Monday, June 26, 2006
I took this photo a few years ago (on a November the 5th) in Leagrave Woods, which are Marsh woods at the source of the River Lea in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The old name of Luton was Lygetun, a name derived from the ancient Celt name Lug's Town. Celtic Legend had it that Lug (or Lyg) the Celtic God of Light used to come to drink in the river.
I didn't know of the ancient legend til recently and had, since taking the photo, spent time meditating in the woods to try to find the significance of the phenomena in the photo; one of the most prominet anomalies being the king's head in the purple light patch in the centre. In meditation I was given the impression that the light came down in the river near those woods.
Being told about the legend recently really did it for me...it means the guidance I received and my interpretations of that guidance during the mediations I did was spot on.
I haven't been able to take photos with the same phenomena in since that day, although there has been the occassion success.
I now think that November 5th was a major date in the Celtic Calendar to celebrate Light and that firelighting on that day are significant, not of Guy Fawkes, but of a much older tradition.
