Summer Solstice
Dec 2001.
dowsing and Earthcare in Australia and beyond. Edited by Alanna Moore,
with contributions from some of the best dowsers and geomancers around.
Contributions are always welcomed, deadline for next issue is March 20th.
Postal address- Geomantica PO Box 929 Castlemaine 3450 Vic. Australia.
Dear readers
2001 has been a great year for the growing awareness of the living
Earth and the more mainstream return to natural values. The Greens
got 4% of our general election vote their strongest showing
yet. Here and elsewhere the consumption of organically grown
foods is growing exponentially, making it more attractive than
ever to be an organic producer.
(Of the world total of 15.8 million hectares devoted to organic farming, says a report from Feb 2001, Australia leads the world with 7.7 million ha! Source - Acres USA Nov 2001.)
The Centenary of Federation celebrations provided some thoughtful focii for the Australian soul and paid it's highest respects to the indigenous owners of this land with the staging of the Yeperenye festival in Alice Springs. But not many people took much notice and still our prime minister John Howard will not say sorry for the past era of indigenous genocide and destruction.
Travelling as I have been for the last 9 weeks throughout this vast country it is heart warming to find that there are new paradigms afoot in many parts and that farmers are amongst the most sensitive and caring people in our society. They hold a huge responsibility towards the wellbeing of their land, to which they are finely attuned, and take its maintenance most seriously.
But it's not enough for just them to carry all the load of Earthcare. It is important for urbanites also to sense a connection to Mother Earth, if she is to be sustained, and they can get it in touch with nature in their backyard or down in the park, by growing vegetables or weeding exotics from out of the local creek banks. We all have the opportunity to give thanks to the Earth for the gooodness it brings us.
This issue of Geomantica has a strong devic flavour. The devas of place have been making their presence felt by me, through my interactions with people who can sense and see them. I hope it will make you readers more aware of their presence and role in the living landscape.
I'm looking forwards to 2002 it's a nice enough set of numbers! With 2 as the symbolic heart number perhaps we can look forwards to a year of great potential loving energy to help shift the machinations and toxicity of the fear and loathing which have been regularly thrust upon us by the media. (I'm glad I haven't had a television since winter!)
So best wishes for a happy summer season to all and a wonderful new year.
Alanna Moore, 30/12/2001.
Hugh Lovel, author of 'A Biodynamic Farm', in a letter to the editor to Acres USA (October 2001) spoke of the processes that the American biodynamic movement is going through.
"I have been farming biodynamically for going on 25 years" he writes, going on to tell about Greg Willis, a biodynamic consultant who has been forbidden to use the term biodynamic since Demeter trademarked it, despite the fact that Greg is one of the most advanced practitioners in the USA. Greg helped to introduce the new soil remedies such as horn clay into biodynamic usage.
"Forbidding Greg the use of the term biodynamicswas the final straw for me. If Demeter wants the name bad enough to go to the length of owning it. I know unequivocally I don't want to be called 'biodynamic'. It's too embarrassing. It will take awhile to shed the mantle of 'biodynamic' while rescuing the excellence of its methods from the oblivion of petty cultdom"
Demeter guidelines
A further insight into this debacle can be seen in 'The Voice
of Demeter' newsletter, of the Demeter Association for Certification
of Biodynamic Agriculture, no 10, summer edition of 1999. On
page 3 they state, regarding Demeter guidelines, that
"The use of radionics, cosmic pipes, ultra sound, sub-sonic sound and other such devices for soil and or plant protection, nutrition or stimulation is not part of biodynamic practise. If such practises are used they may not employ any substances otherwise prohibited by these guidelines and by law. "
"These devices may not substitute for traditional biodynamic application methods. If used experimentally, the operator should have 3 or more years of experience in traditional biodynamic application."
Lovel also commented in his letter that "Demeter's certification program sounds like organic with a few quixotic, poorly explained add-ons. It shows very little understanding about how biodynamic agriculture actually works."
More info about US BD can be found at www.biodynamics.com
- New Dodgy Public Health Protection Standard?
In mid October last the Radio Frequency Working Group completed the latest Radiation Protection Standard, reports this month's Electromagnetic Radiation Alliance of Australia newsletter.
No vote was taken on the document before it was forwarded to the next rung of the bureaucratic ladder. If approved and adopted this document will allow Australians to be exposed to more radiation in some cases four times than at present.
At the frequencies at which mobile phones and base stations operate, the public will be exposed to twice as much radiation as currently allowed.
Not only does this increase run counter to the world-wide trend towards a 'precautionary approach' to RF exposure, but it is contrary to the wishes of the 56% of submissions sent in, in the public comment period. This includes the submission by the NSW Cancer Council which urged "precaution".
Legal history was made recently during a contest between a Melbourne council and telco Lucent Technologies over the erection of a mobile phone tower in Yarraville. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) upheld a decision by the Maribyrnong Council to reject the Lucent proposal for a 15m high antenna disguised as a crucifix. It did so on the basis that the antenna did not comply with planning regulations to reduce visual impact.
This is the first time that a court has found in favour of a council in such a contest and has set a precedent that will have attracted a great deal of legal interest elsewhere in Australia.
Meeting a Remarkable Diviner
Kevin Heitman
© Alanna Moore
Western Australian Kevin Heitman is a dowsing legend and a pioneering maverick of a farmer. I had read a press clipping about Kevin's amazing abilities and was looking forwards to meeting up with him - this eventuated in November 2001.
Kevin is a third generation wheat farmer in the Moruwa district near Geraldton who, as a young boy had grown up with the ability to see people's etheric body. He would note where the etheric colours were distorted around injury zones and knew that his dying mother had passed away when her aura disappeared.
Nowadays he has gained a reputation as a hands-on healer and people queue up at the pub when he arrives to receive treatments. Kevin rubs his hands together to set up an enhanced energy field then channels energy through them to relieve various ailments, aches and pains. He thinks there is nothing special about this ability and often shows people how to do it for themselves, so that he won't get so pestered.
At the age of 12 his father had instructed him in water divining, a skill which had been passed down through generations. To Kevin it was as easy as learning to ride a bicycle and his natural sensitivity developed further. He started to see the underground streams rather than relying on his divining rods.
Nowadays Kevin water divines from his motor glider. "I
can see the electro-magnetic field created by the underground
streams from 10,000 feet it's quick and it's fun!"
he says.
He has trained many people in dowsing techniques at the Dowerin
Field Days (local agricultural expos).
Curry grid
During my visit Kevin used his foot to mark out the lines of the Curry grid that he can see on the dusty driveway, and I followed him with dowsing rods, confirming their location. Some of the lines he marked as being wavy or distorted from their interaction with other energies.
"When you're planning to build a house," he suggested "it's a good idea to mark out the grid lines and align the house walls to them, putting beds in the middle of the grid squares."
Geopathic Stress
A fascinating observation he has made is that the edge of the energy field above an underground stream generates heat that can be detected by the palm of a sensitive hand. He calls this energy a ley line. (A ley line can mean different things to other people!)
He has also observed that walking one way across a geopathic field can erase your short term memory somewhat, but walking back the other way over it can restore it.
