PART II -THE WEAVING -UNITY:Photographs by Geothro
Because only a single thread not the whole ball of
string could be passed through the piercings, I had to
leave the ball at the beginning rather than tie off,
so as I reached each new person more of the
unravelling thread had to be passed through each
piercing already threaded. So the weaving took a long
time and a lot of care, especially as I began to web
myself in, restricting my movents and requiring
caution to not bump any of the lines of the star
already woven. I was glad to feel the trust of the
initiates in allowing this delicate slow process to
unwind.
I felt hyper-aware, totally blissed out yet
extremely focused; several of the initiates expressed
afterwards various stages of intense altered spaces
during this part of the rite. I would look up from my
weaving periodically to see expressions of elation,
ecstasy and perhaps also some joyous surprise that the
weaving actually seemed to be manifesting as planned
despite all the obstacles along our way. I felt
immense love for everyone there.
And when the Web was thus complete, in its first
�Solar- formation, there we stood resplendent, each
initiate a petal of the twelve-petalled lotus of the
Anahata Chakra of the planet. So too were we a fractal
microcosm of the microcosm of the solar zodiac in the
landscape, as it in turn reflects the macrocosmic web
of Stars above, the solar zodiac, great Wheel of the
Heavens. The Glastonbury Zodiac is a series of animal and human figures in the Somerset landscape as seen from the air, below the constellations they echo. But the interesting thing is that apparently when the land formations were created in these shapes, they would not have been aligned with the corresponding zodiacal shapes in the sky as they are now, due to the slow rotation of this cosmic wheel across the heavens. Therefore it seems they were created then to activate now, 'when the Stars are aright�' Our rite felt like some great Key inserted into a cosmic double-lock as it slid into conjunction� I had wondered earlier how that mysterious Fourth Fate I had recently written of in my tome on spider-magicks -'Emit fo yrotsreH feirb A'- would manifest in our working. She Who is the invisible yet implicate 'Splicer' � who in the dark phase joins Fates spinner (waxing) weaver (full) and cutter (waning) full cycle- was suggested when Evan took up the ball of thread which lay at his feet where the weaving had begun, and tied it to the other end which hung down from my own Anahata piercing in the centre. This completed the twelve-pointed star, giving the final (and first!) point a double-strand (like all the others) triangle instead of a single representative strand!
Once the 12-pointed star was woven, we proceeded
with an energetic exercise most of us had practised
together in the preceding week, as instigated by
Kieron. I guided it vocally to keep us aligned with
each other and for those who had not done it before,
especially in the outer circle. With deep inhalations
we pulled the energy of the sun and the stars beyond
down through the crowns of our heads, into our Anahata
chakras. Then we pulled the energy up from deep within
the earth �Gaia's fiery core- also into our hearts. Here we mixed them in this central chakra, allowing the energy to expand as a ball of light, growing larger, brighter, larger as we breathed the stellar energies down and the telluric energies up �larger, brighter, larger until it could no longer be contained within our chests and burst forth into the centre of the circle, the individual balls of energy merging into one great central ball. In pre-planning, I had not intended to be in the centre of the circle at this point �because the energy was being directed at the centre itself not my presence within it, and also so it would not be seen as some kind of ego trip. As it turned out with the 12-point star only being completeable with myself threaded in centrally, there I was anyway, and it felt fine if a little overwhelming, all that energy cascading around and through me. People began calling out their intentions, what they were putting into the circle that they wanted to give out to the world �trust, truth, love, world peace, understanding, open-ness and other such noble virtues, as well as a few funny personal quirky ones too. We all let the energy in the inner circle build up and up, the collective ball of light growing and growing until it too became uncontainable and burst out into the outer ring, then grew again, larger, brighter, larger, brighter, until� ...the bubble burst and all our Anahata energy �merged with that of the Earth Herself- went flying out into the World at large, helped in this propulsion by everyone in the outer ring turning on their heels and suddenly projecting outwards. An immense wave of release swept the circle- the joyous knowing that to give love does not deplete it but creates more exponentially and infinitely� I also noticed at this point and other energetic peaks in our ritual that the other people further up the Tor for solstice -although apparently mostly not paying too much conscious attention to our circle- responded with further ecstatic energy. Children were laughing and a tumult of excited voices rose in pitch and volume just a few seconds later as if feeling the first ripple of our projection.
Now we formed a 13-pointed Star, a multi-layered Symbol representing:
We all leaned back to stretch the web into shape and fully feel the connections with each other �in a most tangible and physical way! (and of course on many other levels also with all the chanting and energetic work we had been doing together). It was really an incredible feeling, this multi-faceted joining. 'Unity in Diversity' I said, and each of the Twelve Tribal Representatives called out the Word, 'Unity', but each in their different languages, as researched where not already known �beginning with Kieron, Celtic-Germanic representative, calling out, 'Unity� (English) Einheit (German)�', then Marios representing Eastern Europe and the Middle East calling out, �Omonoia (Greek), Achad (Hebrew)...� and so on around the circle. When this was done I gave a nod and together, in Unity, we all cried out the Word, 'Unity' but each in the different language/s of the peoples and cultures we were representing, thus demonstrating the Diversity within that Unity (and the acceptance of that diversity being the only way of achieving true Unity)� A simple but most effective exercise, and happiness radiated around the circle.
