Keys and Gateways. Micheldever. 2025

June 12, 2025May 26, 2025 / Ann Murphy / 4 Comments

The bluebells are out and it was time to join the hordes of people going to see them in Micheldever woods. (Outside Winchester). Although, we weren’t going just to see the bluebells. We were going to visit the Banjo enclosure we had only recently discovered. Well, we did not discover it. It was discovered during an archaeological survey of the woods, but we only learned of it recently.

To get to that Banjo enclosure you have to go through the big one that is protected and as soon as we reached it, we were impulsed to go to the entrance of the banjo, down its ‘avenue’, to the energy point. All Banjos we have worked with have this point, either at the centre of the opening to the avenue or just below.

The point at the end of this avenue connects up to the Magenta layer. This is the Ruby, in the crystalline layer of the planet, and Love pours down into this point, and then into the Banjo which holds the rose energy of Feminine Love. Standing here, an image of the banjo came into my mind in its entirety, but I was shown that it was a key. The entire Banjo is a key in the landscape, opening up to another level. For this Banjo it opens up to the Ruby layer of Gaia’s emotional body, her love for humanity.

Each Banjo enclosure, or landscape key, opens to another dimension. And I don’t think that it is only these enclosures that are landscape keys, because I remember walking the mizmaze on St. Catherine’s Hill many years ago, and as I did the energy of the hill opened up. I had been ‘instructed’ to walk the maze and it was only as I came to the end of the walk, that I understood it was a key to the energy of the site. We have been working with that hill ever since.

So here we were with another key and this time we were making an essence of that energy. The ‘key’ created a reciprocal flow of energy. It opens to the other dimension but also allows the flow from that dimension into the Banjo and hence into the landscape. The banjo then acts as a womb, just like many hill-forts, holding energies. The essence of the Key also opens the user to being able to open other closed sites so they can then function as they were designed to. It puts the user in resonance, and the energy body then is the key too. So it works on multiple levels.

When I first began to work with Banjo Enclosures, Coldridge Banjo Enclosure was my key-opener. I was doing an archaeological survey of the Banjo and of the Roman villa site nearby (you’ll often find them close to each other) Once I had worked with that sacred site/settlement, I was able to work with all of them. Chris saw this key as a gold key, which indicated the frequency of gold. He also saw this key as a sound frequency, a note, which I was shown as a piano keyboard. Multiple sounds. The notes were also colours. Each ‘key’ on the piano corresponding to a colour.

For this Banjo, it was the Ruby Red. But also gold. Which are the two frequencies we have been seeing a lot lately! But there was also a blue energy present.

We left his point then and proceeded to the other Banjo. Every time we visit one of these places, we open to their energy more, and learn more each time. As we walked the trackway that cuts through the banjo I looked to my left and saw two tall trees within it. I immediately saw it was a gateway. But we were on the wrong side of it. We walked around to the other side of the trees. I was aware that as we walked we were walking from a small sphere of activity to a much larger one as though we were going to be expanding in some way. Moving into another reality. Moving out of the fish bowl, but we needed to pause before going through the gateway, taking a breather, so that when we stepped through we stepped through with awareness, with intention.

This is often how moving through an energetic gateway works. Often the gateway is formed of two trees. But not always. Once we become aware of them, and it only happens in the moment, we walk between them. We paused, then moved forward with intention. There is a sense of importance in that pause, that moment of knowing that when we walk through the energetic gateway, our vibration will be different and we will have initiated new events.

Chris felt that we would be expanding into Europe, into a bigger sphere of work, and travel. We have already done work in France, the U.S. and in Spain, and in Iceland, but this expansion was more than that. As if we would be working bigger, with more energy. There was also the sense of less, clearing everything unnecessary, honing things down. On the other side of the gateway, there was the impression of a castle, a place we would visit. It looked like the remains of one of its corner turrets. We would be going back into time. There was a crusader element to this, and a King Richard energy.

Stepping through we had to stop as we had moved through and into the bigger bubble. Yet, there was still a time of unsurety before we found our way to the right road. It might take us time, but we would find our way in this new terrain. A whole new path. It felt medieval to Chris.

