(start at Heathrow, Terminal 3)

Stonehenge (Pic credit: Wiki Commons Agreement)

The St Michael Line is England's spiritual backbone, its longest ley (that is, ley line) running from the Norfolk coastline in the northeast to the edge of Cornwall in the southwest.

It gains its name from the holy hills and churches along its dead straight course dedicated to the archangel Michael. Along its course are some of the country's most WELL KNOWN sacred places including the White Horse of Uffington, Wayland Smithy long barrow, Avebury stone circle complex, Silbury Hill, West Kennet long barrow, Glastonbury, with its abbey, tor and holy well; Brent Tor's church of St Michael, the Cheesewring and Hurlers triple stone circle on Exmoor, St Michael's Mount, and finishing at the Merry Maidens stone circle.

Journeying along the Michael Line is a pilgrimage to some and a psychic quest to others. The achievement of each stage on the journey brings with it a spiritual insight, a moment of enlightenment that culminates with a Grail like experience that is transformatory in its implications. This is something that all members of the tour will have a chance to experience and achieve.

In addition to the incredible journey along the Michael Line the tour diverts to take in an early morning, private viewing of Stonehenge and a visit to a crop circle in the area of Marlborough or Avebury. There will be a chance to relax and recharge your batteries in Glastonbury and also at the end of the trip in the tranquil landscape of West Penwith in Cornwall, when guests will get a chance to see the Men an Tol megalithic structure and other sites in the area.

TOUR ITINERARY

St Michael Line Tour Itinerary
Day 1 - July 12
Collection from London Heathrow& transfer to hotel.
First night in hotel in Marlborough, one of Wiltshire's most beautiful towns.
Orientation meeting before dinner

Day 2 - July 13
Visit to Uffington White Horse, Dragon Hill & Uffington church, with guest Gary Biltcliffe, author the "Spine of Albion", about Britain Belinus line. Lunch, then visit Waylands Smithy long barrow, constructed around 3500 BC.
If possible there will be a visit to a crop formation in the Marlborough or Avebury area.
To Marlborough Hotel for evening (2 or 3 days).

Left, Uffington White Horse (pic credit: Wiki Commons Agreement. Right: Wayland Smithy long barrow (Pic: Wiki Commons Agreement)

Left, Avebury stone circle (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement). Right, West Kennett long barrow (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement).

Day 3 - July 14
Early morning visit to Stonehenge, England's premiere megalithic monument, constructed 5,000 years ago on a site of a much older Mesolithic sacred place dating to 8000 BC.
Back to hotel for breakfast
Visit Avebury's breathtaking megalithic stone circle complex, including its rings of stones and avenues.

Day 4 - July 15
Morning visit to Silbury Hill, Europe's largest man made mound, and the Sanctuary monument.
Afternoon visit the West Kennet Long barrow, the site of many UFO encounters and sightings, built by our megalithic ancestors 5,500 years ago. Continue to Glastonbury, Celtic Britain's Ynys Wittrim, the Glass Island, an otherworldly realm connected with Arthur, Merlin and Joseph of Arimathea journey to Britain. Visit the 1,500 year old ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.

Left, Glastonbury Tor (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement). Right, Glastonbury Abbey (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement)

Day 5 - July 16
Climb the iconic Glastonbury Tor, visit the tranquil Chalice Well, see Wearyall Hill, with its world famous holy thorn, and visit the 1,500 year old Glastonbury Abbey. Free time in Glastonbury.

Day 6 - July 17
Transfer to hotel at Two Bridges, on the enigmatic Dartmoor (for 2 nights).
Visit the Nine Maidens stone circle.

Day 7 - July 18
Visit the beautiful Lydford Gorge with its White Ladies waterfall, and climb Brent Tor to reach its wide-swept church of St Michael. Second night in Two Bridges Hotel.

Left, Brent Tor church (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement). Right, White Lady waterfall, Lydford Gorge, Devon(Pic: Wiki Commons Agreement.


Day 8 - July 19
In morning drive to West Penwith with a stop for lunch at Minions and visit to the Hurlers stone circles & the Cheesewring.

Day 9 - July 20
Visit to St Michael's Mount, said to have made built by giants, and visit the exquisite Boscawen-un stone circle, and finish the St Michael line pilgrimage at the Merry Maidens stone circle.

Left, St Michael's Mount, Cornwall(Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement). Right, Men an Tol megalithic setting (Picture credit: Wiki Commons Agreement).

Day 10 - July 21
Second day in West Penwith visiting a holy well, the Men-an-tol megalithic monument and spend a little down time in Penzance, one of Cornwall's most beautiful towns.

Day 11 - July 22
All day drive to London Heathrow for evening flights or hotel if required.

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THE NINE LIGHTS OF KNOWLEDGE

A QUEST OF DISCOVERY ALONG THE MICHAEL LINE

The Green Stone by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman

Another book to feature the St Michael Line or May day sunrise line is The Green Stone by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman. It describes an incredible psychic quest from January-February 1981 involving Andrew Collins, Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman to gain what were called the nine "Lights of Knowledge" (thinking of The Celestine Prophecies but in the British landscape and ten years beforehand), using the power object known as the Green Stone, which had to be taken and held at each of the key sites along what we know today as the Michael Line (back then we knew only that the line related to the rising of the sun on the May cross-quarter day).

