gets difficult to describe, because what you experience at this stage, in this state of mind, is a kind of overlaying effect. What you are projecting in your mind is faintly overlaid on top of what your eyes can see, like putting a faint acetate sheet over reality. Anyway, the energy ‘snake’ composed of threads of pale light slinked forwards in my mind towards the edge of the stone circle.

I expected that the ‘snake’ would stop at the edge of the circle, but instead is weaved its way out towards…the King Stone! On our last visit Kal and I had determined that the King Stone was showing a male energy reading. I also had a face craved into it, which spooks you a bit if you’re not expecting it. We also found two male energy lines coming out of each side of the King Stone which then curled into male spirals on either side of the circle (see Sacred Sites section: Moel-Ty-Uchaf sketch). I realised tonight was going to be about male energies – not a female connection in sight, even though I was sat on a supposedly female power centre.

As my energy reached and connected to the King Stone it was quickly split into two threads and these threads shot back along the two male energy paths, also very quickly. I felt that the energy was getting ‘stuck’ at the end of each spiral, like it was trapped and had nowhere to go. I felt its frustration. I wondered what I should do. Aha! What if I pushed the energy strongly to try to extend the lines further around the circle? That was what seemed to be required at this stage. I didn’t know why, but that’s what I felt.

I started to push the energy harder, drawing more up through my roots, and in through my branches, and visualising the energy pulsing through the King Stone and back out into each spiral arm. The spirals crept further around the circle, parallel with me, then moving behind me as I continued.

Then as I continued to push the lines along the spirals began to unfurl! They were straightening out, extending the last feet at the back of the circle, but something was not quite right. The two points wanted to join together, but something was missing. As though two cables wanted to connect but there was no glue or tape to bind them. What was missing, I asked? The answer flowed through me clearly, “Love is required to make this union.” Really? Oh dear Lord, how cheesy! Really? Love? I wasn’t going to argue. I was sitting in a stone circle at night with the wind blowing, and I was imagining threads of light – how much weirder could it get?

I was about to prepare myself to generate some loving feelings when I got a swell of emotion rush through me making me smile in a really contented way. Oh – that would be the love energy I needed then! Right on cue. I directed it through my mind diagram down the snake, through the King Stone, and around to the back of the circle. The lines glowed red, then orange, yellow and finally as they reached a bright white light they joined in a flash of brilliance, and I woke up slowly.

Had it worked? Had anything really happened? Was I about to prove that I was truly a nutter and hand myself in to the authorities? I was excited and walked quickly to the King Stone. I dowsed one of the male lines out of the stone clockwise and ALL THE WAY AROUND the circle back into the centre of the king stone. Where had the spiral gone? Oh yes – it had really connected all the way around and the spiral was gone!

I needed to check this. I did it from the male line on the other side of the stone – it went all the way around, but felt like I was dowsing against the flow (widdershins). I checked the clockwise side again – same route, past the same outlying stones, and into the king stone’s centre. The two lines both went around the circle, enclosing it completely, and then back to the King Stone.

On my way around I dad felt a tug as I passed the gap in the circle close to the power centre, so I went back to investigate. A male line flowed into the circle from outside and spiralled on my female power centre! I dowsed this question, “Is there a male power centre here?” – Yes. “Is there a female power centre here?” – Yes. It had both energies now. Previously it had been just female, now it was both. Intrigued, I reverse dowsed the male line out of the circle and it went in a cog-like pattern in and back out of the circle’s stones, being drawn in and pulled out by the larger stones. The cog went all the way around the circle and back in to the new male power centre again. I will draw this soon and add it to the site’s description in the Sacred Sites section.

I am no longer a doubter. This was something. Something special. This wasn’t Kal, or me and Kal, this was me. I had done this with Nature’s guidance. I had changed the energy flow of this circle. I had re-balanced the female work we had done recently with some purely male energy work. And I knew my work was done with this circle now. It felt complete, working, whole, and so did I.

One final thing to do – some questions about what just happened. I dowsed about whether I had made a positive effect – ‘yes‘. Why did I need to do this on a starry night, when I can’t see any moon? ‘Because it is a time for Male energy’, came the answer. Because starlight has the same effect on male earth energies as sunlight? ‘Yes‘. Some of these questions came as answers in my head, which I then dowsed to confirm.

I recognised that over the last few weeks I had been dismissing the power and effect of stars when I had been encountering astrological information and theories. Nature was now showing me that it did have an effect, and what that effect could be used for. I was impressed. And converted. Never again will I dismiss the power of starlight.

Time to go. As I descended I asked The Goddess to guide me safely home. It struck me as not in the least bit unusual for me to be able to see a four feet wide path of dim light (starlight!) guiding me down the hill. I never stumbled once, nor encountered any large stones, holes or dips, and I got down safely. In fact, I only tumbled once, and that was when I left the starlit path to join the human-made path that I was walking alongside! Incredible!

I came home with everything wheeling in my head like a Planetarium show. As Kal reminded me, in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey film, the remark that the man makes when he has travelled to, what I presume is, the end of time: “The stars….” I felt that wonder this night.

Gwas.

Follow the starlit path.