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How did a storm-battered Spanish ship, a Dundee harbour, and a grocer's wife with a pan full of unsaleable bitter oranges accidentally create one of the first registered trademarks in British history — and a product that would end up on breakfast tables from Edinburgh to Bombay? Why did the family fortune from that single kitchen experiment eventually pay for the restoration of Avebury, one of the greatest prehistoric monuments in Europe? And what does any of this have to do with Paddington Bear and Monty Don?Join John and Patrick as they tell the story of Scotland and marmalade — the Keiller factory, the empire in a jar, and the most consequential use of unsaleable citrus in history...----------In Sponsorship with J&K Fresh.The customs broker who is your fruit and veggies' personal bodyguard. Learn more here!-----------Join the History of Fresh Produce Club for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, book discounts and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Support us!Share this episode with your friendsGive a 5-star ratingWrite a review-----------Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here for extra stories related to recent episodes, book recommendations, a sneak peek of upcoming episodes and more.-----------Instagram, TikTok, Threads:@historyoffreshproduceEmail: historyoffreshproduce@gmail.com

Mindless Banter 150: Ley Lines Episode Description Ley lines are one of those weird topics that show up everywhere once you know what they are. Ancient sites, stone circles, old churches, UFO sightings, earth energy, fairy roads, portals, vortexes, and even places like Skinwalker Ranch all get pulled into the conversation. In this episode, we look at where the ley line idea started, how it got weird, why skeptics think it's map nerd garbage, and why it still makes for a perfect Mindless Banter rabbit hole. Episode Breakdown

In Part 2 of my Vipassana series, I dive deeper into what actually happened during the retreat itself.A month after returning home, I reflect on what has stayed with me, what has faded, and the lessons that continue to unfold in daily life as a mother, entrepreneur, homeschooler, and spiritual seeker.In this episode, I share:• The surprising shift that happened after the first days of anger and frustration• What Vipassana taught me about boundaries, resentment, and speaking up for myself• The power of simplicity and why life felt so much lighter with fewer decisions• The relief of stepping away from other people's problems, complaints, and expectations• How meditation affected my posture, habits, and relationship with time• The fears that surfaced after the retreat and what I am learning about meeting them with awareness• The blissful, expansive state I experienced on Day 7—and the crash that followed• Why the teachers emphasized equanimity over chasing peak experiences• Reflections on love, partnership, and what being away revealed about my relationship with my husband• The image of the monarch butterfly that became a symbol of this season of my lifeI also speak about returning home, rebuilding a meditation practice in ordinary life, and the ongoing challenge of integrating profound spiritual experiences into the realities of work, family, and responsibility.While I did experience an interesting mystical experience, this conversation is more about what happens after a 10 day retreat: the slow work of change, the cultivation of awareness, and the courage to keep showing up for the life that is already here.Part 3 will explore my time in Glastonbury, Avebury, ancient sacred sites, and the unexpected experiences that awaited me there.

The first crop circle of 2026 has appeared — and Patty Greer believes it may be arriving at exactly the right time. In this episode, Michael Jaco welcomes back renowned crop circle researcher and filmmaker Patty Greer to discuss the newest formation of 2026, what it may symbolize, and why these mysterious circles continue to appear around sacred sites in southern England. Patty shares her firsthand experiences spending summers near Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury, where dozens of crop circles would appear within a small radius around these ancient energetic locations. She explains how these sites have drawn seekers, pilgrims, and wisdom keepers for thousands of years and why she believes the geometry and energy of the crop circles are deeply connected to these sacred landscapes. Michael and Patty also explore the connection between intuition and awareness. At the beginning of the show, they discuss why they both use C60 EVO and how it helps them feel more mentally clear, focused, and intuitive before diving into deeper conversations. The episode also covers: • The meaning behind the first crop circle of 2026 • Why crop circles often appear near Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury • Ancient sacred geometry and mathematical precision in the formations • The connection between intuition, consciousness, and heightened awareness • Why Patty believes these circles may carry messages for humanity during times of change Patty also shares why she recommends C60 EVO and ESS60. ESS60 is C60 EVO's proprietary, high-purity form of Carbon 60 — a unique fullerene molecule suspended in carefully selected extra virgin olive oil. Michael and Patty discuss how they believe it supports clarity, energy, and intuition. Learn more about Patty Greer and her crop circle films: https://cropcirclefilms.com Find Patty Greer's crop circle books and films on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=patty+greer+crop+circles&adgrpid=1337008521954902&hvadid=83563292859676&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=92262&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83564067544305%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=7664_13467799&mcid=63c614150a2c333e9ac7a27ddf9fe0c9&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_23uxyv8ndn_e Learn more about C60 EVO: https://www.c60evo.com/unleashingintuition/ Use Coupon Code EVUI to save $15 off your initial order!

Gary Lachman in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touched-Presence-Blondies-Bowery-Occult/dp/B0DSV388DQ https://www.gary-lachman.com/ https://garylachman.co.uk/ In this memoir, Lachman recounts how he went from being a successful rock and roller to a writer on consciousness and the Western inner tradition. He shares encounters with rockers such as the Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Iggy Pop and also his time with Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. Living with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein on New York's Bowery, a block from CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock, Lachman discovered occultism via a follower of Aleister Crowley. Post rock and roll, Lachman's occult studies brought him to the Golden Dawn, Manly P. Hall, Gnosticism, and a stint in Crowley's O.T.O. He details his time in the Fourth Way, including a visit to the site of Gurdjieff 's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, and his years studying philosophy and literature and working as a science writer while managing a famous metaphysical bookshop at the height of the New Age movement. Excursions to Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury in search of ley lines and pilgrimages to Colin Wilson's home in Cornwall are a few of the highlights of this introspective, often humorous account of a nascent writer's struggle from rock and roll to individuation.

Gary Lachman - Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the OccultA memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author's journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on consciousness and the esoteric tradition• Explores his involvement in Gurdjieff's Fourth Way, Crowley's Thelema, and his relationship with the bestselling author Colin Wilson• Reveals how an early love of comic books, science fiction, and fantasy led him to the esoteric traditionNot many members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are also recognized authorities on the western inner tradition. Gary Lachman is. In 1978, Blondie released the top-ten hit, “(I am Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear.” Gary Lachman (then Gary Valentine) had written the song for his girlfriend after the series of shared dreams and telepathic experiences they had. Thus started his life-long obsession with the potentials of consciousness.In this memoir, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock and roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradition. He shares encounters with rockers such as the Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and also Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. Living with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein on New York's Bowery, a block from the birthplace of punk rock, CBGB, Gary discovered occultism via a follower of Aleister Crowley. Post rock and roll, Gary's occult studies brought him to the Golden Dawn, Manly P. Hall, Gnosticism, and a stint in Crowley's O.T.O. He details his time in the Fourth Way, including a visit to the site of Gurdjieff's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, and his years studying philosophy and literature and working as a Science Writer, while managing a famous metaphysical bookshop at the height of the New Age. Excursions to Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury in search of ley lines, and pilgrimages to Colin Wilson's home in Cornwall, are a few of the highlights of this introspective, humorous account of a nascent writer's struggle from rock and roll to individuation.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Gary Lachman - Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the OccultA memoir of magic, rock and roll, and becoming who you are• Traces the author's journey from bassist and founding member of Blondie to writer on consciousness and the esoteric tradition• Explores his involvement in Gurdjieff's Fourth Way, Crowley's Thelema, and his relationship with the bestselling author Colin Wilson• Reveals how an early love of comic books, science fiction, and fantasy led him to the esoteric traditionNot many members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are also recognized authorities on the western inner tradition. Gary Lachman is. In 1978, Blondie released the top-ten hit, “(I am Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear.” Gary Lachman (then Gary Valentine) had written the song for his girlfriend after the series of shared dreams and telepathic experiences they had. Thus started his life-long obsession with the potentials of consciousness.In this memoir, Gary recounts how he went from being a successful rock and roller to a writer on consciousness and the western inner tradition. He shares encounters with rockers such as the Ramones, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and also Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. Living with Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein on New York's Bowery, a block from the birthplace of punk rock, CBGB, Gary discovered occultism via a follower of Aleister Crowley. Post rock and roll, Gary's occult studies brought him to the Golden Dawn, Manly P. Hall, Gnosticism, and a stint in Crowley's O.T.O. He details his time in the Fourth Way, including a visit to the site of Gurdjieff's Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, and his years studying philosophy and literature and working as a Science Writer, while managing a famous metaphysical bookshop at the height of the New Age. Excursions to Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury in search of ley lines, and pilgrimages to Colin Wilson's home in Cornwall, are a few of the highlights of this introspective, humorous account of a nascent writer's struggle from rock and roll to individuation.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