Then I gestured at the initiate to my right and he
called out, 'M..', then the next who called, 'A�',
then, 'N�', 'I�', and so forth until we had
collectively formed the thirteen-lettered Word,
'Manifestation', at which point we all cried out the
Word entire together.
This hawk is also present in the original vision of the 13th-Tribe Weaving that I drew as the Sun card (above) of my Book of ChAOS Tarot deck � several years earlier, there representing the solar energies of Horus. I was laughing after the ritual about this being the Sun card, considering the extreme weather we had �although it was very hot for the first half of the day while we were setting up and preparing� Other imagery in this picture has also clarified as the working unfolded �the Sun-lion (with mane of fire-serpents) was drawn to symbolize Egyptian Hrumachis, but is also akin to the stone lion head from whose mouth the sacred red water pours in Glastonbury's Chalice Well gardens opposite the Tor (which I had not seen when I drew it), in much the same way as the solar fire pours down into our circle in the image (above). The web of stars beyond our sun �as in the card- I saw vividly as we concluded the Ajna tone and moved to the Bindu chakra at the back of the head, the, 'nnngg' sound fluctuating strangely with tongue held in back of throat. I felt the energy rush up to the back of my head, around and back down as this Kechari Mudra connected the energy circuit we had been establishing. The lacework of light became more tenuous as it stretched off into infinity. I opened my eyes fleetingly to see deep trances all around, and it felt for a moment like we were going to collectively take off or dematerialize. Some were beginning to sway slightly or even shake. It was hard to tell if it was kundalini, cold or both! The sacrament-bearers and Natasha the cutter had been wonderful, keeping us supplied with water and as much warmth as possible (considering that the chest area still needed to be exposed) while we were woven, but we had endured a lot.. We emerged into the high and resplendent, 'Ohh' tone of the Sahasrara (crown) chakra thousand-petalled lotus at the top of the octave and the energy fountained forth from the crowns of our heads. Connection with the All. Unity uttermost shown�
The energy descended as dramatically as the tone did
back to the bottom of the octave, and slowly we all
sank to our knees, carefully so as not to put any
strain on the delicate web between us�
Eventually we slowly stood again and Natasha (left) came in as the black-clad Cutter (the Crone Death of the Trinity of Fate) with her big pair of shears. Without hesitation -Snip, snip- she released us one by one from the Web. I asked everyone to remember the Unity we shared, and that as we went back into our individual selves, identities and lives, to carry that with us. To know that though we are always AlOne, yet we are All One� � The feeling of relief and release was immense. After being united in such an intense way for so long, one could really appreciate the joy of individual Self and Being again! The physical sensations of such were a reminder that the game of life is a special one, that we are, '...Divided for love's sake, for the Chance of Union' (Liber Al, 1,29), but also, 'United for Art's Sake, for the Chance of Division' (Liber Pennae-Ultim-Atum, III,61). Both of these realities can be beautiful if appreciated fully with the knowledge and awareness of the other� We jumped around, shook our limbs and bodies with regained freedom of movement, laughed and hugged one another joyously. Knowing the energy could now scatter very quickly, I encouraged everyone to join hands once more to perform a final dragon-dance to end the rite as we had begun. Some were a bit reluctant but afterwards said they were glad we did this, for it distributed the energy more from the area where we did the rite, and involved others present on the Tor again� It was a lot of fun. In linked serpent formation, we wound up and around the Tower atop the Tor �it felt great to be moving from that one spot where we had stood in such concentrated energy for so long� Many more joined us this time than the first serpent dance, and by the time we threaded jubilantly down back to the circle the snake was about 60 people long� The random chanting was spread out over the sacred hill so that when we spiralled back into the centre, it was incredibly powerful as all the voices merged together, raised and peaked as we flung our hands high into the air in an upwards ecstatic spiral... From here we began to disperse. Somehow amidst the ensuing elated chaos the four who began the rite managed to come together again briefly to thank and banish the elemental spirits in each direction� The Global Anahata Chakra Rite was thus finished, the Great Work complete. ...(the next awaits)... Blessed Bee!
CODA/RESULTS:Another interesting cropcircle with an eye in a vessica piscis similar to the design on the red chalice well lid in Glastonbury has manifested near the Serpent Mound in Ohio where a linked rite was performed simultaneously... The ritual was also further earthed at a strange place called Morrigan's Mump, as suggested by a local Glastonbury witch who assurred us, 'That's the centre of the web round here�' Well it wasn't much to look at, but there was certainly intense energy on that little mound, visited by four participants in the Anahata working � Evan, myself, Jasmine and Tekla � a visiting German woman who knew nothing of the rite beforehand but felt called to go up to the Tor that afternoon and then joined the outer ring of the rite (unsurprising I guess as her name means 'Spider' in German!)
A moonth or so later a 13-point star tattoo on my chest
was also complete, the Memory of our rite etched for
my life into my flesh, with all the design�s
multi-layered symbolism contained therein. �and as She Ma-nifests in our Ae(i)on, a Cosmic Night Begins, in the Balance...
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