30/01/2012 by admin.

Bird watchers in America are reporting a mass exodus of snowy owls from Arctic into the lower 48 states. The beautiful birds have been seen from coast to coast in a southern migration described as unbelievable by the owl research institute. The migration has baffled the experts with no logical explanation coming to the fore.

Snowy owls have been in the limelight for a number of years due to Harry Potter’s pet Hedwig, but we think this is real magic. The opening scene of our novel includes a white owl flying over the head of Ben Whittenbury as a prelude to all that follows, empowering him with the support of a hidden force - the Earth spirit or a divine creator - to serve as Nature’s Champion. This is deep magic and humanity neglects this sign at its peril.  Time for Bob Marley..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWw_gP0vDfE 

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10/01/2012 by admin.

As the New year begins to unfold its of interest to us that two movies have been grabbing the headlines - War Horse and the Iron Lady.

We’re amused since our environmental project is all about finding the right balance between industrial growth (otherwise known as Gross Domestic Product) and defending Mother Nature. This is symbolised in the opening scene of our novel when an unknown figure is galloping on a horse to save Mother Nature from unbridled exploitation and destruction by humanity with a ghostly Lady in Grey (who represents industry - an Iron Lady) mournful at setting humanity on a precarious path. Its a struggle that continues today and everyday, perhaps these movies are a timely reminder of the need for humanity to progress ethically and morally? Here’s the trailers…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7lf9HgFAwQ 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiCFY2zsfc

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07/01/2012 by admin.

A lion named Malik has reacted fiercely to a young girl staring at him through strengthened glass in his enclosure at Wellington Zoo. The moody lion swipped his front paws against the 33mm glass, perhaps to defend his meal, but Sofia aged 3 stood firm. She seemed surprised but didn’t kepy her cool.  Its not the first time Malik has charged the glass and is probably because he’s trying to eat his food and is trying to chase off possible rivals.

However, perhaps Malik had a deeper message - afterall in our novel Wellington chaired the meeting of the Blakesware Set, the group behind the Haymakers Survey.  And, Malachi the messenger and voice of the animal kingdom is likened to the lion statue around which the magic of time travel in our story unfolds. Malachi is also abbreviated many times in the story, including to Malik.  Maybe Malik the former king of the jungle is letting us know that nature’s patience with humanity is fast running out?

Here’s the video clip..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0RWuyqkzeE

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19/12/2011 by admin.

At picturesque Carmarthenshire, ‘The Garden of Wales’ bundles of hay lay strew across raliway tracks after a commuter train struck a lorry carrying a hay trailer. 

Fortunately only a few passengers experienced minor injuries on the crossing at Whitland.  Seeing all that hay on the tracks makes for quite a sight and its interesting to us that Whitland translates to ‘The Old Whitehouse’, which is curious as in our novel Charles Lamb takes a serious fall adjacent to an old white house and claims that ‘it is all over.’  His journal also records how ‘The Blakesware Set’ speculated on the impact of the railways as the industrial revolution began to take a grip. Is Mother Nature telling us to derail the runaway train that is human exploitation of planet Earth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFJ3KayeUTc

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30/10/2011 by admin.

Our 26 October ‘Ides of March’ post anticipated Mother Nature would put on a show to the developed world as a wake up call.  

Well, surprise surprise. Just days after North-Eastern Americans were basking in an Indian Summer, temperatures plummeted 40 degrees as heavy snowfall swept in. New York City and the East Coast were hit with snowfall before Halloween for the first time since records began.

Parts of the North East received more than two feet of snow as records for October tumbled.  This is climate chaos in action. Warmer global temperatures is bringing more extreme weather events.

Take Thailand the ‘Land of the Smiling Faces’ is experiencing prolonged flooding after heavy monsoon rains in July. Much of the country is underwater with many thousands of people displaced with the threat of insect-borne disease. 

It’s a humanitarian crisis, possibly forewarned by the recent celestial vision in the Eastern hemisphere.

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23/09/2011 by admin.