When his grandmother died from cancer in 1958 Kevin observed that she had been sleeping over an underground stream. Later an uncle and neighbours who died from cancer were found to also have been over underground streams.
"This led me to investigate as many cases of cancer as I could" he said. "I went to the home of a child who had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The child was sleeping over a crossover field this is where two underground streams cross. When the boy went to Hayman Island on holiday the tumour disappeared. A second boy with a brain tumour was also sleeping over a crossover field. When he went away to school the tumour stopped growing. When he came home during the holidays the tumour grew."
Knowing this that moving away from the electromagnetic field can cure the cancer spurned him on to water divine over 450 homes over the last 20 years. He says that in 100% of the cancer cases that he has checked the people were sleeping over underground streams ( geopathic stress zones).
Kevin also made observations about the effect of geopathic stress on emu chicks when he was farming emus. One of his five emu chick pens was affected by geopathic stress and those chicks did not grow. Twelve of them died and an autopsy revealed they were deficient in vitamin B12. The others were healthy and grew normally and when the stunted chicks were moved to other pens they had no further problems.
Children are particularly affected by geopathic stress, Kevin found, and often will not grow well and have difficulties at school. People who are affected in the work place don't work very well and are often unwell and having strange aches and pains. "Just by moving their desk and office chair by half a metre, their wellbeing can change dramatically and also their work output." Kevin explained, pointing out to me that "gypsies never get cancer".
Heitman now has a theory that organisms exposed to geopathic stress react as if the body is in an out-of-control growth spurt, causing the hormones to direct a mineral shutdown. If this continues for more than three years the body becomes mineral deficient and they will eventually sicken and die.
His ideas about Earth acupuncture methods used to relieve geopathic stress I found rather challenging. "Doing a copper pipe treatment of a geopathic field sets up a vibration that stops you from getting a dowsing response. Therefore this is wrongly thought to have neutralised the noxious energy" he believes.
Agricultural innovations
Kevin told me that he has been experimenting with ways of improving his wheat crop for some 30 years. "I started by magnetising the grain to see if it would grow faster. It certainly did!"
"In South Australia the agriculture department have done successful trials on magnetising seeds and watering crops with magnetised water. So it is accepted there, but the WA farming community is generally more sceptical" he told me.
Kevin showed me how he clamps magnets around the outlet of his air seeder, so that seed is passed through the magnetic field before it hits the soil (see photo of Kevin with his air seeder). He also magnetises water that's used on the crops as well. I got to see Kevin's new liquid fertiliser sprayer tank (for liquid cow manure, seaweed etc) that he has developed, with a generous sized nozzle and magnets around the outlet.
Kevin has also worked on improving the farm's soil fertility by selecting soil from an area with exceptional growth. "I fermented this soil with fishmeal and flour and then sprayed the mixture over the rest of the farm. This has resulted in a massive increase in yield and quality.
Now with WA in its fifth year of drought his intuition has guided him to halve his cropping area, whilst some neighbours have doubled theirs to try to compensate for losses incurred over the last few years (some borrowing $600,000 to plant crops). His intuition told him it would be another dry year which it was - and it always guides his cropping decisions.
Kevin's wife Betty is also good on following hunches and took a gamble this year with a new 'wonder' crop seradella, a legume from low rainfall regions. The harvest was full-on when I visited and she was ecstatic to report a very good result.
In 1998 Kevin's successful farming efforts were acknowledged when he won WA's Top Crop Award for the biggest yield and the best grain on the lowest rainfall. "But no-one asked me how I did it!" Despite consistently getting a 3-4% higher yield than neighbouring farms, he finds it hard to convince other farmers who are reluctant to try some of the secrets he is happy to share. "They don't want to change" Kevin concludes.
They did start to take notice when he recently built a $500,000 shed. This is one awesome shed huge, but what he is doing in it even more intriguing. Kevin tinkers in his spare time devising new innovations for his farm machinery and playing around with a few invention ideas. He is working on a device to harness the power of lightning strikes, based on the Tesla coil, amongst other things.
Landcare
The Heitman property is something of an oasis as Kevin loves trees and has been planting them around the farm for some 30 years, with tens of thousands put into wildlife corridors plus a naturally regenerating swamp. The drastically rising water table was killing off most of the trees in his swamp until he took the bold decision to put in a 15km drain. Now with the water table reduced the trees have come back to life and are thriving a beautiful sight. Across the drain on the neighbours property that side of the swamp was not so lush, with far less regeneration. "What's the difference" I asked Kevin. "Mind power!" was the answer.
The Salmon gums Kevin had planted years ago were gorgeous,
with their pink trunks.
"Salmon gums like to grow in the middle of the Curry grid
squares" Kevin pointed out.
Kevin recently won an award for an ingenious tree nursery design he has developed, with an easy watering system.
It was a great pleasure to meet Kevin and his family, who
were so busy with the harvest, yet gave me the time to show me
so much. I can only hope for the time when the wonderful example
that they are setting is encouragement for others to take notice
and follow suit.
Angels and Devas of Parliament House
An excerpt from a book in progress by Dr Geoffrey Campbell of Melbourne
Below - Angels of Parliament House, Canberra, 2000
One of the first things that can be said of the Australian
Parliament House devic personnel is that they mostly belong to
a distinct Angelic Hierarchy. That is, they are not from among
the Angels and devas of the hilltops and local landscape of Canberra.
The Angels and devas at work in the Parliament building are also
astute, swift moving and ruthless in a way that belies their
beauty, grace and magnificent colour-plays.
The picture above shows the many different Angels, many above average large and some immense, who inhabit or toil in the precincts of the Parliament House building. Seen on the left of the picture is the main Angel of the House of Representatives, with its golden shimmers and green with blue auric wings reaching upward above the building. On the right side of the top of the building is an Angel of similar stature and type governing activities of Angels and devas in the Senate chamber. The red and pink displays are more frequent there than in the House of Representatives Angel's aura. At the front entrance to the building can be seen a golden braided winged Angel practising guardianship at the main door. Behind and just above this is a violet ceremonial deva similar to the ones seen on occasions at cathedrals in the capital cities. This regal deva is the overseer of affairs in the Great Hall. It also busies itself with other activities of guardian angels in the adjacent hallways and on the stairs at the front marble foyer inside the main entrance to the building. There are violet and cream coloured concentric twists of flame draped around and extending from the Angel's heart and throat centres.
Above the Parliament House as a whole, are seen two very great
Angels. One of them has pale lavender wings emanating from a
golden/orange heart centre several metres above the mast of the
flagpole. This Angel looks almost the same every time we visit,
and it appears to be a "recording Angel" or "Silent
Watcher" of some kind. I have no evidence of this but it
probably also links to the official Parliamentary records or
"Hansard" records as they are called. The other Angel
is immense and over-arching the Parliament and all of its activities.
This Angel is depicted with gold and blue fiery flames shooting
out and upward. There is a noticeable "head" with facial
features blended together but vague hints of eyes and a fuzzy
extended crown-like emanation again of blue, gold but with some
reds and green. The colours of this Angel change from moment
to moment, and can appear quite different on days when Parliament
is in session compared with days when it is not. At various times
different Angels of the Ministers, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet
Room, etc flare up and dominate the auric effect across the building.