What a pleasure it was to talk to Ruth Scurr, author of John Aubrey: My Own Life, about the great man himself, who was born four hundred years ago this month. Aubrey is best know for his splendid Brief Lives but he preserved a huge amount of knowledge which historians still rely on. There are many things we only know because of Aubrey—things about people Hobbes and Hooke, Stonehenge, architectural history. We also talked about Janet Malcom, the genre of biography, and modern fiction.HENRY OLIVER: Today I'm talking to Ruth Scurr. Ruth is a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in the University of Cambridge, where she specializes in the history of political thought. But more importantly, she is the biographer of John Aubrey, one of my favorite writers, who is celebrating 400 years of his birth this year. Ruth, hello.RUTH SCURR: Hi, Henry.OLIVER: Can you begin by giving us a brief life of John Aubrey?SCURR: So born in 1626, 17th-century antiquarian, collector, early fellow at the Royal Society. Well connected to scientific and the literary circles of his day. Someone who sees himself more as a whetstone: a person who could help sharpen other people's ideas. As a recorder, someone who treasured the details, the minutiae of the lives he encountered, and pass those details on to posterity.He's nonjudgmental, witty, kind, inventive. Very, very sociable. Very good friend. But he's hopeless at self-advancement. Begins his life as a gentleman, but he inherits debts from his father and he can never really achieve financial stability.Never marries, ends up homeless and worried about being arrested for his debts. And he has to sell his precious collection of books periodically through his life to raise some much-needed cash, but he keeps his manuscripts safe. And he does this at the end of his life by putting them into the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, afterwards known as the Bodleian, and where they still are today.OLIVER: So how many manuscripts did he save for us?SCURR: Of his own manuscripts or other people's manuscripts?OLIVER: Other people's. Because he was collecting all sorts of precious things.SCURR: Oh, absolutely. He was the person who, when someone died, would go round if he could to their house and ask what was happening about the manuscripts. He's particularly concerned, obviously, with his friends. So he had a close relationship with Robert Hooke and he wanted to make sure that Hooke's many inventions and scientific contributions were recorded.And he has this wonderful line in the life of Hooke where he says, “It's so hard to get people to do right by themselves.” And in his childhood, he had seen the fallout from the dissolution of the monasteries. He'd become very troubled by the habit of using manuscript pages which had been displaced in the dissolution. He saw them being used in schools to cover textbooks. He saw them being used to—or he heard about them at least being used—to wrap up gloves or to create stoppers in bottles. And this really troubled him from, from a very early age.And I think he has another beautiful line where he says after the dissolution of the monasteries, whereas these manuscripts had been kept safe, they flew around like butterflies. And he wanted to catch them and preserve them and to stop people letting the papers and the precious manuscripts of their relatives do the same. So he was very instrumental in rescuing manuscripts, other people's manuscripts. And then fortunately with his own, he knew Ashmole and they had the shared astrology interest.Ashmole was a very different sort of person who basically said to Oxford, look, I'll give you my collections, but there has to be a museum for them. And luckily Aubrey was able to use that museum as a safe place for his own manuscripts.OLIVER: So we know things about Robert Hooke and Thomas Hobbes and all these other luminaries of the 17th century, thanks to Aubrey. What else do we know, thanks to him?SCURR: We know what Stonehenge looked like in his day because he was a very good draftsman. He drew pictures of Stonehenge. He'd grown up in Wiltshire, he'd known those stones from childhood. He understood that Avebury nearby was a comparable monument, and he took Charles II to see it, and persuaded the king to get the locals to stop breaking up the stones, to reuse the stones, which was the practice.He also made drawings of windows because he was possibly the first person as a historian of architecture to realize that you could date buildings by the style of their windows. So we have those drawings. He was also interested in the history of costume. He did a survey of Surrey, of Wiltshire.So these are all sort of focuses in his manuscripts and people who've used them come to really appreciate how pioneering Aubrey was. But of course he doesn't finish them. He doesn't publish those manuscripts. So it's very easy really to overlook the innovation and the contribution and the wonderful imagination that he had.OLIVER: You mean if he'd published a book, he would have a much bigger reputation?SCURR: Well, I think there's two things. Yes, but in a sense, you know, the Brief Lives have been published after his death in various forms. But I think one of the most engaging things about Aubrey is that he's a modest and self-effacing person. And I already mentioned the idea he had of himself as a whetstone to other people's talents.There aren't that many people—certainly not in my life, maybe there are in yours—but who would effortlessly describe themselves as a whetstone to other people's talents. Most people want to be at the center. They're happy to have clever and literary friends, but they want a place there at the table as well.And Aubrey really was very, very invested in helping other people to do right by themselves, as he said about Hooke. And he very movingly—this is one of the inspirations really for my book that I wrote about him—he spent all that time collating the information about other people's lives. And for his own life, he puts down a few lines, a couple of facts and everything.He says, well, this could be used as the binding of a book. You know, it's sort of waste paper really. So he doesn't write his own life. Other people's lives he's going to convey to posterity. He doesn't see his own life as really being at that level of needing the attention that he gave, for example, to Milton or to Harvey or Hobbes, as you mentioned.OLIVER: He's born the year after Charles I comes to the throne. So he obviously lives through a fairly terrible period of history and very tumultuous, changeable in lots of different ways. The new world, the new learning, new religion, new politics, everything is changing. And he's obsessed with the old ways. How did these historical events—is he reacting against his time? Is he just born in a lucky time in a way?SCURR: So he was a student in Oxford during the Civil War. And you are right. The upheaval is very disturbing for his generation. It means he gets called back from Oxford by his father because it's dangerous to be there. And he's really, really upset by that because, it's like us, when we were students or our students today. You finally get away from your family and there you are in this place with all these exciting peers and access to books that you've never had before or at least to that extent, libraries, et cetera.And suddenly there's a war on and you've got to go home. So there's that disturbance. Then there is the fact that actually he was close to Hobbes. Hobbes actually was a Malmesbury man, so Wiltshire, very near Aubrey. And had come back to visit the school where Hobbes had been, which was where Aubrey was at school. And so they had met in Aubrey's childhood, and then he would've been aware of Hobbes having to go into exile. And then Hobbes coming back, of course. And that's a very important time in his life.And it's not an accident that Hobbes asks Aubrey to write his life because Hobbes knows how careful Aubrey is. And he knows that Aubrey has information that he can convey in the life. So that is really the first life that he writes. And it's different from the others. There's a different sort of origin. And it's after he's done that, that he starts to think, well, actually, you know, I can think of at least 50, 55 other people's lives. And now I've got my hand in, I might start on those as well.So in that period of upheaval there are wonderful stories. Maybe we'll look at some of the Brief Lives, but there's this amazing story that he captures in the life of William Harvey, which is a description of Harvey having been at the battlefield in Edgehill and recording one of the people who had been fighting and wounded, surviving by having the good sense to pull a dead body on top of himself, to keep himself warm on the battlefield. Things like that, which make the war very much alive. This is brutal, this civil war. It's a long time ago and we think we passed over it, but the really brutal reality of war is captured in the Brief Lives through the anecdotes and the stories of that generation that Aubrey preserves.OLIVER: How English is he?SCURR: Well, as opposed to what?OLIVER: Welsh.SCURR: Okay. Well he goes to Wales often and is very interested in Wales. I think he sees himself as English. I think he's very invested in English customs and stories and people. He's not nationalistic in any sense like that. What he's interested in is the inherited ways of living.And he's very interested in language and different dialects. That's one of the other things; he starts to collect different words. He was very aware of the Cornish dialect, for example. So I'd say it's a very decentered England that's rooted in customs, traditions, inherited stories.And there's a big place there for both the future and the past. Huge excitement about The Royal Society, English science, what can be achieved through the sharing of knowledge. But again, Aubrey's not an insular person in that respect. So, he wished he could go on the Grand Tour when he was a student. He would really have loved to have done that. It's one of the things that he actually talked to Harvey about, going and traveling as his contemporaries, for example, John Evelyn did.But Aubrey actually says—this is very typical of Aubrey—that his mother persuaded him out of it. His mother didn't want him going off on the Grand Tour. She was afraid for him. And he regretted it later in life. But it's so typical of Aubrey that he would pay attention to his mother and her anxieties.OLIVER: This interest in the present and the past—so he loves all the history, but he's in the Royal Society. One thing I like in your book is the way he talks about, oh, my grandfather still dresses in the old ways, like he's an Elizabethan, but at the same time he's doing a very sort of Baconian project. He's influenced by Bacon. Is Aubrey a sort of paradox? Does this make sense in a way?SCURR: Only in so far as lots of other people are as well. I was just looking at the Harvey life, and there's a story there about how when Harvey was a student he was meant to be setting sail with some friends. And he's stopped and told, “No, you can't get on this boat. You have to wait.” And he says, “Well, what have I done wrong? Why can't I get on this boat?” He said, “No, honestly, we need to have a word with you. You are not going on the boat.” And then the boat sinks, everyone dies. And this is apparently because the guy who stopped him had a dream that he needed to stop Harvey going. Harvey told Aubrey that story.Harvey also is—as Aubrey sort of slightly inaccurately puts it, is the inventor of the circulation of the blood. And you think, well, that's going a little bit far, perhaps not actually the inventor, but certainly the first person to discover, to understand about circulating blood.So there's another example of someone's life includes, I wouldn't be alive unless somebody had had this premonition and dream that I was about to die. Which is from a completely different world, from the rational, scientific understanding of the body or the other scientific advances that are going on at the time.OLIVER: And Aubrey's happy to just sort of coexist with both of those because of his interest in astrology?SCURR: And not just astrology. He's very interested in astrology and nativities, as he called it. In some of the Brief Lives, you see the sort of recording of the information that would be needed to cast an astrological shape for the life.But he is also interested in the fact that people believe in fairies and ghosts. He doesn't look down on those beliefs. Nor does he say that he necessarily believes in the presence of fairies or the interventions of the supernatural. But he's got a very open mind in relation to that. And certainly being simultaneously interested in early astronomy and astrology together is, to us, very striking. But then I think it was much more normal.OLIVER: Why do you think he resisted ordination?SCURR: Because he said the cassock stinks. He considered ordination several times because he knew it would be a living, it would be a way of being able to have some income, probably not very onerous duties. Some of his friends say to him, “Come on, Aubrey, it really won't be that much work. You'll just get a curate who'll do it all, and you'll get the living, and then you won't have to be worrying all the time about your paycheck. You haven't got a paycheck. It would be a living coming to you.”And on one occasion, one of the reasons he gives for not doing that is he thinks well, what if there's another religious upheaval and I have to change sides again? What if Roman Catholicism comes back and I ended up on the wrong side of it?And, again, would it really have been that difficult to go with the flow? But I think, in his own way, he had found his way of living, which was intensely sociable. And perhaps he didn't want that constraint of being a member of the clergy around him.OLIVER: Do you think he was a nonbeliever?SCURR: Well. I don't know the answer to that. I don't think so at all. I think he probably was a straightforward Christian believer. I think perhaps he'd seen enough of the religious conflicts and wars to be afraid of fanaticism on both sides. And that would fit certainly with his relationship with Hobbes.I don't have any reason to think he's an atheist. He's got a beautiful way of writing about death and there's this wonderful line he has when he says, “God bless you and me in our in and out world.” So the fact that we refer to his works as the Brief Lives because they're short, but everybody's life is brief.And even those who live, as he did, into his 70s, it feels brief. And there's these very moving descriptions of him at funerals. I was thinking about this the other day because he often records where someone's buried. And I recently wrote my first entry for the Dictionary of National Biography. I did the one for Hilary Mantel, which was a great honor and extremely interesting.And when I came back to the Brief Lives, I thought, gosh, I wish I'd put at the end of that DNB entry where she's actually buried, that would've made sense to do that. And I didn't do it because the DNB is quite formalized; they've got their formula and you need to stick to it.But maybe I'll add it in. Because it seems to me very moving to record where people are actually buried. That would fit I think with her religious sensibility, with a regard for the afterlife, and with the rites of passage at the end of life.OLIVER: What is it that makes Aubrey such a good biographer?SCURR: So I think the modesty that is in his spirit, the noticing, the minutiae that he both notices and values and his wit. He has a sensitivity to these funny and revealing quirky stories about the people that he knows. Or he finds them in the stories he's told by people who did know them.There's an eyewitness account aspect to it as well. Or at least it's an oral history. “I was told this by . . .” He's extremely precise. He'll try to assemble the facts so far as he can, and then he'll tell you what people's close friends said about them, and he will do so very, very carefully so that you know this is a story that he's been told that he's passing on.And then he doesn't pass moral judgment. He doesn't adjudicate. And finally, he thinks of himself as doing all of this for posterity and that posterity, i.e. us or the people who come after us, will find things there and he's not going to tell them what to find. He's not going to shape the life and say, this is what you should think about it.He will give you the raw materials, he'll give you the stories, he'll give you a flavor of the details of the life, and then posterity can look there and can see, for example, the disagreements between Hobbes and Isaac Newton. There are people who've written lives of Hooke and Newton. And there are people who've written lives and you can be team Newton or team Hooke. Interestingly, Aubrey is team Hooke. He doesn't write a life of Newton. And he wants, as I said, to do well by Hooke. But his way of doing that isn't to say Mr.Hooke was fantastic and Newton robbed him of lots of his ideas. He says, let me show you, let me assemble and make a catalog, if I can, of all these hundreds of contributions that Hooke made.OLIVER: When did you discover Aubrey?SCURR: So I discovered Aubrey because I was reviewing for the LRB, The Biographer's Tale, and I had come across a really interesting—and it's still in the introduction to my book—a really interesting reflection on the difference between Aubrey and Lytton Strachey, a reflection made by Anthony Powell, and I had quoted it or alluded to it in my review. And I had gone and started to read Aubrey as a result of that. So I was led to it through reviewing, via Anthony Powell, and then into the Brief Lives.But then another very strange thing happened, which is I met for the very first time, Janet Malcolm, who is someone who became very important in my life. And because she knew or had been told that I'd written this review, she read the review before we met. And she said to me, she said, “Ruth, I read your review”—and I doubt Janet Malcolm was a massive fan of A.S. Byatt, to be absolutely honest. We never really discussed that further, but she said, “I read your review and I was really interested in this Aubrey. I was so interested in what you quoted about Aubrey and the difference between his biographical approach and Lytton Strachey.”And then it sort of stuck in my mind and suddenly as I was coming toward the end of my first book, which was a totally different book on Robespierre and the French Revolution, I just knew I wanted to write about Aubrey. And I think at the time my then-husband really thought I'd gone mad actually, because you're not supposed to do that, are you?I mean, you're supposed to stick in your period and certainly build on it. So, you know, a book on Marra or even Napoleon would've been okay, that would've made sense. But to circle back to the 17th century and write about Aubrey seemed extremely eccentric.OLIVER: Well, what was Janet Malcolm like?SCURR: Oh, Janet was absolutely wonderful. She has this reputation of being sort of terrifying. And, of course, I was extremely interested in her forensic examination of biography which we had very interesting conversations about. She was a deeply kind person, extremely nurturing of younger writers, and extremely funny as well.That's the other thing that you don't associate with her sometimes from this sort of public image of a very austere interviewer, The Journalist and the Murderer, In the Freud Archives, et cetera. Actually, she was a really warm and extremely witty person.OLIVER: A lot of historians don't think biography is real history. Why do you take biography seriously?SCURR: Well, Michael Holroyd writes Works on Paper—and I love Michael Holroyd so much. And he has this wonderful line—I won't remember it exactly—but it's about biography being the b*****d offspring of history and the novel, and both are ashamed of it.And I think some of those distinctions actually have broken down. I know lots of historians who are very interested in biographical writing. I think it depends. There are certain historical schools that maybe are not so interested in lives.And to be fair, the history of ideas is—which I belong to, and in a sense I'm a rebel from—is one of those. I remember there coming a point where I had spent so much time thinking about the constitutional ideas for the representative republic in the middle of the French Revolution, that actually the French Revolution could have been happening on Mars for all it mattered about the actual sequence of events. What mattered was the structure of the ideas.And it's difficult because the school I belong to in Cambridge wants to put the ideas into context all the time. But again, by context you don't really mean people's lives; more the discourses and the conversations and the ideas of the time that are the landscape, the intellectual landscape, if you like.So I rebelled at a certain point and I was like, well, you know, I'm actually going to go through the revolution day by day because that period is short. And I think it really matters, the lived experience there. I think many, many history books quote Aubrey with enormous respect and say, “as Aubrey says,” or, “according to Aubrey,” and pull those details forwards.I suppose some history is quite instrumental in its use of biography, so it wants to draw the reader in with a few anecdotes and a little bit of what does somebody wear on their head? And who was their first love, that kind of thing. But it's perhaps not very engaged with the real work of trying to capture the shape or the feel of a life.OLIVER: And of a temperament, right? I think one thing biography gives us is that sense that a lot of these big decisions or events in history are quite temperamental. As well as being based in ideas and events.SCURR: Oh, yeah. Absolutely.OLIVER: Your life of Aubrey, at one point you tried to write as a novel.SCURR: Yeah. I had to stop that quite fast.OLIVER: Why?SCURR: Because Aubrey is too important. I didn't want to make up things for him. As someone who's come right up to that line of the history and the novel, I do think it's very clear to be on one side or the other. And again, going back to Hilary Mantel, she wrote those wonderful Reith Lectures on historical fiction.And, like her, I think that it's not about ignoring the facts or embellishing the facts. It is about the gaps. It's about imagining what isn't in the record and should have been, and trying to reconstruct that inside the novel. But at the time, I felt that the gaps with Aubrey didn't actually matter that much.There was so much there that I could pull together to give a sense of him and his sensibility. Now actually, scholars in this field will all be very, very keen to advance our knowledge of those gaps. And that's wonderful. You know, what exactly was Aubrey doing when he visited France? You know, at the time I wrote my book that seemed very unclear.I think my colleague in Oxford, Kate Bennett, knows that now and will write her own biography. And she will fill in many of these gaps that I sort of happily included in the form that I'd found for his life because giving him that first person voice, I was able to focus on the evidence that I thought had been very underused at that point.OLIVER: Now Kate Bennett did a wonderful edition of the Brief Lives with lots of excellent footnotes and investigations. And you wrote that it gave us a new understanding of Aubrey.SCURR: Absolutely. And of the lives themselves. And Kate and I got to know each other and became friends while we were both writing our books. And people we knew before we met were very keen to sort of set us against each other. So they would wind us up. I would meet someone and they'd say, “Ruth, there you are. You've written a book about the French Revolution and now you are going to write a book about Aubrey. But don't you know there is a scholar in Oxford who spent her entire academic life working on Aubrey?” And it built up a picture of fear that you shouldn't trespass on somebody else's ground.And then people would do a sort of reverse thing to her that they would say, “Oh, Kate, gosh, you've been working a long time on Aubrey and where is your Clarendon edition after all? And did you know there's somebody in Cambridge who's going to write this popular book about Aubrey?”Anyway, finally we met at a conference and we really actually just liked each other and we decided it's fine. I was doing my thing. She's doing something very different. And we became friends, and I see that as a triumph over a sort of more traditional, maybe even dare I say, male and territorial approach to academic life and to knowledge in general actually.OLIVER: Yeah. Because the two books are great complements to each other. They're not rivalrous in that sense.SCURR: Absolutely not. Kate's book, it's not just an addition. It's as much as you can ever do. It's a reconstruction of the manuscript as Aubrey left it and intended it with all the gaps and the notes to himself to fill this in. And his changes of mind and his deletions and all of that. And so it's an astonishing thing. Because it's not just a copy of it. It takes you in, it helps you understand what he was intending with those collections, as you called them, my pretty collections.And so that edition that she had been working on for a very long time came out in 2015, the same year as my book came out. And it felt like an amazing year for Aubrey. And now, we'll be celebrating the 400th anniversary of his birth. But that year, 2015, was a very special, obviously for us, but I think for Aubrey more broadly.OLIVER: How much of an influence has Aubrey had on English biography?SCURR: As we know, there's the huge influence in terms of “Aubrey says.” Open any book on the 17th century, and it will be “Aubrey says,” “according to Aubrey,” et cetera. So a huge influence in that respect. With regard to the actual form, I think it's very, very pervasive and important, and we have to look at it very carefully.I mentioned earlier the very important difference between what Aubrey does and what Lytton Strachey did. There are some similarities in so far as Strachey will go for the vivid detail. He give you these powerful anecdotes. But actually he spins them as well.And that's what Anthony Powell so brilliantly showed. And the example was of Francis Bacon, the life of Francis Bacon who Aubrey has a description of Bacon right at the end of his life, the circumstances leading up to Bacon's death where he is on Highgate Hill and he decides to conduct an experiment to see if snow will preserve a chicken or a hen as well as salt. So he is stuffing this carcass of the hen with snow. Catches a cold, ends up having to stay with a friend, sleeps in a bed that hasn't been aired for a long time, and dies. And that's the end of Lord Bacon.So Aubrey gives us all this, and then along comes Lytton Strachey. And he takes it, and he says an old man disgraced, shattered, alone on Highgate Hill, stuffing a dead foul with snow, which makes it sound like he's lost his mind at the end of his life. And then Anthony Powell examined that and he said, look, the story of stuffing the hen with snow is Aubrey's.Bacon was certainly an old man at the time of the incident. He was disgraced. He may have been shattered. No doubt at times he was alone. But Aubrey's story of stuffing the foul on Highgate Hill shows Bacon accompanied by the king's physician, conducting a serious experiment to test the preservative properties of snow and, on becoming indisposed, finding accommodation in the house of the Earl of Arundel.And so you take that same story and, as Anthony Powell says, you combine the story, the fragment preserved by Aubrey with some epithets, and you convey an oblique point. It's a biographical method for actually building up a picture of the person. And it really matters what you do with those fragments.So I think the fact that Aubrey is pretty pure about this, he gives you the fragments and another biographer might come along and think, okay, what's going on here with Venetia Stanley and dying in her bed after drinking Viper wine? Let's build up a story about that. And there was a rumor at the time that her husband had murdered her, et cetera. Aubrey doesn't comment. He just gives you the fragment. And I think afterwards, people have not only used the fragments in their own work, but they've also developed a technique of working up those fragments into whatever picture you decide as a biographer you are going to draw.OLIVER: Now as well as a historian, you are a literary critic. You review novels. You are a Hilary Mantel admirer. Who else among the modern fiction writers do you admire?SCURR: Amongst the modern fiction writers? I'm getting quite old, Henry. Lots of my people are dead now. Alice Monroe is someone I'm extremely interested in. Hilary Manel, obviously, Beryl Bainbridge, Penelope Fitzgerald. And I love the fact Penelope Fitzgerald was a biographer simultaneously with becoming a novelist.And I was thinking back to this actually, that Charlotte Mew and Her Friends—that's the title. And then the Anthony Powell is John Aubrey and His Friends. And I was thinking, is there something about these people who have a lot of friends and the biographical genre? It's interesting.In terms of younger people writing, I just read a wonderful short story by Gwendoline Riley in the latest Paris Review. “A–Z” it's called—very disturbing. Very, very good story. And Gwendoline has a novel coming out later this year, which I shall read with enormous interest. It's going to be called Palm House. I absolutely revered George Saunders, although I haven't yet read Vigil. I'm only on Substack for George Saunders and you Henry. That's it, basically.OLIVER: That shows very good taste.SCURR: Very good taste. Yeah. And a couple of others. My friend Danielle Allen's The Renovator, I also subscribe to, but very few. But George Saunders wrote a wonderful post on his Substack about maybe a year and a half, maybe more even ago, about how he found the solution to the beginning of Lincoln in the Bardo. And he wanted to find a way to tell the story of the death of Lincoln's son. It's so typical of him—and I love this—he said he didn't want the ghosts. He knew it was going to be narrated by the ghosts in the morgue. And he couldn't have them coming home one evening saying, “Oh, you know, I just popped over the wall and had a look in through the White House window. And guess what I saw?” So how was he going to get the voices in?And then he said he'd got these extracts from the letters and from the literature that he needed. And he ended up putting them all on the floor and thinking, what order shall I put them in? And that reminded me of when I was struggling to find a way to write about Aubrey. I suddenly had the idea that I could just put them as diary entries without comment.I would sort of curate these entries and things like that. So, that was a very interesting moment for me about sort of the construction and the choices that go in both to writing a novel and to writing, in my case, a sort of experimental biography.OLIVER: So Hilary Mantel, Lincoln in the Bardo, Penelope Fitzgerald, Beryl Bainbridge—there's a lot of historical fiction here. This is the genre you most enjoy. It's been a sort of golden age for historical fiction.SCURR: But those people aren't just historical fiction writers. It's very important. They have all written historical fiction, but actually they write other novels as well. It doesn't matter the order in their careers, they go in and out of it. So I would say that actually it's those people as writers and sensibilities that attract me.Anita Brookner is another example. I love Anita Brookner's novels. I also love her book on David, the revolutionary painter, that she wrote—Jacques-Louis David—that's a fantastic book. So there's a sense in which I see them as writers and the genre of historical fiction, you are right, it does cut across, but I don't think that's what I'm following. I think I'm following what I find on the page from a particular sensibility and of course a command of language, which is in all of those cases, absolutely extraordinary.OLIVER: Because they're all quite innovative as historical novelists as well. And it's not the main part of what is recognized as their achievement in a way.SCURR: No, no.OLIVER: It's been quietly a second great period of the historical novel. It seems crazy to say Hilary Mantel is our Walter Scott, but that is quite high praise.SCURR: So I think you deal much more definitely than I do with these sort of epoch-defining ideas. I think I'm just more intermittently focused on particular things that I like. I used to do an enormous amount of reviewing. I've had to stop it because—talk about being the whetstone.I was constantly reviewing when I was in my 30s and much of my 40s actually. And I don't regret it in the least. And one of the reasons I don't regret it, especially with novels, was because I would never have read all those novels if I hadn't been reviewing them.And even some of the nonfiction, I wouldn't. But here's an example: Because I'd been reviewing so much, I ended up quite early 2007, becoming a Booker judge. And part of that process is that anyone who's been on the list before they automatically get entered by the publisher—McEwen and Barnes, et cetera. Fine.And then the publisher can put forward two books they choose and they can be anything. And then they assemble a list of so-called call-ins. And those are the books where the publisher says, “Oh, please, please call this in. I mean, we didn't make it one of our two, but we think it's absolutely amazing and you must read it.” And you think, well, if it's so amazing, what were you doing not making it one of your two. But anyway, whatever, we call it in. And on that call-in list there was actually, Anne Enright's novel, The Gathering, and that ended up winning the year I was a judge.And I knew Anne Enright's writing because I had reviewed several of her earlier books, especially one called What Are You Like?, which is quite obscure. It's not the book people think of when they think about Anne Enright. But I knew because I'd done all that time in the reviewing trenches, as it were, how extraordinary Anne Enright is as a writer. And we were able to say, well, absolutely go ahead and call this in. And then sure enough it won.OLIVER: What about biography? Modern biography? You like Michael Holroyd?SCURR: Well, we've already talked about Janet Malcolm. She's a sort of anti-biographer in some respect, sort of subversive of the entire genre. I very much like and respect Antonia Fraser's historical biographies and especially her one of Marie Antoinette which, again, came out very close to when my Robespierre book came out. And it's like seeing the other side of the story and that was absolutely extraordinary.And one of the biographies I go back to over and over again I'm extremely interested in Virginia Woolf. You are obviously a fan with The Common Reader. I was looking at it, preparing for this, that she's got this absolutely hilarious short biography of John Evelyn, and it is called Rambling Round Evelyn. Do you know it?OLIVER: Yes.SCURR: It's so beautifully constructed. It's got the butterflies landing on the dahlias pretty much throughout the actual text of the short biography. But then it's got this brilliant bit where she sort of makes fun of John Evelyn. And she says, the difference between then and now is, if we saw a red admiral, we would admire it, but we wouldn't—and this is very mean of her—we wouldn't rush into the kitchen and get a kitchen knife in order to dissect the red admiral's head. Right? It's so ridiculous and it so makes fun of Evelyn.I was listening to the podcast you made with Hermione Lee. And Hermione was saying that she thought what made Woolf such a good critic was that she was very empathetic. But I also think she's capable of that kind of sharp, wicked distance as well, where she goes, I see you, John Evelyn, you are so proud of your garden, and you're actually—looked at from my point of view—a bit of an idiot in some respects as well.OLIVER: I like her because she's so judgmental, which is not a very popular thing to say, but she is. She is really capable of saying that, you know, as long as prose will be read, Addison will be read. But on the other hand, he's boring and rambling and not very good in many ways. Absolutely cutting.SCURR: No, totally, totally. Yeah.OLIVER: What about some of the sort of big names: Richard Holmes, Claire Tomalin?SCURR: Yeah. Oh, Claire, absolutely. I mean, goodness, they've been such influences on me, both of them. Absolutely Richard and his Footsteps and then of course, and those other books, The Ratters of Lightning Ridge and then The Age of Wonder. That's so important, so wonderful.Claire, I revere, I loved and still recommend to my students her book on Mary Wollstonecraft. I also, by the way, love Virginia Woolf's essay on Mary Wollstonecraft. I think that's a different sort of thing where Woolf describes Mary Wollstonecraft pursuing her lover like a dolphin. She won't let him go. He thought he'd hooked a minnow. He wasn't expecting a dolphin to come after him. It was Mary Wollstonecraft. So, Claire Tomalin, her Peyps, Hardy, absolutely hugely important books and deeply, deeply humane actually.And that's the other thing, I think biography, by definition, you do get the sharpness of Woolf or Strachey, but I think to put someone else's life at the center of your book, that's a humane act. It's to say, no, I'm going to spend this number years of my life preserving and communicating this other person's life. And that's a very wonderful thing to do.OLIVER: What do you think of the sort of standard criticism of biography, that it's just not accurate enough? So, for example, Austen Scholars will point to various things in the Tomalin biography where she's deleted the facts or said things to make the narrative flow, but it's just not really accurate enough. The novelistic tendency overwhelms the historical one or whatever. You've obviously avoided that with various decisions you made in the Aubrey book, but as a genre.SCURR: I'd never say that. That would be a real hostage to fortune, wouldn't it?OLIVER: Well, you know what I mean?SCURR: And saying, look at, look at this—OLIVER: Page 28.SCURR: —at this piece of nonsense you introduced. Well, accuracy is extremely important. What I think about that is it all contributes to knowledge. If someone comes along and finds a mistake or wants to bring in some other evidence—And actually Kate Bennett, she does this with Aubrey as well. She says that, oh, Aubrey's really got this wrong, or he's gotten in a muddle about that. She's not saying, and therefore let's just chuck it out because it's inaccurate. You need to see this as well as that. So I think of it more as a collaborative relationship about adding to knowledge and if somebody corrects a previous book or previous claim or something, or point something, then that's fine actually.Again, going back to Holroyd, he thought that that biography was an art form constrained by the facts. So he's got a place for art in it. And I know what he means by that. And I think ultimately that's probably why I couldn't write a novel about a biographical subject because of being constrained by the facts. And yet Hilary Mantel has written many historical novels that are absolutely constrained by the facts. It's just what they're doing besides the facts, alongside the facts. So perhaps some people are going to come along and contribute other information and other people will come along and contribute some imaginative answer to the whole. And both are fine. I think we should be liberal broad church here.OLIVER: Is the genre dying?SCURR: Not so far as I'm aware. We are always doing this about genres dying, aren't we? Those things are always dying.OLIVER: People talk about biography dying a lot.SCURR: Well, perhaps they do. I haven't been listening to that. Why do they say it's dying?OLIVER: Because you can't sell these 700-page lives of people.SCURR: We can't sell most books. I mean, if we're going to go buy sales . . .OLIVER: This, yeah. Well, this story in The Times recently as well, that all the nonfiction that sells now is trash and that the serious books aren't there. And the whole civilization's dying routine.SCURR: Well if it is, we just have to carry on doing what we are doing.OLIVER: Yeah. What do you think is going to be the future of biography? Because I think more than a lot of other nonfiction genres, it's so changeable, it's so flexible. If you look at any decade, you see so much variety in structure and form. What do you think is coming next?SCURR: I'm like Aubrey; I think that's going to be for posterity to decide. As long as there are human beings, we will tell stories and we will want to tell stories about ourselves, and we will want to tell stories about the people we have loved and or hated, or the people who we think matter, for whatever reason, in science, in art, in literature. There will always be a need for the story of the human life.I think it will inevitably change enormously in ways that we couldn't possibly imagine. Just as Aubrey knew that he couldn't possibly imagine what posterity was going to make of the information that he had collected, and he didn't think that was something that he should be constrained by. He thought it was about passing it on.OLIVER: And what will Ruth Scurr do next?SCURR: I'll ask her. I think she's supposed to be writing about Rousseau and is very excited about that, but has been massively distracted by the Royal Society of Literature and becoming chair of that. So, I'm trying to pull myself back into my project. And I was very excited actually, because again, when I was looking at The Common Reader I saw Woolf refer to the Montaigne, Pepys, and Rousseau as people who had provided these spectacular portraits of themselves. And I was very excited by that. So I'm going to write a book about Rousseau and his time in England.OLIVER: Very exciting. I look forward to it. Ruth Scurr, author of John Aubrey: My Own Life, thank you very much.SCURR: Thank you, Henry. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.commonreader.co.uk

