January 2014 – The Hedge Druid

Tree Tarot for Imbolc 2014

January 31, 2014 Gwas No Comments

You may remember that I did a tarot layout using the Camelot Oracle to help provide a framework for my work last year. I expected to do the same this year, so when i got prepared to do a layout I went seeking the cards. I felt a strong aversion to using the Camelot cards! … Read More “Tree Tarot for Imbolc 2014” »

Cornwall Winter 10 – Re-laying Lines at Helman Tor

January 30, 2014 Gwas No Comments

Ancient Sites, Dowsing, Energy grid, Energy work, Hedge Druidry, How To, Spirit of Place

In the final part of my winter visit to Cornwall I take a long walk to a remote hilltop to re-engage with Nature, and to learn a little more about ley lines.

It’s a short drive from Lesquite Quoit to the village of Lanlivery, where I parked at the local pub – The Crown Inn. Time for a spot of traditional lunch fayre (pie and mash) before heading out along The Saint’s Way towards my destination – Helman Tor.

Saints Way map — Map of The Saint’s Way, Cornwall

The Saint’s Way

I was lucky. The rain was holding off, and the walk along the Saint’s Way promised some spectacular views. The trail is well-marked and mostly well-surfaced. Then I got over the first hill out of Lanlivery and all that turned on its head! The wind picked up and I was grateful for the protective hedgerows on each side of the path. Then came the mud. The path had flooded for long sections and I had to pick my way around the worst depths, even with good footwear on. Nevertheless, I’d love to come back and do the full trail in summer. I bet it’s incredibly beautiful. It was nice even in its winter setting.

Helman Tor was approaching. I had in mind that I might find another clue to finding The Blood Ring – my third ancestral artefact. I wrapped up and ploughed on with renewed vigour.

Cornwall Winter 9 – Star Alignments of Lesquite Quoit

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 Gwas No Comments

Ancient Sites, Celestial, Dowsing, Theory

This is the penultimate Cornish post for this Winter. Well done if you’ve made it through them so far. Has it made you want to go to Cornwall this summer? Has it become like a series of Tourist Board adverts? I have some new findings to discuss in this post. I would find out more about the types of subtle energy at sacred sites, and then find an interesting link with the stars.

The Tilted Quoit

My visit was to Lesquite Quoit (also known as Lanivet Quoit or Trebyan Quoit), a dolmen near to the village of Sweetshouse in Cornwall. It can be reached by venturing down some tiny roads westward off the B3268 south from Lanhydrock House. Head towards Lanlivet until you reach an electricity sub-station, where you can park off the road (however, it does attract the attention of the local farmer, who I am sure would have quizzed me had I not been leaving when he drove past).

It appears to be in a state of disrepair. The capstone seems to have slipped. Maybe a supporting stone got removed?

I dowsed the site thoroughly despite the cold. I was curious to find that there was male energy when I asked to find some. At this time of the year the male energy was usually not in existence. This paradox made me think deeper – was I actually asking for the right “kind” of male energy? Maybe I needed to differentiate between earth energy and celestial energy? I began to dowse again with that differentiating factor built into the questioning.

Was there male EARTH energy at this site? NO.
Was there male CELESTIAL energy at this site? YES.
What is the source of the celestial energy? SUN and STARS for the male energy, MOON for the female.

So, it seemed that there were four possible energy forms at the dolmen. Now I knew that I needed to dowse for all four possible types of energy form – EARTH MALE, EARTH FEMALE, CELESTIAL MALE and CELESTIAL FEMALE. What would I find?

Cornwall Winter 8 – The Bardic Chair and The Blood Ring

January 26, 2014January 24, 2014 Gwas 4 Comments

Hedge Druidry, Quests

On one of the wet days in the middle of my week in Cornwall I decided to do some sightseeing in Truro. As you may be aware by now – if you’re ready my recent Cornwall series – I had been given indications that I might find the third of my ancestral artefacts – the … Read More “Cornwall Winter 8 – The Bardic Chair and The Blood Ring” »

Cornwall Winter 7 – Tintagel and the Lively Mix

January 24, 2014January 23, 2014 Gwas 2 Comments

Ancient Sites, Arthurian, Spirit of Place

After visiting Perran Round near Newquay I made my way further along the northern coast of Cornwall. I was running from the rain clouds which were closing in behind me. However, I was beaten, and when I arrived at Tintagel the rain had set in for the day. One of the reasons I had chosen Tintagel – apart from its stunning views – was that I knew I could shelter in the caves below the castle, providing that the sea would let me. I togged up and traipsed down the hill – not another visitor in view.

