Megalithic sites, please share your favorite..

[jojo]

I love all things megalithic. Stone circles, cairns, standing stones, henges, barrows. I thought i would start a thread where we can all share our favorite spots with one another.

jojo

[jojo]

This used to be a part of an entrance to a long barrow, now long forgotten. Its not well known and you need to dodge some electric fencing to get to it but its an absolute gem! It outside a Village called Norton in Hayles, in Shropshire.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/466.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/469.jpg
(figure for scale)

* Please note, i am not the photographer*

[jojo]

This is such a magical little circle, so perfectly formed. Its well tended too by local wickans. beautiful in its petite perfection.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/407.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/418.jpg
Figure for scale

Please note, I am not the photographer

[jojo]

Im sure folk on here will be able to write a much better appraisal of avebury than i, so i will just post some photographs!
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/009-1.jpg
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http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/038.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/292.jpg

please note, I am not the photographer

[endlessvista]

at the sake of being called parochial...

Newgrange in County Meath
http://www.eternalidol.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/newgrange-aerial.jpg


Carrowmore in County Sligo
http://www.reggie.net/photos/ireland/sligo/carrowmore/4747462_carrowmore_tomb_and_stone_circle-600.jpg

[jojo]

Again, another powerfull circle. there are a lot of stones missing but the setting is just pure breathtaking! Perched high up on moorland overlooking the rolling shropshire hills.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/478.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/into_thesun_Large2.jpg
View from the circle

please note i am not the photographer

[jojo]

at the sake of being called parochial...

Newgrange in County Meath
http://www.eternalidol.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/newgrange-aerial.jpg


Carrowmore in County Sligo
http://www.reggie.net/photos/ireland/sligo/carrowmore/4747462_carrowmore_tomb_and_stone_circle-600.jpg

oh wow! ive always wanted to go there! love the dolmen btw!

[jojo]

Has to be the most breathtaking location for a stone circle in the world
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/ClearingstormCastleriggStoneCircle.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/CastleriggStoneCircle2.jpg

[lookfar]

Ah great thread jojo, I also love all things megalithic too!

I'm lucky enough to live in the south so have two of the best (imo) very close to me - Stonehenge & Avebury. However, I've travelled around a bit & have experienced more, but these two still have to be my all time faves:)

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9896/stonehengepa6.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9228/stonehenge3ku5.jpg


http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8622/avebury1fh1.jpg

I also want to get to Newgrange sometime soon, would be especially good on the solstice to see the sunrise through the chamber, but I'm not sure if you have to have pre-arranged permission for that or whether it's even possible? Do you have any idea?

Castlerigg is an amazing circle, wow what a view you get from up there!! It was years ago when I was there & recall it being really busy, so unfortunately I didn't experience that many quiet peaceful moments there.

I also want to see the Callanish Stones too, they look awesome.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3753/callanish3iq7.jpg

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/1852/callanish2do1.jpg

[jojo]

hi lookfar! I want to go to calanish too. I lived in scotland for 9 years but I never got to go there. I think its a must see before I die i think!

[lookfar]

I also love the Men-An-Tol in Cornwall, an amazing place for sure!

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2327/menantolqp2.jpg

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7815/men2bnd5.jpg

[jojo]

I love this dolmen! I feel this dolmen likes me too (shucks):o
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/Hellstone01.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/499.jpg

[jojo]

I also love the Men-An-Tol in Cornwall, an amazing place for sure!

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2327/menantolqp2.jpg

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7815/men2bnd5.jpg


ah yes, men an tol. i went there on the spring equinox 06. i was totally alone up on that moor as the sun went down and felt a feeing of utter calm and contentment. Its just up the road from lanyon quoit where I had spent the afternoon without meeting a soul.

[lookfar]

hi lookfar! I want to go to calanish too. I lived in scotland for 9 years but I never got to go there. I think its a must see before I die i think!

Aw that's a shame, although it does seem quite remote. It's definitely on my list too:D

This thread's made me get my Modern Antiquarian book by Julian Cope out now, I'm getting itchy feet & wanna see some more sites!! Do you have the book too? It's brilliant imo as it shows ALL the megalithic sites around Britain.

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/images.jpg

[jojo]

Aw that's a shame, although it does seem quite remote. It's definitely on my list too:D

This thread's made me get my Modern Antiquarian book by Julian Cope out now, I'm getting itchy feet & wanna see some more sites!! Do you have the book too? It's brilliant imo as it shows ALL the megalithic sites around Britain.

Oh yes! i do! I used to be a national sales manager and my job involved driving all over the country. I would plan my routes via the modern antiquarian book. It was like my bible! lol, Its battered and well used now but has to be one of the best!

[jojo]

This circle is made of white sparkly quartz crystal. The stones are really quite big the largest i estimate to be about 8-9ft tall. They are truly magical and I felt that the circle had a mystical healing quality.
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http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/OLGNCAKWVJ8DCAPIUEAJCAZDL0L3CADLPSI.jpg

[lookfar]

ah yes, men an tol. i went there on the spring equinox 06. i was totally alone up on that moor as the sun went down and felt a feeing of utter calm and contentment. Its just up the road from lanyon quoit where I had spent the afternoon without meeting a soul.

Yeah that's a lovely dolmen in that last post too.

I know what you mean about the Men an Tol, it is another timeless place. I've been there a couple of times over the years & I don't want to leave once I'm there, could spend hours on that moor, although you sometimes get some dodgy weather coming across from the sea!

Other fave places in Cornwall are:

The Cheesewring
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5258/cheesewringwm0.jpg

The Merry Maidens
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1258/merrymaidenssb3.jpg

Carn Euny Fogou & Village (although I got chased by a bull walking to that place, lol:o)

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/5853/carneunybeehivedoorwayay3.jpg

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/376/59910carneunyqq9.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6678/carneunyimg7180wc1.jpg

[lookfar]

Can't forget the Rollright Stones:)

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2969/rollrightseo4.jpg

[jojo]

This is a typical "druid" type circle. There used to be 9 stones but now there are only 4 within the circle itself. there is a 5th stone which has been dragged a few 100 ft away by some farmer in the past and is now part of a dry stone wall.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/419.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/420.jpg

[lookfar]

Oh yes! i do! I used to be a national sales manager and my job involved driving all over the country. I would plan my routes via the modern antiquarian book. It was like my bible! lol, Its battered and well used now but has to be one of the best!

Haha nice one, that's how I used to plan my holidays in the UK too:) It's a bit of a heavy lump to carry about, but an essential item for such journey's!

[lookfar]

This circle is made of white sparkly quartz crystal. The stones are really quite big the largest i estimate to be about 8-9ft tall. They are truly magical and I felt that the circle had a mystical healing quality.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/449674205_aa6ef39b43.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/OLGNCAKWVJ8DCAPIUEAJCAZDL0L3CADLPSI.jpg

I just saw those in my book:) They look lovely, I've not made it to those yet! Are they quite off the beaten track or easy to get to?

[jojo]

Can't forget the Rollright Stones:)

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2969/rollrightseo4.jpg

arr yes, the rollrights! love those too. so many stones, like rows of gnarled teeth. also love the whispering knights and the kings stone.

[jojo]

I just saw those in my book:) They look lovely, I've not made it to those yet! Are they quite off the beaten track or easy to get to?

go into Duloe village and ask at the post office. (you can park oposite the post office) its just outside the village up a pathway next to a farm.

