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Do not confuse Earth energies with ley lines – though they may run concurrent. A ley line is a geographical alignment of sacred sites, but the geodetic, or Earth energy flowing between the sites is far more important.
There is some work to suggest that such energy lines exist on other planets – even the Apollo landing sites on the Moon have a curious ‘energy line’ connection! Two of the major lines of Earth energy on the entire planet are the Michael and Mary lines, running from the tip of Cornwall to the coast of Norfolk. The most obvious way for people to ‘feel’ these energies is by dowsing, but this use of rods or pendulum is merely a means of amplifying the subtle changes of energies detected by the human body’s own energy fields. It is well worth reminding ourselves of some of the earth energies that run through the Avebury complex, which may well be very significant for many experiences within the henge monument. Those of you who know of the St Michael alignment from Cornwall right through to Norfolk will have some idea of the energies involved. You will also know of the two positive and negative, or male and female energy lines, known as ‘Michael’ and ‘Mary’, that are intrinsically linked with the St Michael alignment, though are quite separate entities in their own right - perhaps it is a question of which came first, the energy line or the sacred place. For those of you who do not know the details of the earth currents, the two energy lines, Michael and Mary flow, and that is the right word in this context, through the very centre of Avebury, though they make their own course independently until they meet, and partly converge at the Obelisk, they then flow together under the Ringstone, and across to another nodal point between the Devil’s Chair and it’s un-named adjacent stone. These two large stones seem to form a portal, and indeed they do, as the Michael and Mary currents split. Mary breaks away here, and heads towards Silbury Hill itself. Michael continues across the earthen banks, then crosses the road, and follows the West Kennet Avenue. Indeed, as the two respected earth energy researchers, Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst, note in their wonderful book The Sun and The Serpent, it is the stones of the Avenue itself that mark the boundaries of the energy current.
The Michael and Mary Lines in Oxfordshire In the first issue of the APRA Bulletin, we looked at the Michael and Mary energy currents, that flow across southern England. This time we will look a little closer some of the places where they flow through the Thames Valley area. The Michael line is the ‘male’ or positive line, while
Mary is the ‘female’ or negative line, which equate with the Yin and Yang of
Eastern beliefs. The energy lines can also be equated with the dragon
lines of Chinese folklore. The dragon and serpent are also terms
used to relate to these lines of Earth energy. Mary actually runs through the village of Uffington, before running across the valley floor to the villages of East Lockinge and East Hendred and Harwell. Mary runs through the churches in all of these villages – some are dedicated to St Mary, or had once been dedicated to St Michael – so all of these sites pre-date Christian worship. Michael arrives into the Thames Valley across the downs,
running through Aldbourne and continues on the high ground as it runs towards
Blewburton Hillfort. Before it reaches there, it passes exactly through
another site of Christian pilgrimage – St Birinus’ Knob, south of Blewbury.
It is actually more of a tumulus, but it exactly straddles the line. It is
interesting to note that the hawthorn bushes around the mound bend in the
direction of the energy flow although it must be said that the prevailing wind
direction would also be from that direction. Michael then borders Blewbury
itself before running diagonally across a crop field (Will it produce crop
circles?), and then up and across Blewburton. It was on this line in 1996
that Brian James heard trilling noises from unseen ‘entities’, and this sort
of trilling is often heard in crop circles themselves. Michael then heads
towards North Moreton, but before heading through the church, veers of to the
side to run through a tumulus.
The two lines converge on Castle Hill, part of Wittenham Clumps, where they cross and form a ‘nodal point’ – similar points are at Glastonbury, Olivers Castle, Avebury (two nodes), and The Sanctuary. Castle Hill does have some local folklore, and has numerous connections to witchcraft, with light and dark forces in ebb and flow – rather like the positive and negative polarities of the energies themselves! During one vigil by believers in ‘light’, several people heard the voices of ‘angels’ joining in singing. It has been the scene of some odd aerial lights, although was never a successful venue for organised skywatches. From Wittenham, Michael then heads to the church of St Michael at Clifton Hampden, and in doing so flows through the River Thames itself. It then runs on to Baldon, Garsington, and then out of Oxfordshire. Mary takes a different route from Wittenham, and goes straight through the Abbey at Dorchester on Thames. Dorchester itself was once a very important settlement, and was the site of one of the biggest henge monuments in England, though sadly this is now lost to gravel extraction! |
These
energies have been around since the dawn of mankind, if not before. There
are inexorable connections between Earth energies and crop circles, as well as
UFO events, and possibly PSI encounters with ET’s. In the west, perhaps
we are now beginning to remember the full meaning of these energies, but of
course other cultures have never forgotten, such as the Chinese with their
knowledge of energies by Feng-shui.
