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Stone Pit Hill, Bishops Cannings: Last Round!
On August 11 we see two circles laid down in the fields. The simple one
at Tanners Bridge, nr Charlton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire is a reminder for
us of the primary symbol, the circle, that “represents the spirit and
the cosmos”, and because the circle is made of an unbroken line with
space inside and outside, it “unifies spirit and matter” (Nozedar xiii).
The circle defining a wheel formation at Stone Pit Hill, nr Bishops
Cannings, Wiltshire gives us even more information about a turning point
in our earthly lives now.
The circle is a universal symbol for “the shape of the universe outside
and the sense of perfection within.” (Sacred Symbols 604)
The wheel generally represents: the sun, the cosmos, the heavenly
bodies, cycles of life and also the Creative Source, the perpetual
movement that generates All Being. It also stands for Time, Fate, Karma,
becoming and change. The outer circumference represents the manifest
world that continues to move and evolve around the centre, the
generating dynamo. The wheel at Stone Pit Hill is made up of sixteen
divisions, or eight pairs of divisions. The different details with which
the spokes are finished and the different lay in the spaces in between,
give us a hint that we must consider both the eight and the sixteen as
important to decoding this crop circle design. In Buddhism, the wheel
is associated with the Law and the Truth and peaceful change. In ancient
Egypt, the potter’s wheel was the instrument used in the creation of man
by Khnemu, the Intellect. It is a symbol of unending, perfect completion
in Hindu thought.
The Sun Wheel and a Great Medicine Wheel, each from two very distant and
different cultures, gives us a sense of the universality of the wheel
symbol.
Eight signifies regeneration, resurrection; “the eighth day created the
new man of grace.” (Cooper) In Buddhism eight means completion. In China
it signifies the whole and all possibilities in manifestation.
Sixteen, which in this formation is derived from the eight pairs of
spaces between the wider spokes, has associations with happiness,
luxury, luck and love. It also signifies, in the Egyptian tradition,
fertility and increase because sixteen yards of inundation by the Nile
meant a plentiful harvest. So it became accepted as the age of human
fertility and the age when one could get married. (de Vries)
The blue Nile god, Hapi, and the god of fertility with hands over the
two significant bodies of water for Egypt: the Nile and the
Mediterranean; modern day flooding of the Nile banks.
This very elegant and finely finished crop circle comes in the form of a
powerful traditional and historical symbol in order to present us with
information for now and the future. It “speaks” of the Divine Truth and
Law, Time, Change and the Great Cycles of Life. The details give us the
content we must absorb: that one great cycle is complete, yet its end
time is also the fertile ground for the conception, incubation and birth
of the NEW on Earth. The pairs of differently textured spaces within
the larger spokes suggest a union of opposites that precedes the forming
of the NEW.
One image of the NEW as depicted on the cover of a book by Judith K.
Moore who channeled the content.
All the symbols and institutions we have lived with for millennia are
now crumbling or becoming obsolete. They are like a shell that has
protected the growing and evolving Humanity during its developing
period. It must crack and break when the NEW human chick is ready to
come out. We need not be disconsolate when these old systems fail us or
even seem to be instruments of betrayal; it is just a transition period
we must endure in order to realize our transformation into a more kind,
loving, community-oriented and spiritual race.
Michelle Jennings
Sources:
The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Kathleen Martin,
ed. Taschen. Cologne. 2010.
Cooper,
J.C. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames &
Hudson. London. 1978.
De Vries,
Ad. Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery.North-Holland Publishing Co.
Amsterdam. 1974.
Encyclopédie des symboles. Michel Cazenave, rédacteur. Le Livre de Poche.
1989.
Nozedar,
A. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols. Harper/Element.
London. 2008.
Sacred
Symbols. Robert Adkinson, ed. Abrams. New York. 2009.
Tresidder, Jack. Dictionary of Symbols: an Illustrated guide to
Traditional Images, Icons, and Emblems. Chronicles Books. San
Francisco. 1998. |