[2013]

Thats a good boook by a good liverpool lad teardrop explodes awesome band ! anyway i used to have all sorts of books about megalithic sites but sold them while i was in liverpool because i felt i would only read about them and not ever go there .Dont know why ? i got to a few eventually .heres one from the isle of wight
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5169/longstonetrip015bq8.jpg
I love this stone from avebury so many have what appears to be faces on them , would love to see them as they where intended to be .
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9544/copy2ofimg3466standingsqg8.jpg
i had a postcard reversign the image but cant find it now heres my atempt
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1917/marsfaceal9.jpg
i wonder has it been split in two over the centuries ?
Screen capture of painting from the children of the stones
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8128/snakepathck9.jpg
:D

[jojo]

Can't forget the Rollright Stones:)

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2969/rollrightseo4.jpg

a stone throw (pardon the pun) away from the rollrights

the kings stone
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/king.jpg

The Whispering Knights
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/whisperingknights.jpg

[2013]

Heres a circle we went to in portugal a few years back
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4963/portugaljune2005151yj6.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9634/portugaljune2005095le9.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9246/portugaljune2005144nv4.jpg
Almendres the area is called in case you want to google it . weird egg shaped stones fertility site again probably .:D

[lookfar]

Thats a good boook by a good liverpool lad teardrop explodes awesome band ! anyway i used to have all sorts of books about megalithic sites but sold them while i was in liverpool because i felt i would only read about them and not ever go there .Dont know why ? i got to a few eventually .heres one from the isle of wight
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5169/longstonetrip015bq8.jpg
I love this stone from avebury so many have what appears to be faces on them , would love to see them as they where intended to be .
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9544/copy2ofimg3466standingsqg8.jpg
i had a postcard reversign the image but cant find it now heres my atempt
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1917/marsfaceal9.jpg
i wonder has it been split in two over the centuries ?
Screen capture of painting from the children of the stones
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8128/snakepathck9.jpg
:D

Yeah I agree, the Avebury stones have loads of faces on them. I can sometimes see from animal right through to human/spacelike alien faces. Plus you can't forget the good old Elvis stone in the Avenue. I did have pics of it but they're lost on my old pc for the mo:( I've just looked online for some but can't find any - he's located just about where you park up along the avenue.

Hehe yeah that famous phallic stone on the IoW;) I've still not made it to the Long Stone yet - Lottie!!:p:D Lol!

[lookfar]

Heres a circle we went to in portugal a few years back
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4963/portugaljune2005151yj6.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9634/portugaljune2005095le9.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9246/portugaljune2005144nv4.jpg
Almendres the area is called in case you want to google it . weird egg shaped stones fertility site again probably .:D

Wow they look cool, I've not seen those before!! Is that karmic in the pic there too, bless her?:)

[jojo]

Heres a circle we went to in portugal a few years back
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4963/portugaljune2005151yj6.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9634/portugaljune2005095le9.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9246/portugaljune2005144nv4.jpg
Almendres the area is called in case you want to google it . weird egg shaped stones fertility site again probably .:D

What a wonderful circle!!! oh wow!

how did the energy of the place feel to you 2013?

[2013]

Wow they look cool, I've not seen those before!! Is that karmic in the pic there too, bless her?:)

yes avoiding things as usual lol yes i can see the animal human alien faces there like grace cook the white eagle medium said it wasthe birth place of spirit into matter the resemblances in stone certainly add credence to that idea . weird you should mention elvis ive just finished doing a pic of karmics ex a mad keen elvis fan and elvis together if only on paper ! i wil post it in forum talent later :D

[2013]

What a wonderful circle!!! oh wow!

how did the energy of the place feel to you 2013?

very still ,contempaltive and peaceful , different to the avebury stonehenge vibe .Those places have that quality but a more pulsating energy to them .This place did feel sacred perhaps being in another country added t othat but you felt a bit like you needed to be quiet there:D

[lookfar]

yes avoiding things as usual lol yes i can see the animal human alien faces there like grace cook the white eagle medium said it wasthe birth place of spirit into matter the resemblances in stone certainly add credence to that idea . weird you should mention elvis ive just finished doing a pic of karmics ex a mad keen elvis fan and elvis together if only on paper ! i wil post it in forum talent later :D

Oh I've not heard of Grace Cook, gonna have to check that out now too, thanks:) That makes sense to me for Avebury & the surrounding area. I also see faces in the stones at the Longbarrow too.

Haha, an Elvis syncro, nice one:D

[jojo]

from the outside
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/westkennet.jpg

the inside
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/068.jpg

[2013]

Oh I've not heard of Grace Cook, gonna have to check that out now too, thanks:) That makes sense to me for Avebury & the surrounding area. I also see faces in the stones at the Longbarrow too.

Haha, an Elvis syncro, nice one:D

Thank you Very much uhhu .
Amazon.com: The Light in Britain (9780854870561): Ivan Cooke, Grace Cooke: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DNEVHD53L.@@AMEPARAM@@51DNEVHD53L
heres book title i think its the right one .
2013 has left the forum :D

[lookfar]

from the outside
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/westkennet.jpg


Ah cool pic jojo, it goes back far more than the entrance we get access to doesn't it.

[lookfar]

Thank you Very much uhhu .
http://www.amazon.com/Light-Britain-Grace-Gooke/dp/0854870563
heres book title i think its the right one .
2013 has left the forum :D

Lol, Elvis:D

Cool, thanks for the link, I've just added it to my Amazon basket:)

[marpat]

I live in Cumbria and its full of these old sites. I have been to quite a few. Some of the biggest ones I have been to are Mayburgh Henge, Castlerigg circle, Swinside circle, and the Long Meg group. I have been to the Long Meg sites a few time now and notice that people often leave offerings by the main stone. One person even left a small memorial for their dead cat. Went their to see the winter solstice sunset and there was actually a small police presence!!!

[marpat]

from the outside



Awesome site that

[2013]

Eddie Izzard - Stonehenge - YouTube
:D

[lookfar]

I live in Cumbria and its full of these old sites. I have been to quite a few. Some of the biggest ones I have been to are Mayburgh Henge, Castlerigg circle, Swinside circle, and the Long Meg group. I have been to the Long Meg sites a few time now and notice that people often leave offerings by the main stone. One person even left a small memorial for their dead cat. Went their to see the winter solstice sunset and there was actually a small police presence!!!

Aw you're lucky to live so close to them marpat. I've not really been up north that much but would like to get around & see a few more. Offerings are left quite a lot in these places I've noticed, things like flowers, incense, ribbons, corn & candles, amongst other things.

[krakhead]

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/home/

If anyone wants to find out where sites near to them are I'd recommend Julian Cope's 'Modern Antiquarian' site.

Find a site, get directions, see other's pictures and 'reviews' of the site - a great resource. :)

[marpat]

Here is a useful map

http://www.megalith.ukf.net/bigmap.htm

[diamond dogs]

Here is a useful map

http://www.megalith.ukf.net/bigmap.htm

Nice one Marpat unfortunately not a single megalith for hundreds of miles where I am.... a seahenge and that's about it....oh and Paint it Black

[loderlive]

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/home/

If anyone wants to find out where sites near to them are I'd recommend Julian Cope's 'Modern Antiquarian' site.

Find a site, get directions, see other's pictures and 'reviews' of the site - a great resource. :)

Ta

[jojo]

I live in Cumbria and its full of these old sites. I have been to quite a few. Some of the biggest ones I have been to are Mayburgh Henge, Castlerigg circle, Swinside circle, and the Long Meg group. I have been to the Long Meg sites a few time now and notice that people often leave offerings by the main stone. One person even left a small memorial for their dead cat. Went their to see the winter solstice sunset and there was actually a small police presence!!!


I love Cumbria! so majestic and wild! Those mountain ranges and lakes really set my soul alive. Your very lucky to live in such natural splendor marpat. :)

[jojo]

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/home/

If anyone wants to find out where sites near to them are I'd recommend Julian Cope's 'Modern Antiquarian' site.

