These inspirational Knights Rose films are not new, having been released between 2003 and 2009, but they are now integral to the legacy of Hamish Miller, a true polymath - dowser, healer, author, blacksmith, engineer, sailor, sculptor and social activist - who died in January 2010.
They make for essential viewing for anyone seeking insight into Hamish's singular life and works - and into the metaphysical possibilities of the emergence of a new world in harmony with nature. Gloucestershire film-maker Tim Walter directs with a light touch allowing personalities and their subject matter speak for themselves, with the modest and engaging Hamish ever at the centre.
Hamish on The Parallel Community tells of Hamish's profound awakening, following out-of-the-body and near-death experiences, to found the Parallel Community in Cornwall where he lived - an international platform for people to act and work together to challenge the motives of our decision-makers and make a positive contribution to meaningful change: human, social, ecological, creative, commercial and spiritual.
Earth Energies Explored at Stone Circle
The film is a stirring testament to how one man's vision of a social movement to reverse the declining quality of life of our planet was made a reality.
The Spirit of the Serpent explores earth energies at the Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall, and suggests that many ancient sites like this stand at the nodes of energy flows related to mathematical principles occurring in nature and arising ultimately from the quantum realm.
A team of experts led by Hamish, comprising Ba Russell, Rupert and Julie Soskin and Jim Lyons, probe the energy patterns at the site and carry out simple scientific experiments in a bid to evaluate the effects that earth energies have on human biology, and whether they react to human presence.
Demonstration of Dowsing Techniques
In Diverse Dowsing, Hamish joins with friends Daphne Adams, Val Johnson, Sue Brown, Ralph Wilkins and Professor Peter Stewart, for a down-to-earth practical demonstration of dowsing, from basic 'how to do it' techniques to specialist applications explored with expert practitioners.
The essence, for me, of this eye-opening and informative film is how dowsing has become ineluctably linked to the raising of human consciousness, which is needed so desperately in the world today.
Featuring six magical stone circles in the south-west of England - Avebury, Boscowan Un, the Hurlers, the Merry Maidens, the Nine Maidens and the Trippet Stones - Moments of Peace is a unique aid to relaxation through a series of other-worldly images and specially composed music which will soothe you away into another dimension - a welcome respite from the workaday world.
Oldest Symbol of Wisdom and Healing
The DVD includes an interview with Hamish on why these places are so special, and directions on how to find them.
Significantly, Hamish always wore a caduceus medallion during the latter part of his life - and it is the recovery of a healing wisdom that is the keynote of these films. A serpent curling around a central rod or stem is the world's oldest symbol of wisdom and healing, dating from the earliest known civilization, the Sumerian in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where it was the emblem of the god Enki.
This motif developed into the caduceus, the staff or heraldic wand of Hermes, or Mercury, the messenger of the gods and the deity of leys - and it was John Michell who described Hermes as the mercurial deity that 'hovers above the old paths and standing stones'.
Helping People Explore Their Spiritual Nature
The Knights Rose venture originally began for Tim Walters as a video and TV production company formed to make The Spirit of the Serpent. Now, with more DVD titles, books and courses on offer, it has developed into a resource and information centre to help people explore their spiritual nature from a balanced perspective.
Its credo is that all metaphysical phenomena should be considered 'hand in hand with a grounding in good old-fashioned common-sense and an understanding of some basic science'.
Hamish on the Parallel Community
The Spirit of the Serpent: An Exploration into Earth Energy
Diverse Dowsing: Beyond the Boundaries
Moments of Peace: Where the Path Leads
Knights Rose £14.50 / £12.50
Knights Rose The Parallel Community
Geoff Ward - Geoff Ward, MA Lit., is a British journalist, media consultant, author and lecturer/tutor in literature and creative writing
