The Sun and The Serpent... Extract from: A Pilgrimage for Brian Haw - A Spiritual Journey of Relevance Day 6 - Thursday 30th June, 2011 (Evening) The barman continued to attempt to make himself look busy, but once all of his initial chores appeared to be completed, he began to engage me in conversation by asking about my book. “What’s that you’re reading then?” he asked. “Oh, it’s called “The Sun and The Serpent” and it’s about these guys* who traced the St. Michael Ley Line across southern England during the late eighties. It’s a great book,” I informed him. (*Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller wrote The Sun and The Serpent) He showed further interest, and so I showed him the book, initially by finding the map of the charted line from it’s beginning at England’s most westerly point (near Lands End) to England’s most easterly point (in Norfolk). He seemed intrigued and took a closer look at the points it crossed on the map. As he did so I continued to explain... “It actually runs directly through a number of spiritually significant sites; including St. Michael’s Mount, the Cheese Rings (in Cornwall), Glastonbury Tor and Avebury Stone Circle... and they all align with the Beltane sunrise on May Day,” I said. The barman studied the map (and some of the other points on it that I hadn’t mentioned) and then suddenly recognised a place that he was familiar with. “Burrow Mump!? I used to go there when I was younger, it was close to where I lived,” he said. “Are you not from Kent then?” I enquired. “No, I’m from Somerset originally and I used to go up to the Mump with my girlfriend sometimes,” he explained. “Do you know what, I’ve always been meaning to go there, but I haven’t got around to it yet. Does it feel a bit special there? Did you feel anything different from normal?” I asked. “Well, to be honest, I’m not really into that kind of thing,” and then he hesitated “But yeah, there was something about it actually, I don’t know what exactly, but it was pretty peaceful... that’s why me and my girlfriend used to go up there,” he explained further “Yeah, but there are a lot of places that feel peaceful... what I mean is, was there something that made it feel different to other places in any way?” I expressed the question in a more direct and specific way. “Err, well, like I say, I’m not really into that type of thing and I haven’t really thought about it before, but yeah, I can only say that it does,” he answered as honestly as he could. I found it really interesting to hear that, especially from someone who hadn’t considered it before, and I confirmed that I really wanted to visit the place for myself. He advised me that I should definitely go and I went on to tell him more about what I’d read in the book while showing him parts of it. “The writers of the book were dowsing the St. Michael line, in order to trace it, to find out where it went and while doing so they discovered another energy current which followed a similar path and interacted with the St. Michael line as it did so. What they also discovered was the St. Mary line and they found that the two energy currents represented the masculine and feminine of the Earths natural energy field, and whenever the “St. Mary” ley line crossed the “St. Michael” current it created what they called “node” points. They also found that both currents passed directly through a number of Christian churches (and monuments) dedicated to the Saints with the corresponding names!” The barman was listening to me avidly, while he flicked through my book, and then I took hold of the book once more in order to show him a picture of another discovery the men made. “Here, look at this,” I said, with enthusiasm, after finding the page with the diagram of Glastonbury Tor on it and placing it in front of him “When they dowsed the lines, on the Tor at Glastonbury, this is what they found... look at how the two currents interact with each other. They almost form a labyrinth, and it culminates in the St. Michael line forming what looks like a phallus or a penis, entering the St. Mary line, as it forms what could be described as a womb or vagina. They appear to “marry” and the interaction happens at what is the very top of Glastonbury Tor!” “That’s amazing,” the barman said. “I know... beautiful hey,” I replied. A couple then came to the bar and the barman went to serve them. It naturally brought an end to our conversation, and so I decided to engross myself in my book once more. I took my pint and found a table to sit at. I was actually at a point in the book which preceded the Glastonbury Tor revelation, but because I’d been flicking through it (to look at the pictures) beforehand, I’d already seen some of the information yet to come. But the part of the book that I was just about to read took my intrigue to a new level as the information appeared to directly associate itself with my pilgrimage, and more specifically, to that of the ruins of Barking Abbey… (Before that though, I think I need to explain why I was reading the book I had in my possession at this time. Basically, it was very simple. I only ever pick up a book to start reading if I feel like it’s the right time to do so (I don’t think I’m alone in that either) and the day before I departed on my Pilgrimage, I felt like this was the right time to read it. I’d bought the book three years before (in 2008) and had never felt the inclination to pick it up again, and in all those years it had just remained sitting on a book shelf. To be even more honest, I’m not even sure why I originally bought it. I just happened to be passing a book shop in Glastonbury and saw it in the window. I looked at it, and then thought “Maybe I should buy that,” before entering the shop to ask the bookseller about it. The lady bookseller informed me that “It’s very good,” and so, without further enquiry, I just went with the flow and purchased it. I didn’t look at it again until a time when I sat by the side of a river (On Day 2) and was “viciously” splashed by a number of unruly dogs!!!) … I was on page 126 of the book and it began to speak about the European St. Michael Line, which crossed Europe all the way from Rhodes, before passing through Mont St. Michel (in Brittany) while on its way to its “mirror image” across the English Channel at St. Michael’s Mount (in Cornwall). At this point the European St. Michael Line crossed the English St. Michael Line and the books authors stated that it formed a significant node point there. They then went on to say that: “It