This all makes for a scintillating display of thought energies
covering a wide range of governing activities.
The new parliament in Canberra is interesting as a converse
energy focus to the War Memorial at the other end of Anzac Parade.
The War Memorial symbolises the past. It looks back into the
world's major conflicts during the 20th century, and links are
formed with these times and places. In the case of the New Parliament
House the focus is on a structured future of Australia and its
place in the world. There are groups of devas actively working
at the foundation for the future. There are other groups of devas
working in the natural Divisions of the Senate and the House
of Representatives. There is a presiding deva over the current
activities; the Operational Manager Deva working through and
overseeing all daily operations of the Parliament. High above
New Parliament House there is an Angel of supreme magnificence
whose work is deeply meditative and contemplative, yet balanced
in its focus between the high planes and the physical plane.
The devas and elementals of the Parliament can be described
under the following types:-
Deva at the main entrance
Devas inside the various halls and rooms
Devas in the House of Representatives and the Senate
Presiding Angel in the New Parliament House
The Angel High above the Parliament
The elementals inside the Parliament
The elementals of earth in the surrounding sub-terrains
Deva at the main entrance
The deva at the main entrance to the parliament is
a very regal and official looking being. It is derived from the
sylph kingdom, but so long ago that it has a radiation that is
very different from any sylph that would be seen in the skies
or in nature environs. It is part of the group of "golden
Angels" at work for the cause of political endeavours. These
class of Angels are found in all of the parliaments around the
world. This particular deva is regaled in gold braid in its etheric
body, tessellated and robed across its winged body that stretches
some 15 metres along the width of the canopied entrance.
Devas inside the various halls and rooms
Inside the New Parliament House are many devas whose
work links indirectly to the Australian people as a whole. Each
elected representative of the people; each Minister in the Senate
and House of Representatives, is overseen by a particular delegated
deva. This deva holds a unique place in the larger picture of
the Political Will couched in the framework of the political
philosophy of the government and its formal opposing parties.
The cooperation between the myriad guardian devas in the parliament
is complex in its detail, but simple in its dominant themes.
This is consistent with the political first ray energy, or Shiva
force, as it is termed in the Eastern Religions.
The guardian devas are variations on gold, orange and white in
colour, with occasional admixtures of strong red and electric
blue. Some of these colours are mentioned in Alice Bailey [1,
page 505] as pertaining to those Angels at work along the political
ray. We now consider some of the devic beings within the New
Parliament House building.
The Cabinet Room Angel
The Cabinet Room is the meeting place for the Prime Minister
and his inner group of Ministers. Together they decide upon future
directions for Australia and make decisions that can have immediate
and far-reaching impact on the nation. Therefore, it is not surprising
that the group of devas at work here are of an extraordinary
and unusual diligence and capacity in the political power-wielding
sense.
Aside from the fascinating devic aspects of this theatre of politics,
there is the group of astral and mental guides from discarnate
humans. These officials are equipped with inside knowledge of
the political undercurrents which they manipulate via the politicians
available and best suited to their tasks.
The class of Angels who work through the Prime Minister and
Cabinet are without fear nor favour, and the most stern and resolute
of Angels. They operate through an energy focus in the Room which
permits the so-called Shiva or Shamballa force to enter the minds
of those in the Room. The guardian devas of the Ministers work
constantly to vivify certain aspects of the human brain. They
also, in particular, concentrate on the third eye, throat and
alta-major centres to awaken an intuition enabling a higher perception.
This intuition may give the politician some special insights
into possible ways to direct new policies or to set in train
new changes to the structure of Australian society.
Upon a person's arrival in the Cabinet Room, the presiding
deva recognises the "inner person" and deals with each
as the "sum-total" of their lifetimes. Hence, if a
person was King of Persia 2,500 years ago they are recognised
as that by the devas, even if they have endured many lifetimes
since then of poverty or hardships. The "peak experiences"
serve as a good aspect in the politician's aura upon which to
base, strengthen and guide them into the present governing processes.
There is a similarity between the actions of the Cabinet Room
Angel and (say) a main Cathedral Angel which opens and closes
the door to the Sacred Place of the Christ. In the political
sense the door opens to the energy of the "inner government
of the planet" and its energy is that of Divine Will. This
energy is very challenging for humans to wield and there is a
great skill involved in the perfecting of this force. The devas
coming into the Cabinet Room through this opened "vent"
are typically white and have a decisive cutting effect on thoughtforms.
They can sever links to thoughts and construct new forms of durable
and highly refined mental substance. However, as with most Angels
of this kind, they are transient visitors who can at best "suggest"
the course of action to take. It is up to the politicians themselves
to grasp the significance of the intended impressions; to take
the powers given them, and create new or destroy old forms as
they see fit in the framework of government .
The Prime Minister's Office Guardian Angel
The Prime Minister's office is just near the Cabinet Room, and
as such the impressions received by the guardian deva there are
a repository of the events in the Cabinet Room. Also, the deva
acts as a reference point for the Prime Minister's own guardian
which holds the immediate and long to medium term Plans for the
nation. Essentially, the Prime Minister's word is final on decisions,
and so the guardian Angel of his precincts in the Parliamentary
offices must hold the thoughts intended for the Prime Minister
to consider by impression on his mind, and on the minds of his
advisers. Not much more needs be said here, as the context of
the work of this Angel is clear from other descriptions in this
chapter.
A typical Ministerial Office Guardian Angel
The offices occupied by the Ministers in the New Parliament House
are the focus of activity channelled into a government department.
Essentially this focus receives the part of the Plan for governing
Australia relevant to the creation and maintenance of policies
that will impact on the Australian population. Therefore, the
main deva of a Ministers' office is linked to the Prime Minister's
office Angel and in turn to the group of guardian devas overseeing
the departmental work in other buildings. The Angel of the Ministerial
office is sub-ordinate to the Prime Minister office deva but
directs the many activities of the department's divisions and
teams of public servants.
Visiting Angels and their place
The classes of visiting devas include mainly those of the air
and earth elements. Devas are brought into the precincts of the
public access places and the Members' offices, but seldom are
permitted into the Chambers of the Senate or House of Representatives,
these places being well fortified from potential intrusion.
Beneath the Parliament are teams of elementals controlled
by guardian devas. The work of these elementals involves both
protection and radiation. The types of forces they wield can
be described elsewhere.
The air devas who visit do so for specific reasons. From above
the Parliament, the etheric levels literally buzz with visitations;
of comings and goings in and out of the place. Also, entry to
a Member of Parliament's office affords psychic access to the
main Angels of the electorate, be it in a nearby town or two
thousand kilometres away. Landscape Angels and major Angels alike
can either make their presence felt in a minister's office or
if sufficiently elevated, present astrally or mentally as a link
or thought image in the aura of the main Angel of the Parliament
as a whole.
Aside from devas of physical place locations there are devas
whose work is international, such as those linked to the work
of the United Nations, or to the Embassies. Other types of devas
who may visit non-physically are those who preside over large
companies or enterprises. The work done during these visits is
on a subtle non-verbal level using impressions of group thoughts.
