It's finally here!
The brand new Temporary Temples website is now live!
To start off the website we are offering 20% off all items on our shop. See details below and the code you need.
See the latest new crop circle by visiting the new website. Just posted today.
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It's been a long time coming and much later than we anticipated, but our brand new website is finally live.
This newsletter will tell you everything you need to know about the new site and how to get the most from it.
You can visit the new website anytime by clicking on any of the images in this newsletter and we both really hope you'll take some time to
have a look around it and particularly at all the new information about the 2015 circles.
To celebrate we have included a 20% off coupon for our brand new online shop, to encourage you all to go and explore and help us raise vitally needed funds for
the 2015 season - scroll down for code and information about our new shop.
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About the Website 1.
Our New
Homepage
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Our new Homepage is illustrated above. If you have book-marked our website in your web browser you may have to refresh the page a few times to load the new website.
Navigating your way through the new website couldn't be easier, with a simple menu across the top of the page which has drop down boxes to help you find what you're looking for.
Many of you will be
interested in seeing the latest crop circle images. You can access the latest crop circle images in one of two ways from the homepage - first is to use the menu across the top of the page and press Latest Circles. The second is by clicking on the images in the image slider across the middle of the page. This slider shows the latest circles we have recorded and clicking on any of those images will take you the page for that particular circle.
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About the Website 2.
Latest Circles
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One of the major delights of our new website is the way we now display the latest images of the crop circles. On our old site we simply had a gallery of images with their date and location, but now we have introduced a whole page for each new circle, which contains commentary text, links and of course all those lovely images by Steve
Alexander!
You can access the 'Latest Images' by using the navigation bar at the top of the page and pressing 'Latest circles'. You will then be directed to our 2015 Image Gallery Page. On this page there is one image of each of the circles we have
recorded this season. Click on any of these image to be taken to the page for that particular circle and to see all the images we have taken of that circle, plus information, links and drawings!
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About the Website 3.
Detailed information about new circles
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This image shows the top of one of the detail pages. Date, location, crop type and visiting information are displayed - along with information about the formation.
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About the Website 4.
Latest circle image galleries
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This image shows the middle of the detail page for the latest circles and shows the image gallery for that particular circle. As there may by many images to view use the pagination navigation buttons underneath the images to view additional pictures (1,2,3, Next)
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About the Website 5.
Our new
Geometry Galleries!
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At the bottom of each page about the new circles is a brand new Geometry Gallery where Karen will be sharing her drawings/paintings of the circles and geometric information and analysis.
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About the Website 6.
Brand New Online Shop
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We have overhauled our online shop entirely and we think you're going to love it! We've been able to add many more product images so you can see exactly what you are going to get before buying. We have also installed a new shipping calculator which accurately calculates shipping costs worldwide based on the size and weight of each item.
To celebrate the launch of our new site we are offering our mailing list members 20% off all purchases from our shop use code Welcome20 in your basket to get your discount.
As we near the height of the season, we really need you to use the shop to either buy items or to donate to our work. So please make use of this great offer!
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About the Website 7.
Shop detail pages
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This page shows the shop page for the Crop Circle Year Book 2014 - as you can see we have been able to add images that show a selection of interior pages which you can click on to get a better idea about what the books are like.
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About the Website 8.
Image Gallery Archive 1994-2014
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Don't worry our archive of images going back to 1994 are still apart of this new website and they are still free to view.
One of
the greatest opportunities doing a new website has afforded us, is the chance to flesh out our image libraries and go back and add in many new images. Steve has spent, hours, days and weeks going back over his entire archive and scanning and cleaning up old transparencies and images that we have not put up on the web before. This was a major undertaking, but we are thrilled with the results, and we hope you will be too.
In our older archive galleries you can click on any image for an enlarged view. We have not being able to write about each formation, as we are now doing with the latest images, but a general description of each year is given at the top of each gallery. In addition, all the galleries are shown in the bar to the right of the page, making it easier to navigate from year to year.
We
both hope you will all enjoy going through our expanded archive.
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About the Website 9.
Accessing
Images
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All our image galleries allow for you to click on an image to access an enlarged view - like above. You can close the image by using the X above the top right of the image - or you can use the arrows < > to see the next or previous image.
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About the Website 10.
Finally... Our new blog
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We are very excited that Karen will be reinstating her blog on the new website. Keep up to date with her thoughts on the season as it progresses! You can read much more about the new website in her brand new blog!
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Don't
forget!
Book your tickets for The Summer Crop Circle Lectures 2015.
(Summer Lectures website to be updated soon)
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Tickets now on sale for the 2015 event.
The Summer Lectures website is to be updated soon with the 2015 speakers list. We have been busy working on our new Temporary Temples website.
