As we live through these strange unsettling times, we find our thoughts taking us down surprising and different avenues of reflection. Those of us who are not working on the main line of general emergencies (all those people involved are doing a really outstandingly fine job caring for everyone who has need of their services) have more time and as such new notions come scurrying into our heads leading on from one idea to the next. As these thoughts rush though our minds with mercurial speed, sometimes we are able to catch one and develop the theme as with a piece of music. We who are in self-isolation are having this time to reconsider who we really are and what helpful roles we may be able to play at this time of world-wide and national need.

I do believe that many of us find this isolation difficult and so if we can get in touch with friends by telephone or other social media this can give a valuable lift to our days.

I find that I have so much to do that it is easy to let my mind flutter like a butterfly from one thing to the next without achieving anything. At the moment I am tackling my filing cabinet that has remained untouched and neglected for over 20 years, thus the thought of doing anything about it was becoming increasingly more and more less likely. Now I have no more excuses and in order not to make it into a manageable project, I have allotted myself a folder to go through each day. I have now finished the entire top drawer and the sense of achievement is fantastic!! I am not giving up—I am resolved that I will not be led astray.

Friends have been sending me the most marvellous jokes and other attachments which in turn I pass on to others. How lucky we are that it is this time of year - the days are getting longer and lighter and the weather is getting warmer - just imagine how gloomy it would be if it were the other way round and winter was setting with short, cold days. I know that I am a born optimist and for this I am eternally grateful, but I do understand it is not the same for everybody, and for those who are not so fortunate, this is when they need uplifting the most.

I am sending you two links, sent to me by friends, that I feel you will enjoy:
This song is from Italy's most famous band in the 70's. They have donated the copyrights to Bergamo Hospital. Every click on the video means a gift, because YouTube pays the owner of those copyrights per click. In Bergamo hospital, 800 people died yesterday alone. So share this video as much as possible. Grazie!

The second one - Jinjing The Penguin - Swims 5000 Miles Every Year To Visit The Man Who Saved Him
This is a story about Jinjing the South American Magellanic Penguin, that swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life. The rescued Penguin was saved by João Pereira de Souza, a 73 year old part-time fisherman, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Joao found the tiny ...

New Times

In this strange new time, I find myself looking more and more towards the beauty of the natural world and all it is trying to tell us and give us. Professor James Lovelock who was a friend of one of my cousins, taught us about the Gaia concept, (he named the idea after Gaia, the primordial goddess who personified the Earth in Greek Mythology).

He tells us how the Earth is a living, breathing organism and how we should revere, treasure and care for her, like any other living being.

I have always left a wild spot in my garden where I find all sorts of treasures and just recently I found two so-called ‘weeds’.

The etymology of ‘honesty’ is interesting and I read that ‘The Latin name lunaria means "moon-shaped" and refers to the shape and appearance of the seedpods. The common name "honesty" arose in the 16th century, and may also relate to the translucence of the seedpods.’

It is interesting to think about the guilt of dishonesty leading, eventually, to truth. The next time you see an Honesty, try to contemplate whether or not you’ve been living your most honest life, and pursue it with renewed vigour!`

My next find was borage. We read that ‘Its flowers and leaves, as well as the oil from its seeds are used as medicine. Borage seed oil is used for skin disorders including eczema (atopic dermatitis), red, itchy rash on the scalp (seborrheic dermatitis), and a type of skin condition called neurodermatitis.

Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides say that borage was the 'Nepenthe' mentioned in Homer, which caused forgetfulness when mixed with wine.[18]

Francis Bacon thought that borage had '...an excellent spirit to repress the fuliginous vapour of dusky melancholie.'  John Gerard's Herball mentions an old verse concerning the plant: "Ego Borago, Gaudia semper ago (I, Borage, bring always joys)". He states that 'Those of our time do use the flowers in salads to exhilarate and make the mind glad. There be also many things made of these used everywhere for the comfort of the heart, for the driving away of sorrow and increasing the joy of the mind. The leaves and flowers of Borage put into wine make men and women glad and merry and drive away all sadness, dullness and melancholy, as Dioscorides and Pliny affirm. Syrup made of the flowers of Borage comfort the heart, purge melancholy and quiet the frantic and lunatic person. The leaves eaten raw engender good blood, especially in those that have been lately sick.'

