“If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing.” ― Brad Szollose

The Global Awakening and How You are Part of the Solution

Waking Times: In the quest for global domination the powers that be and their associates have had to build up layer upon layer of deception to control the human race, which only goes to show that they cannot enslave us through outright overt aggression alone.

For them, the fear of losing control is far greater than the fear experienced by the collective human race through their controlling: The controllers know that their armoury is a lot thinner and more vulnerable than what they have led us to believe…

In effect the controllers have made a fake reality where every insane perversion and paradox goes against the natural flow of things, allowing them (as they have) to parasite off the human race. But their theatre of illusion with its secrets and lies is getting found out by a growing number of awakened humans. –Indeed, what the controllers fear the most are the consequences of this…

Then, there’s another weakness. As the controllers push towards complete ownership of Mother Earth and her resources, inhabitants included, there are the opposing factions within. Each controlling faction group has conflicting agendas while competing against each other...read more>>>...

Brand-New Day

Daily OM: When today is not going well, it is tempting to focus on tomorrow as a blank slate with all the possibilities that newness provides. It is true that tomorrow will be a brand-new day, but we do not have to wait until tomorrow to start fresh. We can start fresh at any moment, clearing our energy field of any negativity that has accumulated, and call this very moment the beginning of our brand-new day.

There is something about the sunrise and the first few hours of the morning that make us feel cleansed and rejuvenated, ready to move forward enthusiastically. As the day wears on, we lose some of this dynamic energy and the inspiration it provides....read more>>>...

Urambi Hills Panorama #10

'Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweights curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy'

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NANKEEN KESTREL

'A great fire burns within me, but non one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see only a wisp of smoke'

Magician's Gambit

Be careful with what you are thinking right now. They are creating your future. The perceptions coursing through your awareness right now, created by your thought processes  come from the past. If you think the same, then your life stays the same. Its simple. If you are not aware of this manifestation process then you will carry on thinking in the same way, and wonder why your life doesn't change.

Action follows thought, it is the cog in the wheel. The PC, laptop or phone that enables you to read this post was once a thought in someone's head. That thought enabled the action, or the manifestation, which created your PC, laptop or phone. It is as true as that.

To change your future, you have to be aware of the repeating thought processes that trap you in a metaphysical mire. You must become aware of what thought, and what perception, is creating the looping experiences in your life. Then you de-clutter your mind space - like clearing junk out of a computer hard drive. Then you have the space to think differently.

When you think differently, surprise, surprise, your life begins to change. So always remember, what you think at any one moment in your present is creating and manifesting your future. Add to this the principle of what I call projecting point Z when at Point A, without being concerned about points B to Y .. something I call "Magician's Gambit", way to successfully map out your future. Focus on the end result and let the universe fill in the gaps, basically.

Add to this the process, of being in two places at one time, and really believe your end result is already happening ... and you gain an idea of how to 'manifest the future that is right for you'. You have to really let your sub-conscious know that the future, the end result, is happening simultaneously with your present day ... no mean task for many of you. I call this skill bi-location and it is a form of remote viewing, but different. It is a little like having a twin existing in your future, sharing the same mind space as you.

So your thoughts are really important. They control your passage through this earth plane experience. And it is imperative to be able to comprehend the effect of external stimuli on your perceptions, and know how your perceptions determine how you are going to think ...

Pope Francis Goes After Freemasons and Seizes Power of the Knights of Malta

Gnostic Warrior: The Vatican has officially seized power from the Order of Malta. An action that amounts to one sovereign country annexing another. This news comes shortly after the head of the Order, Fra’ Matthew Festing met with Pope Francis and resigned from the Order. Now the Vatican has ceased complete power of the order ending 900 years of sovereignty in what is being called "a brutal power-grab by the Vatican." The disorder in Malta had started in December when the Vatican demanded that the Knights of Malta dismiss Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager as grand chancellor (the order’s third-ranking official) for distributing thousands of condoms and oral contraceptives through the order’s humanitarian agency, Malteser International...read more>>>...

Thoughts to get you Thinking #96

"Certain activities, attitudes, foods, and persons support the cultivation of an unconscious life. They draw us away from our center. They throw us off-balance. They deplete the soul."-- Patricia Lynn Reilly

Some activities we think are restful are, in fact, draining. Set an intention to really become aware of how you feel after you've engaged in different activities. Solitude and awareness help us make better choices for ourselves.