Find a site, get directions, see other's pictures and 'reviews' of the site - a great resource. :)

I agree. A very useful and concise book. I would say the best in this field (imo)

[loderlive]

I love Cumbria! so majestic and wild! Those mountain ranges and lakes really set my soul alive. Your very lucky to live in such natural splendor marpat. :)

Cumbria is my favourite.

[marpat]

When visiting a set of ruined circle some tourists asked me if I knew where they were. I led them to the site and they turned out to be dowsers who wanted to dowse the site. I would love to do this sort of thing but am a bit too private to be walking around such public places with a couple of coat hangars.

[jojo]

When visiting a set of ruined circle some tourists asked me if I knew where they were. I led them to the site and they turned out to be dowsers who wanted to dowse the site. I would love to do this sort of thing but am a bit too private to be walking around such public places with a couple of coat hangars.

lol. ive got dowsers. they really do work. even when you walk under trees! you should have a go (somewhere private perhaps) :)

[marpat]

lol. ive got dowsers. they really do work. even when you walk under trees! you should have a go (somewhere private perhaps) :)


I know. I find the whole idea of energy lines crossing the land fascinating. I once read that some of the leys go negative due to man made constructions such as motorways. This then has a negative impact on people living on or near the ley. One story I read was regarding such a negative line and it was turned to positive energy by a dowser using an angle iron hammered into the ground at the correct point, a bit like acupuncture.

[lookfar]

I agree dowsing really does work, I've had my rods for a few years now but I would really like to learn how to do it properly. John White & Malvern were teaching me a few tips in Glasto. Quite a few people also got rods when we were in Avebury at last years meet up, I know mcmenek1 takes his all over the place with him too:) I reckon you should have a go marpat, give it a try for yourself...:)

[jojo]

I know. I find the whole idea of energy lines crossing the land fascinating. I once read that some of the leys go negative due to man made constructions such as motorways. This then has a negative impact on people living on or near the ley. One story I read was regarding such a negative line and it was turned to positive energy by a dowser using an angle iron hammered into the ground at the correct point, a bit like acupuncture.

Yes, that is true. someone I know had a dowser come to her property.She was experiencing very negative issues in her life and she felt that the house she lived in had been "cursed" in some way. the dowser said that the new bypass may have something to do with it and he staked the ground with a iron and copper rod. She said it had worked.

[2013]

This is a good site with lots of info about stonehenge /avebury areas
http://www.weirdwiltshire.co.uk/stones/221098.html
STAR constellations, reflections and ancient Egypt could unlock the mysterious past of the Avebury stone circle and re-write history.

Theories abound as to the origin of the standing stones. But the latest to be added to the melting pot is a discovery by researcher Robert Lamont that Avebury has its own Sphinx.

He says if a mirror image is created of one of the principal stones in the inner circle together they make the face of the Egyptian Sphinx.

Mr Lamont, of East Kennett, said he was amazed when he realised the similarity which backed up a theory connecting ancient Britain and Egypt. "Right there before me was proof that ancient links do exist," he said.

"The implications are astounding: religion, migration, Egyptian dynasty dating and many more areas would be affected. In fact we would have to re-calculate our whole history." Mr Lamont said he made the discovery after examining theories that pyramids on the Giza plateau in Egypt reflect the alignment of the Orion star constellation.

Studying a map of the historic sites at Avebury he saw the Orion's belt pattern was reflected by The Sanctuary, Stone circle and Windmill Hill. Mr Lamont said other sites also reflected other stars in the constellation.

He said the slope angle of the Great Pyramid was about 52 degrees, the same latitude as Avebury stone circle and Silbury Hill. Silbury Hill, before becoming a mound, has a slope angle of 30 degrees the same latitude of the Great Pyramid at Giza.

Mr Lamont said this could be dismissed as number crunching but he then found a line of nearly 52 degrees north west from the Sanctuary points to the Avebury Sphinx. "I am convinced that the placing of the stone was no accident," he said. "Furthermore it is facing due east, as is its Egyptian counterpart."

Mr Lamont said why the stone was placed there and why only half the image remains is part of the puzzle of the Avebury Sphinx.

"This splendid example of an ancient intelligence reminds us that we are more likely to have come from an ancient but advanced race, rather than dropping from trees in the time allotted by Darwin," he said. Mr Lamont said: "More work needs to be done on the Avebury Sphinx. It will forge a link with the past, forcing others to take a close look into history."

[lookfar]

That's an interesting link 2013, gonna look into that later. Thanks for sharing:)

[2013]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/539/imag002lk2.jpgAnother site with tons of info and loads of pics past & present
http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/ditchbank.html
Wonder what the ditch was used for perhaps filled with water? Cant see it being of a defensive purpose .Ritualistic site so perhaps it was to represent a seperate sacred space . :D
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5302/imag004fx7.jpg
What effect would water surrounding the stones give the energy of the place , would it ampliy the energy like some giant machine?Due to the crysta lcomposition of the stones .If as some have stated the pattern resembles female fallopian tubes then perhaps the waterfilled trenches (if thats their purpose ) represented the waters of life and the place was a rebirthing center as in solstice periods ?

[2013]

I hadnt heard of this site before it is liked from this page at the bottom of the page .The two sites i have posted here are a vast source of infomation .Enjoy :D
http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/chalk_effect.html
http://www.friendsofthornborough.org.uk/

[marpat]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/539/imag002lk2.jpgAnother site with tons of info and loads of pics past & present
http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/ditchbank.html
Wonder what the ditch was used for perhaps filled with water? Cant see it being of a defensive purpose .Ritualistic site so perhaps it was to represent a seperate sacred space . :D
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5302/imag004fx7.jpg
What effect would water surrounding the stones give the energy of the place , would it ampliy the energy like some giant machine?Due to the crysta lcomposition of the stones .If as some have stated the pattern resembles female fallopian tubes then perhaps the waterfilled trenches (if thats their purpose ) represented the waters of life and the place was a rebirthing center as in solstice periods ?

In a book called Psychic Self Defence written by Dion Fortune water has the effect of preventing evil energy currents from moving over it. Perhaps the idea of surrounding the site with water was to act as some sort of magical insulation against evil.

[2013]

In a book called Psychic Self Defence written by Dion Fortune water has the effect of preventing evil energy currents from moving over it. Perhaps the idea of surrounding the site with water was to act as some sort of magical insulation against evil.

Good point thanks , i have read that they like to have water such as a lake or pond nearby when practising magic .Water is a good conductor as well :D

[curly]

regarding the links to egypt do you think it is possible that their knowledge and culture could have been influenced from ancient british as opposed to the other way round,that all this knowledge originated here

[jojo]

regarding the links to egypt do you think it is possible that their knowledge and culture could have been influenced from ancient british as opposed to the other way round,that all this knowledge originated here

Interesting. calinish in scotland is aligned to stars rising 12000yrs ago. but we were recovering from being covered under ice and snow during this period. so im not sure.

[curly]

Interesting. calinish in scotland is aligned to stars rising 12000yrs ago. but we were recovering from being covered under ice and snow during this period. so im not sure.

i'm not sure about all that drift stuff ice age etc,i think they got it all wrong,well i read some books that convinced me that is so,i read a lot of stuff about scotland being the centre of the old atlantis,theres a serpent mound of unhewn stones at loch feochan forming an elongated letter s at the head of this there was a cairn with an alter,burnt bones flint knives and charcoal were found .Apparantly from this site the sunrise on the summer solstice can be seen exactly between the two peaks of the nearby mt cruachan.That would be a fair sight.

