Journal of Geomancy vol. 2 no. 4, July 1978
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Now that we have recovered from the Olympia Festival for Mind and Body, things are back to normal for the small band of
IGR stalwarts who produce in their several ways the publication before you now. We would like to heartily thank all
those donors who made it possible to put on an exhibit without totally bankrupting ourselves and thus ceasing to fulfil
our function. The show itself was motley in the extreme, and was opened before many stands and exhibits were actually
ready. All the British Mysteries people were on the outside of a dome, and some of us, most notably Tom Graves and The
Ley Hunter contingent, were treated more like a corridor to pass thru rather than fascinating insights into ancient
science. However, despite the occasional theft of publications and the bedlam which emanated from the skinheads of Hare
Krishna and the Psychocallisthenics yoga hearties, generally things were beneficial and the message was spread to the
unsuspecting. Thanks are due to John Michael for his organizational skills and to Paul Devereux for risking all the
wrath of the Sunday Observance fanatics. And to all new members who joined via the Festival, Greetings!
Next year, so it is planned, a carbon copy of the Olympia fest is planned for New York, with concomitant exhibits. We
have no idea at present what is intended, and we will certainly not be able to afford, on our pitiful British salaries,
wages and doles, to attend unless we are paid for. Anyway, we will keep you posted on developments (if any). IGR has a
stand at the Cambridge Leisure Fair on August 28th in the Marketplace, and we are also staging the Second Cambridge
Geomancy Symposium at St Andrews St Hall, Cambridge on September 16th. Speakers and spectators are welcome. Admission
will be 75p, including tea and the usuals.
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The saga of Wandlebury continues. Some time ago, Michael Behrend
reviewed a brand new look at the ancient site
by C.A.E. O’Brien, who postulated that it was, in reality, not an iron age hill fort, but a megalithic observatory
of the Alex Thom type. Subsequently, the Sunday Telegraph has done an article on the theories contained within
O’Brien’s book. With this issue, a further twist to the tale: The secretary of the Cambridge Preservation
Society (which owns Wandlebury) and the Warden of Wandlebury counter O’Brien’s claims with further evidence
from their side. Mr O’Brien replies to their criticisms.
Like the Haus Gierke controversy between Wilhelm Teudt and his detractors in National Socialist Germany forty years ago, the Wandlebury saga has taken a turn for the worse. It seems that soon it may become a matter of principles being at stake – the orthodox view of Hillfort against the astronomical interpretation. The Journal of Geomancy is here presenting both sides of the argument in the interest of the truth.
It is obvious that Mr. O’Brien’s claims must be investigated from a dispassionate standpoint and it is hoped that the IGR can arrange a study day at Wandlebury this summer (what’s left of it) in order that both claims may be evaluated fairly. We are interested in any comment of readers, and any offers of help will be gratefully received.
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this issue of JOG is the last to be printed by an men tressa a’n howl.
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The cover of the present issue of the Journal of Geomancy (you’re reading it!) is not, as one might suppose, a megalithic site in the valley of the Somme in 1916, but the familiar old Heelstone at Stonehenge, surrounded by a barbwire entanglement to keep off the Ancient Mysteries freaks like you and me. Visitors to the Henge will have seen the wire which prevents us from entering the trilithon circle, but at the mystic Summer Solstice all hell is let loose. Barbwire, police and other trappings of the modern age are rushed out from Salisbury to the Henge in order that the Druids (one of many conflicting factions of Druidism, but the OK bunch for the Government) may perform their rituals without the assistance of the hoi polloi (us). This year, the TV cameras were there as usual, in order to provide a humorous ending to the mayhem which is the news. Immortalized on film were the Druids, the barbwire and the numerous Police, who obviously had the day off from arduous booking of motorists to hassle non-Druids and non-Presspeople. Suddenly we were presented with the sight of a man ‘breaking through the cordon’. Like a flash, burly members of the constabulary smashed him to the ground like a would-be assassin making an attempt on the life of the Queen. This criminal had dared to pass the barbwire entanglement! It was treated like a joke by the TV announcer’s script.