These "ideas" with all their multiplicities, eventually
materialise as co-ordinated group efforts towards some specific
end.
References
[1] BAILEY, Alice A.; Externalisation of the Hierarchy,
Lucis Publishing Company, New York; Lucis Press Ltd, England.
(1942)
[2] BLAVATSKY, Helena P.; The Secret Doctrine, The Theosophical
Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill, USA; Madras, India; London, England.
(first published 1890, reprinted 1978)
[3] HODSON, Geoffrey; The Kingdom of the Gods, The Theosophical
Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill, USA; Madras, India; London, England.
(First Edition 1952, Ninth Printing 1980)
GIANT'S DANCE by Steve Hawkins.
Right: Stonehenge.
The Native Peoples of Western Europe, like the
Native Americans and Australian Aborigines, have
a cultural heritage that is their exclusive
intellectual property. Like the other native people
of the world this cultural heritage is related to,
and often a product of, a tradition involving a
vision Quest.
This work is a product of that tradition and
includes some of the most sacred spiritual beliefs
of the Germano-Celtic people, my people. As such it
is not "available for appropriation" by other ethnic
groups or any organisation. The text of this work
was extracted from the author's conceptual art piece
"The Secret Tarot", thence revised and expanded upon.
This article describes a hitherto secret tradition
of Tarot however it does have a relevance to
Geomancy. One of the major components of many
Geomantic traditions the calendar.
There is evidence that an indigenous Western
European Geomantic tradition resembling Chinese
Feng Shui survived as late as the 14th cent. AD.
This article describes the ancient British calendar,
with the Tarot demonstrating it's use.
The Tarot was developed by the ancient British
Druids to train their students when far from their
main sanctuary at Stonehenge, or as they Knew it,
the Giant's Dance. About 3,000BC. the ancient Britons
constructed Giant's Dance as an Orrery, a device to
predict Eclipses of the Sun and the Moon.
Stonehenge is the medieval name of the country
estate on which the monument is sited. Tarot was
developed to duplicate the Eclipse prediction function
of the Giant's Dance, a purpose relevant to Geomancy.
Celtic tradition states that the Giant's Dance
was constructed on the advice of the wizard Merlyn
under the guidance of his familiar spirit. Among
its many functions it is a sepulchre to King Uther
Pen Dragon, father to King Arthur (note that Pen is
Head is Old Welsh).
In Astronomy an Eclipse can occur where the orbit
of the Moon crosses the Earth's Ecliptic. Where it
crosses from North to South is called the North Node
or the Dragon's Head (Pen Dragon), where it crosses
from South to North is called the South Node or
Dragon's Tail.
The process of Eclipse prediction used was first
recognised by Gerald Hawkins and published in his
book `Stonehenge Decoded'. In it he detailed the
use of the 56 Year Eclipse Cycle known to the
ancient Celts.
The 56 pip cards of the Tarot represent one of
the oldest parts of the Giant's Dance monument, the
56 Aubury holes at Giant's Dance. Each pip card of
the Tarot represents one Year in the 56 Year Eclipse
cycle.
The 56 Year Eclipse cycle has inherent within it
a second cycle, a tally of 22 which are the Trumps,
this gave an indication of when in the Sun's Yearly
cycle the Eclipse was due. It also accounted the
inclusion of the intercalendary Months necessary in
the Celtic Solar-Lunar calendar to reconcile Solar
and Lunar Time.
Being a Solar Cycle the 22 Trumps tell the story
of the life of "Heaven's Chieftain", King Arthur, in
the images of the 22 Tarot Trumps. Each Trump card
represents a period of 16.5 Days which are sequential
through the Solar Year.
Subsequent Eclipses of the Dragon's Head occur
16.5 Days earlier each Year and allows for the
inclusion of the intercalendary Months and that
part of the myth cycle allocated to it. The 56 Year
Eclipse cycle is composed of three 18.6 Year
Northern Moonrise cycles.
The 18.6 Year Northern Moonrise cycle is the
combined effect of the Precession of the Moon's
Nodes and the obliquity of Lunar orbit (the angle
between the Moon's orbital plane and the Equator).
The British Celts calculated the 56 Year cycle as
three whole number periods of 18 Years + 19 Years +
19 Years. This was structured as two 9 Year periods
followed by a 10 Year period, the whole being twice
repeated.
The calendar implicit within the structure of the
Eclipse prediction system of the Tarot is the same
calendar carved into Kerbstone SW22 at the Knowth
Passage Grave in the Boyne Valley, Ireland. This
calendar is based upon 5 Year periods of 62 Synodic
Months (New Moon to New Moon) of 29.5 Days; in
practice that's 29 and 30 Days alternately.
This calendar was structured as 5 Years of 12
Calendar Months with an Intercalendary Month every
2.5 Years. In this Eclipse prediction system the
intercalendary Months are accounted about every 10
Years, 4 of them. That's 22 intercalendary Months in
56 Years.
However, there is a cumulative error which needs
to be accounted for which reduces it to 20
intercalendary Months in 56 Years. 5 Years is
1,826.25 Days but 62 Synodic Months is 1,830.9 Days,
in excess by 4.65 Days.
After 56 Years that's 7 Days short of 2 Synodic
Months, those 2 Synodic Months are subtracted from
the 56 year cycle but after 224 Years an extra
intercalendary Month needs to be added. This Eclipse
prediction system is surprisingly accurate, a few
Hours error in 224 Years!
The Giant's Dance spread is used for predicting
Eclipses by Tarot. The Pip cards are laid out in a
56 card circle, for Eclipse prediction there is no
set sequence to the Pip cards, they are purely a
counting device.
Select one pip card in front of you and mark it
as the Winter Solstice, next mark the pip card
opposite, 28 cards away, as the Summer Solstice. At
the pip card 5 places anticlockwise from the Summer
Solstice place Tarot trump 7, the Lovers, and mark
it as a Dragon's Tail.
Lay down the trumps in numerical order and in a
clockwise direction at each pip card until the pip
card indicating the Summer Solstice, Tarot trump 12,
Justice. Now continue on 5 places clockwise from the
Summer Solstice, Tarot trump 17, the Blasted Tower,
and mark that place as a Dragon's Head.
At the pip card 5 places anticlockwise from the
Winter Solstice place Tarot trump 18, the Star, and
mark that place a Dragon's Head. Lay down the Tarot
trumps in numerical order and in a clockwise
direction at each pip card until the pip card
indicating the Winter Solstice where you place
Tarot trump 1, the Fool. Traditionally the Celtic
Year begins at the Winter Solstice.
Now continue on 5 places clockwise from the
Winter Solstice and place down Tarot trump 6, the
Hierophant, and mark that place as a Dragon's Tail.
Mark the place 9 pip cards clockwise from trump 6
as the Dragon's Head then mark the place 9 pip card
clockwise from trump 17 as a Dragon's Tail.
Draw in a six pointed star that is formed by two
interlocking triangles, one being of the Dragon's
Head, the auspicious portent,the other being the
Dragon's Tail or inauspicious portent. The six
points of the star are spaced counting the pip cards
anticlockwise from Tarot trump 6; 10,9,9,10,9,9.