Last but not least, an abundance of primroses in my bank joyously announcing their arrival.

They also represent new life, rebirth and new beginnings - so symbolic of the new beginnings we will find when all this is past and behind us and we are moving forward once more with new and invigorated feelings for humanity and the natural world. But even as I write, new beginnings are all around not just with the flowers but with the birds. Friends have got a bluetits nesting box with a camera rigged up inside and I am going to show pictures of the nest (you may think it is a bit untidy but it is work in progress) and will try and keep you up to date as the eggs, fledglings and finally the little birds all ready to embark on their new adventure of life and independence.

Breathing Space

Whereas many people are suffering and may continue to suffer quite dreadfully economically and many small and treasured businesses may be forced to close down, the upside, and there always is an upside to any darkness, is the reduction in pollution, planes grounded, factories closed down, majority of cars off the road, restaurants and hundreds of other facilities no longer in operation giving the planet a breathing space to restore itself.

This is a time to appreciate our friends and nature - a general overall opening of our emotions and our eyes as we see the beauty of our gardens in a different way and watch the resurgence of wildlife right down to the smallest little beetle or insect scurrying around going about its daily life unaware of the epidemic surrounding us but also appreciate of their quality of life changing for the better as the footfall of human beings diminishes from their world.

Air quality improvements have been seen in nations around the world from Italy to China, as much transport and industry has ground to a halt.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-pandemic-leading-to-huge-drop-in-air-pollution

One small example that I read in the paper today being the increase in the number of puffins arriving on Skokholm Island off the Welsh coast where they have reached the highest April count since 1953 due to the lack of pollution in the Irish sea.
Our planet is being given a Breathing Space.

I would like to thank Therese Harper Blackwell who sent me this wonderfully uplifting poem with her message.

New World

As I sit and listen to the song of the trees
They give me their strength and valuable keys
To solutions of problems and everyday strife
While the flowers share insights on their view of Life
Birds sing to me in their ancient tongue
“There will be Peace when It is done”
All is well with the Ancient Plan
This grand and glorious evolution of man
When time has dissolved the spell that we’re under
The only thing left will be magical wonder
So each day think of all that can be
Think, “what if” and you might see
The World I see of Beauty and Grace
Rainbow rivers and Queen Anne’s Lace
Shimmering beings who radiate Light
With powers of healing and prophetic sight
Come with me - let your fears abate--
Together we’ll let our thoughts create
That wondrous World right here on Earth
And then there will be an explosion -- a Birth
Of knowledge and wisdom like never before
It’s all around us -- just open the door
To this magical place where no one mourns
Where the children play with their Unicorns!
Where nature spirits are no longer shy
Where little children no longer cry
A World with integrity and no more lies
No longer distorted through opaque eyes
Where Hearts are filled with joy and Light
IMAGINE --it’s all within our Sight!
Man’s thought and Heart recreates The Plan
Just as the Creator’s Thought created man.

Therese Harper Blackwell c.1994

In the End — Love is all there is.
Hang in everyone
xx

Pink Moon

Other events are happening at this moment , we have recently had a Pink Moon. It was the Algonquin North Americans who named it. A super moon occurs when a full moon happens on the same night the moon reaches perigee or the closest point to Earth in its orbit. ... Though the moon is called a ‘pink moon’, its colour won't be any different than normal. It will be golden orange when low in the sky, and brighten to white as it rises.

‘Pink is the colour associated with new life, represented in often light pink buds waiting for the slow and steady warmth of the sun to turn them green through photosynthesis. The Pink Moon ushers in the energetic theme of rebirth, occurring in all forms of life.’

Also at this time, those of you who are interested in and knowledgeable about astrology will have been looking into and reading about the effects of the planetary connection at the full moon between Saturn and Aquarius and I am sending you another link that might prove helpful in relation to what is happening at the moment and which our ancient forefathers would most certainly have known about.

The moon also represents powerful feminine energy. It signifies wisdom, intuition, birth, death, reincarnation, and a spiritual connection. Moon cycles are similar to the cycle of a seed: the seed grows into a flower, then blooms, and then dies. ... The moon also represents our deepest personal needs.

Being at its closest to Earth there is strong gravitational pull on the planet and events such as volcanic activity, effects on the tides and other major earth events are taking place.

Different Energy?

