Our Programme For This Year and Next.
Entrance fee £5 for Members and £7 for Guests. (Except for special events and field trips).
Free beverage and biscuit.
2025
November 8th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Animal Healing with Nancy Bottura.
In this talk Nancy will share some of the experiences she has had during the 20 years she has worked as an Animal Healer.
She will also talk about Healing and the many ways in which animals can benefit from it.
There will also be a guided visualisation/meditation to help you to connect with the healing energy and share that with your animal (from a distance) if you would like to do so.
Nancy has worked holistically and in the field of energy healing for over 20 years.
She has a Diploma from The School of Homeopathy, Devon.
Is a Reiki Master (Shinpiden Reiki).
Has trained as a Spiritual Healer (for Animals).
Is an Animal Communicator and also a Trust Technique Practitioner: Mindfulness for People with their Animals.
December 13th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Dowsing at Woodchester Mansion with Barry Goldring.
Annual General Meeting and Christmas Meal.
The Christmas Lunch will follow the AGM and presentation of the archaeological dowsing of Woodchester Mansion by Barry Goldring.
See link below for menu options.
2026
January 10th 2026. 10:30 - 12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
The Bosnian Pyramids of Visoko - Presented by Malcolm White.
The Pyramid of the Sun, said to be the oldest pyramid on
Earth at 34,000 years old, with a height of over 220m,is the tallest pyramid in
the world.
The layers of soil that cover the pyramid are approximately
12,000 years old.
Malcolm presents the case for the pyramids existence.
The
incredible miles of underground passageways, tunnels, chambers and artificial
lakes that connect to the Sun Pyramid, that have healing properties.
The Pyramid of the Sun was first discovered in 2005 by
Dr. Sam Osmanagich.
What is the history of these pyramids?
Malcolm will share the facts, personal experiences of having
been there and card readings around the history and insights into the Bosnian
Pyramids.
February 14th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Susan McCann/Crystal Catalyst. Crystals: the Power of Love.
Susan will explain a little bit about how crystals work and what their different colours mean, before honing in to focus more on crystals that resonate with the heart centre and love vibration.
She will also do a short meditation.
There will be a small selection of crystals for purchase, focusing on the love and self-love theme.
Susan McCann is a crystal healer, intuitive and writer.
She practises crystal healing therapy at Ownzone Therapy Rooms in Stroud, and also offers crystal readings.
She has written the text for 7 lifestyle and esoteric books with Summersdale Publishers, including The Little Book for Crystal Lovers, The Crystal Healing Journal and The Little Book of Angels.
Website: www.crystal-catalyst.com
Etsy: https://thecrystalcatalystuk.etsy.com
Insta: the.crystalcatalystuk
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CrystalCatalystUK/
March 14th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Emma Fitchett (Farrell) MSc. Poisonous Plant Spirits of the Dark Goddess.
Beneath the hedgerows, along the liminal edges and hidden in plain sight are the banes of the plant world.
These are the plants which carry elements of danger and are feared for their toxicity and their malefic magick.
Historical accounts and legend speak of cursing, poisoning and evil witchcraft yet behind these tales reside benevolent plant spirits with much to teach.
These are the initiators, the guardians at the threshold and the dwellers of the Underworld. These are the dark aspects of the Goddess, offering her true wisdom of transformation.
In this enchanting session, Emma will introduce you to some of our common poisonous plants and share her experience of working co-creatively and journeying with them.
About Emma.
Emma Fitchett MSc is a plant spirit healer, shamanic teacher and author.
Her life long pursuit of self-mastery and inner transformation is fuelled by a fascination with the nature of reality and consciousness and has led her to studying a Master's Degree in 'The Preservation & Development Of Wisdom Culture & The Art Of Liberation' in the Tibetan Buddhist Mahayana Tradition, writing her thesis on 'Understanding The Nature Of The Self Through Lucid Dreaming'.
She has also been initiated into and trained in indigenous healing and magical lineages of the British Isles and the Ecuadorian Amazon, is a Yew Mysteries initiate and holds the lineage of the White Serpent.
