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Taming Dragons
This article I wrote together with my partner and sensar shaman of the Inka tradition,
Heather Clewett
A famous legend tells about St George who defeated the dragon on Dragon
Hill, near Uffington, England. Many believe that he killed the dragon,
but that is absolutely not the case. He merely tamed the dragon. He
became master over the dragon – Dragon Master. He became master over his
own inner dragon. Master over his own future, his destiny. To become
‘Master over your Dragons’ is one of the main goals of our Dragon Path
Expeditions to England.
It is May 20, 2012. Heather and I are enjoying a well deserved rest
after a very exciting week. One day earlier our 2012 Dragon Path
Expedition had come to an end. My mind rushes back to 2011 when we
organised our first Dragon Path Expedition, named after the Michael
Alignment, which is also called the Dragon Path. We arranged this tour
so that others could also experience the magical and mystical powers in
and around the Wiltshire landscape, without the craziness of crop circle
chasing.
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Official National Trust direction indicator on the Tor, Glastonbury |
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Detail of the National Trust direction indicator |
Although this was our non-crop circle tour, the 2011 Dragon Path
Expedition participants secretly hoped that one or more crop circles
would appear and that they would be able to visit them. Every day I told
them: ‘No! This is a non-crop circle tour’. They were so persistent
about going into a crop circle that one night during dinner Heather and
I finally agreed that if a crop circle was formed during the remaining
days of the tour, we would take the group into it, but only if and when
several conditions were met.
• The formation would have to be located next to a power place,
cathedral, or dragon Line
• We’d need enough ‘free time’ in the itinerary for us to go to the
formation
• There’d be plenty of safe parking for our cars
• The formation had to be on the same side of the road as the parking
• The farmer would need to welcome us into the formation
Our conditions made me smile. Even on “good” circle-chasing days,
these conditions are rarely all met. I was sure we had excluded visiting
a crop circle during our 2011 Expedition.
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Entrance of the West Kennet Long Barrow |
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Crop circle opposite the Long Barrow in 2011 |
The last day of our 2011 Dragon Path Expedition (DPE) had arrived, and
we are about to visit the ancient wisdom keepers - the Dragon Masters - at
West Kennet Long Barrow . As we were walking up to the impressive Long
Barrow, the group was sharing how they were a little bit bummed that
there had not been a crop circle for them during this tour. As I was
listening to their discussion, I looked over towards East Kennet Long
Barrow and saw that there was a shadow in the field. My breathing
stopped and my heart started racing. After years of circle hunting I
recognise a crop circle from miles away.
I quickly scanned the land. There was plenty of parking space next to
the field. No need to cross a road and we had plenty of time left to
visit the circle. But what about the farmer. One of the conditions we
had stipulated was that the farmer would welcome us on his land. Right
at that moment my eye was drawn to a white object in the middle of the
crop circle. I grabbed my binoculars and got confirmed what I deep down
already knew. The white object was a sign attached to an honesty box
(place to put money in which goes toward compensating the farmer for any
crop damage). The sign read: ‘Welcome to the corn circle. We would
welcome a donation’.
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The object in the centre of the crop circle |
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‘Welcome to the corn circle. We would welcome a donation’ |
I looked at the circle, then looked at the group, and I swear I heard them
thinking, ’This is how you do it Bert. This is what happens when you
tame your inner dragon.’ During the past week, there had been NO new
crop circles. Now, on the final day, a couple of hours before their
closing dinner, their collective dream was coming true. They did it. The
DPE participants had manifested a formation in the final hours of their
tour!
That was 2011. I focus shift to 19 May 2012. The day our second Dragon
Path Expedition ended. An Expedition that turned out to exceed our
wildest expectations. Every day was magical and powerful for us and the
participants. Every day each member of the group was opening up to their
own inner wisdom - their inner dragon power. Especially the day we went
to the Uffington complex on Thursday 17 May, 2012, was saturated with
Ah-Ha experiences. The Dragons at Dragon Hill were helping each
participant to heighten their awareness during the tracking exercise on
top of the hill. As the group was leaving, several participants were
looking around at and taking pictures of the fields that you can see
from the top of Dragon Hill. I could feel the longing in them to go into
a crop circle like last year’s DPE group did at West Kennet Long Barrow.