Maybe we are seeing a readjustment of the planet - I see a more compassionate, kind and thoughtful world emerging in which we value and appreciate our fellow beings and our wonderful natural world surrounding us.

Whereas the world may never be the same again can we use this time to expand our thoughts towards not just ourselves but our fellow human beings? Not all of us are able to leave our home and help in active ways but maybe there are other ways in which it is possible to contribute? I am thrilled with all the wonderful videos that people have sent me and which I have been able to forward, some hilarious, some poignant.

I am sure that I am not alone in sensing a new, different and powerful energy surging through many of us at this time almost as though this is an energy that will not be silenced by the terrible events we are witnessing. I sense it as I speak to people via social media; they are using this time with positivity and resolve. We sense this vibrant energy all around us as we witness the extraordinarily wonderful compassionate and selfless work by all the emergency services, so often regardless of their own safety. This is an inspirational time in our lives, this giving of ourselves in any way we possibly can. The help being given to those in total lockdown. Just as Light banishes the darkness so the Light radiating from these people is prevailing. It is as though this is a time of Transition in Consciousness.

Time of Reflection and for Finishing off things you have started!

(Please don’t take the below literally!)
Heard a Dr. on TV saying in this time of Coronavirus staying at home we should focus on inner peace. To achieve this we should always finish things we start and we all could use more calm in our lives. I looked through my house to find things I'd started and hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of aliumum srciptuns, an a box of chocletz. Yu haf no idr how feckin fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u luvum. And two hash yer wands, stafe day avrybobby!!!

So much of our normal lives is spent rushing around and now maybe this is time we should treasure, a time of reflection about our ‘other’ life? It is a time of Opportunities.

A time for clearing our - clearing our not just our minds but if possible, physically clear out our clutter! I am in the process of going through my filing cabinet untouched for 20 years or more and becoming increasingly daunting as the years went by and the files got fuller and fuller and the folders were more closely jammed together - now what happens - no more excuses, I am tackling one folder a day. I have found that setting myself tasks that are manageable is the best way to go about this thereby there is considerably more chance that they will be tackled.

Maybe we can appreciate this time as hopefully it may never happen again in our lifetime, and put it to good use one way or another.

A time of getting to know and appreciate the great kindness around us; the willingness of people who go out of their way to give to others in a manner that maybe they would have previously felt to be intrusive but is now so very much appreciated by many.
This is a challenging time and I am sure we will all try to meet this challenge head-on with the best of our endeavours.

I would like to conclude with another lovely message sent to us all by my special and much loved friend.

Living in the Light
As we are experiencing a different way of life at the moment, we are being asked to look at ourselves with new eyes.

We, in human form, have always held the tools within ourselves to change energy and attract the conditions we need. Firstly, we have to understand that we are in fact, energy bodies. We are not the solid structure that we believe ourselves to be. This whole world is an energy world vibrating at many different frequencies which is why we can observe the numerous forms, colours and sounds that surround us.

With this in mind, we can use our powerful minds to infuse our own being and the world around us with the greatest intensity of light that we can imagine. This is no wishful thinking, it is a reality. This is how we heal ourselves and the world. When we truly FEEL this radiance of light we open the heart centre and transmit love, peace and harmony. It is a very powerful way of protection.

We are never alone. We came into this world from a vibrant world that is only invisible due to the different vibration from which it operates. That world consists of many different levels of existence where every being dwells that has passed from the earth. They are still connected to us through love and service. They long to see us well and happy. Therefore as soon as our thoughts reach out to a higher power, light or love we receive the help, healing and guidance. We can never die. We are pure energy which merely transforms.

The earth itself is going through transformation and as we are here at this time, which is no accident, we can play our part in radiating the most powerful light imaginable. Even one or two people working like this makes a difference. Let us see the darkness quickly passing through. It is a wakeup call to appreciate life, to give thanks for everything around us and to bless it. We are not helpless and hopeless. We just have to keep the mind in control and not allow any negative thought to register. As soon as a fearful idea enters we have to change it immediately into something beautiful. The more this becomes our normal way of thinking and reacting we will build a new world.

With my love and best wishes and I am keeping my fingers, toes and eyes (if you can) that my tours will go ahead.

Lucy.