She is a Geomancer, Pranic Healer, Psychic Surgeon and entity removal specialist.
Emma has been undertaking plant initiations for 12 years.
She also runs the Plant Consciousness Apothecary, a Remote Healing Practice and is the author of Journeys with Plant Spirits published by Bear & Co.
Plant Spirit Healer, Shamanic Teacher, Author & Flower Essence Producer www.plantconsciousness.com
Founder of the School of Natural Esoterics www.naturalesoterics.org
Emma’s book ‘Journeys With Plant Spirits’ is published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co www.journeyswithplantspirits.com
Member: BAFEP, O.N.E, BDA emma@plantconsciousness.com
March 26th. Special Evening Event. 7:30 to 10:00pm. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
The Bards of Avalon - Sound Bath.
Bea and David have found that using sound with intention can create potent, positive change, so they will invite you to have a personal intention for the sound bath.
They will then create a sound journey which supports your intention.
During a sound bath, you can lie down or sit, fully clothed.
All you need to do is bathe in the sound waves.
Consistent feedback shows that participants leave deeply relaxed and energised with reduced pain and much improved sleep.
"Their sound baths always leave a sense of peace and relaxation, and their voices are amazing. A pure joy to the ears.”
Please note that this is a complementary therapy and should not be used as a substitute for seeking medical advice or attention.
April 11th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Kate Smart. An Introduction to Ancestral Healing.
I'll be exploring whether ancestral memories exist and how these might flow through our own lineage to the present day. I'll be explaining why ancestral healing isn't only about bloodlines but also about spiritual families and close friends.
If we go back through the generations, of course, we are all related. Therefore our work on ancestral healing can influence not just our lives but those of many people living today and future generations. Come prepared for a meditation to explore who in your own lineage might assist you in this work, if you feel drawn to it, and a dowsing tool and pen and paper to sketch out your own connections.
About Kate.
One of Kate’s earliest memories is playing in the family garden where she spent many hours. She delighted in stroking bees, picking flowers and trying to eat little light beings attached to plants. Her connectedness to the natural world has never left her and this has taken her on a voyage of enquiry and discovery; every day something new and fascinating is there to be revealed. Born on the vernal equinox and dowsing from childhood using all kinds of methods, Kate is now Chair of Malvern Dowsers, designs gardens in a holistic and biodynamic way having studied to be a landscape architect, keeps bees (but not for the honey) and runs the Spirituality Special Interest Group for dowsers to explore and deepen our understanding of the connection to the cosmic consciousness. She’s the Chair of the New Essenes (a group supported by Sir George Trevelyan who was instrumental in the Findhorn Project and the inception of the Soil Association), contributes to the Alister Hardy Trust that investigates spiritual experiences and has an insatiably curious mind.
May 9th. 10:30-12:00. Belas Knapp Field Trip.
Our tour guide will be Liz Poraj-Wilczynska.
Liz Poraj-Wilczynska is an Archaeographer specialising in Prehistoric Landscapes, Liz investigates Spirit of Place and has published several academic papers.
Liz is also a master dowser having co-authored The Disciplines of Dowsing with Tom Graves author of Needles of Stone and many other classic dowsing guides.
Over the past 20 years liz has worked with Professor Tim Darvill archaeologist and expert on Stonehenge and Prehistoric Britain.
She is best known for her ground breaking research at Belas Knap long barrow in the Cotswolds and her multimedia Art and Archaeology Exhibition.
The Belas Knap field trip will explore the archaeological evidence past and present.
We will investigate and dowse energetic lines around the mound with a focus on underground water and overground phenomena. We will have a chance to handle some prehistoric artefacts.
We will discuss the lost monuments of the Neolithic and Bronze age at Belas Knap.
To finish we will discuss some local folklore and recurrent personal experiences that seem to haunt this ancient landscape.
June 13th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
Maria Wheatley?
July 11th. 10:30-12:00. Whitminster Village Hall. GL2 7NN.