Dates: Friday 31st July – Sunday 2nd August 2015 Venue: Town Hall, St. John’s Street,
Devizes, Wilts, UK
Our 2015 Programme at a glance: Friday 31st July 2015 – Day Crop Circle Coach Tour
Friday 31st July 2015 – Evening Crop Circle Geometry Workshop
Saturday & Sunday 1st & 2nd August 2015 – Main Lecture Programme
Saturday 1st August 2015 – Evening Crop Circles & Consciousness Workshop
Sunday 2nd August 2015 – Evening Conference Dinner
The Summer Crop Circle Lectures is the world’s leading crop circle conference. Researchers and enthusiasts gather together from around the globe each summer to present and share new ideas, experiences and research into this enigmatic phenomenon. Our programme combines top national and international speakers, along with exciting newcomers to provide a
broad collection of ideas and thinking on the subject. Above all, the weekend is a celebration of the inspiration and influence these magnificent forms have had on our culture and it is an opportunity to meet new people and network with like-minded souls. Our conference is firmly centred around the crop circles, but that focus should not be confused with a narrowness of vision. The circles are considered alongside many other related subjects and disciplines, which makes for a stimulating,
vibrant and wide-ranging programme.
Our venue has full disabled access and we provide light refreshments on site. We will also have a collection of trade stands, including all the latest crop circle photographs, films and books for sale. Don’t forget your pen for a signed copy!
We look forward to welcoming you to our event…
See More and Book Tickets
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The Crop Circle Summer Lectures
Geometry Workshop. Friday 31st July
2015
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Friday Evening Geometry Workshop.
Learn about number, proportion and meaning.
Step by Step drawing instructions and all equipment provided.
Michael Glickman & Karen Alexander will be your guides through the realms of sacred geometry and drawing the crop circle forms. Michael has long been acknowledged as one of
the foremost authorities on Crop Circle Geometry and Karen Alexander is well known for her beautiful drawings of the crop formations. Together they make a formidable team! Explore the numbers, ratios and proportions found in the crop circle designs and then try your hand at drawing some crop circle patterns! This fascinating workshop will be a hands-on experience, with plenty of opportunity to try exercises with compass and straight edge - to feel (in your hands) the way the crop circle patterns come together. Don't worry if you are a novice, there will be
plenty of help on hand and we will provide all your drawing equipment! The workshop is to be led by circles researchers Michael Glickman and Karen Alexander who bring their considerable experience in this field to the event. This is always a hugely popular workshop so please book early, limited places are available! The workshop will be held in the Assembly Room on the upper floor of the Town Hall and will run from 6.30pm -
8.30pm.
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Please Support Us! How you Can
Help...
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Please help us raise money for our flights to record the crop circles in the UK...
We have always been committed to providing the best quality crop circle photography anywhere. Not only as a record of the phenomenon as it unfolds, but also as a legacy for future generations. High quality images are essential for the future and not only will hold more information, but will also show the
magnificence of the crop circles in the landscape and hopefully record the majesty and beauty of the circles for generations who were not there to witness them first hand. The cost of obtaining our high quality images each year is huge (running
in to thousands of pounds). We hire a small helicopter and use high-end digital SLRs to record the images. While it is true that there are cheaper methods for photographing the circles, there is a more damaging cost to the quality of pictures possible using there methods (drones etc.) where using expensive digital cameras would not be practical or possible. Because of our commitment to quality and our awareness of costs, we regularly review our practices and at the moment (as of 2015) we remain convinced that our current operating methods allow us to get the best images possible. It is through the sales of our year books, photos and other merchandise that meeting the cost of our photography possible. We also reply on our donors who very kindly help top up our flight fund each year. We never take any of our
supporters for granted and are constantly humbled and amazed at their generosity. Every sale and every donation, no matter how humble counts, and helps us continue to record this beautiful phenomenon. Here
are a few ways you can help (not all include sales or donations). 1. You can make a donation. Click on the button below to find out more about making a donation. 2. You can help by making purchases from our online shop. Sales of our products help directly finance our work. Many send gifts to friends and loved ones - all sales really do help. 3. If you are unable to make a donation or purchase yourself, perhaps you
know someone who might? Please pass on details of our website to anyone you know who might be able to help. 4. You can also help by publicizing our website on social networking sites or on your own website if you have one. We can supply graphics and banners for website adverts/inclusions. We would also be grateful if you could add us to your links page. Finally ... We'd like to say again that we very much appreciate all the support we receive from you and we never take it for granted. We are constantly astonished at the generosity of
your support, we simply couldn't do it without you. We are looking into some further fundraising plans, and we will keep you up to date with anything we put into place. If you would like to talk to us further you can email us at:
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IMPORTANT: It is sales of our photographs, yearbooks and other items from our online shop that allow us to continue our work and indeed to be able to provide our website and this newsletter for free rather than on a subscription basis. You may not want to buy from us - but thanks for looking.
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Thank - you & best wishes!
Karen & Steve Alexander
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