No matter how bleak things may be at the moment worldwide, Spring is with us reminding us that new life is all around us. I went for a glorious walk earlier this week with a friend, and her rescue dog Billy from Cyprus. (This photograph was taken last year when the bluebells were out). The sun was shining and the birds were singing and you would never know that there were dreadful things happening elsewhere in the world. We also found wood anemones poking their shy and gentle white heads through the leaves, announcing their declaration of joy.

My clematis  armandii originally native to China and Burma, given to me by my sister, is also in full and glorious bloom and the birds are still feeding in preparation of raising their new families.

On a slightly different note, it seems that quite a lot of people are not travelling!

Flying Solo!

In these worrying times, I thought I would include a message from a very special long-time friend. I realise it may not resonate with everyone, in which case please disregard it.

A Ray of Light
The world is being challenged at this moment by a wave of darkness that can either bring us up higher in the scheme of life or drag us down.

Sometimes humanity needs a wake up call. It is easy to be ignorant or unaware of who we actually are until something comes along to shake us out of our comfort zone.

This is the moment to truly understand how we were formed. Every single atom in the universe has been created by Divine Energy and we all have an individual consciousness and have been given the power to use it magnificently. Unfortunately, through ignorance and lack of spiritual awareness we join forces with the lower vibrations that surround us in this world. Consequently we feel disempowered and weakened by these conditions.

However our God given mind holds all the tools we need to feel empowered and healed. We are literally beings of light radiating this in some degree of frequency all the time. The greater the light the more it attracts a greater power and in that higher frequency the darkness is absorbed.

Now is the time to fill our bodies with the most powerful light imaginable. It is the only food we require to sustain and transform. We live in so many vibrations all at once which is why we feel strong one moment and weak the next, but once we have learned to harness this light and really feel its radiation we can infuse every cell of the body and also transmit it to others physically and mentally.

As soon as a negative word or thought is registered, immediately try and change it into something strong and beautiful. Fear is a negative force affecting every atom and cell of our bodies and banishing fear and transforming it into Light is truly instrumental in winning the battle.  We have to be diligent at all times. This is how we heal ourselves and the world. We are not useless, we are in control of how we think. It is our choice to be weak or strong so let us join the army of light that operates in the spirit world and become a force with which to be reckoned.  Let us feel empowered by positive thoughts and actions. For many this is a time when we can suddenly feel ourselves having a new purpose, in a way we never realised we were capable of having before: radiating the light and trying to be a source of strength and inspiration to all who come to us and the positive thoughts we send out to the Universe as a whole.

With my love and best wishes,
Lucy.

A very, very Happy Belated New Year. As I mentioned in my previous email, I have a great feeling of optimism as we start this new decade; a feeling of a new and positive energy entering our the planet. An energy that is there for us to take on board and tap into whilst recognising that things do not necessarily happen overnight and that there still exists great unrest and disturbances in many places.

My son, Sloane who lives in Sydney has been over here on holiday which has been great. We spent a very happy Christmas with my sister in one of the tucked away West Sussex villages. The church at Sidlesham to which we went early on Christmas morning was of Saxon origin, very small and dating back to around 1200.

One of things Sloane and I often do is to visit the little Shepherd’s churches. We normally do it in summer, so this time we thought we would visit them in winter and just see how they looked and ‘felt’. As expected, the Magic - a different Magic - blended with energy also of a changed type greeted us; just as beneficial as the summer Magic. They are special places and our favourite is Up Marden in West Sussex. It is one of the Octagon Parish Churches. As you would expect from the title, they consist of eight uniquely beautiful churches, many of them several hundred years old, seven of which are still open for public worship.

The Octagon Parish is situated at the western end of Sussex between Chichester and Petersfield and within the South Downs National Park.

This rural community consists largely of farmland and is made up of the villages and hamlets of Compton, Forestside, Up Marden, West Marden, North Marden, East Marden, Racton, Stansted, Stoughton and Walderton. The Octagon contains eight.

In mediaeval times, an octagon was considered to be halfway between a circle (God) and a square (earth). It was the place where heaven and earth came into contact. That is why pulpits and fonts are often octagonal in shape.

Most of these villages are hundreds of years old, tucked away deep inside the countryside and sometimes under the folds of hills and surrounded by verdant pasture land. And as you stand or sit (depending on the weather) an image enters one’s mind of shepherds in their Sunday best smocks wending their way to these special places to speak to God. Or maybe at other times just for a moment of peace away from the hardships of daily life.

