Return to the Stones

The Sun is out, the sky is blue, the birds are tweeting and my regular pilgrimage to the Avebury Stone Circle Monument in Wiltshire has once again loomed its magical and mystical head.

This world heritage site deep in the Marlborough Downs has always been a powerful draw for me. I first came here back in 1988 and ever since then, I make it a point to visit as often as I can. As well as the stone circle, the Avebury landscape is littered with prehistoric structures like the West Kennett Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Windmill Hill, The Ridgeway ancient trackway - and of course the mighty Silbury Hill, the largest manmade prehistoric structure in the world that stands proudly overlooking the surrounding landscape.

I come here to dowse and meditate. Nothing compares (well, apart from the obvious) to being at peace sitting in one of the burial chambers of the West Kennett Barrow or hugging the Entrance Stones of the great circle. I always imagine that the ancients would have done the same thing 3,500 years ago when the Monument was in use and it’s nice that the old traditions are still kept alive today.

I met up with an old friend, Moon (who appears in the Ravenswood film) and we spent a good couple of hours dowsing where the St.Michael and Mary ley-line intersect. The St.Michael line stretches up from St.Michael’s Mount in Cornwall up to Hopton Church in Norfolk whereas the St.Mary female line weaves in and out of the male like a serpent but passes through the same points (Hurlers, Abbey and Tor at Glastonbury and Royston Cave to name but a few). These two powerful leys connect at The Obelisk at the centre of circle although only a stone marker shows where this mighty central sarsen would have been.

We ended the day with some drinks in the Red Lion pub and a time to reflect - this was broken short though by my phone ringing and a rather exited Mike Butter saying that PolarityDub Productions are now very keen to produce the Paranormal TV show we are lined up to present.
Now I am rather exited about this as well so when I arrived home, I played with some crystals to keep the positive momentum strong - well, until my cat jumped up on my face!

Blessed Be,
Dom