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Druid

Tintagel is a lonely place to visit on a cold winter’s afternoon in the rain. As a Hedge Druid working alone is a frequent occurrence, and sometimes I am asked whether I really like it like that. Honestly? Well, yes actually. I am truly free in such situations, and work to my own timescales. Very rarely do I feel atone with all those elements and spirits swirling around me all the time and in every place I visit. I do appreciate being out with Kal or occasionally Psychic Mike, but really my heart is in league with land, sea and sky – these are the three faces of my mistress.

It’s in such circumstances, when the weather begins to impose itself, tugging at your clothing and ruffling your hair that one appreciates the impressive isolation that the cut-off headland exudes. How impassable and impregnable it seems when the sea is crashing around its base, spraying it in spume!

Tintagel shore in Winter (4) — The craggy face of Tintagel

I made my way down to the shoreline. The sea was only just beyond the line of the caves, and so I knew that I had limited time before the caves would become cut off by the tide. I spent a good fifteen minutes, however, savouring the atmosphere of the wind, the waves and the light drizzle on my face. It felt quite dangerous to wait this long, as though I was dicing with Nature. Not exactly taunting Her, but allowing ourselves to come into a dangerous liaison. As the waves swelled and unfurled just out of reach of the cave mouth I turned my attention to making a meaningful contact.

Cornwall Winter 6 – Perran Round

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Gwas No Comments

Ancient Sites, Dowsing, Modern Druidry, Spirit of Place

Wednesday had been a torrential unrelenting downpour. It would turn out to be the first of many such rainstorms over the next few weeks which would result in the Cornwall and Devon regions having one of the worst spells of flooding in living memory in January 2014. However, this was just a prelude, but it meant that I delayed my outings until Thursday 19th December, then got back on track as the skies cleared up and the temperature lifted to unseasonable levels.

This would be my last productive day in Cornwall, yet I was still a slave to the weather. The morning was bright and promising, but all around as I travelled out to my first destination I could see banks of greyness closing in, and I knew my time was going to be limited today. I chose to visit the northern coast of Cornwall, and to see a new place – Perran Round, or St.Piran’s Round.

Perran Round had been mentioned in a book I had just bought called “Celtic Cornwall” (by Alan M.Kent). It looked very interesting – a great example of the Cornish embankment circle known as a Plain-an-Gwarry, or Playing Place – a theatre, essentially.

Perran Round [link] [map]

Saint Piran‘s Round – another purloined site – is located close to the village of Rosehill near Perranporth. It’s a popular area for campers and caravanners, so I expect that the site gets visited quite a lot in the summer. Here, in the depths of winter, I had the place to myself.

Instead of walking into the earthwork, I dowsed for a way in which would be appropriate for me. I was taken clockwise around the outer edge of the structure, through an overgrown ditch to the back entrance. Was this the way in for me? No – actually the walk continued through the ditch around the perimeter until I reached the main entrance again, and then I was led into the centre of the structure.

Cornwall Winter 5 – The Piper and The Maidens

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Gwas No Comments

Ancient Sites, Dowsing, Energy cleansing, Energy work, Visions

I was making the most of the beautiful winter weather – despite all the prognostication from the official weather channels. Tow more delightful sites to visit – one of the Piper Stones, and the accompanying Merry Maidens stone circle.

1. The Pipers standing stones [megalithic]

You can park for the stones in a lay-by on a junction of the B3315 between Porthcurno and Newlyn (at Trewoofe, just above the Lamorna cove).

There are two such stones in the area but I only had time to visit one. As I leapt into the field from the stile nearby I could see the stone standing lonely, the sea close behind it. Apparently it’s an outlier from the Merry Maidens stone circle nearby. That’s quite a distance for an outlier – outliers are usually within a hundred yards or so of the main site. This stone would be visible from the circle but it’s further away than most outliers.

Had it been summer I would have followed the line I found which seemed to head off in the direction of the Merry Maidens circle. Then I could have categorically said that the two were energetically connected. There is every indication that they are, which would reinforce the idea of standing stones being a sort of relay for the subtle energy to be beamed or propelled across the landscape.

When I dowsed the stone from a distance I was surprised at the size of the stone’s aura. The boundary for the stone’s energy radiation was about 120 feet in diameter. Given that I expected low energy levels due to the time of year this was another site that was punching holes in that notion. A notion that I had held for quite a while! You live and learn. Dowsing revealed that the stone is acting as a repeater, directing energy in specific directions according to the faces and edges of the stone, and adding the energy of the place where it was positioned to amplify the subtle energy being transmitted. Seems like Tom Graves’ theory was right.

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