You already know what needs to end. You've known for a while. You're just waiting for someone else to make it obvious—so you don't have to be the one to choose.In this second episode of The Soul's Eight Thresholds of Transformation, Nina Hirlaender OFS explores the Spring Equinox threshold: the moment when you stop drifting between options and consciously decide what stays and what goes. This is the threshold of chosen endings—the act of stepping out of "maybe" and into clarity, even when you can't guarantee the outcome. What You'll Learn:How to recognize when you're stuck in "maybe"—feeling torn between two directions, craving certainty, and quietly hoping life will decide for youWhy waiting for perfect clarity keeps you circling instead of moving forward—and why trying to please everyone erodes your self-trust over timeWhat happens in your body when you walk the West Kennet Avenue at Avebury—how the rhythm of ancient stones settles your mind and simplifies questions you've been carrying for monthsHow Ignatius of Loyola's teaching on "holy indifference" helps you make decisions that lead to interior freedom instead of fear-based avoidanceA five-minute discernment scan to sense which path brings love, truth, and freedom—and take one concrete step todayWhy peace comes from integrity, not perfect information—and how to choose an ending so a new beginning has room to growYour Next Steps:Register for the free live class: The 8 Seasons of the Soul (And How to Know Which One You're In) — February 21stExplore the final Celtic Shamanism in England Pilgrimage — May 23–June 2, 2026Book a call with Nina to get your questions answeredSupport the showRate, Review & Follow If Holy Rebels has helped you practise your spirituality in real life, would you take 30 seconds to leave a quick rating and review? Your review helps new listeners decide to press play. Not sure what to write? Try one sentence:“Holy Rebels helps me ________.” And hit Follow so new episodes show up automatically in your feed. Show Notes: holyrebelspodcast.comConnect: Instagram | Facebook

