Survey of Sanders Preserve, Schenectady County, NY--Part I

Below are pictures of our survey of Sanders Preserve in Schenectady County, NY. Part I NEARA member Craig Wright was generous to show us several of the stone structures within the park on September 19.

It was not long before we saw our first stone mound. It has deteriorated over the years. My cushion marks a depressed area.

 Above you can see a large Manitou Stone with a stone circle built around it. Peter Wright is in the upper right.

A close up of the Manitou.

Peter Shell standing above a water dome. A water dome forms in response to positive human intentions/prayers/ceremony as water bubbles up to the surface of the earth in response. A water dome is a clear indication that this area of Sanders Preserve was used for sacred purposes.

Another stone mound with a depressed, or dimpled area. My cushion marks the indentation. I believe pilgrims sat in the depressed area.

Peter Shell spreading tobacco and leading a ceremony.

Continue to
Survey of Sanders Preserve, Schenectady County, NY--Part II

Survey of Sanders Preserve, Schenectady County, NY--Part II

Below are pictures of our survey of Sanders Preserve in Schenectady County, NY. Part II

 Another one of the dimpled stone mounds--or mounds with depressed areas, usually in the center. My backpack is in the depressed area.

Craig took us to what appeared to once be a water well. In the picture below Peter is holding the staff to show the depth of the above ground cylinder of stones.

I appears that a shallow water vein not more than a few underground ran next to the cylinder of stones. It is difficult to make out in the picture below but a large flat stone was placed underground a the bottom of the cylinder of stones.  If the water ran fast enough the bottom flat stone and column of stones above it may have provided enough support for the water to pool and be able to be scooped up. But this is purely a theory.

However, the vibe was horrific at this stone mound. My head seriously hurt. So one must seriously wonder if something sinister took place there.

A  Vortex Ring

Towards the end of the day I found a vortex ring in the woods. Most likely the remnant of once was an energy vortex. A vortex ring, a circling of energy, is the last stage before the formation of vortex.

 We said a prayer around the vortex ring. My seat cushion is over it.  Pictured above from left to right Peter Shell, Craig Wright and Janice Carr. Not seen Polly Midgley. We took turns meditating in the vortex ring. Craig said he was going to go back and meditated in it and hopefully help restore it back to being an energy vortex, or what I call a natural vortex.

Another angle showing Polly.

It was a fun day, the weather was splendid and the company even better. The finds of stone mounds and features of Mother Earth were pretty darn good as well.

Thanks for showing us Sanders Preserve Craig.

We will no longer be raising money to buy Gossamer Wood.

Friends,

As with any project differences of opinion can arise with the direction to go. Bill Dewey is the owner of Gossamer Wood and we are the prospective buyer and we are at impasse. As a consequence Jubilee Initiative will no longer pursuing the purchase of Gossamer Wood.

We have already begun returning money to donors and what money we cannot associate with a donor we will be donating to one of  the local land trusts; Genesee Land Trust, or Finger Lakes Land Trust.

Thanks,

madis

Syracuse Sierra Club Meeting On Onondaga Lake Cleanup--Wed 9/26 7PM

Let the Restoration Begin! An update on Onondaga Lake Damage and Restoration

Anne L. Secord, Acting Deputy Field Supervisor with the New York Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide an update on restoration projects underway as a result of the $26 million Natural Resource Damage Assessment settlement at Onondaga Lake.

Bring your ideas, questions, ideas, as we all look forward to a new Onondaga Lake and the lessons it holds for us all.

Wednesday, September 26 2018, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

University United Methodist Church
1085 E. Genesee St., Ste. 1
Syracuse, NY

From High Tor Area

A few weeks back I had a chance to survey on private property close to High Tor NYS Wildlife Management Area at the southern end of Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. My Clarks Gully Blog is focused on the stone and aspects of Mother Earth found at High Tor. 

Please contact the DEC during their current comment period to ask for additional protections be put in place for the stone mounds at High Tor. To learn more, http://www.hightor.org
Email the DEC, R8.UMP @dec.ny.gov

Here are some pictures

 A trio of Manitou Stones that have begun tilting over the millennia. This is the first time that I have ever seen such a conglomeration of Large Manitou Stones. I regularly find groupings of small Manitou Stones.

One of the Manitou Stones was still standing fairly well.

Onondaga Lake Cleanup

From Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation

Onondaga Lake: Send comment supporting full Harbor Brook cleanup

Every day until September 24^th. Hosted by Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation.

Onondaga Lake needs your help!
Please submit comments to Tracy Allan Smith, Project Manager, NYSDEC: tracy.smith@dec.ny.gov.
Demand a full clean-up of Harbor Brook/Wastebed B site. After an extension, comments are due September 24th.

The NYSDEC is about to sign off on a sub-standard remedy for a Superfund Site at Onondaga Lake. This is a rare opportunity for public comment on this travesty of a clean up. Please speak out and demand better, for the lake and for the future of our communities!
As you may have seen in the Post-Standard, Honeywell and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation have announced their planned “remedy” for the Wastebed B / Harbor Brook site.
The Wastebed B / Harbor Brook Superfund Site is located on both sides of I-690 at the south end of Onondaga Lake. Long time residents will remember a waste pipe from Allied Chemical’s operations crossing the highway and dumping into the lake and on its shores. The worst of the pollution dumped in Onondaga Lake, known as the “In-Lake Waste Deposit” in official documents, is immediately offshore from this area.

See link for further key points.

Large Manitou Stone At Gossamer Wood

I went to Gossamer Wood yesterday to mark the periphery of the grounds with yellow tape to further prevent hunters from trespassing. While walking the woods in the back I came across a really big Manitou Stone. It is covered with moss and has titled over. Manitou Stones, large flat stones, were originally placed upright in the earth.