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Germany managed to produce 13 crop glyphs in 2010, with a thin spiral at Schneen in Lower Saxony on 30 June and a nine-fold mandala at Oberschleissheim, near Munich in Bavaria, on 16 July providing the best examples. Overall, world numbers were much as they have been for the past couple of years. Other countries visited included Belgium, The Netherlands and the USA, each with four events of one kind or another, however modest. The Czech Republic, France and Norway had two apiece, while countries such as Croatia, Russia and Switzerland received single visitations. Thus it remains clear that the main attention for these strange designs, for whatever reason, is still being focused primarily on England. Stanton Bridge, near Honey Street, Wiltshire. Reported 8 August. Image: Olivier Morel © 2010 Thoughts on the Past Two Decades Let us go back to the aforementioned Glastonbury Symposium for a moment. What this report makes clear is that while the circle phenomenon itself has spun into ever more detailed and complex permutations in the ields, some things have stayed the same: the debates, he confusion and the delusions and delights in the minds of those pulled in like moths continue on. But in considering the anniversary celebrations and looking back on the evolution of the Symposium (which, it must be declared here, on a personal level has been an important part of my life for many years), something new has emerged in both a significant proportion of its long- ime attendees and in the shape of its annual program: an awareness of the need for self-responsibility. It is fascinating to note that in the early 1990s, at any croppie gathering, there was a tangible and widespread belief from many aficionados that what we were being offered in crop circles was a salvation of some kind. To hem it was a clear sign that something was coming to rescue us: instant enlightenment being offered to a delinquent planet from a benevolent outside force. The glyphs were working subliminally in the backs of our minds, it was thought, triggering processes that would lift us from three-dimensional mundanity to eventually blossom as a new state of consciousness. A cosmic parental authority was here to pull us out of the mire, and all we had to do was wait for the final landing or extra-dimensional revelation and gaze in wonder. There may be elements of truth in this scenario, of course. Yet something has definitely changed around the wide acceptance of some of the lazier presumptions. Looking around the faces in the 2010 Symposium auditorium and hearing the very different tone of the speakers to what was being routinely offered circa 1992, it seems that a fresh realisation has clearly dawned: that if a message of hope gleaned from inspiration in the fields is to become something real, then we are all ourselves going to have to get up and do something directly about uncomfortable situations in the world. Waiting to be saved is no longer enough. Horton, near Devizes, Wiltshire. Reported 9 August. Image: Olivier Morel © 2010 Northdowns, near Beckhampton, Wiltshire. Reported 13 August. Image: Frank Laumen © 2010, www.visiblesigns.de 62 * NEXUS Continued on page 83 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com