[2013]

yes Scotland as hyerborea and the northern lights . Ancient legends speak of this .Also an alter is a place outdoors where stones where erected according to ancient Hebrew myth /belief .Princess Scotia? was supposed to of fled Egypt and ended up in Scotland to start the Celtic race or something along those lines .Middle eastern peoples have red hair .The ancient mummies found in the china desert who where over 6 ft tall 6 and a half in some cases have red hair and Celtic type designs on their clothing also weaved materials similar to Celtic origin .The book Uriel's machine talks about the ancient circles and their origin New grange in Ireland possibly being mentioned in the book of Enoch .There do seem to be strong links with the British isles and that region .Parts of Africa use bagpipes just like the Scottish ones .Is there something to Idi Amin declaring himself to be the last king of Scotland? Why does the stone of scone sit beneath the chair that the royals are crowned on after having spent so much time in Scotland .Prince Charles is like all male heirs to the throne of england circumcised by the most highest spiritual rabbi in england ?Certainly a lot of symbolic links flying around in the game as it unfolds

[phildee3]

Perhaps the idea of surrounding the site with water was to act as some sort of magical insulation against evil.



I don't think thay had the notion of "evil" as we do today,

but it certainly kept out (and/or kept in) something...

[curly]

yes i love all that stuff,but can't go off topic i suppose.I havn't seen the stone idols in cornwall and devon yet but they are a interesting topic imo,quote comyns beaumont Huge unwieldy masses of granite in most cases,of considerable size and weight,they stand perched on an eminence overlooking the sea or plain,remote from all around,often crowned with a great logan stone as the head,clumsy to look upon and yet so perfectly balanced that the lightest touch is said to be able to set the grotesque head a wobble,thus giving an impression of some repulsive live ogre.These obscene objects,scarred with age and overgrown with lichen,were living gods to the people of the megalithic age,and were annointed with oil,presumably to increase the elasticity of the lolling head.It is a safe assertion to make that nowhere else in the world are there derelict idols to compare in age to those of cornwall.These also exist in Ireland and a well known one on a protruding spur of the cotswolds,near cheltenham named"The devils chimney".Unfortunately i am not much good with electrickery and can't post a pic link but you can get good google images of them and imagine them lolling up and down.

[2013]

Thanks curly for that comyns beaumont link i found this info googleing him
http://www.spearhead.com/0207-rp.html
According to Comyns Beaumont, in his Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, a twin comet passed low over western Britain, raining down multiple tons of rock, which solidified into granite. The comets smashed into Scotland, splitting the land mass asunder and carving out the rugged terrain and creating numerous splinter-like features in the landscape and the lochs. Beaumont claims this cataclysm from outer space destroyed Atlantis, which was once part of a greatly enlarged Britain, and sunk vast areas beneath the sea, separating Britain from the continent. The head of one comet now forms the Isle of Staffa and its famous Fingals cave.
The Golspie Stone was discovered in Craighton churchyard in Dunrobin in Sutherland in the north of Scotland, and is an upright stone some 12 feet above the ground. In 1976, an American-led scientific expedition investigated the lowest depths of Loch Ness in search of the legendary monster. Although the expedition with its high-tech sonar equipment and cameras, did find some indications of a 30-feet-long creature, they made another incredible discovery. They detected quite clearly on the floor of the loch circles of stones ranging from 15 to 150 feet in diameter which resembled the Stonehenge formations. Clearly, they were once on the surface, and some terrific upheaval sunk them all intact hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the loch.
has anyoneheard anything more on these stone circles ? Interesting info if correct

[2013]

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/liverpool.htm
Calderstones
Chambered Tomb
Liverpool
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/800/caldviewsr0.jpg
The Calderstones chambered tomb in Allerton is thought to date from the late neolithic/early bronze age. Axes of the late Neolithic period have been found in Toxteth, West Derby, Woolton, and Wavertree. Carved stones from this period are very rare and few exist in England and Wales, the other good example is on Anglesey in the burial chamber at Barclodiad y Gawres.


Stone carvings

The footprint carvings are more unusual however, and are rarely associated with megalithic tombs. These prints are even more unusual when looked at closely as they both have an extra finger and toe. The "modern" boot carvings shown below date from Victorian times when some shoes had a characteristic flat shape on the toes. The ranger also pointed out some modern scratched initials "JL" that some visitors got very excited about as the Beatles grew up near here.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3866/caldhandiw9.jpg

[curly]

Thanks curly for that comyns beaumont link i found this info googleing him
http://www.spearhead.com/0207-rp.html
According to Comyns Beaumont, in his Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, a twin comet passed low over western Britain, raining down multiple tons of rock, which solidified into granite. The comets smashed into Scotland, splitting the land mass asunder and carving out the rugged terrain and creating numerous splinter-like features in the landscape and the lochs. Beaumont claims this cataclysm from outer space destroyed Atlantis, which was once part of a greatly enlarged Britain, and sunk vast areas beneath the sea, separating Britain from the continent. The head of one comet now forms the Isle of Staffa and its famous Fingals cave.
The Golspie Stone was discovered in Craighton churchyard in Dunrobin in Sutherland in the north of Scotland, and is an upright stone some 12 feet above the ground. In 1976, an American-led scientific expedition investigated the lowest depths of Loch Ness in search of the legendary monster. Although the expedition with its high-tech sonar equipment and cameras, did find some indications of a 30-feet-long creature, they made another incredible discovery. They detected quite clearly on the floor of the loch circles of stones ranging from 15 to 150 feet in diameter which resembled the Stonehenge formations. Clearly, they were once on the surface, and some terrific upheaval sunk them all intact hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the loch.
has anyoneheard anything more on these stone circles ? Interesting info if correct

yeah i got that book it's the one i quoted,yeah fingals cave on staffa,it's over two miles in circumference,must have made quite a splash the remains landed across the irish sea and are now called the giants causeway apparantly these basaltic pillars were the core of a dead planet,beaumont says he thinks this was where osiris judged the souls of the dead as indeed he makes a very good case for all the bible stories taking place in britain.Edinburgh being the original jerusalem etc as it says in the bible jerusalem was served by the port of joppa and edinburgh is close to the port of joppa,i'd heard about those stones in loch ness but not much chance of any pictures of those.

[curly]

Thanks curly for that comyns beaumont link i found this info googleing him
http://www.spearhead.com/0207-rp.html
According to Comyns Beaumont, in his Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, a twin comet passed low over western Britain, raining down multiple tons of rock, which solidified into granite. The comets smashed into Scotland, splitting the land mass asunder and carving out the rugged terrain and creating numerous splinter-like features in the landscape and the lochs. Beaumont claims this cataclysm from outer space destroyed Atlantis, which was once part of a greatly enlarged Britain, and sunk vast areas beneath the sea, separating Britain from the continent. The head of one comet now forms the Isle of Staffa and its famous Fingals cave.
The Golspie Stone was discovered in Craighton churchyard in Dunrobin in Sutherland in the north of Scotland, and is an upright stone some 12 feet above the ground. In 1976, an American-led scientific expedition investigated the lowest depths of Loch Ness in search of the legendary monster. Although the expedition with its high-tech sonar equipment and cameras, did find some indications of a 30-feet-long creature, they made another incredible discovery. They detected quite clearly on the floor of the loch circles of stones ranging from 15 to 150 feet in diameter which resembled the Stonehenge formations. Clearly, they were once on the surface, and some terrific upheaval sunk them all intact hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the loch.
has anyoneheard anything more on these stone circles ? Interesting info if correct

yes the comets which destroyed the area links to what i said about the knowledge leaving these shores and eventually getting to egypt in the aftermath of the great cataclysm maybe it peaked after it got there,when you look at all the rocks and debris scattered around the highlands and your thoughts turn to above as being the answer as opposed to the drift it's just another thing that makes more sense now.The bowermans nose on dartmoor and another at cheesewring cornwall with a logan stone on top are 2 more stone idols that look as ancient as anything i have ever seen.