The Giant's Dance spread as laid down is
calibrated for 1997. Because the procession of
nodes is retrograde through the Zodiac this
six pointed star must be rotated 1 pip card
anticlockwise for each Year until the current Year.
The time of the Eclipses are indicated by the
alignment of the Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail with
specific Trump cards showing when in the Solar Year
these Eclipses can occur.
Lunar Eclipses occur near the Full Moon and
Solar Eclipses occur exactly on the New Moon, with
each subject to it's own irregularities. A Node can
produce no Eclipses, one of either, two Lunar
Eclipses and one Solar are normal or like July and
August 1971AD, two Solar Eclipses and one Lunar.
When you first lay out the Giant's Dance spread
aligned to 1997 you will notice that two of the dragon
heads point to tarot cards as do two of the dragon
tails. This is as it should be.
These double indications account for the
intercalendary Months of the ancient Celtic
calendar. The time of the Eclipses moves forward
through the Year so an intercalendary Month is
important to any system for predicting Eclipses.
With the Giant's Dance spread synchronised to
1997 and keeping in mind that the 6 pointed star in
the spread turns anticlockwise, the Tarot Trumps
indicated for the Spring Equinox, VI and VII, are
the same event, an Eclipse of the Dragon's Tail.
Any time Trumps VI or VII are indicated with
another Trump, including each other, this indicates
the tallying of an intercalendary Month within the
calendar.
The Tarot Trumps indicated for the Autumn
Equinox of 1997 are XVII and XVIII, these are the
same event and indicate the corresponding Eclipse
of the Dragon's Head. Any time Trumps XVII or XVIII
are indicated with another Trump, including each
other, this indicates the tallying of an
intercalendary Month. so, in 1997, there was a
Spring Equinox Eclipse of the Dragon's Tail, an
Autumn Equinox Eclipse of the Dragon's Head and the
tallying of 2 intercalendary Months during the past
9 Years.
During 2,007 A.D., 10 Years later, the Eclipse
of the Dragon's Head is indicated by Trumps VIII
and VI. Trump VIII is the Eclipse and Trump VI
tallies the passing of an intercalendary Month
during the last Decade.
The Eclipse of the Dragon's Tail is indicated by
Trump XIX and Trump XVII tallies the passing of an
intercalendary Month during the last Decade. During
2,008 the Spring Equinox Eclipse of the Dragon's
Head is indicated by Trump V and Trump VIII tallies
the passing of an intercalendary Month during the
last Decade.
The Autumn Equinox Eclipse of the Dragon's Tail
is indicated by Trump XVI and Trump XVIII tallies
the passing of an intercalendary Month during the
last Decade. At 2,016 and 2,017 the process is the
same as for 2,007 and 2,008 except that the Spring
Equinox is again an Eclipse of the Dragon's Tail as
in 1997.
This completes one Half of the 56 Year cycle of
Eclipses. The half cycle now repeats itself for
2,026, 2,035 and 2,036, and again in 2,044 and
2,045 excepting that the position of the Dragon's
Head and Dragon's Tail are reversed. This tallies
all 20 intercalendary Months of the 56 Year Eclipse
Cycle.
Each Tarot trump is now associated with a
specific Zodiac sign and time of Year however
caution should be exercised in using this new
feature of Tarot until the ground rules for
applying it have been proven to you in practice.
Hopefully this will provide a solid foundation from
which the Tarot tradition can evolve into the new
Millennium.
Trump 1, rules 0deg. Capricorn to 16.4deg. Capricorn.
Trump 2, rules 16.4deg. Capricorn to 2.8deg. Aquarius.
Trump 3, rules 2.8deg. Aquarius to 19.1deg. Aquarius.
Trump 4, rules 19.1deg. Aquarius to 5.5deg. Pisces.
Trump 5, rules 5.5deg. Pisces to 21.8deg. Pisces.
Trump 6, rules 21.8deg. Pisces to 8.2deg. Aries.
Trump 7, rules 8.2deg. Aries to 24.6deg. Aries.
Trump 8, rules 24.6deg. Aries to 10.9deg. Taurus.
Trump 9, rules 10.9deg. Taurus to 27.3deg. Taurus.
Trump 10, rules 27.3deg. Taurus to 13.7deg. Geminii.
Trump 11, rules 13.7deg. Geminii to 0deg. Cancer.
Trump 12, rules 0deg. Cancer to 16.4deg. Cancer.
Trump 13, rules 16.4deg. Cancer to 2.7deg Leo.
Trump 14, rules 2.7deg. Leo to 19.1deg. Leo.
Trump 15, rules 19.1deg. Leo to 5.4deg. Virgo.
Trump 16, rules 5.4deg. Virgo to 21.8deg. Virgo.
Trump 17, rules 21.8deg. Virgo to 8.2deg. Libra.
Trump 18, rules 8.2deg. Libra to 24.5deg. Libra.
Trump 19, rules 24.5deg. Libra to 10.9deg. Scorpio.
Trump 20, rules 10.9deg. Scorpio to 27.3deg Scorpio.
Trump 21, rules 27.3deg. Scorpio to 13.7deg.
Sagittarius.
Trump 22, rules 13.7deg. Sagitarius to 30deg.
Sagittarius.
Owen Morgan (Morien),who was important in the
19th Cent. Druidic revival, authored two books on
Druidism called "The Light of Britannia" and "The
Royal Winged Son of Stonehenge and Avebury". He
wrote that the Earth is called the Ox-pen of the
Bards and that it contains three Cows and three
Bulls.
The three Cows are the triad of the Earth and
are called Morwyn, Blodwen and Tynghedwen-Dyrraith.
The three Bulls are the triad of the Sun and are
called Plennydd, Alawn and Gwron.
Morien may be quoting an eye witness account of
the rite of Eclipse prediction once held at the
Giants Dance (Stonehenge). The Bulls are the
Dragon's Head and the Cows are the Dragon's Tail.
In Archaeology Ox skulls are associated with
Stonehenge from earliest times.
The Eclipse Prediction System presented here is
not divination by Tarot, it is Tarot in it's
original form as practiced by the ancient Britons.
They are Tarot predictions that can be verified by
empirical observation and can be duplicated.
Tarot is an accurate Scientific instrument for
the prediction of Solar and Lunar Eclipses. Please
do check this Tarot prediction system against a
reputable Ephemeris.
The 56 Year Eclipse cycle used by the ancient
Britons to construct the Tarot results from the
interaction of the Geo-synchronous Orbit of the
Moon and the Helio-synchronous orbit of the Earth
around the Sun. The Sun and the Moon are major
influences upon life on Earth, being directly
related to the Weather, the Tides and the breeding
and growth cycles of Plants ,Animals and Humans.
Life demonstrates a tendency to Synchronicity
which can be directly related back to the 56 Year
Eclipse Cycle empowering the Pip Cards of the
Tarot.
The pip cards are divided into 4 suits, coins,
cups, wands and swords. They are the foundation of
the Tarot in the same way as they are the
foundation or counting mechanism of the Orrery and
are usually interpreted as keywords in the
background scenario relating to the Querent's
inquiry. The trumps are significant characters or
events within that scenario.