The Consciousness of Trees with Andrew Edgar.
The likes of Peter Wohlleben (author of The Hidden Life of Trees), and botanist Dr Suzanne Simard have argued that trees are capable of profound experiences of the world around them, and that they can communicate these experiences to other trees (through root systems, and the mycelia of fungi).
Dowsers have long recognised that trees have auras, and indeed that these auras will expands as the dowser makes contact with the tree – an expression of the tree’s awareness that they are in contact with the dowser.
In this talk I will explore, through my personal experience of dowsing with trees and in communion with spirit of place, how dowsing and botany can give us an insight into the world of trees, and how we might come to understand and communicate with those trees.
I will explain how we can trace the networks of communication that link trees, how we can find the protective mother tree within a group, and how patterns within the aura of a tree hint at the messages that the tree might have for us.
Andrew Edgar
Now based in East Sussex, and after living and working some thirty years in Cardiff, I help to run a dowsing group under the auspices of Lewes U3A.
I have been dowsing, and a member of the BSD, since 2010. I have recently been co-opted as a trustee to the BSD council.
My primary interests are in Earth Energies, although I am sympathetic to all uses of dowsing.
I am particularly interested in possible explanations for dowsing, and in the implications that the fact that dowsing works has for our understanding of the world around us.
Dowsing, for me, is a way of communicating with the natural and spiritual world we inhabit and share.
https://andrewredgar.wixsite.com/dowser
Claire is an energy healer and intuitive guide for people and animals and has over 25 years of experience, driven by her own healing journey following a diagnosis of ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, and Hypothyroidism.
She is now pain-free and no longer relies on pharmaceuticals as a result of these techniques and other energy healing modalities.
In this talk and demonstration, Claire will share the transformative power of the Emotion Code, Body Code, and Belief Code.
Using dowsing and muscle testing, she connects to her client’s energetic and subconscious field to pinpoint trapped emotions, misalignments, toxins, pathogens or limiting beliefs ready to be released.
These blocks can then be cleared quickly and gently—without the need for hours of traditional talking therapy, though reflective discussion is welcomed as needed.
Claire is also a Healing Remembered and Quantum Healer Practitioner, working with Kate Elliott’s advanced energy system to release entities, clear offensive energies and rebalance emotional, mental, physical and spiritual layers.
Using a unique app, light language, structured clearing statements, meditation and quantum techniques, she helps guide clients through deep, rapid transformation and heart-opening healing.
Through her work in dowsing, energy connection, and spiritual listening, Jayne shares what she discovered at stone chambers, ancient tombs, and hidden sites across the island.
This talk offers a personal and powerful exploration of how the land still speaks - through stones, silence, synchronicity, and spirit.
Along the way, Jayne received messages, witnessed earth energies, and experienced sites not as ruins, but as living thresholds.
Part storytelling, part reflection, and part invitation to listen more deeply to the Earth itself.
Why do we dream?
What are they for?
This talk will explore aspects of dreaming such as:
· Sleep cycles
· Dreamwork techniques
· Using your dreams as an oracle
· Mexican dream geography
· Ways to improve dream recall
· Dealing with unpleasant dreams
· Lucidity in dreaming
· Dreams and healing
· Dreaming and death
· Dream ‘bridging’
· Pyramid of dreams
· Precognitive dreams
· Dreaming and moon cycles
Alex Heron is an experienced teacher and trainer. He has been studying dreaming and dreamwork since the early 1990's.
He is qualified in psychology, educational training, counselling, shamanic counselling and Active Dreaming.
He has trained extensively in groupwork, shamanism and Mesoamerican dreaming practices.
His dreaming teachers include Merilyn Tunneshende, Jonathan Horwitz, Sergio Magana and Robert Moss.
For the last 10 years Alex has offered and presented a series of one-day and weekend Dreamwork courses.
Alex’s work background includes English teaching, both in UK schools and TEFL in Romania, and many years as a specialist advisory teacher for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in Bristol, UK.