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Knights Pilgrimage 5 of 5 Shining one makes an appearance

Posted on April 18, 2012 By kal 6 Comments on Knights Pilgrimage 5 of 5 Shining one makes an appearance
Quests

Okay, just in case you haven’t got the other 4 related posts on this, here is a link (Knights Pilgrimage) to them. Excellent! Now continue….

Steps of the Pilgrims

Let’s start with a recap.

  1. I was waylayed by my Totem into going on a pilgrimage that I hadn’t needed or planned for, impromptu you might say.
  2. Then I found a couple who were lost in the Forest of Dean.
  3. I, with reluctance on their part, helped them find their way out.
  4. Only to find that, in all the forest, both our cars were parked within feet of each other.
  5. The importance was the fact that they had been lost.
  6. Then it was off to the Merry Maidens (only 5 hours away!) to have a dream about the Dragon and the Phoenix
  7. Then a realisation that this was something that I had lost from the quest, an opportunity to create a Knights Crest.
  8. The next day I was off to Tintagel, where a vision of Cailleach told me that I needed to accept help from a Knight.

    My personal spot

And now, I had just arrived at Glastonbury from Tintagel. It was 3.30pm in the afternoon and I was stiff from all that time in the car.  Grabbing some food I headed to the place I knew I wanted to be. The Chalice Well gardens. I get lucky with that place often, i.e. the whole garden to myself. This was no exception. I didn’t need to dowse for my power spot in here. It was beneath the hawthorn tree. I sat and meditated for a good half-hour. Feeling thoroughly relaxed and refreshed. I had closed my the whole time and when I finished them I looked in front of me and there were three people sat there facing me.

Okay… now that is freaky. Two ladies and a gent were sat in front of me, some ten feet away and meditating too. I kind-of gave a bit of a cough and one of the ladies, opened her eyes. She smiled at me (fortunately not one of those psycho-killer smiles) and I smiled back (un-encouragingly).

“We saw the energy coming out of you,” she said quietly, not disturbing the others. “Ah, okay,” I said, thinking, what energy? Her companions had also come out of their meditation now and were smiling disconcertingly at me. “Yes,” the other woman said. “You were radiating like the sun.” Er, ok, I replied, I didn’t notice.

The man asked me whether I was a healer, I replied that I occasionally dabbled. He told me that I had a gift for it and that I should share it. Seriously? Career advice?

“Thank you,” I told him, “but I think it was more the trees energy than mine.”

“Ah yes, of course it was, we are but the channel.”

“We are indeed,” I intoned as I hastened from the gardens.

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Autumn Equinox on Anglesey 2011 – Part 3

Posted on October 13, 2011 By Gwas No Comments on Autumn Equinox on Anglesey 2011 – Part 3
Ancient Sites, Crystals, Energy work, Ghosts and shades, Hedge Druidry, Wheel of the Year

In the final part of my Autumn Equinox posts from the island of Anglesey I talk about my visit to the wonderful and mysterious mound of Bryn Celli Ddu with my psychic friend Mike. As you might expect given the company I was in this was a different experience than my usual dowsing visits, and I was also able to find out what the next final part of my healing quest would entail for the next few weeks.

Bryn Celli Ddu

We walked the gravelly path to the ancient mound buoyed by expectation. Our visit to Barclodiad Y Gawres had been disappointing, but now the sun was trying to break through the cloud cover, and the wind was easing back from its incessant howl. Of course, as always happens, we passed some visitors heading away from the site as we approached. This is such a busy place!

As we walked down the path I again “noticed” the moss-covered stone at the corner of the final approach path. As we walked round the corner I saw my old friend the ash tree – one of the tree guardians of the site. I paid my respects and passed the time of day without expecting a response. Mike, however, got rejected when he tried a similar approach. I giggled a little at this – this is exactly how Kal started out when he first approached trees – with an expectation of instant friendship. I knew that the road was much longer and tougher to travel than many people expect when it comes to talking to trees.

We began our approach and I mentioned how “spooky” the hawthorn-lined path could be at night. Even in the day it is a little intimidating. Mike said that he felt we were being watched. I stopped and tried to sense the presence too. Oh yes! Now that I turned my 360-degree attention to the entity I could sense there was something watching our progress, and it wasn’ t the tree. Hmm…I made a mental note.

The entrance to Bryn Celli Ddu chamber

Now we rounded the final corner and opened to gate to the site. it was Mike’s first visit and he drew an appropriately large intake of air in a huge gasp of appreciation.

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A guide to using incense

Posted on July 19, 2011September 11, 2026 By Gwas No Comments on A guide to using incense
A guide to using incense
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I’m always banging on about using incense. If you’ve read my previous posts recently then at almost any opportunity I’m lighting up and zooming off into trance. Now, as a Hedge Druid, why would I need these props? Surely, if I’m true to my cause I shouldn’t need anything except the sweet scent of Nature’s own aromas … Read More “A guide to using incense” »

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Astbury Church – spirit release en masse

Posted on February 26, 2011September 10, 2026 By Gwas No Comments on Astbury Church – spirit release en masse
Astbury Church – spirit release en masse
Ancient Sites, Dowsing, Energy work, Ghosts and shades, Healing, Modern Druidry, Trees

The weekend of the 20th February M and I had one of our now-regular meetings with our friends Mike and Maddy – our psychic dowsing friends. We had made plans to go dowsing in the afternoon but firstly M and I had to overcome a slight problem – we had locked ourselves out of our … Read More “Astbury Church – spirit release en masse” »

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Spirit Walk – wisdom from the Yew Part 3 of 3

Posted on February 25, 2010February 25, 2010 By kal 3 Comments on Spirit Walk – wisdom from the Yew Part 3 of 3
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The third part of this evenings adventure (part 1 and part 2) took place at the back end of this fine church/grave yard. As those of you who have read my other posts, one of the names that I was given here at this site on a previous visit was “spirit walker, the walker between … Read More “Spirit Walk – wisdom from the Yew Part 3 of 3” »

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Response to “And then there be energies….”

Posted on November 14, 2008November 17, 2008 By Gwas 4 Comments on Response to “And then there be energies….”
Dowsing, Modern Druidry

Kal has fairly comprehensively listed the possible types of energy that we could be dealing with at stone circles and other sites. I wanted to just go through each point and see how I felt about each of the possibilities. Perhaps something will come out as a strong contender, whereas other may be rejected. Let’s … Read More “Response to “And then there be energies….”” »

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