The simplest spreads are the most revealing, to
use the 3 card spread first formulate the question
so it's not ambiguous. No multi-choice questions.
Shuffle the cards, cut the deck 3 ways 3 times
then lay out 3 cards in the order in which they are
dealt from the deck. The 1st card dealt is the past
relevant to the matter in question. The 2nd card is
the current circumstances and the 3rd card
indicates the outcome of the matter in question.
A tarot reading relates to any matter before the
reading and is itself capable of altering the final
outcome of the matter in question, depending on how
you react to the reading. I am not implying that
Tarot is a scam, I'm saying that you can't relegate
responsibility for your life to a set of cards. If
you're new to the cards it's best that you start
learning Tarot at the beginning, most readers
don't!
In life anything can happen at any time, a tarot
spread presents you with a random scenario which
purports to be relevant to the matter in question.
It's you who constructs that scenario and in doing
so you focus your attention upon the matter in
question, it's the focusing of your mind on your
problem that provides the answers, not the cards.
Knowing that the reading has altered its own
outcome you can now implement changes in your life
so as to predispose the desired outcome to actually
happening. After having done that lay out another
Tarot spread and repeat the process of change
knowing that this further predisposes the desired
outcome to happening.
Tarot cards can predict the future but only as
it relates to Solar and Lunar Eclipses, they can't
predict your future, only you can do that! Mankind
has the ability to foresee the future.
The more you use Tarot the better you get at
tapping that instinctive knowledge of life's
synchronicity and constructing scenarios that are
relevant to you. Tarot is just the kind of exercise
you need to sharpen this skill.
Eventually you get so good at reading the cards
that it appears that YOU are in fact predicting the
future. You ARE predicting the future!
The future is really quite malleable, very
little is actually fated to be and that which is
the work of greater folk than you or I. Those
greater folk used the same techniques that I have
described above, there are some who call these
techniques a spell!
The proof of a really good Tarot reader is that
they have left the cards behind and have gone on
without them!
The Knowth calendar stone, SW22, is dominated
by Lunar symbology. In the lower center of the
stone is a two armed spiral superimposed over 3
crescent symbols, these represent the 3 dark nights
of the New Moon.
A line of 29 crescents extend either side of the
spiral motif and arch over the top of the stone to
enclose a serpent-like figure. This figure has 31
turnings with a crescent figure projecting from
one end to represent the 31 Synodic Months and the
Intercalendary Month that are the basic building
blocks of the Celtic calendar.
As the Synodic Month is 29.5 Days if the exact
Full Moon were to occur at Dusk in the East then the
next exact Full Moon would occur at Dusk in the West!
The Serpent-like figure is a graph which plots the
Full Moon's East-West alignment on the X axis with
respect to time on the Y axis.
An Orrery for evaluation is included in this text (right).
Photocopy or print diagram A twice, then mount them
on cardboard and cut out the circle of 3 dragons from
one. Mount that circle of 3 dragons inside diag. A by
punching a small hole through both and securing it
with a dressmakers eyelet so it can rotate.
The circle of 3 dragons is the Nodes of the Moon
with each opposite point being a Dragon's Head-Tail
pair. To use the Orrery align the Dragon's Tail with
two dots to tarot trump VI and the device is
calibrated to 1997AD.
(c) Steve Hawkins 2001
© Steven Guth
I saw a definition Feng Shu a few days ago. "Feng Shu is a Chinese form of geomancy". I thought that was pretty good.
Well, I have another new word. Ecognosis. The study of wisdom about the earth. I guess it's the next step out from geomancy.
Ecognosis is about the Devas, elementals, the areas of consciousness that exist inside or around geomantic earth energies.
An example may help here. Frank Moody's interest in earth energies came out of his background in radio electronics. He constructed radio induction coils to clear areas. I've seen him change an Italian delicatessen from bankruptcy to profit within a week with a length of copper electrical cable placed on top of a pile of boxes. How did it work? I think a gnome came up from the dowsing line that ran under the shop, sat on the coil of wire and spent a couple of enjoyable months playing his mind into the thought patterns of the customers who visited the shop. After that he got bored and reverted back to his mischievous ways - the business collapsed shortly afterwards.
Frank, in those days, had no time for gnomes or elementals. For him everything could be explained by radionics - radio like waves created by coils or radionic machines that directly affected the environment.
Similarly, I suspect that most of the adjustments Feng Shu people do somehow or other satisfy, change or titillate the elementals that live within the energies of structures. Change bad Feng Shu to good and you change the sort of consciousnesses that can live in an environment.
Well, that's what Ecognosis is looking at. Ways to understandings and work with the consciousnesses that reside in place energies. These have traditional names - devas, gnomes, elementals, fairies, landscape angels and gods. They have been seen and described by many people in many cultures.
Findhorn made a breakthrough impact on people because it showed that two-way communication between devas and people is possible. Now 25 years later, many of us have come to realise that human deva cooperation is more than just possible - it's desirable and necessary.
I think it was the arrival of effective, and readily available, consciousness altering drugs that made all this happen. The voyage into the world of the un-material can now be made by any "tripper" jaded enough with the "here and now" to risk breaking into the worlds of devas, elementals, gnomes, devils and angels.
Ecognosis is about trying to create a framework, a way in which the processes of human - devic interaction can be assessed, understood and controlled. It's almost a scientific endeavour. Mysticism is the tool and traditional esoteric writings help to provide a framework. Exchange communications - helps to separate confusion from fact. Wisdom, can perhaps (thanks to the net) be built up from the sharing of experiences.
The Ecognosis site www.kheper.auz.com/ecognosis is run by Alan Kazlev as part of his www.kheper.auz.com site which in aggregate gets 50,000 hits a week. An "open" Yahoo group is planned for the near future. This is yet to get its address. Contact me on guthltd@mpx.com.au and I'll give you details.
About Canberra
Canberra is the main laboratory for Ecognosis at the moment. Findhorn was the laboratory, the showcase, for plant deva and human interaction. Canberra is rich in high energy geomancy locations - hills, lakes, city circles, ley lines. It has ceremonial buildings like the War Memorial (with its shrine of remembrance) and Parliament House (an underground building topped by a huge metal flagpole). All of this makes for a dense congregation of new and old devas.
But first. How does one describe the world of fairies, devas, elementals, national folk souls and planetary gods? There are so many systems with a confusing looseness of definition - with classifications that hinder rather than help descriptive understandings.
Although the Theosophical literature has many problems it at least has the virtue of a well known terminology - thanks to the writing skills of C. W. Leadbeater. The Theosophical literature also suffers from a confusing overlay of concepts and definitions but it is large and seems about the best available. I find that the Theosophical way of presenting images of devas helps me reach into their kingdoms. See my review, "Men and Devas" on the Ecognosis web site.
The Canberra geomancy laboratory is not stable. New things are happening all the time. New structures are going up in central Canberra - the newly built National Museum is soon-to-be geomantically balanced by the National Churches Centre. Commonwealth/Federation place with its appendix - Aboriginal Reconciliation Place is being built. New memorial sculptures keeping appearing along Canberra's central ley line, Anzac Parade.
