Saturday 8th October 2022
5.00pm - 6.30pm BST

This lecture will be recorded if you can't join us on the day.

Karen Alexander is main conference organiser, conference host, workshop facilitator and speaker. Karen is a long-time circles researcher (1990-present day) who has for many years brought a thoughtful and introspective touch to researching the crop circles. A highly respected and influential speaker and writer, her work seamlessly fuses sacred art, spirituality, psychology, and philosophy – the scholarly and the intuitive. Karen is perhaps best known as the writer behind the annually published Crop Circle Year Books (1999 – 2019) and Crop Circles: Signs, Wonders & Mysteries (Arcturus, 2006 & updated in 2009 & 2012). She is also known for her hand drawn images and paintings of the crop circles which are widely admired and collected. Karen has a background in counselling and psychotherapy and has facilitated and taken part in a number of groups and projects over the last 20 years looking specifically into crop circles and their connection with consciousness and is a keen geometer who will be leading the Geometry Workshop in drawing a circle from the 2022 season with compass and straight-edge. 

In her Saturday lecture Karen will be taking us through some of the crop circles of 2022 and looking at the question "So What!?" Where are the crop circles taking us, what does this all mean and what is next for crop circle research?

Saturday 8th October 2022
6.30pm - 8.00pm BST

This lecture will be recorded if you can't join us on the day.

Dan Vidler is a school teacher, ardent crop circle enthusiast, photographer and webmaster of www.ukcropcircles.co.uk which documents the interiors and ground details of the crop circles. He has been a regular and popular speaker at the Summer Lectures since their inception. Dan has a keen eye for the fine detail of the circles; the lay of the crop and other significant ground details. Each year he presents us with the intrigues and delights of the interior of the circles, so easily missed by all but the most eagle-eyed, accompanied with an eye-watering array of beautiful photography.

This extended lecture will be delivered in two parts, each section focusing on distinct but related aspects of my current crop circle research.

Part 1: Ground Details in Crop Circles During the 2022 Season

As always, I will present evidence from inside the crop circles of the 2022 season. While the overall number of formations was lower than some years, the quality of the circles did not disappoint. The details within crop circles at ground level never fail to amaze, fascinate, and inspire and, documenting some of this season’s formations, I will share the intricacies and subtleties which I believe reflect the majesty of the formations’ geometric designs. Often these details are easy to miss, but when we are lucky enough to notice them, the mystery of the phenomenon becomes ever deeper.

Part 2: Alignments Across Space and Time

In recent years, I have begun to notice and to investigate the relationship between the location of crop circles across the Wiltshire landscape. As well as geometric aspects of the formations which appear to ‘point’ to other circles or landscape features, there are examples of features within the ground details which also direct us towards other places.

During the 2022 season, the alignments between formations themselves became ever more apparent and focused ground research has led to some revelations about crop circles aligned not only across the fields, but across seasons…