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Taylor Keen's (Omaha / Cherokee) book, Rediscovering Turtle Island: Chapter 8, Indigenous Archeoastronomy!Taylor's words show how sacred geometry and, at times, sacred algebra structure places like the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound with the Stars. This conversation also faces the reckoning: why interest in Indigenous wisdom often fades when it challenges modern agriculture, settler myths, or Jeffersonian nostalgia. We compare Old World sites like Avebury with Turtle Island's sacred geography / mounds to dissolve the myth that life travels in only one direction. And we look ahead to Taylor's next book on Picture CaveIf you're up to rethink “civilization,” astronomy, and what it means to be related with land and sky, jump in! Then share your take, leave a review, and subscribe so more listeners can find these stories and the living science written in earth.Listen to Chapter 1 of Rediscovering Turtle IslandLearn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

Author and researcher Maria Wheatley returns to reveal the hidden story behind Stonehenge — the long‑headed peoples, earth energies, ancient technology, harmonic temples, and the lost civilisations erased from history. This episode dives into the mysteries archaeology won't touch. Areas to explore:

I didn't know this history of Canada at all and at points in this conversation I'm genuinely speechless. In this episode of The David Watson Podcast, I'm joined by Angie Elita Newell, an Indigenous historian and author, to talk about the part of Canadian history many people outside Canada (and even inside Canada) were never properly taught: residential schools, forced assimilation policies, and why these stories aren't just “the past” for Indigenous communities. Angie shares her own family experience, explains how government policies evolved over time, and why it matters to talk about history in a way that's honest, nuanced, and human. We also explore what gets simplified in mainstream history, how stereotypes form, and how we move forward without erasing what happened. This is a conversation about Canada, Indigenous history, and the reality that modern history can still be living history. In this conversation: • What residential schools were, and why they lasted so long • The shift from removing children to placing them in non-Indigenous homes (Sixties Scoop) • Why Indigenous history in North America is complex, not black and white • The long shadow of colonial policy in modern life • How to talk about history without becoming trapped in bitterness • Why learning the truth changes how you see the present Angie online: Website: www.angieelitanewell.com/all-i-see-is-violence Chapters: 00:00 Intro: “I didn't know this history” 01:31 Angie's background and becoming a historian 02:43 Residential schools explained 03:58 Family impact and child removal policies 06:19 “This is recent” (70s, 80s, 90s) 09:21 Why Indigenous history is “Swiss cheese” and deeply nuanced 10:40 Making history accessible, not just academic 14:31 Why these policies still matter today 15:41 Acknowledging history instead of “separating” it 17:01 Stereotypes vs reality of Indigenous civilizations 18:12 “Most people in the UK don't know this exists” 21:53 Museums, archaeology, and what gets taken 22:45 Stonehenge, Avebury, and layered history 24:35 The colonial blueprint isn't new 26:04 The “apocalypse” framing and what gets lost 30:19 Death before dishonour and last stands 32:50 Female warriors written out of history 35:18 “This is still in the 21st century” 36:23 Modern harms and why it hits like a punch 39:51 Governments, hypocrisy, and denial 41:58 Arrests for resisting school removal 43:01 Reservations, rations, dependency, and urban relocation 45:09 American Indian Movement and Wounded Knee 46:14 How England changed Angie's opportunities 48:26 Middle ground vs extremes 50:10 “There isn't a right answer, only what we do next” 51:23 Letting history inform tomorrow, not poison it 52:12 Tangible history and living memory 55:24 Custer, contradiction, and the tragedy of Little Bighorn 57:08 Oral history, archives, and building the novel 59:05 The Guernsey/Jersey film example and complexity 1:02:07 Where to find Angie and the book 1:03:10 Time machine question: DeLorean, Chichester, Led Zeppelin 1:04:25 Closing reflections

