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Winter solstice – shades and discovering the trick

Posted on December 24, 2010October 2, 2026 By kal No Comments on Winter solstice – shades and discovering the trick
Edge Wizardry, Shades and Death Energies

The 2010 winter solstice evening was around -8 degrees, crystal clear and a full moon. Rather than my usual any-weather gear I decided to add a couple of more layers on for protection of the mundane kind.

I went out for an evening stroll, enjoying the Christmas lights and the fullness of the moon shining down upon me. The streets were clear as it was around 10pm (way past everyone’s bedtime in these ‘ere farming parts).

The roads were (radio 4 treacherously) icy so I didn’t fancy going for a drive to some exotic energetic location however I did feel the need, so as it was the only place in the offing I meandered in the direction of St Anne’s church, the site of many Energetic Shrouds as I discovered earlier (see post here).

As I arrived at the portal-like entrance to the back streets, I stopped to protect myself with an extra layer of energy and felt the sizzle of my Energy Double glow too. Hmmm I wonder what effect that would have here?

I stepped/slid my way down the old paved stones and felt odd. It was odd because I couldn’t feel the usual “pull” of energy from the shrouds. I paused by the wall of the church, partly to steady myself on the snow and reflected on this feeling. My first thought was, wow! This new Energy was well good at protection. But I had a niggling fancy and dropped my protection to see if it had any effect, none. Not a frankfurter. What was going on?

As er fortune would have it I had my dowsing rods in my satchel so I did a quick bit of dowsing. Was I being affected by Energetic Shrouds? No. Was it because of my protection? No. Was it because of my Energetic Double? No. Was it for some other reason? (obviously) Yes.

A thought occurred to me, were there any Energetic Shrouds near me? No. Take me to the nearest Energetic Shroud, now I knew the place was loaded with them from past dowsing, right so there should be one quite close by.

I found one right on the other side of the square and in the process was nearly caught, rod handed, by some late-night revellers.

But there should have been more than that?

  • Are there many Energetic Shrouds here? No.
  • In comparison to the last time I dowsed how much less are they? 10% No,
  • 30% No, 50% No – wow! seriously!
  • 80% No.

Eventually, I got to 97% less shrouds than when I last dowsed. What “was” going on?

  • Was this because it was a Solstice? No,
  • Full moon? No.
  • Any astro phenomena? No

Oh My Gods (Shiva, Shakti, God, Allah, Yehovah, Kahooli…), a single thought struck me and I was totally thrown by it. I couldn’t even dowse it for a moment as I reeled at the…at the what? Shock?

Was this because they had been taken away by me in the rose quartz crystals and left at Woodhenge (see this post and this post 16th December)?

YES!

I had forgot! I had completely forgot that I had taken the Shrouds from here in the crystals. I had forgotten that fact when I was hastily leaving the crystals behind.

Another thought occurred to me:

  • Was it the shrouds that had made me hurry from the Woodhenge? Yes,
  • Was it so that I would leave them behind and not realise it? Yes
  • Was this what they wanted? Yes

O well I suppose if it was what they wanted then no harm done, right? I asked the rods, “Was that a good thing to do?” fifty/fifty. I got the left rod turning and the right staying solidly forward.

My hands were totally frozen now (no gloves alas) So I quickly shot off one more question…

  • Is it because it is undetermined as yet whether it will turn out for the better? Yes.

Didn’t’ I tell you that shrouds are tricky beasts? I have a feeling that I might be going to Woodhenge again to fix this.

I slipped and slid back home, pondering this “usage” of my good self.

Kal Malik – feeling used

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