I lingered on top of the Dragon for a few more minutes looking around
and absorbing the landscape. When I came down the hill, Heather said
with a twinkle in her eye as if she could read my mind, “Dragon Taming
Bert, not Circle Chasing.” I smiled. Two more days of the Dragon Path
Expedition to go.
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Dragon Hill with the white horse which of course is a dragon |
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The beautiful view and a the silent longing - 17 May 2012 |
Two days later, Saturday 19 May 2012, and the final day of our
expedition. We are on our way to visit the ancient wisdom keepers - the
Dragon Masters - at the West Kennet Long Barrow. No crop circle had
appeared so far. And just like on the 2011 expedition, again I could
sense a feeling of disappointment rippling through the group. We
finished at the long barrow and went to the Adam and Eve stones. From
there we continued onto Devizes to spend some group circle time in one
of our favourite pubs. Because the Dragon Path Expedition is designed to
facilitate the opening to one’s inner knowing, group processing time is
a key component of the tour. As early evening approached and the locals
began to file in for their nightly food and drinks, we packed up to head
to a restaurant in Chiseldon where our closing dinner would be at.
Every one decided to go their own way to the dinner restaurant. We pull
out of the pub parking lot first, and lose sight of the other cars.
About 10 to 15 minutes away from the pub in Devizes, I get a call
informing me that there is a posting on Face Book of a new crop circle
at a white horse hill. White horse hill? That could be several different
places in England! The good news is that the caller had also obtained
the coordinates. Heather pulls out the TomTom car navigator, and enters
the coordinates. We are patiently waiting for TomTom to calculate which
white horse hill in England these coordinates are connected to, and then
the shock happens. The coordinates are at the foot of Dragon Hill at
Uffington. I pull over to figure out what to do with this information.
Tell the group? Not tell the group? How would we get a hold of all of
our group members before dinner to let them know about the new circle?
Would the restaurant let us change our reservation time? As Heather and
I are discussing all of these options, our assistant, Piet, pulls in
behind us and then to our total surprise, the rest of our group pulls in
behind him. How did this happen? Everyone was going their own way when
we left the pub in Devizes. The message is clear. Dragon Hill is calling.
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Crop circle at the foot of Dragon Hill - 19 May 2012 |
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In the background Dragon Hill (arrow), with the Dragon behind it |
Again, just like the 2011 expedition, the 2012 expedition participants
are visiting a new crop circle in the final hours of their tour. What
are the odds that during our 2012 Dragon Path Expedition, that this new
crop circle on 19 May 2012 is at Dragon Hill? Considering all of the
available fields around Wiltshire, what is the probability that this new
circle would be at the home of the Dragons? Are the circles reflecting
back to us our level of awakeness? Our level of consciousness? Did the
Dragon’s hear the collective intention of our 2012 DPE group?
During the month of May for two years in a row, 2011 and 2012, I have
taken people on a non crop circle tour in England. Wanting and hoping
that the magical and mystical aspects of England, even without crop
circles, would awaken the quest within each participant. The ancients
called it the quest of ‘know thyself’. In modern days, it has been
linked to King Arthur and the grail quest. For me, it is the quest that
I see described in so many of the stained glass windows in the churches
and cathedrals in England. It is St. George taming the Dragon, becoming
a Dragon master. Master over his own destiny, and that is exactly what I
hope each tour participant achieves.
Were the 2012 Dragon Path Expedition participants being guided by their
own mastery, and was the crop circle at the base of Dragon Hill a
culmination of, a reflection of, each participant awakening their inner
gnosis? If one group following the Dragon path can have this level of
communication with nature, then imagine what great things humanity is
capable of.
Travel this summer together with us to England.
Magical and Mystical Tour to England
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