"Enlightenment is not about imagining figures of light but of making the darkness conscious."-- C.G. Jung

Australian Magpie Totem Bird

The Australian magpie is not actually related to the more well-known magpie of the Northern Hemisphere. The Australian magpie is closely related to currawongs and butcherbirds. There are many subspecies of Australian magpie, though almost all have sexually dimorphic black and white plumage. The magpie is omnivorous, and will take hand outs from humans; they become semi-tame quite easily.

The Australian magpie is a spiritual custodian of cultural rule and law. For those who wish to understand more about the spiritual laws of the land around them, Australian magpie is a positive and helpful spirit guide to petition. If Australian magpie is significant in your life at this point, your attention is being drawn to the rules and laws of the spirituality that you follow. If you are not spiritual, Australian magpie can also draw your attention to local cultural laws, both of indigenous cultures, and of the governing body in your state or territory.

Australian magpie is a messenger guide, and its presence in your life (either repetitive presence in 'real life,' or alternatively through dreams or meditations) suggest that a higher power, spirit or deity of some kind is trying to get through to you. Sometimes paying attention to the messenger is a good way to open yourself up to the greater message....read more>>>...

'The people you love become ghosts inside you, and like this you keep them alive'

Make Change Work for You

Daily Om: Transformation is a universal constant that affects our lives from the moment we are born until we leave earthly existence behind. At the root of all growth, we find change. Occasionally, change and the circumstances leading up to it are a source of extraordinary joy, but more often than not they provoke feelings of discomfort, fear, or pain. Though many changes are unavoidable, we should not believe that we are subject to the whims of an unpredictable universe. It is our response to those circumstances that will dictate the nature of our experiences. At the heart of every transformation, no matter how chaotic, there is substance. When we no longer resist change and instead regard it as an opportunity to grow, we find that we are far from helpless in the face of it.

Our role as masters of our own destinies is cemented when we choose to make change work in our favor. Yet before we can truly internalize this power, we must accept that we cannot hide from the changes taking place all around us...read more>>>...

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'So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be'

Thought for the Day

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”
~ Buddha

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpufv

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpufv

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpufvvvvv

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,
the stream always wins; not through strength,
but through persistence.”

~ Buddha

- See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/authors/buddha/#sthash.n0yJfHKH.6GWtpU2V.dpuf

'We are here and it is now. Futher than that, all human knowledge is moonshine'

Witness CHASES Down UFOs In His Car - Listen To His Story!

S.O.T.T: A witness named Ryan recently contacted us about a sighting he had in September of 2016 in Wroughton, England. After hearing a series of strange noises, a group of fifteen UFOs suddenly appeared on the horizon, prompting Ryan and a group of friends to chase the UFOs in their cars for over an hour...read more>>>....

Make Change Work For You

Daily OM: Transformation is a universal constant that affects our lives from the moment we are born until we leave earthly existence behind. At the root of all growth, we find change. Occasionally, change and the circumstances leading up to it are a source of extraordinary joy, but more often than not they provoke feelings of discomfort, fear, or pain. Though many changes are unavoidable, we should not believe that we are subject to the whims of an unpredictable universe. It is our response to those circumstances that will dictate the nature of our experiences. At the heart of every transformation, no matter how chaotic, there is substance. When we no longer resist change and instead regard it as an opportunity to grow, we find that we are far from helpless in the face of it. Our role as masters of our own destinies is cemented when we choose to make change work in our favor. Yet before we can truly internalize this power, we must accept that we cannot hide from the changes taking place all around us...read more>>>...

Light Of Truth Oracle

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“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” ― Paulo Coelho

CDC Knowingly Lied About Mercury In Vaccines: Proof Has Surfaced

Waking Times: Finally it’s coming to light and the fact is being told: Vaccines given to infants contained inordinate amounts of ethylmercury in the form of Thimerosal; the CDC knew about it and conspired to keep the devastating reality of mercury damage from healthcare consumers and public health agencies. A true crime against humanity and nothing short of federal agency child abuse!

Those calculations were made back in the late 1990s and CDC officials have been covering up their voodoo vaccine consensus science ever since! Those actions should be prosecuted as crimes against humanity, including excessive child abuse by a government agency, and the CDC should be revamped from the inside out; restructured; and ‘surgically’ separated from Big Pharma...read more>>>...