On Anzac Parade that there is a large and noticeable deva, a deva of ceremonial, a consciousness that arrives as a purple glow at every ritual, every ceremony, that takes place in Canberra. It looks - to my mind's eye - a bit like the illustration from H.K. Challoner's book. It "holds station" - it has a point of focus - in the middle of Anzac Parade. It reaches up thousands of meters and sends out tentacles of consciousness to all the locations where it feels that it is needed. It is gathering into itself an understanding of people and helps to make (when it is asked) ritual more effective. Perhaps this is why so many religiously orientated new age groups are setting up in Canberra.
But I'm getting carried away into my mystical mindset. There is more of this sort stuff of on the Ecognosis site.
In a more practical way, I'm working on a workshop and tour around Canberra. The intent is to expose you to and show you how to access devas I believe that this will help to enrich your life. If you have any suggestions or want to attend please contact me on guthltd@mpx.com.au.
Or Steven Guth, "Bibaringa", PO Box 20 Duffy, 2611, ACT, Australia.
Canberra 12.17.01
Deva of Ceremonial
From "Regents of the Seven Spheres" H. K. Challoner. Theosophical Publishing House. 1976. Page 58.
A similar being holds station over Anzac Parade on Canberra's central ley line.
In the Theosophical tradition devas are often presented in this sort of shape and form with areas of colour suggesting different areas of consciousness. Most seem to be drawn with a human face - perhaps to show that they are attuning a part of themselves to people.
On Anzac Parade I sense balls of radiating consciousness that reach up high into the sky. Around about weave energy streams and clouds of coloured mist.
The deva depicted in the sketch sits over a small village. The deva on Anzac Parade is larger and reaches high into the sky. It lives in an "angel house" it has constructed for itself that appears to have a square corners set into a round of shape similar to the War Memorial's Shrine of Remembrance.
Its function, as mentioned in the text, is to be aware of all the ceremonies taking place in Canberra and to facilitate their intentions. It seems to be linked to similar beings within a geographic area extending from Bali to New Zealand, Perth to Tasmania.
"Angel House" constructed by Masonic Ritual from C.W. Leadbeater's "The Hidden life in Freemasonry." Theosophical Publishing House. 1949. Page 343.
Angel Houses can be constructed by ritual, geomantic actions and/or mediation. Perhaps devas construct them for themselves over points of Geomantic energy just like snails make their own shells.
From Leadbeater's book, "The entire figure was thus a nest of four prisms, the floor on which the Angels stood representing the central plane. Having built for themselves a temple of this strange form, the angels proceeded to perform a most interesting ceremony inside it. They moved in a wonderful choric dance, arranging themselves in various figures a seven pointed star, a swastika, a cross and many other figures a sort of hymn voices like the chiming of mighty bells. The multiprismatoidal temple was transparent like crystal, and yet somehow permeated with fire."
" ...Lines of dazzling light shot out into the empyrean, bearing messages and greetings to worlds far away in space. And unmistakably there came a response to this wonderous call even many responses. Strange to us beyond all words in magnetism and feeling were these replies from other worlds: but that they WERE replies is beyond question. Some, surely came from worlds of which at present know nothing."
Surely, fascinating stuff. Gives you something to think about, doesn't it? Note the date on the publication, the material was probably written in about 1920. It predates the New Age Crystal Power and the thoughts shape/energy weavers like Melchizedek.
© Alanna Moore
When I was researching and writing my book 'Stone Age Farming' in early 2001 I asked around for peoples' ideas on why some Towers of Power were not working. Despite an inherent scepticism about the veracity of channelled information I found myself at the receiving end of some, said to come from no lesser an entity than Orion.
Orion's message alluded to the possibility that the spirits of place were not happy with the (ineffective) Towers , that their consent or co-operation was perhaps not being elicited.
This did ring a bell to me. When a Power Tower has been built and blessed, it is easy to perceive something of a touch of magic coming down, which many people can sense, and I had sometimes wondered where the landscape devas fitted into the picture.
A few months later I was fortunate enough to be able to collaborate with Billy Arnold, who has the well trained ability to clairvoyantly see the spiritual entities of nature. Billy had been visiting Aboriginal dreaming sites around the Alice Springs area and observing the spirits of the dreaming there for several years. Billy then travelled with me across the country and brought fascinating insights to my Tower building workshops. Now, some 20,000kms later, I can sit back at home at last, and reflect on the quantum leap in understanding that this has brought me.
The Power of Ceremony
When Billy first saw the joyous reaction to a Tower building and blessing by the nature spirits he was amazed, because he didn't expect them to be too pleased about a PVC plastic pipe. Nonetheless they were attracted to it as if by a magnet, but only once a good ceremony was happening. Spirits really resonate with human ceremonial activity, it seems, and the quality of the ceremony, such as the presence of people who are not taking it seriously, can make quite a difference to their response.
Usually the devas had an enthusiastic response and a landscape entity would come over to inhabit the Tower on a permanent basis, often in a pose of prayer. These beings were sometimes huge, with only their finger tips in prayer pose fitting over the Tower.
Billy saw them doing similar at a one week old Tower and another, at a strawberrry farm in South Australia, that had been constructed several years ago. At the latter he saw a huge being directing cosmic energies with its hands, working with the energy within the general energy field of the Tower, which appeared as a field of silvery blue colour to Billy.
What Powers the Towers?
Tower Power is the synergy of four critical aspects the antenna form, the paramagnetic and other energetic qualities of the Tower materials, the appropriateness of its siting and the qualities imbued in it via our intentions.
Along the lines of the art of radionics in the Tower ceremony we send out into the ether our charged thoughts/energies, through the medium of the Tower's energy field, to affect changes. The potential power of our focussed thoughts is awesome, and this is not really appreciated by the average person. The collective power of a focussed group's thoughts is much more powerful still.
Some way of explanation given to me for the odd ineffective Tower was that someone present at the 'blessing' ceremony (which concludes my Tower building method) had been polluting the intended thoughtform of growth and harmony with the force of their negativity. Some participants had felt a bit nauseous after this.
Negative thinking can be so poisonous, a toxic force in our beings. Imagine amplifying that manyfold within the Tower's sphere of influence. No wonder it felt a bit yukky and there was no beneficial Tower action!
Sometimes at Tower ceremonies Billy observed various nature spirits coming over, to check us out and then go back into the Earth or the trees (from whence they came), somewhat unimpressed. Once again - these were the odd times when people brought scepticism and negativity to the ceremony .
Harnessing Good Power of Intention
So the biggest lesson I learnt from it all was about the power of intention and this has helped me to fine tune Tower energies all the better. People are required to bring positive enthusiasm to the task to help charge up a Tower energy field and imprint beneficial intentions. Any doubts, scepticism, cynicism or negativity also seem to imprint on the energy field and be quite a dampener.
You can always repair the damage later, I suppose, with a really good follow-up ceremony at full moon. But it's best to avoid propagating bad vibes, by filtering out inappropriate thoughts and people. Before a Tower blessing ceremony I strongly recommend that people are given the choice to opt out if it doesn't feel right to them. (This should apply to any Earth harmonising work.)