Now this is no joke. Stonehenge, which is common property (some of our forefathers built it, after all), is now cordoned off like a secret defence establishment in the Colonel B case. Barbwire, which is not cheap, or aesthetically pleasing to anybody except concentration-camp enthusiasts, rolls languidly about, and steel posts ruin any possibility of dowsing anything other than them. In the guise of protecting Stonehenge. from us, the authorities are in the process of urbanizing it, surrounding it with buildings and otherwise transforming it into a spectacle for the jaded weekend tripper along with the hot dog stands and souvenir parlour. It’s surely only a matter of time until the whole thing is enclosed in a neon-lit, air conditioned building, admission £1.50, surrounded by Securicor goons in uniform, alarm systems and piped music by courtesy of Muzak. Even now, it is surrounded, not by Merlin’s Art, but by force. What can we do about this vile state of affairs? Is Stonehenge doomed? Your comments, please.
Photo. by Michael Behrend
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Following the revelations in Tom Graves’s latest book Needles of Stone that those microwave towers we see blotting the landscape are also locked in to the dowsable energy systems of the world, and may literally be control mechanisms to keep us all under the government’s control, a frightening revelation comes from Science, the respected scientific journal of the USA. In issue 4343, May 19 ’78, C.G. Park and R.A. Helliwell, both of Stanford University (Helliwell being professor of electrical engineering) reveal that transmission of power by power lines disturbs the actual magnetic field of the Earth. Radiation from electrical power lines leaks into the magnetosphere and stimulates strong very-low-frequency wave activity out to many earth radii. Observations taken in Antarctica, where there are no cities or power lines, show that wave activity induced by power lines tends to occur during the daytime when power consumption is high in the source region in eastern Canada. Studies have determined the wave frequency to range from 1 to 8 kilohertz, and the authors believe that data gained from artificial satellites shows that this manmade wave activity may have significant effects on energetic electrons trapped in the radiation belts which surround the Earth. The discovery comes at a time when the works of Nikola Tesla are again receiving interest. The whole matter is of fundamental interest to students of geomancy, too, especially in the light of recent dowsers’ theories of ‘energy’ transmission along by lines. The effects of PLR (Power Line Radiation) are being studied at Stanford, with the hope of making a worldwide model of PLR intensities. Effects on the weather, human and animal health and the fertility of the Earth are not being studied. Perhaps recent records of weather etc. can be correlated with the map once it is published. PLR is yet another factor which we must take account of in an already bewildering complex of forces which mould and direct the form of the Earth’s life.
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The persecution of dissident citizens of the USSR is a well-known symptom of authoritarian tyranny. During one of the
recent show trials, one accusation concerning alleged spying was one of passing secrets to the west. Of the secrets,
space program, etc. were mentioned … and parapsychology! We noted some time ago the interest in Michael
Behrend’s Landscape Geometry of Southern Britain in the Academy of Medicine in Novosibirsk. Now, it
seems, parapsychology is on the list of secrets. We, in our way, are dissidents from the orthodoxy which attempts to
suppress us. Let us hope that our researches are not classified under Section (catch) 22 of the Official Secrets Act.
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Students of ancient knowledge will be interested to learn that part of the reason for the University of London’s Cusichaca Project on Inca and pre-Inca settlements in the Central Andes of Peru is to reintroduce ancient methods of agriculture. In Inca days, the valley under study supported 1000 families. It now supports a mere 15, and at subsistence level to boot. The site where studies are taking place is dominated by the well-preserved standing remains of the Inca fort of Huilla Raccay and the large town of Patallacta. During pre-conquest times, the whole area {99} was supplied with water by an elegant and complex system of irrigation, probably geomantic. A vast array of scientific researchers has been assembled to study the archaeology, archaeobotany, archaeoagriculture, geology and feasibility of reintroducing the ancient methods, once determined. Unfortunately, there are no geomancers on the vast team of scientists, which is backed up by 10 British Army engineers and 20 ‘diggers’.
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Some roads seem to produce a spate of accidents at a certain point with apparently no good reason for the occurrence. According to the Rev. Dr. Omand, the Devil is responsible and so the good vicar gets out his exorcism kit and exorcises the site. Near his former parish in Dorset, on the A30 road, 17 accidents occurred in 6 months. After exorcism, the next 6 months saw no accidents. Such events are documented in the book To Anger the Devil – Exorcist Extraordinary. Strangely, the connexion may be explained in Tom Graves’s latest book Needles of Stone, and exorcism (like consecration – see the latest Occasional Paper) may actually have a physical effect on earth energies.