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CROP CIRCLES IN 1999 |
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CROP CIRCLES IN 1999 |
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Stanton St Bernard (3), nr Alton Barnes, Wiltshire. Reported 14th August.
Updated Wednesday 22nd September 1999
The Celtic Knot
A video Shot by Peter Sorensen (Homepage) Copyright 1999
FIELD REPORT
Pole shots by Stuart Dike Copyright 1999
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These two new formations were certainly the "Odd One’s" when we first heard about them. The field they appeared in was home to the second formation that appeared at Stanton some months earlier, so now we had three in the same field. Strangely enough, the designs were positioned quite some distance from the road, unlike their more articulate and impressive predecessor. It took us three attempts to find the correct tramline to access them, and indeed, the same situation applied to the earlier formation. The tramlines with this field are not placed parallel with the line of the field, which confused us all in the midday heat on August 16th. When we all finally arrived at the formation, we were immediately struck at the feel of speed about the floor construction. The firs section we stepped into, was the end circle on the Celtic Knot. On one side of the circle, the crop was forking into the standing walls around the circle, but on the other side, it was a more conventional 90-degree flattened rotation. This particular circle was flowing in a counter-clockwise spiral. As we entered the Celtic Knot section to the formation, there were many independent sections, with boxes and rectangles were the crop just falls flat at one point then suddenly stopped just before the tramlines. A good friend on ours entered the formation a day earlier and noticed that several layers on top of each other, with tissue softening at one point where the plants were bent over, but they were apparently not broken at the time. Overall the Knot itself has a messy look to the construction, but we have to take into account the maturity of this crop at this time in the season. The spiral itself has a few circles attached at the very end of the spiral itself. There were some very nice tight swirls around the standing crop at each end, but the design itself wasn’t well defined within the field. The same can be said for the Knot, however some Internet friends actually had a powerful experience within the formations, specially the spiral itself. Altered state of consciousness was felt, and by others who were they’re at the time. Was their experience this interaction effect with the design and the landscape? It’s an interesting discussion point, and an area I would like to pursue further in the autumn and winter months. Report by Stuart Dike |
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THE STANTON ST. BERNARD CELTIC KNOT AND SPIRAL I spent an hour and a half inside the spiral and knot on August 15. My impression of the knot was of "order from chaos". I experienced a "mind shift" when picturing how elegant it looked from a helicopter the previous day, compared to how subtle, and yet chaotic, it looked on the ground. I was then overcome by feelings of bliss, awe, and gratitude. Afterwards, I felt somewhat feverish and stimulated for several hours. In a bit of synchronicity, I purchased a T-shirt last year with Celtic spirals and knots on it that says: "The spiral, symbol of eternity" Interesting!
Click on thumbnails to enlarge Mark Archambault Nashua, New Hampshire, USA |
