Since I
last wrote I have spent some time in Ireland, the UK and Hong Kong. There are
no accidents, as they say. As ‘luck’ would have it, I found myself touching
down in Ireland two days before the September 22nd Equinox and was
able to mark that powerful 2012 day of planetary alignment in
a very powerful and personal way. Three friends drove up from Dublin to spend
the day with me in Northern Ireland, and we did ceremony at three incredible
ancient sacred sites - sites I had never ever visited myself before, even
though I grew up in close vicinity to them.
Our first ceremony took place at the mysterious Janus
figure, which stands in Caldragh Graveyard on the Boa Island. This is a unique
prehistoric monument thought to be at least 2000 - 3000 years old.
The Janus figure is a double-sided figure of two beings in typical 'Celtic'
squatting mode, carved back-to-back, the East side being male with a the
stylised crossed arms and the West side being female. There is incised zig-zag
decoration between the two heads, which is thought may represent hair, and both
figures have a band or belt at the base of the torsos. This
pre-historic, two-sided figure is a visual reminder of the ideal and perfect,
harmonious balance between the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. It
therefore provides a powerful meditation for us, in a time when the Divine
Feminine has begun to emerge and become seen once more in our world.
Beside the
Janus figure is a smaller companion stone known as the Lustyman, named so as it
was originally found on the Island of Lusty More.
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| The Lusty Man |
September
22nd was a spectacular day, unusual for Ireland at this time of year! Before
entering the circular graveyard area, we distributed gifts of nuts, chocolate
and rice to the Nature and Tree spirits, as we called on the Guardians and
Ancestors of that Ancient Land, to bless our ceremony.
We had
already received a beautiful confirmation of the rightness of our being there.
That morning, on discussing the purpose of our visit to these sacred sites, we
had agreed that part of our role would be the clearing of Ancestral energies –
both for ourselves and for the land. As we pulled up in front of the Caldragh
Cemetery gate, a white van pulled in right beside us. When we saw the Logo on
it we all cracked up for there written in large letters on its side was
‘AncestralScotland.com’!!
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| Ancient Fairy Tree |
There were
four of us, so for our ceremony we stood one at each the point of the Four
Directions around the Janus figure. There seemed to be magic in the air! The
sun shone down on us with scintillating rainbow light and the Fairy presence
was truly tangible!
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| Purple Light Being amidst the Fairy trees! |
Rainbow Fairy Light Photo:Mary D’Arby Byrne
Two of my
smaller Crystal Skulls were present and several of my personal power pieces and
crystals, all of which now carry the energies of that amazing place.
As we
prepared to leave the graveyard and I began pack my crystals in their special
pouches, I took a closer look at the massive headstone that lay on the ground
right at the foot of the Janus figure.
I could not
believe what I saw there! Some of the writing had been worn away by time and
the elements, but there etched deeply into this ancient headstone, were the
words…
“Entombed
here by John Mc Goldrick, in memory of his father Edward Mc Goldrick who
departed this life on December 29th….aged 70 years. Also his Mother….Mc Goldrick who
died….aged…years and brother James who died June 12 1809…”
Mc Goldrick
is quite unusual for an Irish name, but it happens to be my Grandmother’s
maiden name! My paternal grandmother had been born and grew up in Kesh, a tiny
village very close to the Boa Island. I felt there could be little doubt that
the good souls buried at the foot of the Janus figure, were directly connected
to me through my Father’s Mother’s line.
I had known
before our visit that day, that the Scallon family line had connections with
the Boa Island. Some cousins had a house on the island, close to Caldragh
Graveyard. To find the Mc Goldrick headstone there also however, at the very
foot of this ancient monument, sent a shiver of electricity through my being!
When I told
my father about the gravestone later he added yet another piece. He told me
that his father was the one who built the roads into and out of the Boa Island
in the 1930’s. Before that, the only access to the island was by boat or ‘cot’.
I felt it extraordinary that, after half a lifetime, I had been drawn to this
powerful place for the first time, only to discover such deep ancestral
connections.
