Thursday, May 07, 1998

Avebury Hill And Rock 23

I was driving to Avebury in England. I got to a gate, and there were a couple of old people in a booth taking money as you went in, and there was a sign there that said "$39.00" and "Groups $25.00". It meant that for individuals, it was 39, and for any size group it was 25. Now that I think on it, it was funny because the sign was in terms of Dollars, not British Pounds.

Anyway, as I was on that road, there was a parking lot off to my left for me to go in, so I did. I started driving up this pathway which led up this huge hill, and upon the top was Avebury. As I approached the top, I realized that people were waiting in line there, and that I wasn't supposed to be driving on it, so I backed down and found a parking space off to my right (as I was facing down the hill) by the pathway, so I parked there and got out and got in line.

As I stood in line, I could tell that many of the people in line were very old, and I could tell that they were just going to it for the tourism. I remember thinking that $39 was close to $40, and that it would be worth it to be able to go and see this place, even though I was low on money. Also, I was wondering when I'd have to pay because I didn't have to go by the people at the bottom of the hill and up the road. I had pulled off to park before I got to them, but I knew they had seen me.

So as I approached the top of the hill, I remember being able to see the stones, and they were only about as big as me, and with the way they were situated, I was thinking that this one as built before Stonehenge because to make an arch, it was just two stones leaned up against one another, and not one on top of two like at Stonehenge.

I was then very close to the front of the line, and I saw that there was a person controlling who went up when. Grandmamma was back behind me, and the guy asked if there were any healers or something, and a couple of people stepped forward and gave him their business cards, and grandmamma was one of them. The funny thing was that she gave him Shumala's (a friend in Staunton) card, and on the back it was listing more craft-like things, such as 'wire weaving' and 'pottery' and something that reminded me of 'silk flowers'. I remember seeing the guy kind of laughing at the card because he knew it wasn't the right stuff, but he let it go anyway.

Then I saw a dark haired man that was let in, and he immediately went over to a rock that was in the middle and set down his stuff next to it and outstretched his hands and was trying to feel the energy of the rock. I think the 'tour leader' or whatever (the guy taking up the business cards) made some comment about it. The guy at the rock was kind of looking upwards and his arms were out to his sides with his hands about shoulder height and elbows bent at about 90 degree angles, and his hands were turned towards the rock. He just stood there for the rest of the time.

Then finally my name was called (because I had to sign up earlier, I think), but he said "Jamie W.". I knew that was me, so I just said okay, and I was let in with a small group of people, and I decided that I wanted to feel the energy of the rocks, so I went to one off to my left (we were 'entering' kind of from the right side of everything) and went up to it and put my hands up close. I didn't know if I was allowed to touch the rocks or not, so I only got close, but not touching it. At about 6 inches away I could feel a 'buzzing' in my hands, and I knew that it was the energy of the rock, although, as I got within an inch or two, I had more trouble feeling it. As I came farther away, I could feel it again.

Then the 'tour leader' came over and said something about starting at that rock and counting to 23 and it had something to do with energy or fire or something. So I knew I was supposed to count around clockwise to rock 23 from where I stood, and get the energy from that rock over to the first one, and something would happen.

So I did that, and got over there, and then I brought some dirt and moss over and put it on top of my first rock. Then I realized that there were a couple of rocks that were missing, and that I had actually gone to rock 25. I remember wondering if I was supposed to be at that one, or if I should count the missing ones to get to the real 23. So I did that instead, counting the empty spaces as rocks and got to 23. But by the time I did that, the rocks were people, and I remember that the one I ended up at was a dark-haired girl about my age. I'm not sure if the rock energy from the first time had worked or not. Maybe it did, and that's what cause all the rocks to turn into a circle of people instead.

No comments: