A piece of this puzzle revealed itself to me during a casual conversation with a dear friend. Lois is a delightful, adventurous, spunky woman well into her eighties. She shared how she'd been opening up spiritually for sixty years, but was still unable to see or talk with her spirit guides-St. Germain, Jesus and Sai Baba-or with angels and nature spirits.

"So many times I'll feel a warmth akin to a presence in room with me. The connection gives me a vivid sense of serenity and comfort. But that's as far as it goes."

Questioning her, I learned she sometimes feel an energy emanating from her plants, but is never able to see plant's aura or subtle body, or to have a dialogue with spirit of plant.

"Keith," she implored, "How do I do it? How can I connect with my guides and my plants in a more conscious and meaningful way?"

Her expression and words were so poignant. Then a faint glow began to radiate from little houseplant she had on breakfast table. As Lois continued to express her longing to interact more directly with nonphysical friends, light at center of plant shown brighter and brighter.

I knew light was deva, nature spirit, of this plant. Upon my recognition of its presence, fairy deva shone so brilliantly it almost hurt my eyes. I breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, this dramatic light demonstration was a direct response to Lois' prayers and desires. I speculated to myself, This is great. Here's her answer. Thank you, Spirit! Pointing to brilliant glow radiating from heart of plant, I exclaimed, "Well, there you go! There's your answer."

Lois said nothing. She simply sat there with a puzzled look on her face, staring in direction of my outstretched finger. " What answer? I don't see anything unusual. I don't understand what you're pointing at!"

She didn't see light. She saw nothing! "What about that light there, Lois," I coached. "That deva, that fairy, that glow?"

She strained and squinted. She still didn't see anything unusual.

I urged, "Do you sense anything? Do you feel a presence, a warmth, any unusual sensation at all?"

Discouraged, she sighed and responded, "No, nothing."

Crop circles are natural emotional and physical stargates- doorways to spiritual awakening, according to researchers from around globe. In United States, experiments conducted by Keith Varnum of "The Dream Workshops" have shown these elegant markings in crops provoke deep emotional memories in people of who they really are. Mr. Varnum has discovered that these precise patterns trigger recognition of ancient archetypal symbols that catalyze profound transformation in people.

Free Minds from Conditioning and Limitation

Participants in Mr. Varnum's Dream Workshops create beautiful and elaborate labyrinths patterned after crop circle formations, which they then walk through with astounding and profound results in terms of shifts in awareness, power and health. When crop circle shapes are walked as labyrinths, a powerful shift occurs in walker's DNA, cellular structure, body vitality and spiritual awareness. The vortex energy of upward movement generated in these labyrinths releases inner blocks that free and harmonize mind, body and soul of participants. The dynamic flow of life force generated in crop circle patterns releases stuck energy, trauma, drama and karma. The electro- magnetic forces emanating from these circles can also be used as a gateway to parallel dimensions, revealing potent secrets about Living Earth and true consciousness of physical universe.

Crop circles are geometric formations of great beauty and power that appear mainly in grain crops. Over 5,000 such agriglyphs ( agri = agriculture, glyph = picture) have presented themselves in over 40 countries since first sighting was recorded in a 17th century European woodcut. These striking patterns also appear in snow, ice, sand, stone, grass, sunflowers, potatoes, sugar cane, rice paddies, fruit orchards and even tree tops.

These Earth markings of mandalas, spirals, pentagrams, double helixes and fractals display a mathematical precision that seems to be beyond realm of human capability. The most spectacular and frequently reported circles are in England along St. Michael's ley line, which encompasses Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill, ancient environs of King Arthur and The Round Table.

People who have eaten seeds from plants in crop circles report experiencing deep, total body vibrations, extreme heat in solar plexus, energy pouring out of hands and dramatic spiritual awakening.

Who Are Skilled Architects?

Theories abound concerning who, or what creates, these mysterious formations, ranging from energy ley lines and plasma vortex atmospheric conditions to alien spacecraft. The attempt to "explain away" crop circles with a "natural" explanation of ley lines or atmospheric effect by plasma vortexex, begs question since both ley lines and atmospheric vortexes are natural expression of consciousness of Mother Earth, Gaia.