Part I
 
Of all the many aspects surrounding crop circles, perhaps the most difficult to accept, because it's least understood, is their interactiveness. For instance, an increasing number of people are now finding circles appearing in fields they have chosen simply by request ... as bizarre as it sounds, formations have been formed purely by employing the power of thought.

Early during year 2000, founder members of the Medway Crop Circle set out through meditations, to try and actually tune into "The Circlemakers". Amazingly this was to lead to some pretty remarkable results.

Before any formations had arrived in 2000, we held our first meditation on 19th March, seated upon a three-line ley that runs from Burham Court Church to the Coldrum Stones, before ending at Trottiscliffe (Trosley) church. This alignment was chosen because of its association with two of the most impressive formations ever seen locally, that landed back in '99, close to Trottiscliffe church.

Accompanied throughout the meditation by what I can only describe as magical bird-song, we were blessed with a beautiful sunny afternoon, within an idyllic setting ... We couldn't have wished for a better day! Hoping to trigger a response, we decided to meditate upon the MCC logo, the design of which (figure 1) is based upon three circles. The top circle involves a heart shape that forms the letter 'M', linking to the two lower half circles which make up the two 'C's (MCC).

Fig 1.

With crystals placed intuitively and energy sensed, we began by thanking the 'Circlemakers' for all the beautiful gifts of seasons past. We then asked that in response to our boundless enthusiasm for them, we would love them to acknowledge us by placing a similar design to our logo in the fields.

Later that same afternoon we paid homage to the Coldrum Stones. The Coldrum mound with its beautiful easterly view over the Medway valley, is a very magical place that offers much in the way of peace within its immaculate seclusion. After ritually walking a labyrinth, (which someone had etched upon the ground), we sat amongst these amazing megaliths whilst quietly reflecting upon our earlier meditation.

A few weeks later, Kent's first formation arrived at Farningham (figure 2), impressed in canola (oil seed rape). This was a beautifully executed triangular shape design that was held within a circle.

Fig 2.


Whilst our logo hadn't arrived, amazingly the underlying geometry that makes up our logo had! (figures 3 & 4).

Fig 3.


Fig 4.

This is geometry that isn't commonly employed by the 'Circlemakers', Looking back at the 150 or so '99 formations, I searched for one based upon it. Although I found quite a few tri-circular 'near misses', I only found the geometry I was looking for employed once, and that was within the 'Cosmic Steering Wheel' that lay beneath Liddington Castle, Wiltshire, during July. (figure 5)

Fig 5.

Our second meditation that took place on a cold and miserable evening in early May, sheltering under the mighty 'Kit's Coty' dolmen at Bluebell Hill, near Maidstone. Eleven days later, a beautiful Celtic knot appeared in a field of lush green barley, near Wrotham. As you can see, once again, the same underlying geometry of our logo was used. (figure 6)

Fig 6.

Found close to a sacred mound, this Celtic knot is said to symbolically represent the flow of eternal spirit. Amazingly it sat upon an alignment that runs through the nearby tumulus, across fields at Trottiscliffe (that were host to the '99 formations), through the Coldrum stones, before heading back to Kits Coty, where we'd all meditated for it in the first place!

As you can imagine by now, we were beginning to realise the 'Circlemakers' were answering us ... but not only that, they were answering us on a personal level, would you believe! For instance, as far as my wife and I were concerned, we were shortly off to our first visit to Ireland, (Newgrange in particular), and here was a Celtic knot confronting us! (... mmm, but on the other hand, maybe it was an acknowledgement of our logo which when you think about it does look a bit like a shamrock!)

Although we were pleased to receive this beautiful gift, clearly the farmer wasn't! Eventually he calmed down, but at the time he was extremely upset and nothing could convince him otherwise that he wasn't the victim of mindless vandalism. Disappointingly, he wouldn't allow anyone in to visit the formation, and as a consequence, a detailed survey wasn't possible.

It must be said here, that the 'Circlemakers' (whoever they may be) gently lay over the stalks and the crop continues to grow. They do not usually break or damage the crop for in essence they have respect. Young barley, in which this formation was placed, is known to quickly recover, and responds by springing back up towards the light. So even after only a few days, or a week or so, it sometimes pretty hard to determine whether a formation was there in the first place! Therefore given the circumstances that the farmer wasn't allowing anyone into his field, damage would have been kept to an absolute minimum. A few weeks later, driving past the field, there was hardly any visual evidence of this formation, for the crop had recovered beautifully.

Talking amongst ourselves, we vowed that during our next meditation we would ask the Circlemakers if it was possible to put one down in a friendly farmer's field. But before another meditation could be arranged the next "Jaw-dropper" had arrived in the beautiful Darent Valley at Eynsford ... and guess what? It was parked in a field with a public footpath running through the middle of it! - So amazingly, it really didn't matter if the farmer was friendly or otherwise, because anyone could walk through the field and find themselves within a circle of 39 circles!

 

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Part II
 

Graham Tucker
Medway Crop Circle
(A small extract of this article originally appeared in SC magazine (no. 91), edited by Andy Thomas)
© March 2001
All diagrams by Graham Tucker © 2000
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