Our next
planned stop was a megalithic Stone Circle at Drumskinny - a
mini Stonehenge - located only a few miles away from the Boa Island and the
Janus Figure.
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| Mary, Sandra and Joanie at Drumskinny Stone Circle |
I found out
later that this is one of many examples of stone circles in my home county,
Fermanagh, and the neighbouring counties of Derry and Tyrone. This is one at
Drumskinny however, is one of the most accessible and charming. Measuring 13
metres in diameter, it originally had 39 upright stones up to 1.8 metres in
height. There is also a small carefully-constructed cairn of stones contained
within a kerb almost 4 metres in diameter and, stretching south from the cairn,
is a 15-metre-long alignment of 23 small stones.
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The ‘Cairn’ at Drumskinny
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| The Stone Alignment |
During our
ceremony at the Stone Circle, I was drawn to touch each individual stone in
turn and was immediately aware of their individual personalities….. these are
definitely Stone People!! Here are a couple of them….
As we’d been driving towards the Stone Circle at
Drumskinny, I felt the energy build and intensify, and I automatically began to
sing to the land. Then, far off in the distance, I spied three huge stones
peaking out through the rushes, in the middle of a field.
I pulled the car in off the road as we came level with
them, and parked next to the wall of a small church and cemetery directly
opposite these Standing Stones. We put our wellies on and clamboured over the
hedge into the field. We sensed at once that there was something
extraordinarily powerful about those stones.
As our spontaneous ceremony unfolded, I was ‘told’
very clearly that these Standing Stones had been some kind of ‘Receivers’. I
felt certain in that moment, that we had been called to re-activate these
stelas, so that they would once more become transmitters of Love energy from
the Cosmic Source.
It also became clear to me that these stones were part
of a much larger complex. I was drawn over to what looked like a burial mound a
way off from the Stones, and I also noticed two other massive stones, to the
left of the main three.
Burial Mound and two
other massive Standing Stones
And of course, all these huge stones, were
Stone People too!
It was a totally amazing day. We felt we had been
specifically called to reactivate
these three ancient sites, so that they could become active channels once more,
for star and cosmic energy. Something that happened to me the day before, which
was the morning after I arrived in Ireland, also gave added significance to
these Equinox ceremonies…
My family home is on the shores of Lough Erne. I woke
early and decided to go for a walk in the forest by the lake. It was a magical
morning with mist literally rising off the lake as the warm morning air began
to hit the cold water.
Mist rises off the water over Lough Erne
As I stood in a hidden grove amongst the trees,
looking at the water through a small window of branches, I thought of what we
four women would be doing the following day. I called on the Great Spirit of
All that Is; I called on the Ancestors, the Nature Spirits and the Druidic
energies of that ancient land to be with us. I asked that we be guided every
step of the way and out loud, I softly spoke the words, "Help us to access
the sacred mysteries and knowledge within us"... and then with conscious
intent I repeated more specifically, '"Help me to access the sacred
mysteries and knowledge within me".
No sooner were these words out of my mouth when, like
a heat-seeking missile, a bee came out of nowhere from the lake, through the
small window of light amongst the trees, and delivered a searing sting about
2mm under my left eye! Given that it was approaching winter and a very
chilly early morning, even the presence of a bee
was very unusual!
In the midst of the shock and pain, I knew instantly
that this was a potent message from Spirit - that the honouring of the sacred
sites we would undertake the next day, was of great significance and
importance. There was much more to the message I know, and I'm still trying to
figure out the full significance of this dramatic bee sting.
And the
story doesn’t end there either!
A week to the day after our Equinox ceremonies, myself
and one of my sisters set out to find a memorial erected a few years ago, to an
ancestor of ours who was an Irish patriot. After the Equinox, I felt this man’s
presence very strongly with me, and decided I needed to pay my respects at his
memorial, something I’d never had a chance to do before.