As you approach Up Marden’s St Michaels, you can immediately ‘feel’ exactly when you have entered its energy field. An energy field of such love, peace and calm that one is loath to leave and return to the mundane problems of the outside world. Simon Jenkins wrote:

“You can go to Iona or Jarrow, to Cornwall or the Welsh Marches, and you will not find a more moving witness to early Christianity than here in the uplands of West Sussex.
These churches are little more than hermitages, cells of piety amid poverty. Centuries of patronage passed them by without alteration or embellishment. Most are described as Saxon-Norman. I would call them English Early Christian. They are first cousins to the pagan wood shrines whose sites they probably occupy.”

“The Spirits of Downsmen past and present may haunt Up Marden. They may gasp up the hill, tramp through the wicket gate and kneel exhausted before their God. But more than the spirits seem to fill this clearing. More than dryads flit from tree to tree. The Downland churches have a stronger magic. The unbeliever departs them all ill at ease.”

As you may have gathered, I have a passion for little and ancient churches, for their energy and for their modesty; for their stark appearance and lack of ornamentation. Their starkness belies their strength, as they stand strong and proud, welcoming the stranger with open arms within their protective walls; a welcome abundantly rich in contrast to their humble appearance.

Winter Feasts
During the cold winter weather it is a joy watching the birds congregate round the bird feeders in my garden. This winter we have had a particularly rich variety of birds; the most numerous visitors are the Great Tits, Cole Tits and Blue Tits and a family of long tailed tits. We have a pair of pale pink breasted Nuthatches, a pair of bullfinches, the female looking quite dowdy in comparison to her brightly pink breasted mate, We have a pair of pale pink breasted Nuthatches, a family of five goldfinches, plus ground loving birds such as robins and hedges sparrows (dunnocks). In addition some unwelcome visitors such as grey squirrels who have voracious appetites and frighten away the smaller birds and who have to be discouraged.

Countryside and other Visits
On our visit to the little churches we went through some beautiful countryside and the sun and the world was shining for us.

Back from our winter rambles, I am going to give the dates of my summer tours as I have had so many enquiries already. The first tour with the optional extra of the magical private evening entry to Stonehenge (taking us right to the very stones themselves allowing us to absorb their energies). This tour is always extremely popular as indeed is the second tour on the 6th August with an optional extra of flying over ancient and sacred places such as Silbury Hill, also the important Avebury stone complex and hopefully over crop circles. You will find more information on my website (Steve please could you give the link). I also take private tours by special arrangement. I am keeping everything crossed for a really good summer and hope to see you.

I still have a few 2020 calendars left; they seem to have been going extra quickly this year.

With my love and best wishes,

Lucy.

One of the most magical times of year is fast approaching - the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Celebrated all over the world, this is the moment when the rhythm of the earth changes and the heartbeat of Gaia, the mother Goddess takes on a new charge of energy. We are told that she is a goddess who, by all accounts, inhabits the planet, offering life and nourishment to all her children. In the ancient civilizations, she was revered as mother, nurturer and giver of life. And in Greek Mythology she represented the Earth, birthing all forms of landscape, plant and creature. Though her creation was majestic, her solitude was great. She longed for love and created the sky with whom she mated, igniting a creative force which birthed countless offspring: Time and the Fates, the Muses and the oceans, to name a few. She’s considered the primeval mother of whom all gods - and life itself - descended. As the mother figure she represents the Divine Feminine.

And in the Christian Faith it links us to the Birth of Christ; in the Muslim tradition Jesus was born in March or September but was not considered to be the son of God. The Hindus celebrate Pancha Ganapati, a five-day holiday beginning on December 21st to celebrate the elephant-headed lord of culture and new beginnings.
Buddhists recognise the similarities between their religion and Christianity and so celebrate by giving gifts and hanging decorations - a time of giving.

My belief is that there is a Supreme Being, who no matter by what name we choose to honour, is universal to all religions and as such conflict should not exist and would have no place between the different religions.

It often seems to me that in my early childhood, there was always snow at Christmas which meant going out was quite a palaver; layers and layers of clothes, including leggings, scarves, woolly hat and of course woolly gloves sometimes with special animals on them. So bundled up that it was hard to move as fast as one would wish!

