It occurred to me that I have often talked of power centres in my posts without ever really defining what such things are. I will now seek to put that right. In this post I will explain what I have found power centres to be, what qualities and uses they have, and explain how you can find such places of power for your own purposes.
What are power centres?
They are places on the earth’s floor where earth energies form a specific formation. This formation is always a spiral when dowsed, but that spiral can be made up of different types of energies, and thus they are not all suitable for everyone – it depends upon your own alignment to those energies. For example, some power centres have strong male energies in them, and I find that I cannot sit on them for long without feeling uncomfortable, drained and sometimes I develop a headache too. When I dowse that place I find that it is strongly male-oriented, and I know that I am female-aligned, thus I understand that such sites are not beneficial to me on the whole (unless I need to re-balance my male energies because they are depleted in some way).
We have found that the spirals signifying power centres are two cones of spiralling energies, the central point of which is on the ground. One spiral then swirls upwards in a cone of increasing width, whilst another spreads out under the ground in a similar manner. If two energies combine to form a power centre (i.e. male and female) then the flows go in both directions at once, but still form a cone shape above and below ground. Dowsing the spiral on the ground seems to be a two-dimensional representation of the three-dimensional formation of energies.
Neutral energy may pass through a power centre but does not seem to affect the spiral formation. Where male and neutral or female and neutral energies combine at a power centre this can give rise to an enhancement of the effects possible there. Some combinations are more suitable to some people than others, for example, I detest the effects of Male and Neutral combinations, but am very happy in Female and Neutral centres.
Where all three energies are present the effects always seem to be beneficial to both Kal and I irrespective. A good combination!
Where do they occur?
Places where they can be found:
- beneath tree canopies
- rocky outcrops
- at sacred sites like stone circles
- in faerie rings of grass
In a host of other places too – these are just examples. Water can often be dowsed for running underground at such places, and they always occur at crossing points of two types of energy, the power centre being a place where the “interference pattern” of the two or three energies crossing creates the spiral formation.
Within stone circles it is commonly supposed that the bare patches of earth at the very centre are power centres. Rarely do we find this to be the case. Most often the power centres are offset from the centre.
How can I find a power centre?
Here is a quote from Carlos Castaneda’s book “The Teachings of Don Juan“, in which Don Juan – a Yacqui Indian shaman – poses Carlos his first test: to find his own power centre on the veranda of Don Juan’s house. Carlos had driven far and arrived late in the evening, and the test seemed impossible because Don Juan gave Carlos no clues as to how he should discover this power centre.
“He pointed out that I was very tired, and the proper thing to do was to find a spot on the floor where I could sit without fatigue…I waited for him to explain what he meant by “a spot”, but he made no overt attempt to elucidate the point. I thought that perhaps he meant that I should change positions, so I got up and sat closer to him. He protested my movement and clearly emphasised that a spot meant a place where a man could feel naturally happy and strong….
…I deliberately tried to feel differences between places, but I lacked the criteria for differentiation. I looked at my watch – it was 2 o’clock! I had been rolling [around, trying to find the spot on the veranda] for hours!..
..[Don Juan] laughed, saying I had not proceeded correctly, I had not been using my eyes. That was true, and yet I was very sure he had said to feel the difference. I brought that point up, but he argued that one can feel with the eyes when the eyes are not looking right into things. As far as I was concerned, he said, I had no other means to solve this problem but to use all I had – my eyes…..”
He then goes on to tell of using his peripheral vision to differentiate two places by their changing colour hues at the edge of his vision as he unfocused his eyes. One spot he felt uncomfortable upon, in fact even panicked by it at one stage, and the other was the spot he retreated to when such feelings overcame him. He fell asleep there, and in the morning Don Juan told him that he had correctly identified his “spot” – it was the one that he felt comfortable at and which was his sanctuary from fear. I suggest the other spot was a power centre that he was not aligned to.
How can you then find a power centre for yourself – do you have to roll around on the floor like Carlos Castaneda? No, here are some methods you can use:
- intuition – often you will naturally go and sit at a power centre when you visit a site without realising it at first.
- sensing – if you think you may have found a power centre you can check it by feeling for a slightly warmer bit of air than the surroundings, a stillness within it, or if you are sensitive to energy you may feel the energy spiralling or flowing upwards or downwards.
- dowsing – by far the easiest and most reliable way – simply ask the rods to take you to a power centre that suits your alignment and to spiral around when you enter one.
What are the qualities of a power centre?
The following qualities will help you recognise a power centre:
- the spot feels slightly warmer
- the air feels ‘different’ – maybe stiller or ‘sparkling’
- it feels protected from the elements – easy to spot on a windy day
- a mild tingling feeling in your hands
- it makes you briefly shiver when you enter it
- you feel energy rising from the earth or drawn down into it
- it makes you feel protected in an indescribable way – you feel happier there
Power centres are sometimes fed energy from stones in a circle, or are found within the energy fields of standing stones or trees, either drawing energy from them or fed by them. If you dowse the energy coming out of a tree close to a stone circle, for instance, you often find that it ends up at a power centre within the circle.
Some power centres feel like they drain energy, whilst others feel like they boost it. This seems to depend upon the direction that the spiral flows in and your relationship to that – for example, a sun-powered energy field will flow clockwise (deasil), and if you are moon-aligned then standing in such a centre puts you contrary to the flow. This makes the power centre feel draining. The contrary is also true – if you stand in a power centre that flows with your alignment you will feel the energy spiralling upwards and will usually feel ‘charged’ by this effect.
What are power centres useful for?
Power centres can be useful for:
- regeneration – your ailments, aches and pains may improve by sitting in a power centre
- empowerment – you may feel ‘charged up’ with energy, forget you are tired, and feel more alive
- meditation – power centres can help you commune with Nature by providing a gateway through meditation
- moving between worlds– the unique energy field in a power centre allows you to cross into the Otherworld more easily – the veil between the realities is thinner at such places of power.
- communication – some power centres seem to allow you to communicate over any distance, or send and receive information from remote places or people
I have used power centres regularly whenever I want to do any natural magick or energy work. I have used them to ‘re-charge’ when feeling tired, say on a long walk in the countryside if I feel weary I will find a nearby power centre that is aligned to my energies and sit there for a few minutes. Then I can continue walking for much longer. They have a host of uses, only some of which we have so far identified. In my mind there is no doubt that such spots were identified, and possibly even created, by the design and geographical placement of ancient sacred sites on areas of geological faults and igneous rocks, as such areas seem to promote the interaction of underground water, earth energy and the natural energies from trees and rocks.
I hope I have given you sufficient information so that you can go out and find such places for yourself and experiment with them. What do you find at such places? How do they make you feel? What do you believe is possible when you are sat upon one? Do you feel ‘cocooned’ from the outside world and closer to another dimension? Answers on a postcard to the usual address.
Gwas.
I cut out that same paragraph from Don Juan years ago! it had the same effect on me…great post. Thank you so much.