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A brace of very different eclipses
Like spring showers, eclipses come and go - and, like anecdotary buses, they seem to come along in pairs. Two in April 2014, and another two in October 2014.
The first - on April 15th - was a fairly typical total eclipse of the moon, seen from beyond the west of the UK across to North America. The second was a bizarre annular solar eclipse, only visible from a small D-shaped area of Antarctica. Barring daredevil microlight enthusiasts or madcap wildlife photographers, this eclipse might have been the only one in living memory not to have been witnessed by a single living human (you have to be careful with terminology when writing for dowsers!). It lasted just 49 seconds, at most, and showed off the natural world at its most obscure.
By some strange co-incidence (aka the subtle machinations of emerging physics) our moon is usually almost exactly the same size as the solar disc, as seen from the surface of the earth. Therefore, at a solar eclipse, the sun is just obscured by the silhouetted sphere of the moon for a very short period. However, during annular eclipses, the disc of the moon, being slightly closer to the earth in that particular orbit, allows a ring of fire from around the very edge of the sun to be seen, even at the fullest extent of the alignment.
From a dowser’s perspective, the effects of both total and annular conjunctions are broadly similar. The fact that neither of these eclipses could be seen from the UK was of little consequence (other than it’s not so much fun) as the three massive bodies line up for a few minutes (or occasionally seconds) to facilitate some spectacular earth energy dowsing.
Every eclipse that I have dowsed has produced effects that are different in both form and in scale. Indeed, at times, the only commonality between them is that the event has a huge impact on the energies of the earth, during or around the eclipse itself.
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The lunar event, earlier in the month, was a comparatively routine affair - if such celestial magnificence can ever be felt to be routine. The earth energy lines shrunk and recovered as one might expect. The unusual circumstance here was that they appeared to activate about an hour late (but I am still scratching my head about whether it was the activity that was an hour adrift - or whether I was! Talk about the observer affecting the observed!!) . It was interesting that the line that runs though our kitchen bounced back stronger than it went down, but I can throw no further light on that particular phenomenon.
Two sections of ‘planetary grids’, as discovered by my colleague and mentor, Billy Gawn, were also measured. These expanded a little and then subsided again, much as they ever do.
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I wasn’t sure if anything would happen during the second, highly unusual, eclipse. It was almost as if it was a casual gravitational blow, just glancing off the southernmost tip of the planet. But, as we all know, not being sure is the very best place to start for any dowsing exercise.
Things started predictably enough (although I was unaware of this at 05.45 am - and yes, I have discovered that such a time is not just a theoretical construct). The earth energies ebbed away a little and later recovered, as one might expect, but with a strange spike of activity around 07.30 - well after the eclipse itself, which may not have had anything to do with the research in hand.
The solar grid line rose and fell gently, while its lunar equivalent seemed to decline steadily throughout the period of measurement, with a brief interruption between 06.45 and 07.30, presumably caused by the eclipse.
What was completely new - at least it was new to me - was that the both the solar and the lunar grid lines drifted sideways (the solar to the east, and the lunar towards the south west) by several centimetres. I had often wondered why and how the planets and stars seemed to be hurtling through space, at huge speeds in relation to one another, and spinning on their respective axes to boot, yet the grid lines seemed remarkably stable. Perhaps this was the first example that I had come across of where, in extremis, the impact of their motions shows a small but significant shift. A whole new field of research loomed into view!
At these two eclipses, I also measured the auras of two pieces of crystal - a small piece of amethyst placed in a neutral position, away from any major energy lines, and a larger piece of quartz, plonked on an energy node. The auras grew steadily, much as I have noticed in previous experiments, and held their increased ambience well after the completion of the proceedings. This was a very solid example of how bodies of mass and matter, albeit rather small ones, react to non-physical intervention. The Virtual Bridge resplendent in striking spring plumage.
It is difficult to over-emphasise the potential value of these occasional events to our understanding of earth energy dowsing. Do put the dates of 8th and 23rd October in your diaries. They’re worth getting up for (oh yes they are!).
The full tables of results for the April 2014 eclipses appear on both the EEG part of the BSD website and on my own website.
Nigel Twinn April 2014