Years ago (early 1990's) I went to Balboa Park and sat in the rose garden - which is the place in the park that many think the Symbols came though, but this hasn't been corroborated, and asked for 'help' from Marc and Elsie as I had my first lecture at a really BIG astrology conference in Monterey, California the following week.
It was smack on 7pm and the sun was setting. I sat and asked for help. I had my then husband, Richard, and our two children with us. They left me to sit for a moment by myself to connect with the energies. I hadn't cast a chart for some days, but immediately cast it upon returning to our hotel room. I was delighted to find Aries 16: Brownies Dancing in the Setting Light of the Sun was the degree of the Sun and it was setting and was exactly on the descendant (opposite the ascendant). This is a very strong position and the Brownies were definitely there at Monterey and they've been with me ever since (my dear friends Elven and MCsea are two examples of this being true!!)
The year before last, I went back to Balboa Park with a few friends. We were driving from Anaheim, through San Diego and on to Tucson, Arizona (where I'll be this Sunday!!). We stopped at the park and as we got out of the car, a woman dressed in period costume from around the 1880's stepped out from behind a van. She had a long dress on and a little kerchief hat and looked exactly like someone from Elsie's timeframe would have looked. We three girls gasped as we saw her. It looked like she was reminding us of Elsie.
The park is so magical. Apparently Marc Edmund Jones chose it to do the Symbols because it had been the site of the World Expo a few years before.
Greetings from Sydney, Australia
Lynda