[curly]

Thanks curly for that comyns beaumont link i found this info googleing him
http://www.spearhead.com/0207-rp.html
According to Comyns Beaumont, in his Riddle of Prehistoric Britain, a twin comet passed low over western Britain, raining down multiple tons of rock, which solidified into granite. The comets smashed into Scotland, splitting the land mass asunder and carving out the rugged terrain and creating numerous splinter-like features in the landscape and the lochs. Beaumont claims this cataclysm from outer space destroyed Atlantis, which was once part of a greatly enlarged Britain, and sunk vast areas beneath the sea, separating Britain from the continent. The head of one comet now forms the Isle of Staffa and its famous Fingals cave.
The Golspie Stone was discovered in Craighton churchyard in Dunrobin in Sutherland in the north of Scotland, and is an upright stone some 12 feet above the ground. In 1976, an American-led scientific expedition investigated the lowest depths of Loch Ness in search of the legendary monster. Although the expedition with its high-tech sonar equipment and cameras, did find some indications of a 30-feet-long creature, they made another incredible discovery. They detected quite clearly on the floor of the loch circles of stones ranging from 15 to 150 feet in diameter which resembled the Stonehenge formations. Clearly, they were once on the surface, and some terrific upheaval sunk them all intact hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the loch.
has anyoneheard anything more on these stone circles ? Interesting info if correct

quote comyns beaumont
The interpretation of the golspie stone accordingly is that a fiery celestial body,otherwise a comet or twin-comet,first became apparant to the astronomers in the east,or north-east,in the sign of aquarius,or earlier,and gradually became an omen or portent in the heavens until the final catastrophe culminated in wide destruction and collapse in the sign of orion,or more probably,with the rising of sirius which star follows on orion.
Sometimes these seth or thoth stones carry what the archaeologists are pleased to term a "sceptre",or a "zig-zag" running among the "spectacles" they being innocent of the true interpretations,but in reality they depict the lightning of god[dis-lanach]:D and indicate the movement of the sinister body from east to west,the direction of the drift as striation proves.
In unmistakable guise,once the intention is recognised,the golspie stone conveys to the initiated the truth about the great catastrophe,for it's message is that when the sun rose in conjunction with the star alpha-seti,the guide then visible on the equinoctial horizon,a new star arose in the east,was apparant when the sun passed through aquarius and struck the awful blow in orion,or during the heliacal rising of sirius.
Whilst no other surviving seth or thoth stone can equal the golspie stone in completeness of design,neverless there exists other records of the same event preserved in scotland,such as the elgin,the brodie,the logie and the dyce stones all of which tell their story in various ways.The elgin stone has been described,representing horsemen,wild animals and birds all fleeing in terror from the approaching celestial body,as signalized on it by the "spectacles" and the zig-zags,the latter denoting the direction fron which it is approaching.The brodie stone also affords significant indications.On its top,representing the celestial horizon,are two snarling serpents,with cetus immediately below,his horn pointing directly to the circle of the sun,and beneath cetus are the "spectacles",their inner design of taus implying destruction,with a zig-zag pointing to the east.The horizon enclosure on top contains certain designs within the dragon like monsters.That on the left is obscure,but in the centre can be discerned the sign of aires yet concealed.Below it in the larger circle is shown the sun surrounded by the seven planets,interesting in this connection because it was taught that the world was destroyed when the seven planets were in allignment with the sun.The lower circle with its triple legged figure the trisceles,was a figure of the sun,and to this the horn of cetus points significantly so agreeing with the symbols on the golspie stone.

[eternal_spirit]

I live right next to a hill which is much like Glastonbury Tor, with an even better view on a clear day.

A new Circle has been made here. The stones where brought in by truck (that's one theory) but no one's really sure.

I have no camera but hoping a friend will take pics.

Glastonbury 87 I got a buzz off the stones there in daylight... and there was another I think temporary stones set up, in the king's meadow/green field I think :confused: were the travelers used to camp, but it was dark and I was tripping. Anyone there that year who remembers a set of stones near the top of the King's meadow?

[diamond dogs]

regarding the links to egypt do you think it is possible that their knowledge and culture could have been influenced from ancient british as opposed to the other way round,that all this knowledge originated here

Interesting theories about this as I am doing a bit of research on the St Michael line. Stonehenge and The Great Pyramids seem to date about the same time 3000 BC but as the Pyramids are far more sophisticated I would presume that they are the main influence??.check out this site as it shows Rome, Paris and Stonehenge on the same ley centre of the great pyramid, there are many theories about the connection some linking the ley lines with the chakras of the body and many other theories..all in all a fascinating suject.. ...

http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/articles/MichaelandMary.htm
http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/articles/images/chakra.jpg

http://www.whale.to/b/ley6.html

[eternal_spirit]

I think the Druid's if they built the stones came from Persia/Iraqu/Babylon way.

[curly]

I live right next to a hill which is much like Glastonbury Tor, with an even better view on a clear day.

A new Circle has been made here. The stones where brought in by truck (that's one theory) but no one's really sure.

I have no camera but hoping a friend will take pics.

Glastonbury 87 I got a buzz off the stones there in daylight... and there was another I think temporary stones set up, in the king's meadow/green field I think :confused: were the travelers used to camp, but it was dark and I was tripping. Anyone there that year who remembers a set of stones near the top of the King's meadow?

I noticed in northamptons local press some standing stones had been erected in a park in the town.I must go and have a look at them as well.

[curly]

Interesting theories about this as I am doing a bit of research on the St Michael line. Stonehenge and The Great Pyramids seem to date about the same time 3000 BC but as the Pyramids are far more sophisticated I would presume that they are the main influence??.check out this site as it shows Rome, Paris and Stonehenge on the same ley centre of the great pyramid, there are many theories about the connection some linking the ley lines with the chakras of the body and many other theories..all in all a fascinating suject.. ...

http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/articles/MichaelandMary.htm
http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/articles/images/chakra.jpg

http://www.whale.to/b/ley6.html

cheers,will do

[curly]

I think the Druid's if they built the stones came from Persia/Iraqu/Babylon way.

The region around the moray firth,is said to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements of mankind rich in phoenecian traces.

[curly]

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/liverpool.htm
Calderstones
Chambered Tomb
Liverpool
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/800/caldviewsr0.jpg
The Calderstones chambered tomb in Allerton is thought to date from the late neolithic/early bronze age. Axes of the late Neolithic period have been found in Toxteth, West Derby, Woolton, and Wavertree. Carved stones from this period are very rare and few exist in England and Wales, the other good example is on Anglesey in the burial chamber at Barclodiad y Gawres.


Stone carvings

The footprint carvings are more unusual however, and are rarely associated with megalithic tombs. These prints are even more unusual when looked at closely as they both have an extra finger and toe. The "modern" boot carvings shown below date from Victorian times when some shoes had a characteristic flat shape on the toes. The ranger also pointed out some modern scratched initials "JL" that some visitors got very excited about as the Beatles grew up near here.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3866/caldhandiw9.jpg

nice never seen those before

[kashmirz]

I wish we had things like this in aus :(

oh well! i will just build my OWN stone circle! YAY :D

[2013]

I wish we had things like this in aus :(

oh well! i will just build my OWN stone circle! YAY :D

No but there are sacred sites aren't there ? Uluru .Any other places or are they mostly kept quiet or hidden

[celtic isis]

the Poulnabrone Dolmen, the Burren, county Clare. Such happy memories from visits here. Must try and get my own pics uploaded.

Annoying the way they say it's a "tombstone" or ancient burial ground, it's a sacred site, the energy in this place is incredible. Also stupid tourists have actually scrawled their names and rubbish onto the stone itself, which just shows you peoples ignorance and lack of respect at sites such as this.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1670/dp1799782bw1.jpg



http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5295/poulnabronedolmenfp3.jpg

Would you believe that this dolmen is older than the pyramids. Wow!