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For the first time ever, researcher and author Geoffrey Drummlays out his entire theory behind ancient stone structures in a single, comprehensive 9-hour documentary series.In Part 1 of 3, Drumm takes us deep into the origins of his groundbreaking work The Land of Chem, exploring how ancient civilizations may have used lightning, telluric currents, and Earth's natural electrical systems as part of a vast, planet-wide infrastructure. This episode connects Avebury, the Giza Plateau, Neolithicstone circles, and early pyramid construction under one unifyingframework—arguing these were not tombs or temples, but functional systems designed to harness natural forces for agriculture, chemistry, and large-scale civilization rebuilding after the last Ice Age. You'll hear Geoffrey explain:·       Why stone circles may have been designed to attract lightning·       How telluric currents flowthrough Earth and ancient sites·       The role of lightning, rain, and atmospheric nitrates in early agriculture·       Why the Giza Plateau itself may be a massive electrical system·       How pyramids fit into a broader chemical and energeticnetwork·       Why this knowledge appears globally, from Egypt to Europe to Japan This is not speculation—it's a methodical walkthrough of Geoffrey Drumm's complete hypothesis, presented start-to-finish for the first time on camera  If you've ever questioned what ancient monuments were reallyfor—this series is essential viewing. Follow Matt Beall Limitless: https://x.com/MattbLimitlesshttps://x.com/MBeallX https://www.tiktok.com/@mblimitless https://www.instagram.com/mattbealllimitless/ https://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Beall-Limitless/61556879741320/ Check out our Shorts & ClipsClip Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MBLimitlessClipsShorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MBLimitlessShorts Listen Everywhere: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBeallLimitlessApple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matt-beall-limitless/id1712917413  Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-6727221 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/MattBeallLimitless   Check out Geoffrey Drumm:https://www.youtube.com/@thelandofchemhttps://thelandofchem.com/https://x.com/TheLandOfChem Timeline:00:00:00 - Introductions00:05:41 - Who built these structures?00:44:40 - What Chemicals were they making?00:47:47 - Extent of the Metrology00:51:18 - Lighting Strikes at Ancient Locations01:21:41 - Builders of these sites01:25:48 - Richat Structure & the Sahara Desert01:42:19 - G Tepe Pillars01:43:09 - Cumulonimbus Cloud Generators01:56:16 - Japanese Pyramids02:03:36 - Stone Avenues & Other Sites02:17:44 - Function of the Serapeum Boxes02:26:39 - Teotihuacan02:46:18 - UFO's & UAP's02:53:41 - Closing#GeoffreyDrumm#LandOfChem#AncientTechnology#GizaPlateau#Avebury#StoneCircles#AncientCivilizations#LostCivilizations#AncientEgypt#Pyramids#LightningTechnology#TelluricCurrents#EarthEnergy#AncientScience#ForbiddenHistory#AlternativeHistory#Neolithic#YoungerDryas#AncientMysteries#LimitlessPodcast The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are notnecessarily the views of the host or of any business related to the host.

On todays FolkLands episode we explore the mysteries and wonders of one of our favourite places in the world, Avebury stone circle. Teeming with retro hauntology and childhood memories of the Children of the Stones, these great sarsens were also the haunt of Derek Jarman and JRR Tolkien amongst many others. Come with us we traverse the wild Wiltshire landscape with friend of the show Ed Parnell, completing our own Avebury triangle with Silbury Hill and the West Kennet Long Barrow.Rufus Jones also takes us into Hardy country with an eerie reading from Tess of the d'urbervilles.Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Join host Elisabeth Carson as she sits down with master dowser and geomancer, Maria Wheatley, to dive deep into the repressed history and hidden energies of the world's most sacred sites, including Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and Avebury.Maria Wheatley, who inherited the archives of master dowsers and is a highly respected expert on megaliths worldwide, shares incredible revelations you won't hear in a mainstream tour:

This is a personal share of adventures to Avebury, Stonehenge, Glastonbury, Dartmoor National Park, Cornwall's rugged coast and London. Learn more about: Following the nudges toward ancestral healing The Russian word dvoverie, meaning double-belonging, which we could also view as double-decker beliefs Accepting the chaos that comes with the winds of change Connecting with the land and trees   Simple Ayurveda Resources Ayurveda Encompassed: Take your understanding of Ayurveda to a new level and step into a more expansive version of yourself. Join Angela in a high-level small group mentorship with personalized support and resources. For wellness practitioners and Ayurveda enthusiasts. Next cohort February 2026.  Free 3-Part Series on Ancient Wisdom + Modern Nuance: German New Medicine, Trauma-Informed Ayurveda and Navigating the Liminal Space Join the Simple Ayurveda newsletter   Ancestral Resouces Mentioned in the Episode Brigid's Light by Cairelle Crow Perilloux and Laura Louella  Mythic Medicine Podcast Episode on Amber's ancestral pilgrimage to Europe- this episode is no longer available Weaving Remembrance (keening course affiliate link) Grail Priestess Mama Gena Holy Trinity (step 6 in this post) Avalon Guidebook by Kathy Jones Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard Her Bone Bundle by Carolyn Hillyer Morgan is My Name by Sophie Keetch Neil Oliver's Love Letters to the British Isles Glastonbury episode

Step into the mysteries of Atlantis, the Anunnaki, and hidden truths about ancient civilizations with Billy Carson in this powerful lecture. From the Emerald Tablets of Thoth to the incredible anomalies on Mars and the Moon, this presentation uncovers evidence that humanity's origins may be far more advanced than we've been told.Billy Carson dives deep into the Atlantean civilization, exploring connections to Kemet (ancient Egypt), the Great Pyramid of Giza, and interplanetary structures that link Earth to Mars. He reveals how ancient texts like the Enuma Elish and Sumerian tablets describe creation, gods (Elohim), and possible advanced technology hidden in plain sight.

Step into the mysteries of Atlantis, the Anunnaki, and hidden truths about ancient civilizations with Billy Carson in this powerful lecture. From the Emerald Tablets of Thoth to the incredible anomalies on Mars and the Moon, this presentation uncovers evidence that humanity's origins may be far more advanced than we've been told.Billy Carson dives deep into the Atlantean civilization, exploring connections to Kemet (ancient Egypt), the Great Pyramid of Giza, and interplanetary structures that link Earth to Mars. He reveals how ancient texts like the Enuma Elish and Sumerian tablets describe creation, gods (Elohim), and possible advanced technology hidden in plain sight.

Step into the mysteries of ancient civilizations with this absolutely jaw-dropping episode of Soul Elevation. I'm joined by the legendary Maria Wheatley, one of the world's foremost experts in dowsing, ley lines, and earth energies.

In the first episode of this year's Inside Burghley series, Nicole Brown sits down with five-time Burghley winner Andrew Nicholson to talk about the cross-country test that demands respect, his horses that thrived on its terrain, and what it takes—mentally, physically, and strategically—to go inside the time at one of the world's toughest 5*s. In the second half, Diarmuid Byrne joins the show to unpack the unsung greatness of Burghley's most consistent campaigners and the best performances of horses who never won. Episode Highlights: What Makes a Burghley Horse – Stamina, honesty, and economical galloping—not just scope. The Burghley Test – Andrew's first fall-filled attempt, and the lessons that shaped a legend. Avebury vs. Nereo – Comparing the feel and mindset behind his greatest rides. Why Respect Matters – The mental discipline needed to master Burghley's demands. Unsung Legends – A tribute to six-time Burghley finishers who never claimed the win. Guests: Andrew Nicholson – Five-time Burghley winner and Olympic medalist Diarmuid Byrne – EquiRatings co-founder and performance analyst Nicole Brown – Podcast host and eventing commentator  Plan Your Burghley: The Defender Burghley Horse Trials run from September 4–7, 2025. Super Advance Ticket pricing ends Monday, July 21st—save your money and book early here! EquiRatings Eventing Podcast: Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Shownotes:In this heartfelt episode of Sacred You, Rachel welcomes Eloise Bennett — Magdalene Rose Priestess, oracle, and creator of the Magdalene Rose Healing Oracle — back to the show.Eloise shares her extraordinary life journey of awakening as an oracle, from her early childhood experiences seeing beyond the veils to her profound initiations at sacred sites like Avebury and Glastonbury. She recounts her pivotal "four dragons" activation and how it led to the reclaiming of her ancient gifts.They discuss Eloise's Romany lineage and its deep ties to Sarah (Sarai), daughter of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua, exploring ancestral healing, sacred lineages, and the hidden wisdom carried in the blood and bones. Rachel and Eloise weave personal stories of ancestry and the importance of reconnecting with our roots to heal the past and shape the future.Eloise also shares the birthing journey of her Magdalene Rose Oracle deck — a creation seven years in the making — and how each card was received and embodied through deep alchemical experiences in Avalon and Cyprus. She reveals how the cards integrate sacred technologies of essential oils, crystals, affirmations, and invocations to support practical, soul-aligned transformation.At the end of the episode, Eloise gifts us a live three-card Magdalene Rose Oracle reading, offering messages from Mary Magdalene and Yeshua about stepping onto the rainbow bridge of our true path, igniting the diamond flame within our hearts, and fully embracing our life purpose and mission.Special offer for listeners:Eloise is offering half-price Magdalene Rose bespoke soul readings for podcast listeners using the code SARAH (normally £222, now £111).Highlights:Eloise's story of awakening as an oracle and healing her ancestral lineageThe connection between Romany lineage and Sarah, the daughter of MagdaleneThe mystical journey of creating the Magdalene Rose OracleThe importance of embracing your true life purpose and missionA beautiful live oracle reading with messages of faith, healing, and soul alignmentConnect with Eloise and order the Magdalene Rose Oracle:

Oliver Lavery is an English mythologist, folklorist, traveling professional storyteller, and host of The Story Crow YouTube channel from Wiltshire County, England, the home of Stonehenge. For this summer solstice special, our return guest describes our recent trip to Avebury, Britain's largest Neolithic complex with its stone circles, village-sized henge [ditch], passage graves and giant manmade mound. First we've got to know, who built these mysterious megaliths & ancient earthworks; and for what purpose? Oliver shares a psychedelic vision he had during the annual solstice festivities that correlates with recent metaphysical theories that the stone circles assist the spirits of the dead. With the many burial mounds scattered across the landscape, we hear of uncanny sights & senses while camping amongst them along the ancient Ridgeway Trail. We conclude the highlights of mysterious Avebury with the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, Silbury Hill. From there we muse on crop circles; hallucinogenic goblins; the similarity between bards & shamans; and finally, a little local lore from Wiltshire.Check out Oliver's Story Crow YouTube Channel and follow his van-life Instagram @The_Folk_BusSupport Our Numinous Nature on Patreon.Follow Our Numinous Nature & my naturalist illustrations on InstagramCheck out my shop of shirts, prints, and books featuring my artContact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com

Stonehenge ranks among Britain's most iconic landmarks, drawing nearly a million visitors yearly to marvel at the mysterious stone formation that has stood for over 4,000 years. We share everything you need to know about visiting this UNESCO World Heritage Site, from transportation options to insider tips that will enhance your experience.• Two types of stones make up Stonehenge - sarsen stones from 25 miles away and bluestones transported an incredible 150 miles from Wales• The stones align perfectly with both summer and winter solstices, showcasing remarkable astronomical knowledge• Visitors arrive at a dedicated visitor centre located 1.5 miles from the actual stones• The excellent museum provides crucial context about the site's history and significance• Free shuttle buses run every 10 minutes between the visitor centre and the monument• You cannot touch the stones even with special inner circle access tours• Weather protection is essential as you'll be completely exposed on Salisbury plain• Multiple transport options exist, including train to Salisbury, plus tour bus, driving, or organised tours• The nearby Avebury stone circle offers a complementary experience where you can touch the stones• Book tickets in advance, especially during peak summer months, to guarantee entry• English Heritage and National Trust members receive free entryFor more information about visiting Stonehenge and other UK destinations, join our UK Travel Planning Facebook community where we share tips, answer questions and help you plan your perfect UK trip.

