Late August of 2013 brought Gwas and I out one evening to a place we like but rarely visit. By name it is called Dyserth Castle but as with many such (castles) places there is no hint of a castle. A friend once asked why we visit castles and forts? Since they are not obvious sacred sites. I agree whole heartedly, in that they are not obvious. However, as is the case throughout history. One dwelling supplants another, so it is that one sacred place is supplanted by another. Also many living places were chosen for their sacredness in the geography. Finally, often places become sacred because of the use that they are put.
That hopefully goes a little way as to why we explore some not to obvious sacred places and why often a castle or fort is just that, no useable sacred energies are found.
Here we are then (or rather were then) at Dyserth castle, just as the sun was about to set. A couple of years ago we had tried to create a sacred stone circle here. It had worked – sort of – but its energies were not lasting and on a later visit we dismantled it because our understanding of such things had grown and it was felt that the circle was inappropriate. You live and learn and correct your mistakes.
Often at such places I ask whether there is anything to learn here and often the answer is no. However I was delightfully surprised when the rods returned a Yes. Brilliant! So I dowsed for a place to prepare for this learning and having found a place opened myself up to preparation, cleansing and grounding. It was then that I sensed something, it was a shade. I tried to ignore it but it kept nagging me so I gave it some of my attention.
“There is something special that you can learn here?” It said.
“Oh yes,” I thought back at it, “and what do you want from me to tell me this?”
I felt a kind of picking at my memory and then a semi-forgotten memory of a time when I had nearly died popped to the surface…
On rare occasions a terror inducing memory surfaces from my past. I was around 22 at the time. It was a time when the doors to trains weren’t electrically sealed. I had run onto a platform just as a train was leaving. In an instant of madness. I grabbed the door handle, twisted it open and tried to jump on. The seated passengers inside were startled to see me, but fortunately (and life saving) one of them grabbed me by the lapel and dragged me in. Just at the same instant the door hit the side of a bridge and slammed shut. I had been a millisecond away from death.
It was this memory that the shade drew from me as payment for directing me towards the following lesson…
The shade directed me atop a mound in the centre of the clearing. This it seem was the place where I would learn. I climbed the precarious rocks (don’t try this at home) and opened myself up to the Genius Loci.
As I stood there listening, I realised that I was listening to the wind swirl within the castle. I felt rather than saw the wind swirling upwards like a funnel or a twister. It was a great feeling and I thought to myself, if only the sun (now well beyond the hills) could be here I would revel in the energy. Then a thought (or a commune) came to me.
“I should align with Air rather than with Sun”
What? Surely I am a Sun aligned person? Didn’t I get my energy from the sun (see this blog for more details). apparently not I was being told. I am aligned to Air but since the Sun was seen through the Air, it had worked for me. What a revelation. One that definitely needed more thought before taking on board.
Air aligned? Hmmm, I deflated my energies and disengaged from the still flowing wind. I needed to think about this new-found knowledge. Lighting a few sticks of incense I showed my gratitude for this knowledge and insight and jumped down from the mound.
The evenings adventure was complete.
Kal Malik – Air aligned?
