It is near the end of the question-and-answer session in the 'Unfoldments, Secrets and Synchronicities' workshop that Neil Kramer talks a little about 'the power of the land'. When I first heard this expression, I sat bolt upright in my chair. My jaw dropped, and my eyes nearly popped out of my head. 'The power of the land': yes, that's it precisely.
Kramer discusses the topic in the context of the life and work of Tolkien. One of Tolkien's main concerns, it appears, was the loss of the land in England through encroaching industrialisation during his lifetime. He was very passionate about the Earth - not as conservation, but more as the power of the land, the connection with which has almost been completely severed in modern-day England. This destruction has consequences, not only for the human, plant and animal kingdom, but also the elven and other realms that may inhabit the Earth. This in turn will affect their relationship and disposition towards humans, destroyers of their home. There is a chapter at the end of 'Lord of the Rings' entitled 'Scouring of the Shire'. In it our hobbit heroes return to their homeland, the Shire, only to find it has been laid to waste while they have been away, the power of the land destroyed. This scene does not appear in the celebrated film version of the story, speculatively because it does not fit in with the notion of a neat and tidy happy ending.
'The power of the land'. If it still exists as a force in Britain, one of its major locations is the highland areas of Scotland, I would suggest. And it is this which is at the bottom of my own impassioned pleas against the industrialisation of these regions with wind farms. It is not energy efficiency, damage to tourism, subsidies to fat cats, not even aesthetic considerations strictly speaking. These all play their part, but the prime mover and shaker for me is the power of the land. We sit in high-rise office blocks and centrally-heated houses, conversing on mobile phones and watching television. But still we have a vital connection with the land, a connection we ignore and sever at our peril. Politicians and nasty little bureaucrats stuck in London or Edinburgh have no respect for the land - probably no cognisance of its power and importance. So they draw up twisted policies and make foolish decisions based upon an essentially cut-off, alienated twilight experience of life. They are creatures with blood different to that which courses through my own veins.
Should we so wish, we can get conspiratorial about the matter: the paper trail is not difficult to follow on this one. Club of Rome, Rio Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol, subsequent Climate Change Conferences; the hijacking and distorting of officially-sanctioned so-called environmental charities and organisations; Agenda 21 ( of focal importance) and the adoption of state-defined environmental awareness as a sign of the responsible citizen; the introduction and implementation of climate change targets around the world, centred on reducing CO2 emissions.
Do not imagine that our vacuous Prime Minister and the succession of empty-headed dark buffoons who have inhabited the Department of Energy and Climate Change (a nifty move, that, bringing the two together under a single umbrella, not a bad attempt at mind control) have a clue as to what they are doing, or have even heard of the power of the land. They are merely carrying out policies and protocols put before them by upper echelons of Orcs, who assure them that 'this is the thing to do'.
I am sure that the former inhabitants of the islands of Britain knew only too well the power of the land. Megaliths, stone circles, etc are only one manifestation of their wisdom. We can surmise that they were able to use their knowledge of the workings of this power in their everyday lives, in terms of planting, rearing animals, healing, decision-making, spirituality. The Romans, on their arrival in Britain, were intent on cutting this visceral connection; the destruction of Druidic culture was a vital aspect to their successful take-over. Still later, the early Christians quietly recognised the power of the land. This manifested in the location of many churches, which were built on the sites of pre-Christian sacred places. This served the double purpose of eradicating the old culture and religion, while building their own places of worship in spots divined by the ancients as connected with power.
I know personally of this power that can reside in wild and mountainous places. You can utilise charts of ley lines and dragon lines I am sure, but best, from a personal perspective, is to rely on an open and receptive mind, with its intuition properly charged. There are places that I will go if I am in need of assistance, inspiration, or energy. Similarly, I have visited mountains that I consider I do not resonate with; these I may not visit again, or if so cautiously and circumspectly. This 'power' is not good or bad as such: it is simply part of the interconnected world we inhabit, and can be utilised should we so wish, as a reflection of a symbiotic relationship. Cutting us off from this energy is one ploy used to render us docile and idiotic. It is to be ignored at our peril, however, and messing up the world of elves and others with monstrous turbines is no joke. Maria Wheatley, a real expert and treasure trove of information on earth energies, states that some mountains shoot energy up through them; I do not find this notion fanciful. Without a connection with this power flowing through the natural world we are weak, alienated. Is it any wonder that those whose dreams consist of power, or forcing twisted ideology upon the world of humans at large, view it with indifference or outright hostility?
P.S. While I noted the mind control association of energy and climate change in the government at Westminster, this is less bizarre than the Scottish counterpart. Here we have Fergus 'Mr Windfarm' Ewing as Scottish Minister for business, energy, and tourism. What dark magic is at work in this surreal concatenation of portfolios?! I may as well proclaim myself Minister for intergalactic travel, plankton preservation, and sausage rolls....
