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                                                                                                     Crop Circle

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Dear Reader,

I have often wondered about crop circles and why they come, and where do they come from.  After fairly extensive reading I have discovered the following.

The patterns stamped in fields are treated as a lens through which the initiated can witness the activity of earth energies and ancient spirits, the anguish of Mother Earth in the face of impending ecological doom and evidence of secret weapons testing, and of course, aliens.

A crucial clue to the circles' allure lies in their geographical context.   Wiltshire is the home of Stonehenge and an even more extensive stone circle in the village of Avebury.  The rolling downs are dotted with burial mounds and solitary standing stones, which many believe to be connected by an extensive network of "leys" or paths of energy linking these enchanted sites with others round the country.  It is said that this vast network is overlaid in the form of "sacred geometrics'.  The region has also given rise to a rich folklore of spectral black dogs, headless coachmen and haunted houses.

 It is said that people go out at night and produce these circles, but I wonder and am still not sure how they come about and who makes them.                                                                          

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From Gilbert White, 1785, August 23rd, in Hampshire

'Martins and swallows congregate by hundreds on the church tower.  The birds never cluster in this manner, but on sunny days.  They are chiefly the first broods rejected by their dams, who are busyed with a second family.'

 

From Richard Jefferies, 1879, August 23rd, in Surrey

'Rain steady all morning:  heavy till afternoon - caused local flood.  Evening dry but cloudy.   The wood pigeons are now in the wheat in flocks (they beat the ears with bill).'

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Jars of honey

beeswax candles

sea shells

chickens with chicks

soft boiled eggs

corduroy jackets

pin cushions

Holly Cottage

blackberries, raspberries

dogs curled up

by the fire

white jugs with daisies

white jugs with lilies

pine tables

pine dressers

velvet ribbons

lavender

Roberts Radios

sandy beaches

churchyards

horses, ponies

oak trees

well-kept lawns

willow trees

Wind in the Willows

Mole, Badger and Ratty

digestive biscuits

cocoa

 

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With best wishes, Patricia