New Solar Cycle starts on a Tear

 Last year the 11 year solar cycle (solar flares, sunspots...) began and will peak in 2025. increased solar activity has been associated with increases in wars and can strongly influence the human psyche. Increased solar radiation will impact our health and can increase the rate of cancer. It will wreak havoc on technology, especially telecommunication, electrical grids, satellites etc....Very concerning given how dependent  we are on technology,

A few days ago we were hit by  millions of tons of super-heated gas from the sun. According to Bloomberg news it was the strongest we have seen in a while,

The eruption, called a coronal mass ejection, wasn’t particularly powerful on the space-weather scale, but when it hit the Earth’s magnetic field it triggered the strongest geomagnetic storm seen for years. There wasn’t much disruption this time -- few people probably even knew it happened -- but it served as a reminder the sun has woken from a years-long slumber.

The concern is that climate change and electro pollution have reduced our protection from the sun's radiation, the geomagnetic field surrounding the earth. A dent has formed in it called  the South Atlantic Anomaly.

Sacred Sites Update--Peacemaker's Sanctuary, Onondaga Lake

Since I had not been to the Peacemaker's Sanctuary at Onondaga Lake in a while I went for a visit last Friday.

Whenever I go there after not being there in some time I am confronted by a space that has deteriorated since my last visit--energy vortices slipped, pockets of only a very positive vibe, etc. . Not this time. I was amazed. The vibe was extremely positive throughout.

Not only was the vibe extremely positive I found four Energy Vortices. Yes, 4 Energy Vortices. Amazing.

It could even be argued that the vibe had picked up since my last visit. How could this be?

1.The bulk of visitors came with the best of intentions and may have meditated or done ritual while there. In the process improving the vibe.

2. Not many people visited.

3. The seeds of the last cleanup and reinforcement of intent last exercised took time to blossom.

4. Other

I regret I did not bring my camera. Schools of small fish were trying to swim up the current in the runoff pipe from the other side of the walkway. A wonderful image.

BE AWARE THAT THE AREA AROUND THE BENCH AT THE FAR END IS A LITTLE FLOODED.

I will go back in the next few weeks and will make sure to bring my camera.

I encourage you to visit this divine place.

Below is an older picture I took of the Peacemaker's Sanctuary.

Directions for the Peacemaker's Sanctuary Onondaga Lake

Survey of the Rand Tract

Over the years many have asked me, or invited me to join them, to do a survey of the Rand Tract on Syracuse's south side next to Webster's Pond in the Valley section, yesterday I did so. While I did not find much to interest a geomancer, it was definitely a nice walk in the woods along a two mile  loop trail with many side spurs. A place with a neutral vibe, and given today's standard's it ranks above average. More importantly there were no cell towers or other electrical accouterments to spray you.

The Land, and Its Monuments

While a forest covers the land one can tell that it had been aggressuvely farmed at one time. There are numerous stones walls traversing and intersecting the land that are a testament to such.  

Where did the stones from?

Most people wax poetic of about stone walls. I do not. I gaze upon them and wonder whether they were constructed of gathered field stones or come from  the destruction and recycling of ancient stone structures, stone circles, Manitou stones and the like.

As the picture above shows there are numerous large stones found on the Rand Tract. Lots of pockets of rocks and boulders that could have provided material for stone structures. 

Conversely one could argue that it was precisely such stones that were the material for the stone walls. I think not.

Why?

Close to the Rand Tract on the opposite side of the Hill that makes up the Valley area in Syracuse is Heath Park. There one finds a variety of stone structures such as a line of boulders that I wrote about back n 2015 The Line of Boulders at Heath Park

There is also Skytop a little farther away that is littered with Manitou Stones which I wrote about on several occasions last year. Skytop

So nearby locations all have Manitou Stones and other stone structures. Giving credence to the notion that there must have been stone structures on the Rand Tract as well.

There is More

A Manitou Stone

It is very unusual for me to go into a woods and do a survey and not find at least a Manitou stone. This time it took me over an hour to find one. A Manitou Stone is a stone planted upright perpendicular in the earth. 

In the pictures above Jaeda Bear is next to the Manitou Stone.

I imagine that at one time there were a variety of stone structures located in the area now covered by the Rand Tract. Nearby to the Manitou Stone I also found what  I call a Platform Stone, a sacred stone structure. See below.

If I had more time to spend that I would have probably found several other stone structures in that little nook area.

However, I found no energy vortices, water domes (blind spings) or embers of the once sacredness of stone structures in that little nook area. And as already mentioned the vibe was neutral at best. But these are all things that can dissipate over time and succumb to human activity and intention that does see the wonder of the land or feel a oneness with it, nor worship all of creation and act in a sacred manner.

Worth a vist.

I saw no one during the almost two hours I spent trekking and surveying the Rand Tract. There were no Fields of Consciousness or ... 

It is however a lovely woods with lots to see and explore; perhaps you will find more Manitou Stones if you do a survey.

As for the neutral vibe. We no longer honor space, or stop on a trek do to ceremony and pray. Also I have a sense that our electronic age with our laptops and cell phones are increasingly taking a toll on the land. So when we gauge places we need to understand all of the surface of our Mother is deteriorating. Progress is choking and contaminating Her and doing so to us and all of creation as well.

So given this, the Rand Tract is a nice place for a hike. I encourage you to visit.