[celtic isis]

regarding the links to egypt do you think it is possible that their knowledge and culture could have been influenced from ancient british as opposed to the other way round,that all this knowledge originated here

change british to celtic and you're onto something. ;)

[curly]

the Poulnabrone Dolmen, the Burren, county Clare. Such happy memories from visits here. Must try and get my own pics uploaded.

Annoying the way they say it's a "tombstone" or ancient burial ground, it's a sacred site, the energy in this place is incredible. Also stupid tourists have actually scrawled their names and rubbish onto the stone itself, which just shows you peoples ignorance and lack of respect at sites such as this.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1670/dp1799782bw1.jpg



http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5295/poulnabronedolmenfp3.jpg

Would you believe that this dolmen is older than the pyramids. Wow!

Come on then let's have a few theories on dolmens,I read that elders wise leaders or founders of tribes when sensing their end was near could ask to be placed into a stone chamber and if they were considered worthy the request was granted.They would remove the slab and he would go inside and then it would be recovered.Inside the man would be completely isolated from the material world.His eyes would see nothing his ears would hear nothing,the impossibility of entertaining a thought of going back but not yet having crossed into the next world,in this situation they could communicate with the mind of the universe and pass on what they have learned to those still alive and to the next generation.Afterwards people would come to this stone chamber and remove the cover and begin thinking and mentally consulting with the thoughts in the chamber,the spirit of wisdom was always there.

[jojo]

I love dolmens, I always feel that they are very womb like (especially the ones that are still covered with earth, like west kennet). I imagine what it must of been like for the builders of such places when they had their ceramonys within them. This one pictured below is in dorset, It still has the remenance of the long barrow behind it (just like west kennet has) and a lot of the infill boulders and stones are scattered around its base from a time when this dolmen was covered in earth and grass.

My son loved it. he didnt want to leave! Ive blurred his face for obvious reasons. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/066-1.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/057-1-1.jpg

I dont believe that these places were just used as tombs! no way! even now, they still retain their magick and wonder thousands upon thousands of years after they were 1st built!

Dolmens ROCK! quite literally!

[jojo]

the 1st time i visited these stones were a few years ago. back then there was a large oak tree that overhung the circle and its branches shielded the close from the very very busy fast main road that runs beside the site. I was dismayed to find that this tree has been cut down and the site now seems exposed and very noisy. Also this circle is flanked by a copse of trees, some of these have also been felled and it looks and feels terrible.

The faeries do not like it!!!!! and neither do i! i did not linger very long as i felt exposed to the traffic and pollution. The energy cannot pool there, it seems to be whisked away with every passing car and lorry. its quite sad.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/034-1.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/036-2.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/047-1.jpg

[curly]

interesting point that your son doesn't want to leave the dolmens,i went down to the avebury area last thursday and nipped in to the town to have another quick look and say hello to merlin's stone and there was a kid about 2 yrs old arms outstretched hugging a stone in the main circle really happy and enjoying himself,i wondered if toddlers could feel the energy or felt something we don't or moreso than us,so i asked his parents if they showed him how to do it and they said no he just kept running up to them and cuddling them and he loved it.I know what you mean about west kennet i went up there afterwards and just sat inside on the stone in the first chamber on the left for about half an hour and it was so relaxing and calm i was nodding off,have you been to the swallowhead springs at the bottom the femenine mary energy line passes right through it,i find that place really tranquil as well.The last photo you posted at the bottom on the right the stone looks like a dragons beak dunnit!

[jojo]

interesting point that your son doesn't want to leave the dolmens,i went down to the avebury area last thursday and nipped in to the town to have another quick look and say hello to merlin's stone and there was a kid about 2 yrs old arms outstretched hugging a stone in the main circle really happy and enjoying himself,i wondered if toddlers could feel the energy or felt something we don't or moreso than us,so i asked his parents if they showed him how to do it and they said no he just kept running up to them and cuddling them and he loved it.I know what you mean about west kennet i went up there afterwards and just sat inside on the stone in the first chamber on the left for about half an hour and it was so relaxing and calm i was nodding off,have you been to the swallowhead springs at the bottom the femenine mary energy line passes right through it,i find that place really tranquil as well.The last photo you posted at the bottom on the right the stone looks like a dragons beak dunnit!

yes I do think children can feel the energy. He kept asking if we could go back to that "stone house" He remembered it from 2 yrs earlyer and was very please to go back.

I cant see a dragons beak, but i can see faces in the stones, like the ones at avebury. Its a lovely circle its just a shame that the road runs right by it. still, it will still be there when the road has long gone!

[marpat]

Come on then let's have a few theories on dolmens,I read that elders wise leaders or founders of tribes when sensing their end was near could ask to be placed into a stone chamber and if they were considered worthy the request was granted.They would remove the slab and he would go inside and then it would be recovered.Inside the man would be completely isolated from the material world.His eyes would see nothing his ears would hear nothing,the impossibility of entertaining a thought of going back but not yet having crossed into the next world,in this situation they could communicate with the mind of the universe and pass on what they have learned to those still alive and to the next generation.Afterwards people would come to this stone chamber and remove the cover and begin thinking and mentally consulting with the thoughts in the chamber,the spirit of wisdom was always there.

Maybe they were primitive shrines where cults focussed their ritual activity. Maybe they were intended to be dwellings for spirits of ancient deities, or a place where you could meet them, similar to the false door ideas of pyramids.

[jojo]

Maybe they were primitive shrines where cults focussed their ritual activity. Maybe they were intended to be dwellings for spirits of ancient deities, or a place where you could meet them, similar to the false door ideas of pyramids.

yes, I think dolmens were doorways to the other worlds for the ancients. Places to connect to their ancestors and other none human spirits. they feel very womb like also, so i think they could have been used for death and rebirth ceramonys. Whenever im in one, i feel a deep connection to the earth also.

[phildee3]

I think the Druid's if they built the stones came from Persia/Iraqu/Babylon way.



The Druids were active around 700 BC to 500 AD, - iron age
The megaliths are mostly Neolithic - about two thousand years earlier.

Many megalithic chambers were closed during the Bronze age and then reopened and reused in the Iron Age.
The Druids didn't build them, as once was thought, but had an uncanny understanding of the function for which they were built.

[eternal_spirit]

Thanks for the reminder I'd forgot that theory. They the so called experts are always changing the dates such as the pyramids Stonehenge etc, remember the wood henge that was their before the stones.

Any ideas Phildee about the true purpose of these stones? Ancient Church maybe?

[eternal_spirit]

As far as I know the only group allowed to do rituals at Stonehenge are the Druids, maybe they are connected in some way to the original builders of the henge.

There's theories that there was once a World wide religion.

Basically the Druids worship Greek Pagan deities (greeks took their deities to form the Roman Empire) same deities are worshipped in modern day Wicca and pagan groups.

No surprise really seeing as though Churchill other Elites and Crowley were on the High Druid council and the intelligence agencies Crowley and co set up the modern day wicca/pagan groups.

[eternal_spirit]

Any ideas Phildee about the true purpose of these stones? Ancient Church maybe?
probably a silly question I've heard them all before. Been following these topics for about 20 odd years.

[phildee3]

Any ideas Phildee about the true purpose of these stones? Ancient Church maybe?



They had a similar function to our churches today, yes - that is, to connect with the spirit world.
Their religion then was primarily "ancestor worship" (as it is known in anthropology) - hence the bones that are found in them. They are not "burials," as such, but places where the bones of the ancestors were used in rituals in order to commune with them.

PS I am referring here to megalithic chambers.

[phildee3]

change british to celtic and you're onto something. ;)



The meagaliths are at least two thousand years older than the Celts (who came up from Germany c. 700 BC)

Curly is on to something!

But Portugal has even earlier megaliths than Ireland.