David Icke - Rothschild Zionism, World War Three & The New World Order

'Whatever you say or do remember there's always someone watching you'

Thoughts to get you Thinking #95

"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love."-- Leo Buscaglia

Daring to risk is an essential step to self empowerment. This is the key to breaking out of stuck thinking and behaviour. It is about breaking through the comfort zones and barriers. It is about experiencing new levels of mind and feelings. It is about experiencing more life.

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."-- George Bernard Shaw

"Only those who risk going too far can know how far they can go."-- Unknown source

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The Best Year of Your Life

Daily Om: Welcome to the best year of your life! This program is a recipe for falling deeply and passionately in love – with yourself. You may wonder what loving yourself has to do with creating your best life. Well, in a word, everything! Having coached and trained hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, I can tell you that loving yourself is the most essential prerequisite to living your best life. When you feel great about who you are, you radiate an undeniable magnetic energy that attracts all the things you desire to you.

People you've been meaning to call "magically" show up in your life. Ideas and next actions for your projects come easily. Your relationships with others – even those with whom you've had problems in the past – are lighter and more fun. When you're kind, generous, and respectful toward yourself, you feel worthy and deserving of claiming the gifts of this world.

Whatever you're looking for – whether it's more love, more success, more self-confidence, more intimacy, more money, or to attain another desired goal – this program will help you achieve it. When you make the commitment to love yourself first, the entire world will open up to you.

So get ready to embark on the most important and rewarding journey you've ever taken – the journey to the best year of your life!...read more>>>...

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde

“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” ― T.S. Eliot

Who Are The Controllers?

Waking Times: For sure, there were no hidden hands when humanity was in its “pre-history,” predating our “real history” as seen by most. For about 200,000 years our ancestors lived in small nomadic communities, sharing the food obtained by hunting and gathering. Problems, plans and rules were settled in probably long discussions, where the opinions were usually harmonised until a consensus was reached. Our pre-historic world was ruled by highly sovereign people.

Things started to change about 10,000 years ago with the revolutionary innovations of crop and livestock farming. Many communities became sedentary and small villages grew bigger. The makers of tools, clothes, pottery or art had to barter with the people producing food. At some point, money such as shells or clay tablets came in as a handy substitute for bartering. Then silver and gold coins appeared, and inevitably, some people became poorer and others richer. Next, people with a surplus started to lend their money to people in need of it. At times as a favour, but usually against interest...read more>>>...

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The Shining Star Revisited

We are currently reviewing the Daily Merlin Insights undertaken back in 2007 ... the Shining Star has still to come home. Our involvement in the Madeleine McCann mystery has seemingly ceased in recent months/years ... however, we still have the entire record of Daily Merlin Insight, undertaken by Matthew James, at our disposal. It is a matter of working our way back through the histrionics of the case, and presenting it with a fresh approach in the coming months.

We are also hoping to have new insights undertaken to cast light on current events and re-assess what may have happened back in 2007.

So bear with us, please. It is a long and arduous process to review every Daily Merlin Insight ... there are well over 200 on file!So its going to take time to work out the characters of the insights and decode the encryptions added by Matthew James to protect the well being of the case ... there are sensitive areas that are not known to the general public, which have been touched upon and had to be removed as requested by faces close to the centre of the mystery.

Chakra Clearing Exercise

Daily OM: Just as the physical spaces we inhabit require that we clear them periodically of clutter, the energetic fields that are a vital part of our being must also be cleared of old thoughts, energy, and emotions. Clearing your chakras and your aura restores and strengthens your connection to yourself and your divine inner wisdom. Unfettered by energetic baggage masquerading as fear, pain, and self-hatred, your consciousness is once again free to grow. If you find the thought of clearing your energy fields disconcerting, simply think of it as cleansing the energy that surrounds you and releasing any stagnancy. You may not be able to see the results of your efforts, but you will experience a lightness of being and clarity of mind.

You can begin by sitting or lying down on a comfortable surface. Take a series of deep breaths and allow your soul to connect with Mother Earth and the vast expanse of the Universe...read more>>>...

“Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?”

Face to Face with Dr. Magda Havas: The Dangers of Wireless Technology

Trent University toxicologist Dr. Magda Havas is our special guest in this episode. Dr. Havas is a leading researcher who has been studying the health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy at the extremely low frequency range (60 Hertz) and at the radio frequency range commonly associated with wireless telecommunication. In this interview, she discusses aspects of wireless technology that the mainstream media, the telecommunications industry and Industry and Health Canada don't want you to know about.

