The Yatesbury formation is a very precise symbol; it could hardly be called abstract, it looks very much like a dragonfly. It is a dragonfly. There has been another dragonfly crop circle in the past (at Uffington in 2000), but this one is more graphic. Jung used the dragonfly to symbolise the exploration of the unconscious. It is the door to our inner being, so far removed from our day to day reality. Yet, it is that part deep within ourselves that contains our deepest impulses which influence all our thoughts and all our actions. This area of our psyche is certainly worth exploring if we are to advance in understanding of who we are and of what we are doing here.

 

The halo at the head of the design makes it look holy, a bit like a Buddha, and the nine circles below the main body attached to the wings are significant as the number 9 signifies the end of a cycle. I would suggest that the comma at the very tip of that tail intimates at the beginning, or represents the embryo of a new cycle about to begin.

 

The whole thing emanates sacredness. I feel humble looking at it - what a beautiful design.

 

Upon inspection at ground level, we were all amazed at the dexterity of the execution.  Such fine lines in the wings - they were almost impossible to see,  were completely impossible to enter and there were so many. I have never seen such a complex design in all my years of studying crop circles and I have seen a great many. A masterpiece of execution and of meaning.