Once back ‘on track’ we headed towards the smaller, more obscure Banjo enclosure further down the trackway (the track cuts right through it). From a distance, we were aware of two beings waiting for us. To my mind’s eye, they looked like an old bearded man, and a younger teenage girl but dressed in clothes like people in Lord of the Rings. We often see them like this. It’s how the unconscious mind clothes them, so that we recognise their origin.

As we approached, they were giving us the impression of a letter, a communication. This letter was something we needed to take to someone else, or someplace else. France/Spain came in. The Bronze age settlements there. Getting to the site the energy filled us, like an umbilical connection, drawing us deeper into its sphere of energy. This was like the site’s influence but it was contained. As you walk through the outer membrane, and into the sphere, you resonate with the site’s energy and can access the knowledge there. This was a new experience. Maybe because it was a small Banjo enclosure.

We stepped into the trees to the left which felt Elven and beautiful, as though we had stepped into a fairy realm. The energy of this Banjo was the same as the one in Itchen woods. But it was only when we were in the trees that it felt so fairy-ish. Now it was time to communicate with the two spirit people who had drawn us there. The man instructed me to open the essence we had made in the avenue of the big banjo and when I did he dipped a letter into it. A written letter. This was to infuse the letter, which was sealed, with the energy keys of the big Banjo. It reminded me of people in the past infusing their letter with perfume to remind the recipient of the writer’s essence. When we, or anyone else who uses the essence, visits another site the energies there will recognise it.

There is some kind of communication then between both sites. It felt like Carnac, in France. Some correspondence between the two places. Next, the young girl placed some Herkimer diamonds in the bottle. These Herkimer diamonds were filled with her light, her soft supportive, gentle energy, so that we move into these ancient spaces with a gentleness and respect for both the site, and the beings who inhabit them. The Man then gave us his staff, so that we go with his authority. We are working on behalf of these ancestral people so we go with his energy. The staff is also used to open energy and to send pulses out into the landscape. It will ensure that our work is accepted in these foreign places. It gives us access to these places. Like envoys.

Then, the man showed us our transport. Ponies with side packs for travelling. But it was telling us to take what we need, to be prepared for a long journey. We will need the transport to be able to visit many places. He then gave us a very big smoky quartz crystal point to take and he put it in the side pack of one horse. In another pack, on a second horse, he placed a gold disc. A CD with information on it. One of us will carry the crystal energy and one will carry the information. A road-trip, he called it.

Chris then noticed that the Banjo was bordered by a few oak trees, (which became important a few weeks later). We were then drawn to a tree in the centre of the clearing and we had to activate it by walking around it once anti-clockwise and then standing with our backs to it and activating the Heartwood symbol. We’ve been using this symbol a lot! We received a wonderful infusion of love, appreciation and gratitude; the tree acknowledging our connection to it and gifting us with lovely heart-felt energies.

White Dragon/Serpent Key.

September 5, 2022 / Ann Murphy / Leave a comment

11 June 2009.

This is an old diary entry, which I thought might be an interesting view into how I received one of the Gaia Method Earthways Symbols. I received most of the symbols this way, always in nature, and this barrow is one I return to again and again. I always receive something new from the Guardian there.

I went up to Micheldever woods with May, my first grandchild, and one of my daughters, Hana. It was a lovely walk, and we went through the Iron-Age Banjo enclosure, in Itchen woods, and then the ‘King’s’ barrow, followed by a walk to the ‘Queen’s’ barrow, which lies some distance away. I didn’t think we could negotiate the buggy through the woods, but we managed!

As we stood on the Queen’s barrow, which is what we call it, the energy felt exhilarating. The wind blew up, and it was like we were in a thunderstorm. Elemental energy is often experienced this way and it is the way the elemental energies indicate their presence.

Beneath the barrow, I began to ‘see’ a pink crystal, and a blue one. Hana took May to the buggy to give her a snack, so I could tune in properly. I had not expected to be doing this today; we’d only come for a walk but as I stood there, I saw the blue crystal clearly. The energy of the lady guardian of the barrow permeated my energy-field. When this happens, it is as if their energy is my energy; I feel like her, much the same as when mediums feel the energy of the person who is coming through them.