Centering Ourselves

Daily Om: When our thoughts are scattered in several directions at once and we are no longer conscious of what we are doing or why, it is time to center ourselves. When we center ourselves, we begin by acknowledging that we have become spread too thin and we are no longer unified inside. Our thoughts might be out of sync with our feelings, and our actions may be out of sync with both. The main signs that we need to center ourselves are scattered thoughts and a feeling of disconnection or numbness, as if we are no longer able to take anything in. In addition, we may feel unfocused and not present in our bodies. Centering ourselves is a way of coming to terms with all the different energies within us and drawing them back into ourselves.

Centering yourself means that you are working from or being aware of the core of your being in the solar plexus area of your body. At first it may not make sense, but as you progress you will understand what this feels like...read more>>>...

Exploring the Isle Of Avalon

I woke that morning relishing the prospects of the day … a visit to Glastonbury, legendary resting place of King Arthur. My arrival in Glastonbury came as quite a surprise. I found the main street quite dreamy and medieval in its existence. After parking my car, I journeyed to somewhere to quench my thirst … ‘Rainbow’s End Café’ captured my imagination.

Soon refreshed, I re-entered the fray; the main street was full of life. Day trippers of all ages and nationalities milled on pavements on both sides of the street. There was an atmosphere of shared expectancy. I felt relaxed and stress free; which for me was rare. Usually life was filled with non-stop panic; indeed, Glastonbury was proving to be just what the doctor ordered. Armed with leaflets and booklets, obtained from The Heritage Centre, I set about exploring ‘Avalon’.

First stop was The Abbey Ruins, which were within walking distance of the town centre. Its peaceful and tranquil lawns made a wonderful contrast to the mayhem in the streets. But, could I believe that King Arthur rested in the grave that lay at my feet? Not quite … the enchantment had not dissolved my sceptical mind just yet.

Next stop, The Glastonbury Experience; a courtyard surrounded by New Age Shops. ‘Starchild’ that catered for those who wished to fill their living rooms with pungent smells (I must admit the smells that drifted from the shop were wonderful). Then, armed with my own pottery dish and small container which depicted the label ‘Avalon’; a hand blended incense; I entered the next magical abode. ‘Excalibur’ I found to the found to be filled from floor to ceiling with swords, pottery and books of every conceivable esoteric subject imaginable.

Books? My mind began to wander. I needed something to read. I felt suddenly inspired … what was in the incense I had just inhaled? I wandered out of the courtyard in a daze, and spotted ‘Gothic Image’ … and obviously popular bookshop. There I mused for an indeterminable length of time amongst the numerous shelves stacked with awesome books, and more books. After a purchase; ‘Living Magical Arts’ by R J Stewart; I was back out in the main street. There I took a deep breath and noticed the change in me. I was once more the child in the toy shop, mesmerised and spoilt for choice.

Next stop, The Chalice Well Garden. I entered the gardens and became overpowered by the peace and quiet of the place. It was wonderful; I was taken completely by surprise by the change in people’s attitudes there. Everyone was friendly and talkative with strangers. I found it addictive to go up to a total stranger and say a friendly ‘hello’. The spring water I found to taste wonderfully cooling and refreshing; its reputed healing properties perhaps evident by the effect it was having on me. Then, with a new-found spring in my stride I set off to visit The Tor!

After twenty or so minutes of pulse racing exercise, I reached the summit of The Tor and the ruined chapel of St Michael that resided on the summit. I immediately found the atmosphere to be charged with expectancy. It was no surprise to find I was not alone, people of all walks of life stood, mesmerised, there. Some were gazing into space, perhaps in contact with their Spirit Guides, or maybe simply unwinding from the stresses and strains of material life.

I must admit I was beginning to sense something of the magic; I felt strangely relaxed, especially when I gazed over the township of Glastonbury towards Chalice Hill. The heat haze made the place look especially enchanting and mysterious. Then, after wandering back down the path, through the grass terraces on the side of The Tor, I noticed a plaque that informed me The Tor was the entrance to The Underworld … I could well believe it at that moment.

Sadly, it came my time to leave. I had still to visit Wearyall Hill, the place where Joseph of Arimathea in accordance with the legend had planted his staff of Holy Thorn and it had blossomed into a Thorn Tree. Joseph had supposedly visited Glastonbury when it was a sea port, he’d been a trader in Tin, apparently. On that note, I regrettably had to leave The Isle of Avalon, less sceptical and much more relaxed than when I first arrived. I wondered then if my landlady would permit me to burn some incense in my room?