To this day our Christmas is traditional and my sons love this, and so it is passed down from generation to generation with slight modifications and adjustments to a more modern world. Means of communication being one of them and through sadly my younger son and his family will be at their home in Thailand, we can still reach each other with Skype, Facetime etc. What joy!

With all the merriment and family happiness, this is also a time to remember that this is not the same for everyone, in fact it can be quite the reverse and can have the opposite effect of emphasising loneliness and hardship. People who are homeless and others suffering with family problems.

One year a friend and I resolved to spend Christmas helping in a soup kitchen in London - sadly it didn’t happen but I am very aware of the problems and desperation of homelessness as there was a time in my own life when I was also homeless -----
One of the joys of Christmas is singing carols and the little village in which I live has an annual carol service round a huge and ancient chestnut tree. People come from far and wide and we all sing lustily and wish each other seasonal greetings with mince pies and mulled wine to follow.

This has not been the best of years for everyone but I now have a feeling of great positivity as we enter the new decade of 2020. Just as the winter solstice brings a new and invigorating energy so I feel in my bones that 2020 will also bring this about.

I have had many enquiries about my tours and when they will be taking place. I always take two official tours, one at the end of July and one in early August. Sadly last year we didn’t have many circles that we were allowed to visit so instead I took a tour round the sacred sites around and in Avebury, an area where you feel you are walking in the footsteps of your ancient ancestors. The whole area is throbbing with energy and the sites are not placed randomly but strategically within this landscape linking them together in a wonderfully mysterious and unique way.

However, for the second tour the farmer very kindly opened his field and so we were able to enter the wonderful Clear Hill formation. We were all happy to make a small donation. The weaving around the edge was spectacular. It was a bakingly hot day but we were so astonished at the lay of the fallen crop and absorbing the energies that we spent some considerable time in the circle (hard to remember as I write this with my central heating turned on!).

The first of my Crop Circle tours will be on Tuesday 28th July, with an optional extra of the wonderful private entry evening visit to Stonehenge when we are allowed right up to the stones.

The second tour with the special, and much loved, optional extra of a flight over the circles and surrounding sacred sites, is on Thursday 6th August. For both tours, you will experience the wonder of the circles in a happy, friendly and relaxed way. However, if there are no circles we are permitted to enter we will go on a wonderful and exciting tour of the sacred sites and experience the different energies. I also take private tours.

Please don’t forget your last minute Christmas shopping. The calendars are on their way to being sold out - so please hurry if you would like one.

The reduced offer on my book comes to an end on the 17th December, so please don’t delay if you would like one.

Also my other items make wonderful and unique gifts. I wish you all a wonderful Happy and peaceful Christmas and an especially fulfilling and fruitful New Year 2020.

With my love and best wishes,
Lucy.

The wonderful new 2020 calendar has arrived and is ready for orders!
Buy Lucy's 2020 Crop Circle Calendar

After what seemed quite a sluggish summer, the circles came to life with a final flourish.

When last I wrote we had got a far as the lovely Clear Wood circle.

After that, the rush was on, as the fields were being harvested even throughout the night after rain prior to being put in a dryer.

The circles then seemed to realise that they were running out of time and couldn’t wait to appear. Just when we thought everything was over, a beautiful crop circle arrived at Etchilhampton. Every year since I can ever remember one of the very last to arrive is always at Etchilhampton where the farmers are friendly and welcoming. This was no exception and farmer Edwards kindly agreed to open his field. (He told me that during the war the Germans had dropped two bombs in that same field. I believe this was their custom if they had not used them all, to drop them randomly in the countryside to get rid of them before returning home.) By then most of the people from overseas had left, so us islanders were the lucky ones. In addition, the weather was perfect, warm and balmy.

I took two friends to visit this circle and for most of the time we had it for ourselves. It was Libby’s first ever visit to a crop circle and she was entranced and overwhelmed by the peace inside the formation and the beauty of the surrounding countryside. It seems as though hands of welcome were reaching out to enfolding us in their arms into the sanctity of the circle.

“Last night I slept like a baby. Something I haven’t done for probably 19 years since my third child was born.

“I felt totally comatosed.

“But in a beautiful calm way.

I slept for 11 hours without moving; I was surprised as I usually fidget a lot."