Text me what you thought of the episode and what you'd like to hear about next! -Annie Perry Welcome to the Luminary Podcast with your host Annie Perry. This week I am bringing you part 3 of my Mastery of Light Journey. We're discussing: Ending my journey in Avebury and beginning a new solo journey in Bath, England. How I immediately contracted my energy when arriving in Bath. The space required to receive, expansion vs. contraction and allowing vs. control. Clearing the city of ghosts and gridwork. Revisiting the stones at Avebury for renewal. Learning to receive and simply BE in London, England. Expanding my capacity to receive and visiting Edinburgh, Scotland. Healing a woman of cancer on the plane ride to Amsterdam. Accepting myself as a Conduit of Light and the I AM Presence. I'm glad you're here, don't forget to subscribe and share with a friend. You can find out more about my current offering by clicking the link below, visiting www.wellspringofficial.com or joining me on Instagram @iamthewellspringEnter the Portal of Spiritual AwakeningEnter the Prosperity Portal CONNECT WITH ME: Wellspring Official https://www.wellspringofficial.com/wellspring-linksInstagram https://www.instagram.com/iamthewellspring/ For those interested in: Ascension, Human Design, Gene Keys, Spirituality, psychic, ascension, manifestation, quantum healing, psychology, inner child, consciousness, galactic, galactic family, Pleiadian, Arcturian, Sirian, Psychic channel, galactic federation of light, esoteric, Lightworker, started, astrology, tarot, reiki, star family, chakra, energy healer, energy, energy worker, spiritual podcast, masculine energetics, feminine energetics, new earth, energy updates, channeled messages, channeling, wellness. Music: Electronic Downtempo Emotional Music | Earth by Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US DISCLAIMER: Information in this podcast is meant to be informative and is not professional mental health advice. Please seek professional help if you are experiencing anxiety, depression or any other physical or mental health medical conditions. Please use discernment and care when implementing any spiritual or physical practices described in this podcast. Some names may have been changed to protect privacy. All original ideas, voice and cover artwork is protected under copyright laws.

Text me what you thought of the episode and what you'd like to hear about next! -Annie Perry Welcome back to the Luminary Podcast with your host Annie Perry. I am delighted to share with you this week my experiences at the Avebury stone circles...or should I say Stone Spiral...We're discussing: Following the Light and overcoming resistance from Spain to Paris to Avebury. The magical Arcturian Homecoming in Wiltshire. Reunited with my sisters and brother in Light at the Avebury retreat to learn more Light Language and Gridwork.Channeling Light Language, solar magic, alters, crystals and signs. Activating the Dragon Spine and being initiated into Dragon Energy.Communicating with Tree Mothers, a vision of the future and the sign of the Sapphire ring. Pulsing the 8 Point Star of Archangel Ariel into the center of the Spiral Recreating the spiral Akashic Records Geometry at Avebury and expanding the New Akashic Library.Andromedan, Arcturian and Galactic family histories. How these upgrades can be tapped into by you or experienced in your Mastery in person. I'm glad you're here, don't forget to subscribe and share with a friend. You can find out more about my current offering by clicking the link below, visiting www.wellspringofficial.com or joining me on Instagram @iamthewellspringENTER A PORTAL OF LIGHT: Access The Spiritual Awakening PortalAccess The Prosperity Portal CONNECT WITH ME: Wellspring Official https://www.wellspringofficial.com/wellspring-linksInstagram https://www.instagram.com/iamthewellspring/ For those interested in: Ascension, Human Design, Gene Keys, Spirituality, psychic, ascension, manifestation, quantum healing, psychology, inner child, consciousness, galactic, galactic family, Pleiadian, Arcturian, Sirian, Psychic channel, galactic federation of light, esoteric, Lightworker, started, astrology, tarot, reiki, star family, chakra, energy healer, energy, energy worker, spiritual podcast, masculine energetics, feminine energetics, new earth, energy updates, channeled messages, channeling, wellness. Music: Electronic Downtempo Emotional Music | Earth by Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US DISCLAIMER: Information in this podcast is meant to be informative and is not professional mental health advice. Please seek professional help if you are experiencing anxiety, depression or any other physical or mental health medical conditions. Please use discernment and care when implementing any spiritual or physical practices described in this podcast. Some names may have been changed to protect privacy. All original ideas, voice and cover artwork is protected under copyright laws.

This week, I'm taking you on location to some of the most powerful energetic sites in the UK!Our journey began in Glastonbury, where a beautiful group gathered to help activate a potent stargate. From there, I traveled to Tintagel—home of the legendary castle ruins and the deeply charged Merlin's Cave—where we connected with the Arthurian Grail Lineage energies.We completed our pilgrimage in Avebury with a Galactic Record Keeper Workshop, where starseeds from around the world (both in-person and online) came together to anchor and integrate powerful multidimensional frequencies.Come along as we revisit these sacred sites and tap into the ancient and galactic wisdom they hold.Follow the Nexus Gridwork Instagram Account! https://www.instagram.com/nexusgridwork/Get the Early Bird Lightworker Fundamentals Discount! (Discount Ends May 31): https://www.activationswithjj.com/offers/3qfgRF7q/checkoutJoin the 12 Chakra Template Group Activation! (May 31): https://calendly.com/activationswithjj/12-chakra-template-activationEgypt Sacred Remembrance Gridwork Expedition (Sept. 2025): https://www.activationswithjj.com/egypt Special thanks to those who helped activate and integrate these amazing energies!Virtual:PennyFayeRebekahLilianaMeghanD-RexDeniseCrystalDianneMauricioSimmyRachaelErikaMarianaVincentKimberlyAuroraFateboiIn Person:DavidSharonMichaelKimberlyNataliyaEmmaShahla

In this episode, I share the 4 main ascension themes for May and how they're showing up in our bodies, our voice, and our planetary work! I also offer updates about upcoming gatherings, my transition away from 1:1 sessions, and what's unfolding in our collective field.Mitochondrial updates through breathWeaving multi-galactic frequencies with Light LanguageActivating etheric vaults of wisdomPreparing for the collective crystalline templatesLet's calibrate together and anchor in what's ready to emerge!

In this episode, I dive deep into shifting into an abundant timeline. I share three key tips for expanding your abundance frequency: transforming your inner energy, creating an abundance-supporting environment, and integrating multi-dimensional soul aspects. Plus, I channel a special message from Goddess Lakshmi about receiving abundance!

In this episode, I dive into the mystical significance of the Albion - the ancient name for England and surrounding regions. Insights are shared about the Albion representing the androgynous human template, and how its awakening connects to my upcoming UK grid work expedition. I also explore the progressive stages of the Albion's activation, the importance of revisiting sites, and its Lyran lineage ties!

Stonehenge has been a mystery for centuries, but scientists may have just cracked the code! New research suggests that this ancient stone circle wasn't just a random monument—it was actually used as a giant solar calendar. The arrangement of the stones aligns perfectly with the solstices, helping early people track the passage of time. This means Stonehenge may have been an advanced tool for marking seasons, guiding agriculture, and even planning festivals. It's incredible to think that people over 4,000 years ago built something so precise without modern technology! So, was Stonehenge just a clock, or did it have an even deeper meaning? Credit: Original inhabitants of the British Islands: by Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush; Smith, C.H, British Library archive, https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/14281/ CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Ring of Brodgar: by Mike McBey, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Avebury: by Gordon Robertson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., https://flic.kr/p/9yFmoS Barbury Castle Horse Trials: by Jonathan Hutchins, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Stonehenge closeup: by Chris Gunns, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sarsen stones: by Andrew Smith, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... sarsen stones: by JimChampion, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For 2025, Our podcast journey starts with a wander to Avebury. My friend and I took a walk amongst these stones last year, about this time, as the equinox sun shone.Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thisiswitchcountry/ Join the chats on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/witchcountryAnd I will include the link to the Kitchen Witch Audiobook as soon as it is live!XXX

Sacred sites are most often built on ley lines and portals. Why? Because the energy is so powerful. And you can tap into the magic and cosmic wisdom when you know how to work with them. Join Sia-Lanu Estrella for a fascinating conversation with Donna Byatt, whose house and crystal shop are on a ley line.(00:00) What is a ley line?(06:29) A past life experience triggered by a ley line(10:32) What does it mean to be a custodian of a sacred site or ley line?(13:50) How do crystals work with ley lines?(22:42) Portals, songlines and how to work with sacred sites and ley linesTo work with Sia-Lanu Estrella, visit:https://www.sialanuestrella.com/And you can find Elements of Avebury here:https://elementsofavebury.co.uk/The contents of this Podcast are the property of Sia-Lanu Estrella and protected under international copyright laws. Except as otherwise provided, users of this Podcast may save and use information contained in the Podcast only for personal or other non-commercial purposes. The views and opinions expressed by guests of this Podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of the host. This Podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for mental health or medical support. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein.