I wouldn't say that the idea originated in Europe and went to Egypt, but it wasn't the other way round either.

It appears quite common for cultures to begin to erect megaliths when they become sedentary (nomadic, hunter-gatherers staying in one place).

[marpat]

As far as I know the only group allowed to do rituals at Stonehenge are the Druids, maybe they are connected in some way to the original builders of the henge.

There's theories that there was once a World wide religion.

Basically the Druids worship Greek Pagan deities (greeks took their deities to form the Roman Empire) same deities are worshipped in modern day Wicca and pagan groups.

No surprise really seeing as though Churchill other Elites and Crowley were on the High Druid council and the intelligence agencies Crowley and co set up the modern day wicca/pagan groups.


This is wrong. It is the Romans who took their deities from the Greeks. Roman civilisation tried to model itself on the Greek model

[eternal_spirit]

This is wrong. It is the Romans who took their deities from the Greeks. Roman civilisation tried to model itself on the Greek model

Possible but have heard it was the other way round. The Greeks moved into the continent.

[jojo]

Possible but have heard it was the other way round. The Greeks moved into the continent.

no, im sorry hun, I think your wrong. the accient brittons worshiped the goddess. the tripple goddess (maiden, mother, crone) you will find that most stone circles are female in their structure (apart from stone henge which i feel is masculin in its structure, maybe thats why its linked to the druids, a male based religion of sorts) as well, many circles are aligned to sun and moon rises and falls during sacred times. not only equinoxes and solstices but other times of year like lammas and beltane etc.

Dolmens were more about connecting to ancestors and spirits and have little to do with druids. dolmens, longbarrows and cairns predate many stone circles and were there before the pyramids (if you belive conventional history regarding the age of the pyramids, which I dont)

[phildee3]

the accient brittons worshiped the goddess. the tripple goddess (maiden, mother, crone) you will find that most stone circles are female in their structure (apart from stone henge which i feel is masculin in its structure, maybe thats why its linked to the druids, a male based religion of sorts)



Celtic mythology shows that they were very gender-balanced,
male and female deities having no authority over one another.

I think the megalithic monuments show a similar balance, -
one of the main things which the two cultures had in common.
Circles, coves and chambers have an obvious feminine quality, while the standing stones themselves are very phallic!

The stones in the W. Kennet Avenue at Avebury are widely interpreted as being alternating male and female representations.

[curly]

i'll throw this in the mix from comyns beaumont,when the romans invaded britain they found[not that you can trust too much they said]that hermes or mercury was the cheif deity and that next and only next came apollo.Hermes depicted as the swift messanger of the gods,his right hand always grasps the caduceus ''The potent wand'' it's power signified by entwined serpents[The michael and mary lines].Images of him adorned the hill-tops of greece and britain.He was the god of traffic and merchants,of roads,Ermine street is named after him.The cheif honours and highest station went to him because he stood for the druids sacred mysteries,their learning ,and their doctrine of immortality of the soul.

[curly]

All the ancient roads were here well before the romans imo they just resurfaced them.

[jojo]

Celtic mythology shows that they were very gender-balanced,
male and female deities having no authority over one another.

I think the megalithic monuments show a similar balance, -
one of the main things which the two cultures had in common.
Circles, coves and chambers have an obvious feminine quality, while the standing stones themselves are very phallic!

The stones in the W. Kennet Avenue at Avebury are widely interpreted as being alternating male and female representations.

yes that true. many stone circles have male and female stones. both sexes were balanced and in harmony. They worshipped the goddess in a way that the woman/female produces and nurchers new life. the seasons were represented by the tripple goddess. This doesnt mean that they thought women were better than men. but thats what the patriarcle male oriented religion has done over the last 2000 yrs. suppressed the femanine.

I have said that dolmens have a womb like feel. female.

some standing stones are phallic (calanish) and monaliths. but not all.

truth is no one really knows. it is all speculation (including my words)

[phildee3]

They worshipped the goddess in a way that the woman/female produces and nurchers new life. the seasons were represented by the tripple goddess.



There is absolutely no evidence to show that they even recognised "the goddess" or "the triple goddess," let alone worshipped her. It was male deities (Gwyn and Gwythyer) who changed winter to summer, and vice versa.

I'm afraid this is all wishful thinking of modern feminists who are pissed off about the last 1600 years (not 2000) of the Vatican's disgraceful degradation of women (which, of course has absolutely no relevence to megalithism).

All pre-Vatican, non-state religions (including Christianity) were very particular about respecting the attributes of both genders, and keeping a balance between them. That is where their power lies, - like the poles of a magnet!

[jojo]

There is absolutely no evidence to show that they even recognised "the goddess" or "the triple goddess," let alone worshipped her. It was male deities (Gwyn and Gwythyer) who changed winter to summer, and vice versa.
I'm afraid this is all wishful thinking of modern feminists who are pissed off about the last 1600 years (not 2000) of the Vatican's disgraceful degradation of women (which, of course has absolutely no relevence to megalithism).


if you say so. I dont believe you.
there is no evidence to male worship either. All I know is how i feel when im meditating at these sites and I go to many... Do you?

[curly]

The sacredness of great stones of certain composition was taught by the druids and other teachers among the early races,based on a profound understanding of the natural laws that govern the universe,and it makes no difference to this profundity if in fact it led to gross abuses.The druids were a caste of learned men who practised,among other sciences,that of astronomy and also astrology,the latter of which is termed the "false science" because it has been used by charlatans.
Vestiges of druidic round temples confront us in many parts,especially in wessex,wales,brittany,normandy,and in scandanavia.Classic writers extolled the druids for their wisdom and learning.Diodorus siculus said they were philosophers and thealogians as well as prophets of renown.Strabo described them as men who studied natural and moral philosophy.Ammianus marcellinus related them to the pythagorean faith and stated that they were"uplifted by searchings into secret and sublime things and for grand contempt for mortal lot they professed the immortality of the soul".To pomponius mela they were "teachers of wisdom"who professed to know the size and shape of the world,the movment of the heavens and the stars,and the will of the gods.Dion chrysostum says of them"The celts have men who are druids,who concern themselves with divination and all kinds of wisdom.And without their advice even kings dare not resolve upon or execute any plan,so that in truth it was they who ruled,while the kings,who sat on golden thrones and fared sumptuously in their palaces,became mere ministers of the druids will.
That was from you know who comyns beaumont written in the 30's but it interested me mostly because in the ringing cedars by vladimir megre he states that the world is still run by descendents of these preists who went bad.They still have the speed of thought of their ancestors.

[jojo]

There is absolutely no evidence to show that they even recognised "the goddess" or "the triple goddess," let alone worshipped her. !

There is actually. The name Great Britain comes from the goddess Brigit/Bit/britagnia.

there are many place names and rivers that are connected to goddess worship. Im signing off now, but thank Phil. youve given me a mission tomorrow where i will concect names and places.... although im sure you are going to do the same. circles of stone (minds?)

I have said that this is all speculation. Truth is no one really knows who or what these sites were dedicated to. even me or you. All we can do is visit these sites and try and soak up the most powerful energy that still emits from them. both male and female.

[curly]

if you say so. I dont believe you.
there is no evidence to male worship either. All I know is how i feel when im meditating at these sites and I go to many... Do you?

The entire avebury landscape is reminiscent of a goddess according to michael dames and silbury hill he says represents the pregnant earth mother.

[jojo]

The entire avebury landscape is reminiscent of a goddess according to michael dames and silbury hill he says represents the pregnant earth mother.

thank you. Yes, I feel Avebury is dedicated to the goddess. I feel like one when im there. but its only my intuition... which i trust implicitly

[curly]

thank you. Yes, I feel Avebury is dedicated to the goddess. I feel like one when im there. but its only my intuition... which i trust implicitly

if you havn't read it already get the sun and the serpent by paul broadhurst and hamish miller they followed[dowsed]the male michael and female mary energy lines all across britain,you'd love it i think.