“I am a nurse and work with older people who live with Parkinson’s and other dementia type conditions.
I can really see how the energy from a crop circle could benefit some of these conditions immensely.
All in all I felt and still do a real sense of calm and peace.”

I had neglected to bring my umbrella for shade so resorted to putting my gillet over my head and received this email from Martin some days later!

“There has been a very strange sighting in a crop circle in Devises last weekend Lucy. I’ve attached the photograph for you to see if you can fathom it.

A spokesman for the government says that it’s baffling them completely however they will continue their investigations of this unexplained phenomenon.”

After we had been in the circle for a while, a lovely family joined us who lived locally. They had two charming little daughters and one of them was fascinated by my camera and posed most beautifully. A budding film star!

We then had lunch before driving to keep our helicopter flight. As we were passing a field at Stanton St. Bernard we noticed cars parked and people walking up into the field. I had heard rumours that there might be a circle there but had not received confirmation. We reached the airfield; Libby never having flown in a helicopter before was distinctly nervous. We took off piloted by Candia, the first time I had flown with a woman. She was first class and deputy head of the flying school, and within a few minutes Libby was enjoying herself enormously - what a day for her; her first visit go the crop circle and her first ride in a helicopter! We took off into the glorious sunlight, overjoyed as always to seeing glorious countryside stretching out beneath us below. Sprawling towns and cities are not such welcome viewing. We reached the Wiltshire range of hills and spotted a chalk white horse, it was the Cherhill white horse so we continued gliding round the magnificent sweep of the ancient undulating Wansdyke hills to Stanton St. Bernard where we found the circle we suspected was there, and took pictures.

After our flight Martin and Libby drove back to the Stanton St. Bernard circle to visit it from the ground. Libby tells us:

“Indeed it was a truly magical experience.
And I got so much benefit from the energy in the circles.
At the last crop circle as we were leaving around 8 pm a heavily pregnant lady came into the circle on her own and lay down in the dusk.
At the time I thought it slightly odd.
Now I know why she did it. What an amazing thing to do for you and your baby.
The whole experience has totally changed my view on life and how energy plays such a big part of everything.
So much more than meets the eye."

After flying over Stanton St. Bernard lying obliquely below the Alton Barnes chalk white horse we flew on to Etchilhampton to fly over the wondrously beautiful circle. To see a circle from the air in which you have been inside on foot just a few hours before is a truly magical experience.

On returning to the airfield Candia pointed out a small church perched on a rocky Iron Age hill fort prominence. Despite it being over a mile away and hazy to boot, I thought I would try and have a shot at taking a photograph. To my complete amazement when I zoomed in it turned out to really look like a church and not just a distant blob!

Candia kindly sent me the link. Called St Bartholomew’s Church, Chosen Hill, Churchdown, it has an ancient history. Standing at 580 feet on a bed of primarily hard marl rock consisting of limestone and ironstone and dating back to the Neolithic age, its first known existence as a single cell building is thought to have been around 1250 when the local people were granted permission to hold a fair on the hill. There are also many wells close by and it is thought that the Church could lie on an energy line. (I would love to visit it and find out.) Legend has it that local maidens used to consult the waters whispering their romantic hopes.

Over subsequent centuries, the hill was considered important, and was visited annually by William I; continuing to play a prominent part in history. During the Reformation, St. Bartholomew’s suffered as many churches did, and the resident Bishop, Hooper was burned at the stake. On another occasion during the reign of Charles I, when parts of the country rose up against the king, Chosen Hill became a Royalist stronghold only to be eventually defeated by the Parliamentary forces.
Once a place of pilgrimage, the church gradually fell into disrepair until the middle of the 20th C when enough money was found, together with donations, to restore it and install electricity.

This Church and ancient Hill Fort undoubtedly have a story to tell and are definitely on my list to visit.

And so with that joyous day, the season came to an end with one final circle at Preston Candover in Hampshire.

Maybe we have not received so many circles this year but the magic persists.

Hopefully my 2020 calendar will be ready the first week of October so please place your orders as my 2019 calendar sold so fast.

Also my book continues to be popular and an article is coming out in the next Physic News plus the front cover!!!

My annual talk in Petersfield is on Saturday 19th October when I will also be signing books.

I do hope you have all had a good and happy summer.

With my love and best wishes,

Lucy.