Scientists at Cern are baffled by ‘crazy’ results that appear to show subatomic neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light - widely held to be the Universe’s ultimate speed limit. If the results of their ‘routine’ experiments are vindicated then the implications for the world of science are immense. It pulls the rug from beneath the feet of modern physics which is based on nothing being able to exceed the speed of light. Try as they  might scientists are unable to explain what is happening, after 15,000 batches of neutrinos have produced the statistically significantly confirmation.

We’re just loving this potential earthquake in the world of physics - as we envisaged through our question in this survey first posed some three years ago now. Perhaps this vindicates our view that there’s a deep magic to The Haymakers Survey. What say the rational minds and doubters now?

Special Relativity? Einstien-a-go-go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weJeiN8IVTg

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28/08/2011 by admin.

Today hurricane Irene has been working its way up the North-East coast of America causing billions of dollars of destruction and claiming lives. It follows swiftly on from the Earthquake that hit the region a couple of weeks ago.  Thankfully the evacuation plans and a weakening of the hurricane as it hit land has limited the loss of life. The event has attracted massive media coverage.

Our interest in the storm is two-fold. As they say in the US “Listen up!” An intense hurricane also struck New England in 1821 making landfall in New York city on September 3 1821. In those days the area had a far smaller population, but there was still loss of life, severe flooding and damage to buildings. As recorded in our novel this was the same time that Charles Lamb wrote his, “Little Journal of My Foolish Passions” about his love for Mother Nature. Within the journal Charles tells of the importance of New England in helping to care for this planet, the trip Captain Richard Lewin made across the Atlantic and the transcendental influence on the Blakesware Set of the New England naturalists David Thoreau and Ralph Emerson.

Taking all this into account do we have another poignant reminder from Mother Nature that the Earth’s eco-systems are at risk?

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23/08/2011 by admin.

Earthquakes are rare in the Eastern part of the United States. How interesting then that a 5.8 magnitude quake has struck the US state of Virginia. The epicentre was in Louisa County close to Richmond. The quake was felt in about 12 US states and damaged national monuments in Washington DC. Thankfully though the quake caused more alarm than damage or serious injury.

The Eastern states of America play a very significant part in our novel and in Charles Lamb’s journal. We’re especially struck that the quke occured close to Richmond because of the part played by Bill Richmond - uncrowned boxing champion from the 1820s - in the compiling of The Haymaker’s Survey by the Blakesware Set. Charles Lamb’s journal tellls how Bill was dubbed the Haymaker by the Duke of Wellington.

Marvellous - what will Mother Nature do next to show the deep magic of The Haymaker’s Survey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZxNkS0w5g8&feature=related

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15/08/2011 by admin.

New Zealand is under its heaviest snow in living memory. The once in a life time event saw Wellington experience heavy snow and blizzards with electricity cut and schools closed due to the disruption. Residents took to the streets with cameras to enjoy the snow and keepers at Wellington Zoo gave Happy Feet the lost emperor penguin found sick and starving on the west coast the chance to enjoy the conditions.

In our novel Malachi our messenger warns us - “Snow, did someone say snow?” Well, well,well. Is this the wake up call for humanity about what we’re doing to the planet that the Duke of Wellington warned us about in Charles Lamb’s journal? Coincidental too that the Emperor should have a say - as predicted by Charles. What’s Mother Nature up to?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQSRy85xBw

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16/05/2011 by admin.

A new and long-awaited movie by Terence Malick has been launched at the Cannes film festival. It’s called The Tree of Life and stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. It’s one of the most talked about films at the festival. A short trailer features mysterious cosmic images alongside scenes from 1950’s Texas in America. It offers amazing imagery of the dawn of time and explores ideas and questions about our place in the world.

We’re intriqued by the movie as the Tree of Life is a key part of our story. The Tree of Life is evident in a number of religions throughout the world, including in Nordic myth where the tree is called Yggdrasil. Essentially, what we (humanity) give through our deeds influences our destiny. The timing is key as we’re busy robbing oursleves of all the natural beauty in the world. Here’s the trailer:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLPe0fHuZsc

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