It is clear now that everything that happened so far was leading in a definite and specific direction. The aspect of the Energy contacted through the Arinsal crystal has identified itself as 'the Elohim', that aspect of the Divinity which is concerned with Spirit manifesting as 'Form' (in our terms 'Matter'). From messages beginning in 1976, some significant event was destined to occur on Good Friday 1978. As the time approached, the group which had shared a number of Colin's experiences was much concerned with the mysterious forthcoming event. The main theme of the information received seemed to be two-fold: first, that a major change was imminent, and second, that it was necessary to bring the Arinsal Grail to Glastonbury on the date specified. It was also indicated that the 'Energy' would thereafter be connected not through the Elohimic channel, but through another, relevant to the 8-fold rhythm. The new channel would be known as Chloe. One of the group who received messages through her pen reported that at the time of reception the bio-rhythm of the Earth was based on the number 7 (hence the relevance of the 49-bar lines). In order to raise human consciousness a step further, this had to be increased to an 8 factor.

Today we have at our disposal the discoveries of post-Einstein physics, and both astrophysics and sub-atomic physics present us with evidence that our every thought influences the whole quantum field. In Francis Thompson's phrase, "Turn but a stone and start a wing". Of course the mystics of all traditions have understood this. However, in 1978, the physical reality of what was talked of as the 'unified field' was still a hotly debated concept. It is important to remember this in order to give due credit to those who were about to 'stand in' for the whole of mankind, and indeed for the whole of creation at a time of crucial importance.

Instructions we received as to the 'activating' of the Arinsal grail. A great emphasis was laid upon its being crystalline. It was also made clear that the change to the 8-factor would affect the ley-system. Specifically, Colin was told to perform a simple ritual, consisting of blessing, at a special time, the four points of the compass. "When you raise the Stone you will project a great arc across the sky, sealing that point, as it were. But you will spend more time sealing the north. That is critical".

Colin discussed this with Michael Bentine who had been involved throughout. Their conclusions were that the symbolism of the Grail Legend shed a light on all that was happening. They had learned to 'draw Excalibur out of the stone' in learning how to use the weapon of Light as a purely psychic weapon. The 'killing of the dragon' associated with the Grail Knights (as well as the 'dragon saints', Michael, George, Margaret, and Andrew) is the representation of directing the energy into specific channels. It involves the understanding and manipulation of the ley-energy for the good of the whole, the Healing of the Waste Land in Grail Legend terms. Arthur, of course, is an aspect of the solar archetype, whom William Blake called 'Albion'. Bligh Bond was another mystic who saw Britain as particularly relevant in this context.

This has nothing to do with nationalism. It is the recognition of a claim that the Celtic Druids were Pythagorean and Essene in nature, an assertion that Colin had on good authority, namely, the Archdruid of France. Avalon had been a Druidic site as well as a much more ancient one, and the story of Joseph of Arimathea bringing Jesus to the Mendips must have some deep significance. It is interesting to note that the village of Priddy, 800 feet up on the Mendips and with its four henge monuments and numerous barrows, also has a tradition of a visit by Joseph and Jesus. This would suggest that they would have landed somewhere near Weston-super-Mare, as the traders did, and would have travelled along the Mendips to Priddy and from there, turning south, would have descended into the Vale of Avalon and so to the holy hill of Glastonbury.

On Good Friday 1978 the group collected at Wells, paid a visit to the cathedral and then proceeded to Glastonbury. Here they went first to the Chalice Well, where they drank the well water and washed the crystal, after which no one touched it but Colin. Trying to make contact through Elohimic channels, he got no response. He then realised that he was getting the Chloe symbol. The changed had happened already. A visit to the Tor in a howling gale sent them down quickly to the town again. They made several circuits of the Abbey walls and found that the huge energy field was changing with every circuit! The very act of focusing upon that place was already effecting change. The time arrived - 5.20 p.m. B.S.T. They mad their way to Galilee in the abbey precincts and formed a circle. Briefly Colin stated their purpose and Michael Bentine said a prayer to St. Michael and his Angels, asking their blessing on the endeavour. The he and Colin went forward to Arthur's tomb, the latter visualising a beam of white light sweeping the area. The others joined them in silence and Colin followed the instructions given, sprinkling the four corners of the tomb with Lourdes water and performing the simple ritual with the crystal. He then placed the stone on the tomb and silently made his own invocation and visualisation. And that was that!

After a few more minutes they left, one of them pointing out a white dove perched above them on the arch. It had been there throughout, she said, and they remembered that in the Grail legend, at the Good Friday celebrations, a white dove was said to have alighted on the Grail. After this, as may have been expected, they felt rather as if in a void. Back in Wells, the Market Cross which had been on a 7-bar line now had an 8 instead of a 7 and the 49-ers now became 64-bar lines.

If they were correct in assuming that such changes represented a stepping up of human consciousness, this had been a necessary and successful operation. What it would mean in practical terms remained to be seen.