I left
London with my travelling companion, Laura, firstly to visit the chapel and castle
of St Mesmin. The traffic was congested so we
continued on to the city of Orleans. This was an ancient town in 1424 when an
illiterate girl, only 12 years old, saw visions and heard voices of the saints, Michael the archangel, Catherine of Antioch and
Margaret. She also communed with the archangel Gabriel. Their voices
inspired her to lead French armies in victory against the English during the
Hundred Years War, restoring the crown to Charles VII. Shockingly, she was betrayed by the British,
tried in court and burnt at the stake as a witch in 1431. We wondered why Michael and Margaret, both
dragon slaying saints and therefore both related to leylines, were involved in
Joan’s mission and we discovered strong leys in the area of Orleans. We visited the house in Donremy
where Joan or Jean - the female form of John - was born and said mass in the thirteenth century church where she prayed. The original statue of St Margaret is there before which Joan
prayed. It is a particularly powerful statue and myself and my colleague
received an outpouring of love and strength, and we also received a message about the pointlessness and poisonousness of war, it's swings and roundabouts, and losses that last for generations. The
energies in the forest where Joan received her first messages from the saints we’re still there to experience. The spring - which in ancient times provided healing for those with fever and which the judge questioned her about during her trial - registers extraordinary energies. In the local town of Greux is a special shrine to St
Margaret whose energies are very powerful.
