It is written that thousands of earthen mounds dotted America's landscape before settlers came. Mavor and Dix in Manitou: The Sacred Landscape of New England's Native Civilization noted that there were tens of thousands of stone structures in New England when they wrote their book in the 1970's.
Yes, the landscape is dotted with stone structures as I have mentioned before. You just need to look, have some basic geomancy skills and with a little effort they will reveal themselves.
IN writing my book Sacred Sites in North Star Country I went and re-surveyed my listing of sacred sites. One of which is the world famous educational retreat center the Omega Institute. What I found there was pretty incredible.
While I say is was an incredible find--A Spirit Keepers Site--it looks rather nondescript and unless you knew what you were looking for you would ignore it. It is that plainness and uninspiring appearance that may explain why it survived.
The Spirit Keepers were an ancient indigenous culture that lived thousands of years ago. They took care of Fields of Consciousness (the place Ley lines emanate from) and I feel blessed whenever I find their footprints.
To assume the picture below of the the Omega Institute's property is a Spirit Keeper is a big leap.
Why do I believe the three stones (2 marked by paper) above are part of a Spirit Keeper's structure? Location, location, location.
Fields of Consciousness have high points that often come in a series of 3. In the picture above the three stones embedded in the ground mark the three high points in the series. What are the chances of this occurring naturally?
This is a pattern I have seen at other Spirit Keeper sites; to mark the highpoint. I imagine larger mounds were once on top of the stones and had been removed by farmers clearing fields and are now part of the many stonewalls in the area.
There were no other stones similarly embedded in the ground nearby.
The vibe was also positive, another positive indicator that good things went on there.
Learn dowsing and basic geomancy skills and get out in the woods and explore.
Yesterday I went by and visited Gossamer Wood Retreat and Healing Center on County Road 28 in Canandaigua, NY. I had not been at Gossamer in over a year. And while I gave a book talk there last year on Vortices and Spirals I have not led a group meditation, or taught a course, or helped people connect with Mother Earth there for 6, or 7 years. Further I have not done an extensive survey and re-exploration of the grounds in almost 10 years. Since then I have learned much more about Mother Earth, Her Fields of Consciousness (FOC) and stone structures. What I found was pretty incredible. I also had a chance to spend few hours chatting with owner/operator Bill Dewey.
As to my findings. Gossamer is all that I noted in my first review of it 10 years ago and lots more, and I mean lots more. I found several more FOC (Fields of Consciousness) that are much more potent, a Spirit Keepers site and other Native American stone structures, several vortices and more....
Let me begin by saying that the vibe at Gossamer runs from very positive to extremely positive, with numerous vortices and hair raising locations within it. A testament to how sacred Gossamer is and the work that has been done to uplift it. Work which will continue, as I will discuss towards the end of this post.
Vortices Lets begin with the vortices. Several vortices have formed on the property in response to the prayers/meditations/ceremonies/good thoughts that have taken place there. Vortices, as I explained in Vortices and Spirals form in response to human intention; they are co-creation with Mother Earth and humankind. They are powerfully uplifting and can be spiritually, and or physically transforming. If you ever have a chance to meditate in one, do so by all means--it can really elevate your consciousness and significantly help with your spiritual transformation.
Below is a picture of the welcome circle. My backup in one of the quadrangles marks where the vortex is.
Below is a picture of a group of stones on which a vortex has formed in the Tall Oaks section of Gossamer.
Another vortex has formed in the first of 3 circles behind the Bliss Learning Center. Each circle marks a area where 10 Fields of Consciousness (FOC) are stacked upon each other S10.
A New Area--I have never spent time exploring the north side of Gossamer, north of the north arm of the trail loop. Within it we found several additional FOC and numerous, what appear to be, ancient sacred sites.
On the other side of a large ditch on the north side we found several more FOC, stone structures and more.
Spirit Keepers Site and vortex. Probably the most incredible find was an ancient Spirit Keepers site, a stone, with a vortex on top of it--at a minimum it is 4,000 years old. Why do I believe that this is a Spirit Keeper's site?
First, the location of the stone shows knowledge of FOC. It is spot on the center of FOC, an S12 with 12 FOC stacked upon each other.
Secondly, the vortex is an indication that a lot of praying, meditating or ceremony has taken place upon it. Further, the area is an area that Bill has never touched foot on. So someone long ago spent lots of time on the stone
Below is a picture of the Spirit Keeper's site
An Earthen Mound on an Energy Formation- The digging of a large ditch on the north side of Gossamer Wood meant a lot of dirt piled up around it. What is interesting of the earthen mound we found was its circular shape and that it was situated on an energy formation.
The picture below is of the earthen mound; it is a little more than 3 feet high. Pepper (white dog) is on top and Jaeda Bear (black dog) at the base.
Manitou Stones--We found several manitou stones, stones planted upright in the ground. Always difficult to say whether the stone was placed in the ground ,or somehow placed there by Mother Earth.
Several of the stones were at an angle, most likely because they had begun tilting over the years because of soft clay/sod soil that is periodically flooded and looses support.
The picture below is of a Manitou Stone that marks the intersection of 4 Spirit Lines (Ley lines.)
Yesterday I returned to the Onondaga Trail to dowse and photograph the stone structures I mentioned a little over a week ago in my post The Woods are Full of Sacred Sites and Stone Structures.
The stone mound that I thought might be covering Earth Chakras did not. But we did find lots of interesting things.
We found many of what I call Manitou Stones, or standing stones, embedded in the earth, either vertically, or at an angle. There were several of them near the Onondaga Trail in and around the area of the Common Place Land Trust. None of them were on aspects of Mother Earth. We wondered if they marked something, such as a trail, ....?
Pictured below is one of the larger ones.
Pepper gives perspective to the size of Manitou Stones.
The earthen and stone mound that I suspected was on a Field of Consciousness(FOC), was indeed on a FOC. It covered a stacked Field of 8 (S8), in that 8 Fields were stacked upon each other. Given the stones, and the placement (and the most potent part of the FOC) it may well be an old Spirit Keeper mound.
Pepper gives perspectives to show the size of the earthen and stone mound.
We had a lovely meditation on the stone mounds and in the process reinvigorated and charged them up. This process fortifies the Spirit Lines (Ley Lines) that originate from the Field of Consciousness. These Spirit Lines then carry a more potent dose of Christ Consciousness on their journey to distant parts of the world (Mother Earth.) Excellent.
As I have said many times before We need Mother Earth to achieve our (humanity) highest potential and She needs us to achieve Hers. Praying/meditating/ceremony/selfless acts clean and fortify space, in this case Spirit Lines.
On the way out I found two Manitou Stones on either side of the two trees straddling the trail close to the Fields of Consciousness. Interesting. Further investigation revealed that they marked some sort of oblong shaped aspect of Mother Earth associated with Fields. They were perfectly located either end of the oblong shaped aspect.
When I found this structure my attention then focused on several large flat stones placed on the trail. Stones that may have been removed from a sacred structure.
Please,
NEVER MOVE STONES IN THE WOODS, PLACE THEM ON WET SPOTS ETC., ON A TRAIL, UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY WERE NOT STRATEGICALLY PLACED THERE FOR A PURPOSE.
In other words, let things be.
Mother Earth is wonderful and ancient cultures knew how to connect and work with Her.
peace,
madis
PS. Pepper is available for photo shoots.
