Prologue


I am the son of the virgin rock

That came from the stars through the boiling sea

I furnished the land, laid the loam,

I am the lifedust all must be…..


I am the chalkman in the hill

The dodman with the sighting staves

The bearded face in the aloed shroud,

The standing stone by the tumbled graves….


The joker in the old card game

The candle with the relayed flame,

The tinker trading new for old

The travellers tale to tell or told…

The sinner with his weary load

The third man on the western road

I take the path and I peddle time

I am the song that will not rhyme……


TAKE THE STONE MY MOTHER MADE

THE TRAVELLERS STONE LET IT SWING FREE

TO GUIDE YOU ALONG THE LINES OF FORCE

TAKE TO THE LAND AND FOLLOW THE LEY…………


Follow the nick in the distant hill

The old flash pool that lies in line,

The grove of firs by the old roodstone

To the distant cairn at the end of time……..


Follow the wind on the western rock

The man who smiled beneath the tree

The unknown wraith at the dark crossroads

Take to the land and follow the ley……


By the hill and the dale and the standing stones

By the buried urn with the calcined bones

By the route the birds take on the wing

By the horned cross, the cup, the ring…

From east to west from pole to pole

Gird up your loins, gird up your soul,

Sail your boat on the open sea,

Take to the land and follow the Ley…..


TAKE THE STONE MY MOTHER MADE,

ON A SILKEN THREAD LET IT SWING FREE

TO GUIDE YOU ALONG THE LINES OF FORCE

TAKE TO THE LAND AND FOLLOW THE LEY……


TAKE THE STONE MY MOTHER MADE

THE BLACK LODESTONE THE TRAVELLERS KEY

TAKE YOUR FAITH TO A DISTANT SHORE

TAKE TO THE LAND AND FOLLOW THE LEY……..