When my father gave us the directions to Montiagh
Chapel and Cemetery, I found it interesting that they would take us towards the
village of Kesh, quite close to the sacred sites I’d visited just the week
before.We got hopelessly lost initially! Which as it turned out, ended up being
quite providential, because we happened across what was most probably another
sacred site, with more incredible Standing Stones in the middle of a farmer’s
field.
When we finally saw the signpost for Montiagh Chapel
we let out a whoop of delight – success at last after driving around in
circles!
My delight soon turned to shock and then to speechless
awe for, as we drove over the crest of the hill and saw the chapel and
graveyard below, I recognized the place immediately.This was the very same
chapel I had parked beside the week before. Montiagh Chapel was the little
church directly opposite the Standing Stones!
We found our ancestor’s Cross Memorial right in the
corner of the cemetery, standing some way off and apart from the graves. I
realized with increasing awe, that it was in direct line with the Standing
Stones in the field across the road! It was as if the Cross was in fact,
another one of the ancient ‘Receivers’.
The
Standing Stones in the field opposite, directly in line with the Cross
The Standing Stones directly in line with the Cross
I was very impacted as you can imagine, by the
‘synchronicity’ of these events, so on returning to Australia I decided to see
if I could find out anything more about this place. I discovered that the three
Stones were indeed part of a bigger sacred site – in fact, another Stone Circle
and burial mound as I had suspected! Here’s how it’s described by the ‘Gazeteer of Irish Prehistoric
Monuments’.
“The
circle comprises 24 limestone boulders protruding above the bog surface to
heights varying from just 5 centimetres to 75 centimetres. They form the almost
complete circumference of a circle some eleven metres in diameter. To the NE
are two tangential stone alignments. Farther north (almost due S of the
three-stone row) is what looks remarkably like a cyclopean court-tomb on the
edge of a rocky scarp. There are more stones on the other side of the road at H
191 693, and at H 197 691 are two massive pillars with a small stone out of
line some distance away.
So what are these Stone Circles and pre-historic
figures? What were they used for and what possible relevance or interest can
they have for us today? Why would be drawn to, or bothered to visit or honour
these places, covered over and buried as the are now, deep in the bogland?
I find it intriguing to witness the increase in the
discovery of buried ancient structures across our planet. Only recently a huge
5-Pyramid complex was discovered in Bosnia. Carbon dating has suggested that
these may be the oldest known pyramids on the planet at 24,800+ years old. The
Egyptian and Mayan Pyramids have already confirmed that our ancient ancestors
had an intimate knowledge of energy, astronomy, geometry and sophisticated
construction techniques. Perhaps if we visit these places with an open heart and
an open mind, we can learn something about ourselves, and about our human
story. In the uncovering of these ancient monoliths, perhaps our ancestors are
trying to speak to us…to tell us something about who we are and remind us where
we came from?
Interestingly just today, I came across a piece on
sacred sites channelled by James Tyberon, which offers an insight into that
very subject. ‘Metatron’, through Tyberon says….
“There have always been certain
places on the planet that became recognized as sacred. Stone Circles, Temples,
Pyramids and Cathedrals were placed in these areas by the ancients. In the last
two decades, your academics have been involved in studying ancient monuments,
and have credible evidence that certain ancient monumental structures around
the Earth have several common features. One of the most compelling is around
standing waves. We tell you many of the structures were planned architecturally
and designed acoustically to enable specific sound waves and frequencies that
effect your energy field. These can indeed stimulate the pineal in humans of
sufficient light-quotient, and thus enhance multi-dimensional experience. We
tell you that it is not simply the structures; indeed the structures are
dependent to a large degree on the vector of placement and the mineralogy of
the site. In fact, identical structures built in differing location will have
different tonal frequencies, if the geological matrix, latitudinal placement
and mineralogy differ significantly.”
What a magical, wondrous, intricate, and beautiful web
we are weaving without even knowing it! These experiences in Ireland showed me
in a most graphic way, how truly connected everything is, and how ‘present’ our
Ancient Ancestors are to us in these amazing times. We have but to open our
eyes, and open our hearts, to see them, to hear them and to receive their
wisdom.
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