This week we dive into England's West Country with travel writer Dan Stables. We discuss the region's mysterious cultural sites like Avebury and Stonehenge, the striking cities of Bath and Bristol and a packed calendar of events including Glastonbury and In Cider Festival. Tune in for the bitter feud between croppies and hoaxers, what the water at the Roman Baths tastes like and the history of Stargazy pie... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS IS AN EPISODE FROM ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CREATORS, BRAD LAIL. WE REACHED OUT AND ASKED HIM TO AIR ONE OF HIS EPISODES TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU GUYS. WELL, THE ONE HE SENT US IS A BANGER AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOU TO LISTEN.IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOOT OVER TO HIS CHANNEL AND GIVE HIM A FOLLOW! In this episode, I'm joined by photographer, researcher, artist, and former psychotherapist Karen Alexander to talk about crop circles. For the past three decades, Karen and her partner Steve have studied plant samples, geometry, earth energies, and the consciousness aspect of crop circles. We discussed what crop circles are, where they appear, the types of crops they appear in, how big they are, the ancient geometry connection, what season they occur in, how long they've been around and some historical background, the increase in crop circles from 1990 to 2012, the Led Zeppelin 1990 album connection, government interference with public knowledge, strange animal behavior around them, resonance and dissonance interactions with people and animals, orbs of light aka earth lights and the fairy connection (Willow the Wisp), piezoelectricity and electromagnetic earth energies, the underground water and chalk hills connection, the connection to ancient human megalithic structures such as Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles and the Hillforts in Southern England, astronomy and ancient geometry, non-human intelligence, the mowing devil, Uriel's Machine, geometric swallows, their healing properties, cymatics and frozen music, portals, the consciousness connection, geometric and symbolic curriculum, universal language, remembering who we are, societal cohesion, the thinning of the veil, the 2012 connection, the great astronomical year and the end of an age, and geometric art.Karen's LinksTemporary Temples Website: https://temporarytemples.co.uk/Crop Circle Photos: https://temporarytemples.co.uk/crop-circles/2023-crop-circlesCrop Circle Paintings by Karen Alexander: https://temporarytemples.co.uk/shop/karen-alexander-originalsAdditional LinksTanya Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJj74OXhEUAgainst the Grain Podcast with Gary King: https://againstthegrain.site/The Awakened Podcast LinksWebsite: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.comAbout: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/aboutEpisodes: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/episodesAwakened Merch: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/awakened-merchRecommended Books: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/books-to-readAffiliates: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/affilliatesContact: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.com/contactMake a Donation: https://ko-fi.com/theawakenedpodcastSocial MediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theawakenedpodcast33Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/theawakenedpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAwakenedPodPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/theawakenedpodPodcast PlatformsSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sgD8qiEJORdwA7DZ0RxC4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-awakened-podcast/id1737676305iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-awakened-podcast-187630087/Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c41c3471-ef1a-4cdb-a3b8-268af150c4b8/the-awakened-podcastPodcast Music Outro Music: Standing at the Crossroads by Jebb Mac Band.Veteran LinksWatch the film Tribal: https://www.amazon.com/tribal-movieVeteran Crisis Line: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/True Victory: https://www.truevictory.com/JOIN THE PATREON FOR AD FREE EPISODES BEFORE THEY DROP AND BECOME PART OF THE GROWING COMMUNITY OF DANGEROUS RTRDs ON TELEGRAM:https://www.patreon.com/NephilimDeathSquadFIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:NEPHILIM DEATH SQUAD:Nephilim Death Squad / SpreakerNephilim Death Squad / YouTubeNephilimDeathSquad / Rumble(@NephilimDSquad) / X(@nephilimdeathsquad) / Instagram(@nephilimdeathsquad) | TikToknephilidsquad@gmail.comTOPLOBSTA:(@TopLobsta) / X(@TopLobsta) / InstagramTopLobsta.com / MerchRAVEN: (@DavidLCorbo) / X(@ravenofnds) / InstagramWEBSITES:Nephilim Death Squad | Merchnephilimdeathsquad.com OUR SPONSORS:VanMan's Shop: Natural Health & Wellness Products No ExceptionsPROMO CODE: NEPHILIM10 FOR 10% OFFNadeau Shave Co. - The Affordable, Sustainable, Heathly ShavePROMO CODE : NEPHILIM FOR 15% OFFRife Technology – Real Rife TechnologyPROMO CODE : NEPHILIM FOR 10% OFFParasiteMovie.com - Parasite Cleanse and Detox – Parasite MoviePROMO CODE: NEPHILIM 10% OFFEmergency Survival Food, Seed, & Supplies | Heaven's Harvest – Heaven's Harvest StorePROMO CODE: NEPHILIM 5% OFFBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nephilim-death-squad--6389018/support.

We traveled to the UK to participate in a project to scan artifacts from the Petrie Museum, including the famous Core #7 and many vases. In this episode we discuss the project in general; eventually we will be able to discuss it in detail and the massive amounts of data that were captured will be released to the public. Thank you all so much for watching and supporting the show! We intend to do much more like this in the future, this is exactly the kind of thing we feel that helps better understand the mysterious past, and ancient human achievements.

We traveled to the UK to participate in a project to scan artifacts from the Petrie Museum, including the famous Core #7 and many vases. In this episode we discuss the project in general; eventually we will be able to discuss it in detail and the massive amounts of data that were captured will be released to the public.   Thank you all so much for watching and supporting the show! We intend to do much more like this in the future, this is exactly the kind of thing we feel that helps better understand the mysterious past, and ancient human achievements.   Many thanks to the following Producers for this episode: Executive Producers: Robert Dresel Philip Baklamov Matt Shy Peter Shell Zachariah Baker Laura Coutu Chandra Chell Chris James Alessandro Rovati Anne who Knits     Associate Executive Producers: Hagen Thomann Captain River Rat Dave Cortes Patrick Hicks Luka Rajčević Alexander Lane   Join us for an afternoon at the San Antonio Museum with Luke, dinner and presentations after! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afternoon-at-the-museum-tickets-1025270661147   We will be in Turkey in 2025 with Ben and Yousef, join us! See the itinerary here: https://unchartedx.com/turkey2025/   We will also be back in Egypt in 2025! Join us and Ben from UnchartedX for one of the most amazing experiences of a lifetime in Egypt: https://unchartedx.com/site/egypt2025/     Join our Patreon, support the show, get extra content and early access! https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent   Support the show with a paypal donation: https://paypal.me/snakebros

The episode features a lively and critical dialogue between Fredrik and Dr. Charlotte Coull, a public historian specializing in the cultural significance of stone. They explore the problematic narratives surrounding megaliths and ancient sites as portrayed in the popular television show Ancient Aliens. A key focus of their discussion is the site of Avebury, where Dr. Coull emphasizes the emotional and historical connections people have with stone structures, urging listeners to recognize the deep cultural roots these sites have in human history rather than relegating them to mere alien constructs.The conversation also touches upon the stone spheres of Costa Rica and their misrepresentation in the media, arguing that erosion and natural processes can explain their shape, rather than attributing them to alien technology.Fredrik and Dr. Coull's engaging exchange serves as a reminder of the importance of critical thinking in the face of alternative histories that often prioritize spectacle over fact. They encourage listeners to appreciate the complexities of ancient craftsmanship and the human stories woven into the fabric of these historical sites, advocating for a respectful and informed exploration of our past. The episode is a compelling call to action for those interested in archaeology and history to challenge sensationalist narratives and embrace a more nuanced understanding of the ancient world.Dr. Charlotte Coull's projects:The Applied HistorianElemental ToursLinks: Episode page Website Email Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok YouTubeSupport the show: Patreon Become a APN memberMusicThe intro music is Lily of the woods by Sandra Marteleur, and the outro is named “Folie hatt” by Trallskruv.ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public StoreAffiliates Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion

The episode features a lively and critical dialogue between Frederik and Dr. Charlotte Coull, a public historian specializing in the cultural significance of stone. They explore the problematic narratives surrounding megaliths and ancient sites as portrayed in the popular television show Ancient Aliens. A key focus of their discussion is the site of Avebury, where Dr. Call emphasizes the emotional and historical connections people have with stone structures, urging listeners to recognize the deep cultural roots these sites have in human history rather than relegating them to mere alien constructs. The conversation also touches upon the stone spheres of Costa Rica and their misrepresentation in the media, arguing that erosion and natural processes can explain their shape, rather than attributing them to alien technology.Fredrik and Dr. Coull's engaging exchange serves as a reminder of the importance of critical thinking in the face of alternative histories that often prioritize spectacle over fact. They encourage listeners to appreciate the complexities of ancient craftsmanship and the human stories woven into the fabric of these historical sites, advocating for a respectful and informed exploration of our past. The episode is a compelling call to action for those interested in archaeology and history to challenge sensationalist narratives and embrace a more nuanced understanding of the ancient world.Charlotte Coulls projects:https://www.youtube.com/@appliedhistorianhttps://www.elementaltours.com/Contact:Website: https://diggingupancientaliens.comEmail: fredrik@diggingupancientaliens.comFacebook: facebook.com/Digging-up-Ancient-Aliens-108173641647111/Twitter: twitter.com/DUAncientAliensInstagram: instagram.com/digging_up_ancient_aliens/TikTok: tiktok.com/@digging_up_ancient_alienStore: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/merchBecome a supporter! Sign up for Patreon or membership here: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/support Support the show!We have a members portal and a Patreon; both have the same levels and bonuses. Join Patreon hereMember Portal MusicThe intro music is Lily of the woods by Sandra Marteleur, and the outro is named “Folie hatt” by Trallskruv. Visit Trallskruvs

Come along for the lines of the ley. You can find all of our wonderful links on the Linktree: https://linktr.ee/allts Ley lines are hypothetical alignments of geographic locations such as ancient monuments, natural landforms, and historical sites. The concept suggests that these places are connected by straight lines, thought to have mystical or spiritual significance. The idea of ley lines has gained popularity in various pseudoscientific, esoteric, and New Age communities. Origins and History The concept of ley lines dates back to early 20th-century England. The term "ley" was first coined by the British antiquarian Alfred Watkins in his 1921 book The Old Straight Track. Watkins proposed that ancient people deliberately aligned landmarks, such as stone circles, churches, and hilltops, along straight paths, possibly as routes for trade or ceremonial purposes. He believed that these straight tracks, which he called "leys" or "ley lines," were remnants of an ancient system of navigation. His theory was based on his observations of the English landscape, particularly the alignment of features such as standing stones, mounds, and prehistoric monuments. Watkins himself did not associate these lines with mystical or supernatural powers. He saw them as practical paths for ancient travelers. However, after his death, the idea was picked up by more esoteric thinkers, and ley lines began to be associated with spiritual energy, Earth energies, and even UFOs by later writers and New Age enthusiasts. In the 1960s and 1970s, authors like John Michell in his book The View Over Atlantis popularized the idea that ley lines carried spiritual energy or had a more mystical purpose. This interpretation, combined with increasing interest in the occult and alternative spirituality, gave the concept new life and turned it into a major focus for those interested in dowsing, geomancy, and other Earth-based spiritual practices. Spiritual and Esoteric Interpretations In New Age and esoteric beliefs, ley lines are often thought to be channels of Earth energy or cosmic power. These energies are said to flow between important spiritual or historical sites, sometimes referred to as "power points" or "energy vortices." Some people believe that the alignment of certain ancient monuments—such as Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Egypt, or Machu Picchu—indicates that ancient cultures had a deep understanding of these energies and deliberately built their sacred sites on ley lines to harness or tap into this power. There is, however, no scientific evidence supporting the existence of ley lines or Earth energies. Most scientists and archaeologists regard ley lines as coincidental alignments or results of selective perception. Prominent Examples of Ley Lines Though ley lines have been identified all over the world by various enthusiasts, here are some notable alignments that are frequently cited: St. Michael's Ley Line (England) This ley line is one of the most famous in Britain. It is said to run across the south of England, passing through landmarks such as St. Michael's Mount, Glastonbury Tor, Avebury, and Bury St. Edmunds. These sites are all associated with either Christian saints or ancient pagan practices. The line is said to represent an alignment of solar energies, especially on May Day when the sun rises directly along the line. Stonehenge and Avebury (England) Stonehenge, one of the most iconic ancient monuments in the world, is often cited as a key point in ley line theories. It is sometimes thought to be part of a larger network of ley lines that connect other significant prehistoric sites in southern England, such as Avebury. Some researchers have proposed that these lines were part of ancient astronomical or religious systems. The Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) Enthusiasts have linked the Great Pyramid to ley lines by claiming that it sits on a powerful global alignment. According to some theories, the pyramid is connected to other important monuments around the world via these mysterious lines, suggesting a global system of ancient knowledge. Sedona, Arizona (USA) Sedona is often described as a major "energy vortex," a place where ley lines converge and spiritual energy is thought to be particularly strong. Sedona's red rock formations and sacred sites attract thousands of spiritual seekers who believe they can tap into Earth's energy here. Nazca Lines (Peru) The mysterious Nazca Lines in Peru, large geoglyphs etched into the desert, are sometimes linked to ley line theories. Some believe that these vast designs, which include animals and geometric shapes, may align with ley lines or represent some kind of connection to cosmic energies. Modern Interpretations and Popular Culture Ley lines have become a popular feature in modern spirituality and fiction. They are frequently mentioned in books, movies, and television shows, where they are portrayed as channels of supernatural energy, often related to ancient civilizations, magic, or alien visitors. In New Age thought, ley lines are sometimes used as an explanation for the phenomena of UFO sightings, crop circles, or places with intense psychic or healing energy. Despite their modern popularity, ley lines remain controversial. Mainstream historians and scientists dismiss them as examples of pattern recognition, where people impose meaning on random or coincidental alignments of landmarks. Nonetheless, ley lines continue to fascinate many people who find meaning in the connections between ancient sites, nature, and the mystical energies of the Earth.

