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Coat of Arms – Lammas 8

Posted on October 20, 2015October 18, 2015 By kal No Comments on Coat of Arms – Lammas 8
Coat of Arms – Lammas 8
Churches and Temples, Shades and Death Energies

In hindsight, this was my final eventful experience in Kilmartin and it was a reminder of something long forgotten. Like I needed reminding. We had just finished up at the Castle and headed to the church in Kilmartin. It’s a small place and to be quite honest I wasn’t expecting much in the way of work. … Read More “Coat of Arms – Lammas 8” »

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Lammas 2015 P7 – The Troll of Carnasserie Castle

Posted on October 17, 2015October 18, 2015 By Chris No Comments on Lammas 2015 P7 – The Troll of Carnasserie Castle
Lammas 2015 P7 – The Troll of Carnasserie Castle
Castles and Forts, Elemental, Spirit Guides, Spirit of Place, Trolls and gnomes, Undines

After a hearty breakfast at the Loch Melfort Hotel – a hotel with stunning lake views and roaming highland cattle – we checked out and made our way back to Kilmartin. We had passed signs on the edge of Kilmartin for a castle called Carnasserie, and this would be our first stop today. Later we would head to the museum, but first we wanted to take a look at the castle.

Carnasserie Castle - Lammas 2015 (23)
Carnasserie Castle viewed from the northern ruins.

Kal and I split up to work separately, as usual. I asked for a place of preparation, and the dowsing rods took me over to the remains of what appeared to be an old outer wall or tower, which now afforded a stunning view of the valley below. This was located to the north side of the Renaissance castle.

As I began to allow myself to attune to the vibrations and energy frequencies of the surroundings a feeling emerged that this was the last of the summer’s energies that I was feeling. I sighed. Even though we had been spared any rain or storms for the duration of our visit, I felt that the strength of the summer energy was at last on the wane.

My attention was directed to my new water Spirit Guide. She said to me “Water is coming.”. I looked up, my attention moving to face the current wind direction where I saw from the cloud cover that there was every possibility that it was going to rain soon. In fact, later that day as we headed home it was incredibly wet! Pouring down for the whole journey! She was right.

Carnasserie Castle - Lammas 2015 (10)
Ruined northern quarter at Carnasserie Castle inhabited by the Spirit of Place

I’m the King of the Castle, and you’re the Dirty Rascal

When I asked the dowsing rods to take me to the location of the Spirit of Place for the castle I was taken right back to where I was standing! I had been in the right spot anyway. I decided to tune into a different frequency – that of the Spirit of Place- and so I held that notion in my head and then settled into a mindless state of meditation, waiting until I got to the right level and wondering if the spirit would want to communicate with me. It did.

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Instructions for the Knights tour – Lammas 7

Posted on October 15, 2015October 1, 2015 By kal No Comments on Instructions for the Knights tour – Lammas 7
Instructions for the Knights tour – Lammas 7
Castles and Forts, Elements earth-water-fire-air, Quests, Spirit of Place

Given that the BBC weather forecast had predicted, rain, rain and more rain. Our visit had been completely dry from the moment we stepped out of the car. Today was the second and final day of our visit to Kilmartin in Scotland. In fact it was going to be a third of a day since we were … Read More “Instructions for the Knights tour – Lammas 7” »

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Lammas 2015 P6 Light In The Darkness

Posted on October 13, 2015October 1, 2015 By Chris No Comments on Lammas 2015 P6 Light In The Darkness
Lammas 2015 P6 Light In The Darkness
Ancient Sites, Celestial, Circles and Stones, Wheel of the Year

We wandered along the darkening roads around the floor off the valley. Bats swooped at us, as though sensing our excitement and wanting to join us. The steady trickle of the Kilmartin Burn accompanied us as the scoured the dark profile of the hills behind us looking for the full moon.

We diverted ourselves with an encounter at a ruined chamber which I will recount later. Then we returned down the parallel road which would take us to Temple Wood Circle. The full moon appeared above the hills just as we could see the stone circle as we approached it. Timing. We noted that the circle was also known as “Moon Temple“. This was a Blue Moon tonight. What a lovely coincidence!

Blue Moon from Temple Wood circle - Lammas 2015 (1)
Blue Moon from Temple Wood circle

As I walked around the periphery of the stone circle’s rock-laden mound, I felt there was no need to approach the centre this time. The work was to be done outside initially in the small grove of birch trees nearby, I felt. I sat in the moonlight, and waited for inspiration as I connected to the Spirit of Place.

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Moon kissed Earth – Lammas 6

Posted on October 11, 2015September 28, 2015 By kal No Comments on Moon kissed Earth – Lammas 6
Moon kissed Earth – Lammas 6
Circles and Stones, God or Goddess, Power Objects, Quests, Visions

We were early, by a long chalk. Having rested and supped for the evening we had set out to continue our pilgrimage within the Vale of Kilmartin. Our goal was the sacred site known as the Moon Temple. We were also lucky in that the Moon had been full only the day before and thus … Read More “Moon kissed Earth – Lammas 6” »

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Lammas 2015 P5 The Undine Pact

Posted on October 9, 2015October 8, 2015 By Chris No Comments on Lammas 2015 P5 The Undine Pact
Lammas 2015 P5 The Undine Pact
Circles and Stones, Dolmens and Chambers, Elemental, Spirit Guides, Telluric, Undines, Wheel of the Year

We had passed a tall standing stone – The Kintraw Standing Stone – on the way to the hotel, and had said that it would be nice to visit it at sunset. So it was that we arrived at the stone just as the sun was sinking behind the dark hills.

Loich Melfort standing stone - Lammas 2015 (3)
The Kintraw Standing Stone

I wasn’t feeling this stone spiritually. To me it felt like an energetic investigation was required. There was something to learn.

I stood at the base of the stone. I could feel the stone draw down the last remaining rays of the sun. At this time it was slowing the intake and about to start turning around from drawing in to giving out.

I wondered whether it gave out energy during the evening. I dowsed where the energy output would be for a New Moon – I found a field boundary three feet away from the base of the stone. Then I dowsed where it would be on a Full Moon like tonight – I had to walk some forty feet away to find the extent!

Now it was time to get back to those amazing sites in Kilmartin Glen which had been energised by our work in the day, and which seemed to promise much more this full moon evening.

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Stolen Artifact and the Faery Taint – Lammas 5

Posted on October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 By kal No Comments on Stolen Artifact and the Faery Taint – Lammas 5
Stolen Artifact and the Faery Taint – Lammas 5
Circles and Stones, Djinn, Dragons, Faery, Visions

As we walked towards the main four spires of this site, I got a familiar tingle. It was Fay! I’ve been around them enough to know when they are about. Particularly when they are this side of a portal. It seems that my sacred journey is intertwined with these beings, for the moment at least. If you … Read More “Stolen Artifact and the Faery Taint – Lammas 5” »

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