With spring officially here, you might find this video entitled, “Nature Spirits and Spring,” by David Griffiths interesting and somewhat appropriate. I initially became interested in it, because of the reference to nature spirits, but I didn’t find anything in this video about fairies and the devas expounded in the books of northern Scotland’s spiritual community Findhorn. However, I kept watching this rather long 15-minute video because it mentioned the Druids, the classical priesthood of the British Isles, who some say are responsible for the mystical stone circle of Stonehenge.
To tell you the truth, I was also intrigued because of the accent of the narrator of the video, who I assume is its director/cameraman/editor, and also his reference to strange-sounding places. As the credits rolled by, I discovered acknowledgements to instructors at Coleg Harlech, which is an educational institution for mature adults in Wales. Well, that’ s interesting! So, here is a video made by David Griffiths, who I assume made the video to fulfill an assignment at Coleg Harlech.
I like that by watching the video, I am connected with sincere people of a little-known British culture from across the ocean. The only other experience I’ve had with Wales and Welsh people was during a visit to London when it began to rain and my husband and I ducked into a nearby pub. A couple of young women joined us at our table. They said they were from Wales. I asked them what was Wales like. They replied, “A lot of sheep crossing the road.”
As it turned out, the most interesting part of the video for me, was the hill that reminded me of Silbury Hill, which is close to Stonehenge. Unfortunately, I could not understand the name of this, this video hill, which, I suspect, has a Welsh name. In any case, the most intriguing image is that this hill is hollow inside and has a stone doorway as an entrance.
You might be wondering what “Cymatics” is, since the word is in the title of this blog post. The video also refers to and has video snippets illustrating Cymatics which is the study of the affect of visible sound on objects. Mr. Griffiths has used some delightful music in the background from some familiar groups of the 70s and 80s plus “Y Tylwyth Teg of Gwynedd” who, I guess, is a friend at the college.
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Last night, while driving home in the dark, a buck leaped across the road in front of my car. Fortunately, my “hockey reflexes” kicked in. I quickly but lightly braked so the SUV behind me didn’t ram into my vehicle. The deer was a formidable specimen with at least six points to his antlers and could have significantly damaged the car, its occupants, and himself.
This incident reminded me of a story a friend told me, in which a buck had rammed into the side of her vehicle catching his antlers in her rear view mirror. Not having much experience with deer, she felt devastated that a beautiful creature such as this buck would have attacked her car in this manner or, alternately, that she had in some way been at fault to cause the buck this accident. Why did he do this?
I asked her if the experience occurred in the autumn. She replied, “Yes,” surprised that I had guessed. I explained to her that during the autumn, the female deer come into season, creating a strong alluring body scent that is very enticing to male deer. The bucks, who are normally extremely reclusive, hiding deep in the forest, become semi-brainless as the follow the scent of a doe … sometime right across a highway through traffic. She had done nothing wrong.
As the I Ching says, “No blame.”
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The following inspirational quote from Margaret Mead has special significance for me, because it reminds me of my experiences on Toronto Island when a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens saved the Toronto Island community. I was part of that group, and I wrote about my experiences, in the chapter “A Message from Pan” in my book When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening:
Continue reading“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
~ Margaret Mead
I’ve had a chance to go through the Evaluation Forms filled out by participants at my two talks in British Columbia. I gave an evening program, “2012, Edgar Cayce and the Maya,” in Comox, B.C. on Thursday, May 28th and a day-long seminar, “Secrets of a Psychic,” in Nanaimo, B.C. on Saturday, May 30th.
On the Evaluation Form, there is a section where the participant can choose what type of program they would like me to give at a future event. In Comox, they would like to know more about Dreams. In Nanaimo, a program on “Working with Nature Spirits,” won the top choice.
Carol Chapman
Copyright (c) 2009 Carol Chapman
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