Each "light" was, in actuality, an individual energy package, a download on the wisdom and knowledge of the megalithic peoples of Western Europe.

Each light could only be attained through working out clues regarding the landscape in question's "aspect," which roughly corresponded, in an ascending order, with the nine sephira of the Cabalistic Tree of Life (Yesod to Kether, in that order).

Each light also had its own name, which was only revealed at the point it was gained (for instance, the Fourth Light was "Vision").

Physical guardians and astral guardians would have to be found and approached, who would offer clues as to where to go to achieve the light. In order the key sites were (the Cabalistic aspect to each light is given in brackets):

First Light (Yesod)

Sites visited: Dorchester abbey church, Dykes Hills (aka the Neots), Isis Lock on the River Isis (Thames), all in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxon, with the light being attained in a fosse on nearby Harp Hill, part of Wittenden Clumps. The physical guardian was the lock keeper on the Isis Lock, with the astral guardian being a raven. Memorable psychic instruction: "Follow the Neots to the Waters of Isis"

Second Light(Hod)

Sites visited: Sparsholt church, White Horse, Uffington, with the Light being gained at Wayland Smithy long barrow. The physical guardian was the forest ranger, and the collective astral guardian was a group of elementals called "Crogs".

Third Light(Netzach)

Sites visited: the highway just beyond the Black Horse pub, East Hanney; Avebury stone circle, crossroads Fyfield Down, with the Light being gained between the Cove stones in Avebury's North Circle. The physical guardian was local resident Heather Garland, with the collective astral guardian being wild horses under the name Zel or Sel (Heather had herself encountered the sound of the wild horses on Fyfield Down when out riding one moonlit night in the mid 1950s). Memorable psychic instruction: "Where Zel rides. Find where Zel rides."

Fourth Light (Tipherath)

Sites visited: Wearyall Hill, St Michael's Cottage, both in Glastonbury, with the Light gained on the top of Glastonbury Tor. The physical guardian was Glastonbury and earth mysteries author Anthony Roberts, with the astral guardian being the Phoenix.

Fifth Light (Geburah)

Sites visited: Crediton church, a small bridge across a stream on a local golf course, with the Light being gained insideThe Black Dog pub, Black Dog, Dartmoor, Devon. The physical guardian was The Black Dog's landlord, with the astral guardian being, not unnaturally, a black dog, with a darkman archetype in the form of a clergyman named Pastor John taking the role of "ejudicator".

Sixth Light (Chesed)

Sites visited: White Ladies waterfall, Lydford Gorge, and Lyford Castle, with the Light being gained within St Michael's church, Brent Tor. The physical guardian was the landlord of The Castle Inn, Lyford, with the astral guardians a white lady spirit at the White Ladies waterfall named Cascaya and a dawn cockeral on Brent Tor.

Seventh Light (Binah)

Sites visited: Hurlers stone circle (secondary sites not visited Caradon Hills, Roche Rock and Dozmary Pool). Both the Seventh Light and the Eight Light came together in Cheesewring Hotel, Minions, without the remaining sites needing to be visited.

Eight Light (Chokmah)

The Eight Light was gained with the Seventh Light inside The Cheesewring Hotel, Minions, However, the main Eighth Light site was to be St Michael's Mount. No physical guardian or astral guardian was approached. However, the astral guardian came through as a Cornish saint named St Erth.

Ninth Light (Kether)

The Ninth Light was only gained by new Meonia questing group that included Debbie Benstead, Paul Weston, Alex Langstone, John and Kerry Horrigan, Lisa Mundy, Karl Dawkins and Andrew Collins in December 1989. Sites visited: Merry Maidens stone circle, The Pipers standing stones, a stream in with the Light gained inside Boleigh fogou. Physical guardian was the female owner of the Boleigh fogou, with the guardian being a trident wielding sea-god.

The story of the quest for the nine Lights of Knowledge
is told in The Green Stone

For more on Meonia, the Green Stone and the Lights of Knowledge click here

THE SUN AND THE SERPENT

Almost all of the sites visited by Andrew and Graham on the Lights of Knowledge went on to be featured in Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller's classic The Sun and the Serpent, which details the authors' own quest of discovery down the Michael line using dowsing and other intuitive means of investigation. The book shows that in addition to the Michael Line, another energy line they call the Mary Line interweaves the original line from its start at Hopton-on-Sea in Norfolk, all the way down to the tip of Cornwall.

Left, Chalice Well, Glastonbury (Pic: Wiki Commons Agreement). Right, "The Sun and the Serpent" by Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller, unquestionably the essential read for anyone wanting to learn more about the St Michael Line.

For more on the magical reality of the Michael Line and its relationship to the Cabala and the Lights of Knowledge see Paul Weston's Avalonian Aeon website

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