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“For Sound in the Land in May this year I stood on the longest packhorse bridge in the UK overlooking the junction of rivers Trent and Sow on the Shugborough estate in Staffordshire. It was in close proximity to the Trent-Mersey canal and the main West Coast railway line. I was struck by the various ...

“To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon.” (an old Eastern proverb). In the Welsh language, the term “Lloer” means Moon and is sometimes used for the lunar year or month. In Welsh, “Lloerawl” means Lunar, belonging to the moon, and “Lloergan” is the Moon shining, ...

By Jane Knight (Trustee) It was an auspicious start to the Pilgrims Weekend. The sun was shining brightly as three Gatekeeper Trustees, namely Angela, Charlotte and myself, descended on to Portland, meeting up within 15 minutes of each other from Sussex, Devon and Staffordshire. Fellow trustee Mike and Vivian joined us later from Manchester having travelled ...

The Gatekeeper Trust is contributing to the carving of the Gatekeeper Stone into a book of nature, embodying the wisdom held in the land, as part of the “Green Corridor Walk Through Time” in Tout Quarry, Portland. Further funding is being sought for this “green corridor” which descends from the Memory Stones into the quarry, ...

The Isle of Portland is a remnant land form, its attachment to the Dorset mainland hollowed out, eroded away over time. The site of the Memory Stones is at a high point on the N/S axis of the island overlooking Chesil Beach and the sweep of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. One of the ...

From our Annual Conference 2022 – ‘Art Rescues the Heart’ Andrew speaks about the way in which singing can help us connect with our heart centre and nurture our heart consciousness. As our heart consciousness expands it gradually infuses our everyday consciousness, enabling us to express more and more our innate loving nature in an effortless ...

It is said you cannot judge a book by its cover, and this is certainly true of the amazing megalith stone, destined to be a “Book of Nature”, on which the Gatekeeper butterfly will be carved in Portland’s Tout Quarry. This megalith holds many aspects and looks different from every side, combining as it does geological ...

Summaries from local atunements around the country from our Light in the Landscape event in October 2023 – scroll down for the reports from various locations around the UK and international. You can also catch up on the video recordings from our Light in the Landscape Conference on this page: https://gatekeeper.org.uk/video-gallery-2023/ And details of the local atunement ...

We had been invited to join The Westmorland Dowsers for a day of talks and exploration around the Shap Landscape Temple. Located in north Cumbria to the west of the M6 motorway, this was probably one of the most important Neolithic centres in Britain, comprising stone circles linked by ...

The Stratford Pilgrims’ Day on 2/7/22 was a day of initiation and illumination into understanding the complex layering of myth, meaning, history and mystery which overlay this powerful landscape temple. In his morning talk, Peter Dawkins explained the symbolism behind the twin swans (which represent the mortal and immortal, the masculine and feminine, the seen ...