Teachings for These Times in Relation to 21st December, 2020
08/12/2020
Teachings for These Times in Relation to 21st December, 2020 By Peter Dawkins Uluru, in the centre of Australia, is a brilliant natural symbol of Shiva’s lingam which lies within the root chakra, encircled three and a half times by the serpent-goddess Kundalini. When suitably aroused, she then rises upwards through the other chakras. Many years ago ...City of London Samhain Pilgrimage Report
18/11/2020
Gatekeeper Trust City of London Samhain Pilgrimage Report 31 October 2020 Group Leader – Roberta Ardern Tyler – Phyllis SantaMaria Pilgrims start by heading to Pater Noster Square outside St Paul’s Cathedral A small group of slightly apprehensive pilgrims and a black Labrador called Oscar arrived at the rendezvous point in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral across the road from ...The Astronomy of Taurus
23/10/2020
By Mike Newton The constellation of Taurus has been recognised from the very earliest days of archaic astronomy dating back over 5000 years. It may have been the very first recognised constellation because at that time it marked the beginning of the year at the point of the spring sun. There are many references to the ...Report from Pisces – the continuing tale of the River Usk pilgrimages
27/08/2020
Dear Usk Pilgrims, Usk to Clytha leg Thank you for going up the Usk River with us. And – we are planning two legs over a weekend in September – date to be confirmed. First leg from Clytha to Abergavenny and second leg from Abergavenny to Crickhowell. We may camp in a friends field or you may want ...Walking the River Usk in Pisces, in the Wheel of Life British Zodiac
21/08/2020
Photo: Near the mouth of the Usk, at the Gwent levels, looking across to Somerset I was introduced to the Wheel of Life pilgrimages back in 2017 when Jane Embleton and I worked with the energies of Heiros Gamos on either side of the Severn River during the time of Pisces, an extraordinary tale for another time. ...Singing from the Heart
26/07/2020
My first experience of a pilgrimage organised by the Gatekeeper Trust was in 1990, when Peter and Sarah Dawkins led a group of us to some of the cathedrals of northern France, as well as the palaces of Fontainebleu and Versailles. We sang in the wonderful acoustics of the gothic cathedrals of Amiens, Beauvais and ...A Multi-storeyed River’s Tale
26/07/2020
In January 2013, I started an apprenticeship with my local river, The River Tone, with a visit to the source on Exmoor with a fellow gatekeeper Charlotte Yonge. The ground was waterlogged and as we walked, our steps created bubbling little springs in front of us…it was quite a magical experience. Three large horses tested ...Silver Wheel Pilgrimage
30/06/2020
GATEKEEPER WHEEL OF LIFE PROJECT AN OVERVIEW OF EVENTS IN THE LANDSCAPES OF CAPRICORN THE INSPIRATION AND QUEST OF CAPRICORN? While we are in the process of shaking our foundations with challenging planetary alignments, let us consolidate our understanding of where, why and how we pilgrimage in our beautiful landscapes and what they reflect to us of our ...Songs, Words & Water Blessings – River Reflections from Salisbury
22/06/2020
The beautiful cathedral city of Salisbury has suffered 2 traumas to her health and wellbeing in just 2 years… It was in response to the first trauma that a fellow gatekeeper friend and I, initially felt moved to start blessing the rivers of Salisbury. An attempt to heal and transform the dark drama of the ...KING ALFRED’S LANDSCAPE JOURNEY TO KINGSHIP
22/06/2020
KING ALFRED’S LANDSCAPE JOURNEY TO KINGSHIP Report of research and pilgrimage in the Wessex Landscape Temple Was King Alfred one of our ‘sun kings’ who established a kingdom and a language for the European diaspora into Britain? How does such a famous king become a wise ruler and effective educator as our cultural hero? Uncovering the rise ...