THE DEVA OF RAGLAN CASTLE

Linen from castle's 'guests & tea time' gift shop

Regulus, The Royal Star Raglan Castle is located in the heart of 'Castle Row' in Wales, known for her unique contribution to Britain's colorful history. An unusual and significant story related to Castle background, often untold, concerns the lightly veiled Deva, Raglan's overseeing 'spirit of place.' Beyond Raglan's enviable status as the perfect production set for Robert Plant's fantasy, old world heroism is still etched into this rock solid national landmark. Raglan’s legendary Deva is one of the most enchanting culled from volumes of British history books and still resides near the Castle, although not within it's walls. The Deva (pronounced DAVE-a) is a supervisory intelligence, guardian of home and garden, responsible for evolutionary development of protected space. Dowsers first locate any on site Deva before working up designs for that place. Powerful grid energy is now restored to this vicinity because recent excavations have caused a reanimation of energy lines linking landmarks throughout the European community. Interest has been high in Germany as well, where a "dormant" Stonehenge has been uncovered.* THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME holds the timeless poetry and magic everyone associates with Led Zeppelin. The American Tour in 1973 broke box office record after box office record, many of which had been set long ago by the Beatles. The movie and it's crown jewel, 'Stairway To Heaven' are timeless. 'Hedgerows' and 'shadows' refer us to centuries old traditions, such as Roman ley-farming and earlier constants in our once-and-future ever-morphing world. Consistent with Tolkien's Middle-earth epic, Raglan calls up a vision of elite mindsets conferred to lifestyle standards, though the whispering Deva brings Galadriel's golden glade and silver mirror to mind. [Lothlórien] The castle entry, main downstairs room, and courtyard setting have the energy pattern of Rivendell's respected hidden valley council and the great garden library and museum within the house of Lord Elrond. The stairway is a foundational symbol with many viewpoints; you see something new each time you take a step either up or down. Although everything is built on the stairway, like spiraling steps spun around LothLorien's trees, or the great Ash Tree Yggdrasil (symbol of life, time, and destiny) at the center of the universe, during this time frame people engage a paradigm with extreme points. Life is seen from the bottom of the ladder looking up – or at the top of the ladder looking down. Most in-between points are variable ratios of black and white that produce a myriad of grays. Apt examples are found in film and photography. The industry’s skill with lighting techniques reflect a knowledge of light and shade far beyond the average education in light and darkness. 'Legend' (DVD with Ridley Scott director cut) is an excellent example of an untarnished Piscean Era viewpoint on the subject. Wherever extremes meet, such as the misty mountain top, highest rung of the ladder, and the innermost chamber of a heart - eventually all things merge into one and A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. We can go outside our own waking conscious structure-repertoire to these places ** where opposites blend - life-death, mortal-immortal, past-future, our internal and outer journeys, as ‘Stairway To Heaven’ promises. Robert Plant embarked on a formidable journey when shooting began in October 1973. The band bought Hammerwood Park (in auction) where they planned to hold court and film from their own studio. The first scenes of the concert movie were filmed at Hammerwood and feature the original classic columns at the doorway to the home. Peter Grant and Robert Cole are sharp dressed men in dapper 1930s sting-style threads, looking for a piece of the action. Film critic Clark Collis reports that "Grant was worried that the footage made him look stupid. The film's director, Joe Massot, assured him it would not... as a whole, the film is magnificent. It's rock's own cinematic Millennium Dome..."   The film structure overall is an unusual one, with the movie pie cut in fifths, leaving a sequence each for band members and LZ manager, Peter Grant. The Plant portion of this evocative work of art crossed at the juncture where opposites meet in the mist, at land's end under a canopy of brilliant stars. Some modern day quest films to focus on this 'undefinable-vanishing point' at the pole's centre, are STAR WARS (Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker***), FIRST KNIGHT (Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table) and THE WIND AND THE LION. Plant’s fantasy transports us to Raglan Castle, and then the castle becomes a mystic vessel where the two natures unite (sol and luna as The Royal Marriage, Narsil-Anduril, caduceus). Page and Plant’s ‘Walking Into Clarksdale’ video, ‘Most High’ is a thinly veiled take off on this theme, by the way. BACK to Top   GO ON to Part 1 of the text and continued footnotes     Just as the Square is the symbol of the Four sacred Forces or Powers, Tetraktys - so the Circle shows the boundary within Infinity that no man, even in spirit, or Deva or Dhyan Chohan can cross. -The Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky, I, 159 Led Zeppelin On Stage * The Song Remains The Same   REGULUS THE ROYAL STAR "Tales of The Great Rum Runners," Robert Hunter's first creative (individualistic) contribution followed on the heels of his trip to Stonehenge. Hunter's timing to record corresponds to signature themes influenced by his new Sun as he interfaced with the fixed star Regulus. He felt compelled to convene a dynamic troupe of musicians for this solo exploration of the music industry. Regulus shone over Robert Plant's Leo house during 1973 ~ read about ancient Qabbalah and esoteric Christian symbolism cloaked in Led Zeppelin’s crown jewel, ‘Stairway To Heaven’ in part 2 and part 3 of this article, currently under construction.   Source of Date The Raglan Sequence Shot (10/1973) is Dave Lewis, Editor of Tight But Loose left, Raglan Deva doors, dowsed on-site in Wales. {Akasha Wave} ~ BACK Robin Hood Star Charts & Webring             Dowser related information @ Sacred Place     about video airplay of ‘Most High.’ Star Menu in honor of Sean Connery * Silver Arrow takes you to the Robin of Sherwood Silver Arrow Convention and includes information about Jason Connery in the role of Herne's Son, The Hooded Man.   Footnotes   What is Hot Chi?