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 St Mary’s Church (Map Ref: 7281 9046) in the North Yorkshire village of Lastingham is one of the most wrote about places when discussing Earth energies or ley lines. The church was founded on the site in 660 by St Cedd, in 1078 the crypt was built over St Cedd’s grave, the structure remains much the same today as when it was constructed. The crypt houses a far older alter and a collection of sections from ancient crosses collated from the countryside round about. One of the sections is intertwined with serpents (see right), and on closer investigation carved serpents can be seen around parts of the church. The serpent is a lunar symbol, also connected with woman and fecundity, though the link is complex, and it also symbolises energy. Many ley researchers who have visited the crypt have experienced “energy emanations”. Paul Screeton, author of “Quicksilver Heritage” and former editor of “The Ley Hunter”, detected a very powerful “earth force” and wrote “"if you want to get a feeling of what ley power is like, go into the crypt at Lastingham church ... you get that buzzing feeling". Paul Devereux while researching his book “The Ley Hunter’s Companion” experienced his compass behaving oddly. ”In the crypt, with the needle perfectly settled, the needle tended to maintain a rhythmic “jigging” motion” wrote Devereux. In “The Unpolluted God” author Guy Ragland Phillips writes about the time he took a psychic witch into Lastingham’s crypt and she reported that a number of powerful influences both good and evil were present. As with a lot of ley line markers, it will come as no surprise to learn that the church is haunted. Guy Phillips was told by the blind Canon Gordon Thompson that he often experienced a "discarnate spirit" in the church, usually near the door linking the vestry and sanctuary. Janet Bord remarked that the crypt’s power must be undulating; repeat visits to the church give alternative feelings. Visit in the morning and you may feel nothing, return later and you may be overcome! The source of the power could be the ley that runs through the church. In the pre-mentioned Ley Hunter’s Companion, the authors believe the church is a part of a twelve and a half mile ley that joins Lastingham Church, the Black Howe Barrow and Dargate Dikes. In the centre of Lastingham village just by the bridge over the beck is the ancient holy well of St Cedd. The stones for the housing are said to have come from Rosedale Abbey. References and Further Reading: Janet and Colin Bord “Earth Rites” Granada 1982 (Pages 235-236) Paul Devereux and Ian Thompson - “The Ley Hunter’s Companion” Thames and Hudson 1979 Guy Ragland Phillips “The Unpolluted God” Northern Lights, Pocklington, 1987. |
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