Asking permission of the spirits of place when siting the Tower is also an important start to connecting to the place and might help avoid embarrassing non-functional Towers. Acknowledging the presence of these devas and tapping into their wisdom may well be appropriate action to take.
People who are not comfortable with the concept of the nature spirits will hopefully realise that we can still harness our positive intentions, as in distant dowsing/radionic action, in our own right, independent of other kingdoms of life. But if they are fearful of this realm this might taint the proceedings, so allow them to leave if they wish and be observers a short distance away.
I must thank Billy and the devas for their assistance in helping me have an improved understanding of the invisible processes at work in the environment and to be more effective with esoteric agricultural technologies which enhance energies and thus improve all life.
In you should wish to email chat to Billy about his work, contact him at info@geomantica.com
Below: Geoff and Elaine Scholz fine tune their Tower with
amethyst crystals near Collie, WA. Nov 01.
'Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings', by Marko Pogacnik
'Slovenian artist Marko Pogacnik has an international reputation in conceptual and land art. Through his work he has developed the skill of geomancy as a tool for unlocking hidden wisdom of the Earth. He leads workshops throughout the world in Earth Healing and advises communities and businesses in landscape planning.'
This book is a blockbuster! (for me anyway). So many people have recommended it to me that I'm embarrassed to admit that I have only just recently purchased my own copy. Pogacnik's insights to the nature spirit kingdoms are certainly authoritative and hey doesn't everyone love a good fairy story?
Coming from Slovenia, Pogacnik lives in a culture emersed in tradition, with goblins and fairy queens a firm part of the ancient cultural landscape. In his research he visits these entities and taps into their wisdom. It's very hard to put this book down!
For my own learning journey I was pleased to find a plausible explanation as to why people report see nature spirits manifesting in different forms. On page 77 Pogacnik was questioning what kind of form was most suitable for visualising elementals.
"In my opinion" he writes," it is not right to force the world of dwarfs, nixies (water elementals) and fairies into visible forms related to our physical reality Human beings have developed a very definite, refined outer physique, but we display to only a tiny extent how our inner thoughts and feelings operate. In contrast, the elementals are free of any predetermined form. They can change their appearance to show what is happening inside themselves, which is very different from our human ways."
"Whatever form we perceive them in, it is either a mirror which reflects our stored archetypal memory of how we imagine them to be, or it derives from the language of pictures used by the elementals themselves to draw our attention to a certain message they want to deliver. They are without any definite form unless we project our archetypal or imagined forms on them."
"One of these imposed makeshift images is the little gnome with his red pointed cap, his long white beard and leather trousers. Lovers of nature superimpose this picture onto the being of earth spirits. In turn, this picture influences clairvoyants, who then claim it as the definite, indubitable truth."
On the back cover blurb 'Pogacnik encourages us to find a quiet spot to meditate and converse with these beings so that we may re-establish the ancient connection between humanity and these real and powerful realms of Earth.'
OK - I'm off to talk to the trees!
'Homa Farming for the New Age', edited by Jarek Bizberg
This 'practical guide to Homa farming based on the ancient science of Agnihotra' must be the only book available on the subject. Homa farming is described as 'holistic healing for agriculture'.whereby 'one can grow maximum yield out of minimum agricultural area and keep the soil fertile, water pure and the atmosphere nutritious.'
The basic technique is a sunrise and sunset fire ceremony (Agnihotra) based on ancient Indian Vedic practise. A special fire is lit in an inverted copper pyramid, with cow pats, a sprinkle of rice and ghee; and a special mantra is sung. The resulting ash from these fires has special healing properties for plants, animals and people.
There are chapters on how to do the ritual work, an overview of good farming practises, successful experiments documented and case studies of various Homa farms worldwide. Following are some interesting quotes from this book.
"The more love you put into the farm or garden, the more Homa is performed, specifically revolving around Agnihotra, the greater the vibrations of love will be in the area and the happier the people will be. Also the greater and tastier the yield will be."
".More people should begin to perform Agnihotra under a tree. This makes the tree happy and the tree dances and sings. Also the birds are very much attracted to Agnihotra and this is healing to them."
"People can draw their own conclusions from your trained observations. If one will take distilled water and mix it with a solution of Agnihotra ash, plants will thrive if watered with this water and love. The incidence of disease in plants will diminish. If a plant is diseased, feed the plant with the water and ah twice daily, just before sunrise and within an hour after sunset. Be full of love but with compassion, not pity. Talk to the plant and tell it to get well and be strong." (From the first chapter by the movement's Indian 'missionary' Vasant.)
On Devas and Agnihotra
The editor of the book wrote of his experiences of performing
Agnihotra at a farm he was considering buying in Poland. "Just
as I chanted the sunset Agnihotra mantras, Fran saw devas coming
from out of the forest, gathering in a circle around the fire.
When the flickering flame died out, the devas retreated back
into the forest"
Vasant came to the Homa farm that was eventually created there (the Oasis Healing Centre in Jordanow) to inaugurate a healing temple that had been built. In his speech he said that:
"This is truly a holy place. You can feel how wonderful it is, how the energy is being activated. The energy here is very pure. It is like the unstruck music heard in ancient temples. Devas will work with you."
To obtain this book, or to find out more about Agnihotra in Australia, email
omshreedham@hunterlink.com
We all know that certain radioactive rocks, such as uranium, emit harmful energies, but did you know that there are also certain rocks that emit beneficial energies? That these good energies are now being harnessed by gardeners and farmers to increase their land's productivity?
Paramagnetism is a natural subtle force that speeds up biological activity and assists the building of topsoil. The use of paramagnetic rock dust as a cheap and long lasting soil amendment is rapidly gaining popularity. Even the huge construction company Boral has got in on the act, having done extensive research and agronomy trials, and they are now marketing their most energetic rock dusts.
Alanna Moore, who has been researching subtle energies for
some 20 years and has written 3 books on related subjects -her
latest offering being 'Stone Age Farming', will be explaining
the benefits of paramagnetism and dowsing at workshops at various
venues around eastern Australia in the first half of 2002.
Alanna will be giving workshop participants a handson practical
introduction to the detection, harnessing or avoidance of subtle
energies in the landscape. Techniques of dowsing (also known
as divining) will be taught, and a Tower of Power a paramagnetic
antenna- will be constructed.
These Towers have been found to increase crop yields and improve the health and wellbeing of plants and animals in their vicinity. A strawberry farmer interviewed by Alanna near Adelaide last year reported a massive 30% increase in yields, subsequent to the placing of a large Tower in his field. Crops not only become more lush, but also more pest resistant and taste sweeter.
Alanna's 'Subtle Energies for Enhanced Living, Farming
and Gardening' (formerly known as 'Stone Age Farming')
Workshops',
will comprise training sessions in Earth Dowsing (techniques
of pendulum and map dowsing, geomancy & Earth energies, Earth
acupuncture for geopathic stress, electro-stress protection etc)
and Paramagnetic Gardening (learning how paramagnetism
induces soil fertility, how to select rock dusts, build a simple
Tower of Power, etc) at the following venues. The fee is usually
$60 for a one day (6 hour) workshop and concession prices are
available. Pendulums, books and videos will be available for
sale on the day.