The phoenix bird: an ancient Egyptian symbol for death and re-birth of our Sun  

A new and exciting crop picture appeared at Yatesbury on June 12, 2009, only hundreds of meters away from where a “dragonfly” appeared on June 3 (see yatesbury2009). It seems to provide a clever and artistic exposition of an ancient Egyptian myth, where a new, young phoenix bird (upper centre) is shown “rising from the ashes” of an old phoenix bird, whose tail feathers are burning: 

The Egyptians, among other ancient cultures on Earth, used the life cycle of that phoenix as a cultural myth for the death and re-birth of our Sun: “The phoenix is a mythical bird with a colourful plumage, and a tail of gold and scarlet. It has a 500 to 1000-year life cycle. Near the end of its life, it builds a nest of twigs that later ignites. Both the nest and the bird then burn fiercely, and are reduced to ashes. From those ashes, a new phoenix bird emerges” (see Phoenix_(mythology).  

As further support for this idea, we can see at the very top of that crop picture (above left) a small, circular, three-fold symmetric symbol for our “Sun”, which seems akin to the “solar” crop picture that appeared at New Farm on June 5, 2009 (see newfarm). Why would anyone draw our Sun with three-fold symmetry? Simply because it rises at 60^o on the horizon, then proceeds by noon to 180^o, and finally sets at 300^o, for most days close to the summer solstice, when viewed in the northern hemisphere on Earth.  

Field orientation towards the west-northwest matches sunset in early July

Now the uppermost “Sun” symbol from that new crop picture points in the field toward the west-northwest, or close to where our Sun will set at 308^o on July 7, only a few weeks from now:  

This would seem to suggest some relation between the new “phoenix” crop picture, and an upcoming date of July 7, 2009 that has been predicted for a major solar storm (see waylandsmithy or yatesbury). Their “dragonfly” picture of June 3 pointed due west in the same field, only hundreds of meters away.  

A time code in the phoenix’s feathers?  

If our old Sun is going to die soon (like an old phoenix), while a new Sun is going to be born (like a new phoenix), when might all of this be scheduled to happen?  

Well, if we count the number of feathers in that “phoenix” crop picture, we can find 12 feathers in each spread wing, plus one head feather slightly above, to give 25 for the upper part of the picture. Similarly, we can find 16 spread feathers in its broad tail, plus one anomalously crossed feather, to give 17 for the lower part of the picture. Hence the total number of feathers for the entire picture equals 25 + 17 = 42.  

That matches the number of full Moons (42) between July 7, 2009 and December 13, 2012, which is the last full Moon before the Mayan Long Count calendar ends: see MoonPhase.  

The phoenix symbol from ancient Egypt: a previous extra-terrestrial reference in the 1960’s?  

Even though the “phoenix” is an obscure and long-forgotten symbol for the death and re-birth of our Sun, this may not be the first time in our modern era when extra-terrestrials have shown it to us. Forty years ago, Raymond Fowler and Allen Hynek wrote a book called “The Andreasson Affair” about a multiple-witness alien abduction from 1967:

Betty Andreasson, a housewife from Massachusetts, supposedly underwent a series of alien abductions in the late 1960’s along with several members of her family. During those contacts, she was seemingly given much detailed information about the extra-terrestrials who are currently visiting Earth. In one case, she was even shown the vision of a phoenix, which is a mythical bird that rises from its own ashes!

That arcane symbol would have been instantly recognizable to an Egyptian philosopher from fourth-century Alexandria, but meant nothing to a twentieth-century New England housewife. Their image of a phoenix was meant to inform her of humanity’s ability to rise from the ashes of its own destruction. Apparently this is due to happen sooner, rather than later. Betty later commented:

“I believe those beings were angels. We are aware of the material world, yet fail to see its spiritual counterpart. The extra-terrestrial beings I have had contact with say that they love mankind. They are trying to warn us of upcoming problems that threaten our planet. Man and his greed have ignored the signs of distress, and continue to toy with the delicate balance of our environment.”

”He says my race will not believe me until much time has passed. They have come to help the human race. Yet unless man will accept them, we will not be saved. All things have been planned. They have advanced technologies that we could use. Many riddles will be given to us. They choose to remain hidden, because of the widespread corruption on Earth today. He keeps telling me of what is going to happen: they are going to come to Earth. Many will be afraid, while others will be astonished. Yet some will not be afraid, because they have overcome their fears” (see ufodigest or network54 or ufos.about).

The Emerald Formula from ancient Egypt was shown in East Field on August 25, 2008

A second modern reference to ancient Egypt can be found in the book “Phoenix Star” by Kiernan Antares. It tells in fictional form about how humans will rise spiritually in late 2012, by following an ancient formula for spiritual transformation called the Emerald Formula, first written down on a green tablet by Thoth in Egypt around 3000 BC. It was later studied by Alexander the Great, Aristotle and Isaac Newton (see Phoenix).

Interestingly enough, a seven-fold-star symbol for that Emerald Formula appeared in East Field on August 25, 2008 (see eastfield2008d). That led Ms. Antares to write: “The Circlemakers delivered an important message on August 25 of this year at East Field, which substantiates the importance of that Emerald Formula, and encourages me to continue sharing its insights. It is time to align with a higher vision: are you ready?” (see kiernanantares).

In a subsequent essay, she discussed an apparent message given to her by the Circle makers, through psychic transmission to one of the researchers involved, which led to a correct solution for that particular picture (see kiernanantares).

Both of these examples suggest that the extra-terrestrials who are currently making crop pictures in England have been with us for a long time now, say at least 5000 years. They know much about our past, and have serious concerns for our future.

The CMM Research Group  

PS We would like to thank Olivier Morel for both of the field photographs used here 

PSS A remarkable oil painting from 1967 shows both of our “new” and “old” Suns, along with some “flames” as shown in the 2009 “phoenix”, plus many fine details of the ASCII-coded disc that appeared in 2002 at Crabwood (see martinkeitel). The surprising existence of that painting, and likewise Betty Andreasson’s vision of a phoenix from 1967, suggest that our crop artist friends may have planned the new pictures which they are showing to us now, over forty years ago.