Looking down at my feet, I became aware that I was wearing a long white dress that spread out all around me and covered the barrow in white, fabric folds, like satin. I held a key in my right hand. A keyhole appeared in the blue crystal as it hovered within the barrow and I inserted the key into the keyhole. When it opened, it had become a bejewelled chest. The chest lid opened and inside was yet another key. This new key had a green lustre. For a couple of minutes, I received no further information so I asked what this key was for. The information floated into my head. I was told that it was a Gaia Method Earthways key. I waited for the energy of the key to show itself but it took some time. A white vortex began to form around me, and I understood the symbol was the vortex.

This white vortex began to transform into a sparkly white dragon. That was the name of the key: The White Dragon Key. I asked what this symbol did as it obviously whirled around the energy field. I was told that it raised the vibration of the field to a higher level, the level of the realm of ideas. All the ideas that ever were and ever will be are contained in this layer and with this symbol, you can access them. The layer seems to be full of as-yet-unmanifested potentials.

I felt strongly, that in return for this gift, I wanted to give something back to the site, so I asked what I could give. I saw the Venus mirror symbol, with the mirror turning and flashing in the sun as it rotated. It was as though it was sending light information through the air to other sites but what this information might be, I wasn’t sure. Then I saw the symbol anchoring about 30 cm in the earth. Where it anchored, ruby Venus energy spread like tree roots beneath the barrow. The mirror flashed again, as though it was signalling other sites which expressed the Venus energy, like a ruby Morse code.

At one point I saw an opening in the earth being opened by many hands. It was like the Sheila na gig opening in spring except that this time there was an ancient burial of a woman inside it. She was so ancient she looked mummified. The guardian of the burial showed me a ring the dead woman wore on her left-hand ring finger. She said she wished to give me this ring, if I would accept it. I asked her what it was for and she said it would help me move forward when things were slow. It would help me get to where I needed to, both vibrationally, and physically. I thought about that and decided it was a good thing to have, so I accepted. The guardian took the ring from the ancient lady, who reminded me of Hatshepsut, and placed the ring on my finger. The Lady in the Barrow was the Guardian, her energy still very present, that was the reason for her burial there.

When the energy returned to normal, I relayed what had happened to Hana. She was thrilled because, as she had been looking after May, she too had seen the white vortex and had seen herself standing at the edge of a white energy-field.

It’s always good to receive confirmation.

I have to say the elemental energy of the barrow was wonderful. Even May was squealing with excitement, watching the trees blowing in the wind.

Who are the Tuatha De Danaan?

September 24, 2016July 19, 2024 / Ann Murphy / Leave a comment

The Tuatha De Danaan are a race of people traditionally known as the faery folk of Ireland. They are said to reside in burial mounds and long barrows, and deep under the earth; places which are both physical and liminal. The stories tell us that they came from islands north of Ireland and that when they came, they brought their skills and arts with them, including a belief in the Great Mother. They also brought a magical tool from each of the four great cities they had left behind and when they arrived on Ireland’s shores, they burned their boats ensuring there was no possibility of return to their own country. (see info below about Dorset Cursus).

When I first began to receive the Gaia Method Earthways system of healing my first elemental contact, after my tree experience, was with elemental Beings who called themselves the Tuatha De Danann. They appeared as very tall, slim beings who were fairylike but also human with pale skin and long hair. I think the best representation of them is in the art of Brian Froud.

At first, they watched me from a distance, staying behind trees and appearing out of the woods only to pop back in again when I tried to communicate with them. It was as if they were trying to determine whether I could be trusted, or not. Soon, however, I was assigned a guide from these beings, another gatekeeper, who gave me access into the world of the Elemental Beings, or Sidhe (pronounced shee).

The more I interacted with these beings, the more I learned. They live in a world of nature and yet our human history tells us that they were once human. My own understanding is that they were a race of beings who came to Ireland with their beliefs in the Great Mother. But with the coming of other races, namely the Celtic peoples from the Steppes, with their horses, iron weapons and warlike ways, the ways and beliefs of the people of the Goddess went ‘underground’, to preserve the knowledge of the earth and its energy grids.

Today we know them as the Sidhe. The old stories of how the Irish ‘fairy folk’ can not abide the dense vibration of Iron attests to this possibility. It is well known among the Irish that iron can kill a fairy being. The Celtic peoples brought iron-working with them, and a vastly different belief system, so for me, this story makes sense. The knowledge of Iron-working did indeed kill the softer beliefs of the Bronze Age inhabitants of Ireland and of the British Isles.

