Woodborough Hill (2) – Fait Accompli!  

Initially the second beautiful new formation on Woodborough Hill, reported August 20^th seems like a very simple resolution of the first Woodborough formation of June 9^th and its descendants at Picked Hill, nr Wilcot, Wiltshire, July 9^th and Avebury Stone Circle, August 1^st. It is a resolution and culmination, but it is far from simple in terms of its symbolic content. The first impression might be that of an amazing spaceship or a shining star. When we look at it closer we see elements within representing a sun and moon, and if the formation is seen with the thicker part of the ‘spaceship’ upward, then below or ‘holding up’ the sun circle is what looks like a pair of birds whose wings are united. The birds also have very long beaks, somewhat like the sunbirds of Australia and hummingbirds.  They are stylized, but nevertheless quite birdlike. Within the ‘spaceship’, we also find an arch or archway that combines with the bird wings to form a Vesica Pisces. This interior form with its birds, sun, moon and Vesica Pisces could also be seen as a kind of egg or seed that has been fertilized and is ready to grow.  The ‘spaceship’ form itself, in its upper part could be seen as a stylized OMEGA, ‘Ω’.  

Fertilized bird egg, human ovum and plant ovule, all have similar visual elements to the Woodborough Hill (2) formation. 

When all these points are considered as a dynamic whole, we get an image of hope, renewal and promise. As we begin at the interior of the formation, we must consider the powerful imagery generated by the bird symbol. Generally birds represent the spiritual aspect of life: the soul, divine manifestation, ascent to heaven, or the ability to communicate with gods or to enter into a higher state of consciousness. They can represent thought and imagination. (Cooper 20) As a pair, birds become more specific symbolically. In the Upanishads, two birds in the World Tree represent the active individual soul and the Universal Atman or pure knowledge. “In reality they are not separate and for this reason they are sometimes depicted as a single bird with two heads.” (Chevalier 87) The Woodborough Hill birds seem to fit this description. Two birds can also represent the opposites: dark and light, the unmanifest and the manifest. In this formation these opposites are presented as united. In Islam birds are more especially symbols of angels. The bird is also a symbol of creation as it is associated with the upper abyss and the Alpha aspect of God, just as the compasses is symbolic of the Alpha Creative activity. (de Vries 47)

At this point, we can explore the meaning of the hummingbird and the sunbird in this formation. Hummingbirds are regarded by the Aztecs as “sources of the Sun’s heat” and the Hopi of Arizona “have a myth in which the hummingbird appears as the hero who intercedes with the god of germination and plant growth to save mankind from famine.” (Chevalier 531) Both the sun’s heat and the initiating of growth are activities belonging to the Alpha category of action. They both initiate movement, change and growth. The sunbird in its very name carries this same meaning and, found in a swastika form in Native American burial mounds, it could possibly be related to the Garuda who brought down the sun’s fire to benefit humanity. (Walker 61) The hummingbird also represents joy, celebration and resurrection. 

The Hummingbird and the Sunbird represent the Sun’s life-giving energy as well as joy, celebration and resurrection. 

Held up by the birds are the sun and moon symbols, each representative of different aspects of human existence: the sun of day offers energy for “outward exertion and communication, and the moon of night welcomes the deepening of intuition, supporting expansive, internal processes.” (13 Moon Calendar, Tone 6) In this lovely formation at Woodborough Hill, these two opposites are shown united. The union of masculine outward logical activity and the feminine inward reflective intuition takes place here within the protection of the Vesica Pisces womb-like container. 

In turn, the Vesica Pisces provides the Archway of initiation into new life. “Passing through an arch in initiation ceremonies is being born again, leaving behind the old nature.” (Cooper 14) So in this arch element, we see that the Alpha characteristic of this crop circle is again reiterated. 

Traditional symbols for Alpha and Omega often show them intertwined, representing the implicit Oneness of these two concepts. 

The outer rounded ‘spaceship’ shape gives us a stylized ‘Ω’ when the formation is seen with the thicker side of the ‘spaceship’ above. This whole design illustrates the meaning of Christ’s words “I am the Alpha and the Omega”, for it actually represents the fact that the beginning and the end are ONE. With this understanding, we can see that the beginnings: the egg, birds, union of sun and moon, the Vesica Pisces, the archway appear within the Omega shape, which is also, in this formation, a containing shape, like a seed or egg. Just as the formation at Picked Hill shows the serpent turning in upon itself, so this design consists of elements that repeatedly reflect upon and resound with and in each other; the beginning is an end and the end is a beginning. And it is through the gate of Christ consciousness, Heart consciousness, consciousness of Oneness in All and All in One, that both of these attributes, the beginning and fulfillment of Creation, are realized for humanity.  

The symbol of this crop circle is a culmination of the activity described in the earlier three formations with similar design elements. The first Woodborough Hill design of June 9^th with three fish, seemed to present us with the movement of life towards regeneration, even over ages.  The Picked Hill design is a symbolic turning inward, a spiraling back in order to proceed. The Avebury Stone Circle formation, in light of the series of similar ones, seems to be more a reminder of these cycles of beginnings and endings, and that we must be prepared for yet another newness. This last (perhaps) in the ‘fish’ series of crop circles seems to be a promise we can rely on. It is the over-seeding of the fields of our living Earth and the psyches of Her human inhabitants. With this wonderful seed of New Life, we will awake renewed and regenerated, transformed without having been thwarted or ploughed asunder! It is a FAIT ACCOMPLI, a done deed! All we need do is respond with a heartfelt FIAT! Let it be done!  

 Michelle Jennings 

Sources:

Bruce-Mitford, Miranda. The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols. Reader’s Digest. Montreal. 1996.

Chevalier, Jean & Alain Gheergrant. A Dictionary of Symbols. Penguin Books. London. 1996.

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.

Walker, Barbara. The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects. Castle Books. Edison, NJ. 1988.

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