Hear about travel the Great West Way from London to Bristol as the Amateur Traveler talks to Penny Sadler about her recent trip to Southwest England. Why should you go? Penny says, "The Great West Way is a historic route and basically now a tourist route that goes from London to Bristol. From London to Bristol is about two hours, and along the way, there are charming market towns, old pubs, castle ruins, rolling hills, and lots of farmland, it's very rural Stonehenge, Avebury, there's so much to see." Penny Sadler's itinerary for the Great West Way offers a scenic and historically rich journey from east to west. Here is a breakdown of the recommended destinations, sorted from east to west: London Activities: Stay at The Mayfair Townhouse. Join a food tour with Devour Tours, visiting historic pubs and Borough Market. Explore Southwark Cathedral, Hatton Garden, and Daunt Books for Travellers. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/the-great-west-way-in-england/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You join me for a third, and final time, at a 4600 year old site, which contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. This time we take a look at one of the largest, and most impressive Neolithic burial sites in Britain. We don't know how many early humans were buried here, but we do know that this place appears to be haunted. So, lets' ask together one more time, just how haunted is Avebury? Huge thank you to Emma for joining me, and you can find all of her blogs, including the series about Avebury at www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk/ If you'd like to sponsor me to walk 28 miles in one day at the end of July to help Cancer Research UK you can do so at www.justgiving.com/page/walk4john2024  Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review. You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch. To sign up visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com   Music in this episode includes: Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw   " HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"   Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU || SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ || Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP || Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV  

Here we are for episode 724! This time Paul finally gets to meet Muffleyontour in person - renowned listener and collaborator on the show! Follow them on their day out to Avebury! We also have some especially commissioned songs and Paul and Nick G also head back to March 1990 to compare diary entries. We also have a 3 different versions of a song concerning standing stones which fits thematically with this episode! All that and we have a vintage TV question from our new listener, Gary! On our next episode, #725, we hear a number of anecdotes about recent times when Bettina bumped into Charlotte Shade out and about on the town in London... Please join us! Email us at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it. The music is by Shy Yeti, Muffleyontour and Luca. Shy Yeti songs created using Udio, with Shy Yeti / PJC for lyrics. Sound effects by Paul C and Soundbible. Logo and artwork by Owen O, with some assistance and photos provided by Shy Yeti. All other episode content is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2024. This episode was recorded between the 8th and the 9th June 2024, with the diary entries recorded on the 15th August 2023.

This episode covers three examples of historically important roads. One is quite ancient, one is an important part of the development of the U.S., and the third is a more modern road that's been lauded for its design. Research: “The Ancient Ridgeway.” Friends of the Ridgeway. https://ridgewayfriends.org.uk/the-trail/the-ancient-ridgeway/· Atkins, Harry. “The Best Historic Sites in Oxfordshire.” History Hit. May 24, 2022. https://www historyhit.com/guides/the-best-historic-sites-in-oxfordshire/· “Avebury.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/avebury/ Benetti, Alessandro. “The bridge-type autogrill, infrastructure and icon of the Italian highways.” Domus. July 27, 2020. https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2020/07/27/infrastructures-and-icons-the-bridge-type-autogrill-by-angelo-bianchetti-and-mario-pavesi.html Benetti, Alessandro. “Italy's ‘Sun Motorway,' the story of an exceptional infrastructure.” Domus. Aug. 5, 2023. https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2021/07/16/the-sun-motorway-is-65-years-old-a-short-story-of-an-extraordinary-infrastructure.html Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "macadam". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2014, https://www.britannica.com/technology/macadam-road-construction Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Saxony". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jun. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Saxony-historical-region-duchy-and-kingdom-Europe Calvano, Angela & Canducci, Andrea & Rufini, Andrea. (2023). Urban regeneration of public housing settlements, in Rome: the case study of San Basilio district. Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. 8. 10.1051/rees/2023012 Cleaver, Emily. “Against All Odds, England's Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years.” Smithsonian. July 6, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3000-year-old-uffington-horse-looms-over-english-countryside-180963968/ Ellis, Sian. “Just follow the Ridgeway, Britain's oldest highway.” British Heritage. April 30, 2024. https://britishheritage.com/travel/the-ridgeway-britains-oldest-highway Haughton, Brian. “The White Horse of Uffington.” March 30, 2011. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/229/the-white-horse-of-uffington/ Johnson, Ben. “Ancient Standing Stones.” Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Ancient-Standing-Stones/ “Lane Width.” U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/geometric/pubs/mitigationstrategies/chapter3/3_lanewidth.cfm Lenarduzzi, Thea. “The Motorway That Built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece is the focus of an unlikely pilgrimage.” Independent UK. Jan. 30, 2016. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-world-s-first-motorway-piero-puricelli-s-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html Longfellow, Rickie. “The National Road.” U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/back-time/national-road Mclaughlan, Scott, PhD. “What were the enclosure acts?” The Collector. Nov. 12, 2023. https://www.thecollector.com/what-were-the-enclosure-acts/ McNamara, Robert. "The National Road, America's First Major Highway." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/the-national-road-177405 “The National Road.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/national-road.htm “National Road Heritage Corridor.” https://nationalroadpa.org/ "The Nation's First Mega-Project: A Legislative History of the Cumberland Road" United States Department of transportation. 2021. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68561 Nifosi, Giuseppe. “Michelucci's Highway Church.” Art Unveiled.  https://www.artesvelata.it/chiesa-autostrada-michelucci/ “RESEARCH AND SOURCES FOR WAYLAND'S SMITHY.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/history/research-and-sources/ “The Ridgeway.” National Trails. https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/the-ridgeway/ “The Ridgeway Information.” National Trails. https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/the-ridgeway/trail-information/ Stenton, F. M. “The Road System of Medieval England.” The Economic History Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1936, pp. 1–21. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2590730 “WAYLAND'S SMITHY.” English Heritage. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/ “Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an early barrow and Rion Age and Roman boundary ditches.” Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008409?section=official-list-entry Whittle, Alasdair & Brothwell, Don & Cullen, Rachel & Gardner, Neville & Kerney, M.. (2014). Wayland's Smithy, Oxfordshire: Excavations at the Neolithic Tomb in 1962–63 by R. J. C. Atkinson and S. Piggott. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 57. 61-101. 10.1017/S0079497X00004515. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This time you join me, once again, at one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, dating back around 4600 years, and containing the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. So large in fact, that today is has a village within it. Emma from the Weird Wiltshire blog joins me once again, so lets' ask together once more, just how haunted is Avebury? Huge thank you to Emma for joining me, and you can find all of her blogs, including the series about Avebury at www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk/ If you'd like to sponsor me to walk 28 miles in one day at the end of July to help Cancer Research UK you can do so at www.justgiving.com/page/walk4john2024  Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review. If you'd like to join the brand new How Haunted? Fan Club group on Facebook, ran by Laura, one of my Patreons, then head over to https://m.facebook.com/61559911956890/ You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch. To sign up visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com   Music in this episode includes: Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw   " HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"   Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU || SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ || Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP || Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV  

This time you join me at one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, containing the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. This location is as mysterious, as it is historic, and with the summer solstice on the horizon, let's deep dive into this location, and seek to find the ghosts that lurk here. Lets' ask together, just how haunted is Avebury? Huge thank you to Emma for joining me, and you can find all of her blogs, including the series about Avebury at www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk/ If you'd like to sponsor me to walk 28 miles in one day at the end of July to help Cancer Research UK, you can do so at www.justgiving.com/page/walk4john2024  Support How Haunted? by subscribing and leaving a review. You can become a Patreon for as little as £1 a month. You can choose from three tiers and get yourself early access to episodes, and exclusive monthly episodes where Rob will conduct ghost hunts and you'll hear the audio from the night. You can even get yourself some exclusive How Haunted? merch. To sign up visit https://patreon.com/HowHauntedPod Perhaps you'd rather buy me a coffee to make a one off donation to support the pod, you can do that at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HowHauntedPod Find out more about the pod at https://www.how-haunted.com and you can email Rob at Rob@how-haunted.com   Music in this episode includes: Darren Curtis – Lurking Evil: https://youtu.be/3i0aVnpeppw   " HORROR PIANO MUSIC " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"   Music link :https://youtu.be/xbjuAGgk5lU || SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DQQmmCl8crQ || Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP || Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV  

Tired of visiting destinations where you are 1 of thousands of other tourists?Are you looking to travel to places that are a bit off the main tourist track?Then you'll want to tune into this episode. I'm talking to Andrew Nelson, author of the book Here Not There.Andrew has written an incredible book filled with alternative ideas of places to travel to so you can avoid some of the over touristed spots and enjoy destinations that are similar, just as amazing but with fewer people.We discuss the state of travel today, how to be a traveler no matter your age or your budget and yes, we talk about some awesome destinations.Want to chat more about travel?Send me an email at Lynne@WanderYourWay.com In this episode:0:59: Intro2:08:  Introducing Andrew Nelson3:19: Becoming an explorer & considering impact8:39: Book Categories14:30: Romania18:01: Lecce & Ischia & Ostia Antica27:59: Avebury & Manchester33:00: Nimes Arena & Coliseums36:36: Montenegro 38:10: Adamello Brenta41:19: Islands: Isles of Scilly, St. Michael's Mount, Corfu45:29: Andrew's Picks: Lecce, Ostia, Budapest, Thousand Islands, Santa Barbara49:41: A bit more about Andrew's book51:20: Traveling to lesser touristed destinations 52:33: Wrapping upImportant links:Andrew Nelson on InstagramAndrew NelsonHere Not ThereWhich Is Better? Stonehenge or Avebury?Overtourism: Are We Loving Some Places to Death?Support the Show.Thanks to Callisa Mickle who edits the audio.Follow Wander Your Way:InstagramFacebookPinterest

In episode 95 of the UK Travel Planning Podcast, we have a memorable trip report from our guest, Deb Pecka, who shares her whirlwind experience of a few days in the UK, packed with adventures. Despite attending a conference in London, Deb managed to explore the city's highlights and even embarked on a day trip to Windsor, Stonehenge, and Avebury, all with the help of Riz from XFACars. Join us as we delve into Deb's itinerary, from her arrival at Heathrow to her exploration of London, witnessing the changing of the guards, visiting iconic landmarks, indulging in delicious cuisine, and enjoying the picturesque countryside. Deb shares her top tips for anyone visiting the UK for the first time and invites us to see her incredible photos from the trip. Don't miss out on this exciting trip report that will inspire your own UK travel plans.⭐️ Guest - Deb Pecka

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In the Gaming Hut we look at the paradox of choice, in which players want many alternative paths yet also want to explore all of them. The Archaeology Hut surveys the career of William Stukeley, the 18th century polymath whose studies of Stonehenge and Avebury made him one of the field's foundational figures. In the […]