A Blending of Workings

Every week I visit a piece of land and work with its energies to purify and, where possible, heal it. My work is very ancestral for me in that I work with a stone circle, with spirits of place, and with energy lines. Visiting and working with earth energies in the UK in 2010 and my studies since then regarding shamanic practice and witchcraft have helped me to realise that everything I do in this landscape my ancestors either did or were capable of doing back in the UK and other areas of Europe. I work with a modern built stone circle, but the land beneath it is old and carries the memories of those who have walked it over the centuries. I work with ancestral spirits, both mine and those linked to the land itself. It is a blending of workings.

Upon arriving at the circle, I cast by visiting and honouring each of the five stones before honouring centre, Grandfather (the Guardian spirit of the place, who is an Australian Aboriginal Elder) and the other guardians of a more feathered variety (magpies and willy-wag-tails). I asked Grandfather what he would like me to bring as an offering and he said bread and water, so I bring seeded bread and fresh water and place it in the centre. Before offering it, I eat some, offer some to Grandfather, and he transforms it into something else which I eat. Sometimes it is a square of meat from an animal, or it might be a worm or bug, sometimes it is leaves, berries, earth, bark. It changes from week to week. Then I drink some of the water, offer it to Grandfather who drinks and transforms it into something else that I drink. Sometimes I can see that the water is from a wonderful waterfall, or from a clear stream, sometimes it is polluted water or has something in it. That changes to. The remaining water I offer to the centre.

My working involves sinking into the landscape to check on the state of the energy serpent that lies beneath it. Sometimes the serpent is yellow, or orange, or red, and I know that healing work is needed. If the serpent is green I know that all is well. Sometimes the serpent is mostly green except for a specific spot, and I will focus my attention on that spot.

With the help of my spirit allies, I search along the serpent energy line, pull out anything that is ‘dirt’ by which I mean is in need of cleansing or healing, and pool it infront of me. We spin the ball of ‘dirt’ until it compacts and becomes hardened and blast it with bright light. It begins to sparkle and shine like a diamond. We then send healing energy into it until the ball glows green. And then we gentle return it to the serpent. Grandfather will often sing while this work is going on. I don’t know what he sings much of the time, but it is a song of power. Just as I do my part in the healing, Grandfather does his. Our workings blend together.