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The Group of Nine
And the circle of rocks
The early morning sun, not far above the horizon, left long shadows across the trail. The air was filled with bird and insect sounds as well as the crunch of leaves underfoot. The nine men and women remained speechless and vigilant.
Suddenly they huddled together and did not move so as to make no noise at all. They looked out in all directions hoping to catch a glimpse of what they were searching for. After a while with no sightings they began moving again only to stop again further along on the path.
They seemed to be one unit for they stopped and started simultaneously without anyone giving a command. Continuing on the trail this way all morning long they never saw what they were looking for and stopped for lunch in a clearing alongside a stream.
Remaining positive, no disappointment was expressed by anyone in the group. They knew that they needed to keep their collective energy as high as they could in order to attract what they were looking for. They needed to keep their minds free of unnecessary thought in order to feel the energies of the land. After several days of searching for it they did not want to give up lest it be just a little further ahead.
The group of nine consisted of three groups of three. One sub-group consisted of a woman, her husband and their…