is tempting to consider that the Normans understood this, and that when William the Conqueror invaded England on St. Michael’s Eve*, 1066, and gave Cornwall to his half-brother Robert de Mortain (who rode into the county flying a banner of St. Michael), they were guided by more than the material considerations of conquest. The tangible link between St. Michael’s Mount and Mont St. Michel that resulted from this, and the establishment of a Benedictine monastery, was to last for centuries.” (*St. Michael’s Day is on 29th September, and so its Eve was on the 28th) “Benedictine? William the Conqueror? Earth energy?... Barking Abbey?!” I thought. Forget about words... I was lost for thoughts, and I took a few moments to collect mine! You may remember that before I departed on my pilgrimage I spoke with Canon Gordon Tarry about the nature of pilgrimages and the history of Barking Abbey. One of the questions I asked him, at the time, was about the positioning of the abbey itself. I explained that (from my travels around the world) I’d found that many Christian churches had been built on the existing “Spiritual” sites of the indigenous peoples who were colonised, and I enquired if he knew of anything in the churches record that may have acknowledged the same at Barking Abbey. I basically wondered if there was any evidence of maybe some kind of Druid place of worship occupying the site at Barking, and preceding the construction of the abbey in 666 AD. I was told that there was no evidence, of which he was aware, and that as far as he knew the abbey had been constructed upon its site in Barking for purely strategic reasons, owing to its proximity to the River Roding and consequently it’s accessibility to the River Thames. I accepted Canon Gordon Tarry’s answer, but my intuition had always told me that there was a different kind of feel to the energy in and around the site of Barking Abbey, and so, based purely on that (and nothing else!) I kept my mind (and heart!) open to the possibility. Well, during that moment, sitting there in the pub and reading that passage from my book, something appeared to “click” in me, and I began to wonder again if I could be right about my initial presumption. After all, was there any significance in Barking Abbey being the first “Benedictine” Abbey to be built in England? And why did William the Conqueror choose it as his first residence after he had been successful in his quest to conquer England? Maybe it was just for strategic reasons, after all, because Barking Abbey was close to the City of London, but surely there were other places better situated? Was the connection because of the Benedict’s? But what was significant about the Benedict’s anyway? I didn’t know, but I found it to be very intriguing. It also made me realise that I still knew very little about what “benedictine” actually meant. I only knew that it was a teaching of Christianity, established by St. Benedict, and I have to admit that I’ve always been so very confused about all the different orders of Christianity. As a result, I’ve never really bothered to investigate them further because it all seemed like such a mess (the difference’s between Protestant’s and Catholic’s was enough to confuse me!!!). From the gist of what I gathered (without any in-depth enquiry) it appeared to me that all versions of Christianity were saying Jesus Christ was the truth, and the only way to the truth, yet they all appeared to differ slightly in their interpretation of that truth and in the name they gave to their “faith”. To be fair, I’ve never known what to make of it all and so I just didn’t bother finding out. A church has always been a church to me and even at Christmas, when I’ve attended Midnight Mass, I’ve just gone to whichever church was closest to me at the time (and whether that was in my own country or abroad). Anyway, even though I didn’t have all the answers, I was quite amazed by the revelations and it gave me much food for thought. I carried on reading and soon come across another reference to the Benedictines. It was on page 137 and was in reference to two churches, under the Benedictine Prior of Tywardreath, in Cornwall. It stated: “Traditionally, the Benedictines had been initiates in the mysteries of the Earths energies, and like the Knights Templar who were charged with the protection of the Pilgrim routes that were the physical counterpart of the terrestrial channels, always seemed to crop up in exactly the right place” “What the bloody hell?” I thought “Hang on! Is that the answer to my question?!” I was spell bound and I continued to think that if William the Conqueror was aware of the nature of the Earths energy fields (as he set upon his conquest of England), wouldn’t he be “particular” about the first place he set up residence in England after his success? And if he was “particular” about the place in which he first resided, wouldn’t he select a place that beheld a “particular” significance to the Earths energy field? And if he had selected that first residence based upon its significance… then could that mean that the site of Barking Abbey was indeed significant in a way other than that of being “strategic”?* Of course, I couldn’t answer any of that, and I’m not completely convinced myself. I’m simply informing you of the direction of my thoughts in that moment. I didn’t know all the answer’s... I just had lots of questions!!! And it appeared that the few answers that I had received... led me to even more questions!!! My head was now buzzing with “consideration” and I didn’t feel like I could read anymore. I finished my beer and I returned my glass to the bar. I then bided my farewell to the barman. “Good to meet you mate,” he said, as he approached me from the other side of the bar and in order to shake my hand. “You too bud,” I replied, while shaking his. “And make sure you get to the Mump!” he then added. “Will do,” I said, with a smile, and then I loaded my backpack upon my “coal sack” and departed the Chapter Arms Inn. * I have since discovered that there is indeed significance to the location of Barking Abbey. Very intriguingly, I have found that there is a straight line which is formed by the sites of Barking Abbey (Benedictine), the Tower of London, Southwark Cathedral and Westminster Abbey (Benedictine). It is called the London Stonehenge Line because the alignment leads from London... to Stonehenge. By Lee D. Miller apilgrimageforbrianhaw@yahoo apilgrimageforbrianhaw.webs
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