Yet, as collective energies, they still exist on other dimensional levels, at least their collective wisdom still exists. They, as the Sidhe, now choose to assist humanity, training them to use the land and its magic and to expand into other realms. They became the stuff of legend and myth, but their energies remain in the collective unconscious.

Slowly they gave me information about who they had once been.

One early piece of information was whilst working at the Dorset Cursus, an ancient Neolithic route that stretches for miles across the Dorset landscape. At one end of the cursus, there is a mound and when I stood on this mound, it felt like I was standing on an upturned boat. Then I began to receive images of people coming to Britain to escape a flood that had destroyed their homelands, thousands of years ago.

Travelling in boats, these people took their belief in the Great Mother with them, establishing an entire network of Mother-focussed settlements. I hear the ancestors clairaudiently and this is what they said: “We built them to stabilise the imbalance which had resulted from the catastrophe that caused the flooding.” As soon as I got home, I tried to find information about this flooding. It felt like it had happened somewhere in the Mediterranean. Seven thousand years ago, the Mediterranean did indeed flood. Before it was a sea it was a river delta but the melting of the ice, at the end of the ice age, broke through the land barrier between Spain and Africa creating the sea.

It had taken them time to come to England’s shores. It too was recovering after the retreating of the ice, and only hunter-gatherers, Mesolithic people, lived here, close to the sea’s edge. But these newcomers established their colonies, and their beliefs, using their knowledge to re-establish planetary balance. It took many years for the land to become workable and, thanks to their energetic assistance, England became fertile enough for the farmers to grow crops and keep animals, rather than existing off the produce of the sea, as the Mesolithic people had done.

They built Megalithic structures, just as they had around the Mediterranean; energetic complexes like giant Motherboards created on and in the landscape; a Motherboard that still exists and which we are now rediscovering.

When I was researching this event and the megalithic culture, I discovered that the people who built these structures carried the I2 haplogroup in their DNA and that they had displaced the earlier inhabitants who had a different genetic inheritance. This came as a surprise to me because the I2 haplogroup is also mine. But then I thought, perhaps that is why I can tap into this knowledge. Because they really are my ancestors. They could also be yours.

Bronze Age Round Barrow, Micheldever Woods, Winchester.

Later, that I2 haplogroup was displaced by another people of a different haplogroup: the Beaker People. Although genetic history has come to the conclusion that the beaker people ousted the megalithic builders, in my experience they also worked with the energetic network in the landscape, albeit in a slightly different way. Their beliefs were still Mother-focussed. For instance, they built burial mounds in many shapes and sizes; the person buried there becoming the guardian of that energy point. In Ireland, these places are still thought of today as places of the Sidhe (Shee). The portals, however, are in the older megalithic structures like Newgrange, Knowth and Stonehenge and the many henges around the British Isles. These remain portals into the Mother’s world, places where the forces of solar fertility meet the seed of the Mother’s creations.

In every culture, there are the Ancient Ones, the memories and knowledge held by the people who first worked with it. In Ireland, and the United Kingdom, the Tuatha De Danaan are the Wisdom Keepers, and you can access their knowledge by working with their ‘layer’ of history. It is a form of energetic archaeology.

The awareness of the earth as Mother existed for many years but with the coming of the more war-like ‘Celtic’ peoples from the Steppes, the beliefs were eroded and went underground, back into the mounds and sacred places The ‘knowledge’ of the Goddess people had to become secret, or at least less visible, to protect it. It was encoded in the myths, and stories they told each other preserving, in art and writing, the knowledge of how to keep the earth in balance.

Over time, the knowledge contained in the stories was lost, but now it is returning. All the stories and myths have a truth hidden in them, if you look hard enough. New stories are also being written; stories that hold the codes and keys to the knowledge of the ancestors and the Tuatha de Danann, the People of The Goddess. Many are remembering.

The world needs rebalancing once again which is why this knowledge is returning. Many people with ancestry in the British Isles and Ireland have this memory in their cells. It only needs reactivating to access it. Your guides are only too willing for you to ask them, and you will receive the knowledge if you really want it. It is the sincere desire to know something that opens the door to receiving.

Film of the round barrow in Micheldever Woods by Chris Bishop.