The Spirit of the Serpent - Hamish Millar, Ba Russell, Julie Soskin, Rupert Soskin, Jim Lyons

About the video

The Spirit of the Serpent is an exploration into Earth Energy at the Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall. This was filmed in 2003 to create a pilot for TV to try and obtain a commission for a series on the subject. 

A team of experts was assembled to investigate the energy patterns in and around the circle. They recount the folklore associated with the site and conduct simple scientific experiments to try to evaluate what effect the Earth Energy has on human biology, and whether it responds tom our presence at the power centres. During interviews, the experts talk about some of their values and experiences and we hear remarkable revelations about life, death and the spirit world.

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Watch a short clip here