[phildee3]

there is no evidence to male worship either.



Correct.



I go to many... Do you?



Several hundred in Ireland between 1996 and 2004 while I did my master's thesis on the Irish Neolithic.

In depth studies on Carrowmore and Loughcrew.

I think I've been to all the Cornish ones and maybe 50% in the rest of the southwest, some in Wales/Anglesea, Cotswolds and Nothumbria.

Alas, none in Scotland.

How about you?

[phildee3]

The name Great Britain comes from the goddess Brigit/Bit/britagnia.



Another feminist fancy, I'm afraid.

Prydein is a medieval Welsh word meaning Pictish.

In the late iron age, Britain was called Albion.

Brigit is from the Irish, Brighde - radiant.

She is known as the balance between all polarities, male/female, night/day, etc. She was born at twilight on the threshold of her mother's house (neither in nor out). She established an abbey at Kidare with 50% men and 50% women, a model that was copied at Whitby (by St. Hilda), Bath, Gloucester and many others.



there are many place names and rivers that are connected to goddess worship.



Water is commonly associated with feminine deities, -
one of the most notable is Boann (River Boyne), but she was not "the Goddess" (a very recent concept to compete with the "God" of our patriarchal "church").

But there are just as many place names that have male deities as their origins.

The Celts (and earlier inhabitants of these lands) did not have these gender hang-ups.
Gosh, they made little distinction (if any) between human and divine, let alone male and female!

[phildee3]

I feel Avebury is dedicated to the goddess.



Not only does Avebury have equally alternating male and female stones along the full length of the avenue, but it also has two, equal-sized inner circles, - the north one containing a massive cove (receptive/female) and the south one containing the obelisk (a huge phallus).

Avebury is clearly a celebration of divine union!!!

No "goddess" is potent without her equal "god."

[curly]

Correct.



Several hundred in Ireland between 1996 and 2004 while I did my master's thesis on the Irish Neolithic.

In depth studies on Carrowmore and Loughcrew.

I think I've been to all the Cornish ones and maybe 50% in the rest of the southwest, some in Wales/Anglesea, Cotswolds and Nothumbria.

Alas, none in Scotland.

How about you?

show off:D Have you been to bardsey island and if so is it worth the trip.

[phildee3]

show off:D



Well, she asked! :)



Have you been to bardsey island and if so is it worth the trip.



No/don't know.
But I will say that the hunt is half the fun!
Sometimes it's a huge disappointment, someimes a mind blower.
Either way, its best to start out with no preconceived ideas.

[jojo]

ok phil, I aint gonna argue with you. We actually agree on many things. just the finer deatail we disagree on. Lets leave it to agree to disagree and let this thread get back to the feel good factor i intended it to be.

Ive never been to the ireland. would love to visit. Ive been to many of the sites in derbyshire, cumbria, scotland, cornwall, devon, dorset, and a few in wales. plus others scattered around like the rollrights in oxford and mitchels fold in shropshire etc.

Do you have any photos of the places you have visited to share? :) which one is your favorite and why?

[jojo]

Not only does Avebury have equally alternating male and female stones along the full length of the avenue, but it also has two, equal-sized inner circles, - the north one containing a massive cove (receptive/female) and the south one containing the obelisk (a huge phallus).

Avebury is clearly a celebration of divine union!!!

No "goddess" is potent without her equal "god."
fair enough. slapped bottom for me then.

[jojo]

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Not very far from avebury. This site up a long farm track in the middle of a field is a little gem. Id seen it in many photos and I was suprised just how big it was when I got there. as with most dolmens, I felt happy, and warm energy was flowing through me even though it was a cold day.

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/gibhillandarborlow.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/KT5.jpg

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Minature Avebury.
This is the closest stone circle to me. Ive visited it more times than i care to remember. The stones are recumbant like the dial of a clock face, all fanning out from the centre. Some say that the christians knocked them down but i think it was built like this. The water erosion on the horizontal stones seems to be very very old, pre dating christian times. The circle has its own henge bank with and entrance and exit and it even has its own silbury hill called Gib Hill, a round barrow a short distance away.

Its a wonderful circle, very powerful and I know people who go there for healing.

best wrap up warm if you go to Arbor Low Its high on the peaks and its mostly grey, wet and windy.

[thirdwave]

Not only does Avebury have equally alternating male and female stones along the full length of the avenue, but it also has two, equal-sized inner circles, - the north one containing a massive cove (receptive/female) and the south one containing the obelisk (a huge phallus).

Avebury is clearly a celebration of divine union!!!

No "goddess" is potent without her equal "god."

its important to note that female energy and male energy does not indicate in the same way Man and Woman does.... female energy was seen by many ancient civilisations as the prime source...

[jojo]

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an old ruined long barrow. I imagine it would have been splended in its day, remenicent of west kennett. Its in the same area as the hell stone dolmen, and kingston russell stone circle.

There is a very small stone circle which I do not know the name of, which is situated on the crest of the hill between the Grey mare and the Hell stone barrow. I saw it on the OS map, and when I found it I was dismayed to discover it was totally over grown (2006) with weeds and brambles. I do hope that they have been cleared by now. Does anyone know the place?

[jojo]

its important to note that female energy and male energy does not indicate in the same way Man and Woman does.... female energy was seen by many ancient civilisations as the prime source...

Thanks TW, you put it in a far better way than better than I did. that is what I meant. Not that the female is better in any way, just that the ancients worshiped the feminine as mother goddess, mother earth the creator of life.

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/KingstonRussellCircle_190604.jpg
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Quite a low, large circle. more or less intact though. It lies very close to the valley of the stones, the grey mares, hell stone barrow and a smaller stone circle which I do not know the name of.

It reminds me very much of mitchels fold in shropshire in its feel and size.

I found two 4 leaf clovers in the middle of this circle! how cool is that!

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/CerneAbbas.jpg

I personally think that this chalk figure is old, very old. But others think that it was made during king charles II time as a ridicule to cromwell. no one knows for sure. But the penis does point to sunrise on the summer solstice.

If it is acient, there is no doubt what so ever which potent sex it is honoring!

when I was there a few weeks ago, I noticed a pentagon shape outlining the figure. I wonder why? maybe it was the outline of an old fence? but its an interesting shape to place around it given the symbology.

[jojo]

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This is the closest longbarrow to where I live. It makes me sad when I go here as i can only wonder about the magesty of its origional form. It had 3 chambers and the site its self was huge. The mound of the longbarrow was aprox 30ft wide by 300ft long. this has long gone now and all that remains are the stones.

I trod in dog shit last time i was there! curses to the owner of the filthy doggy arse slurry who did not have the respect to poop scoop at such an acient and sacred site. May your toilet overflow on a saturday night and you not be able to get a plummer till the monday morning!!!

[jojo]

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I visited this site on a beautiful summers day, the wind was light and the sun shone and warmed my heart. Its a lovely dolmen (although when I asked a friendly local farmer directions he said it was called "the cromlech") I felt so at peace there, I could have stayed for hours. with in about a one mile walk of this "cromlech" there are many large standing stones, both male and female in shape.

It is called the poets stone because folk law says if you spend the night in it you will wake up either mad, or a poet.... unfortunatly, I couldnt spend the night so wouldnt know!

[jojo]

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I was working in kent when I visited this place and I had to be very quick which is a shame as I didnt have time to get a feel for the place.

I thought it was a real shame that english heratige had decided to put the dolmen behind bars! it made me cross really (like the whispering knights in oxford) why do they want people not to access these places. makes you wonder....

[phildee3]

female energy was seen by many ancient civilisations as the prime source...



and your evidence for this is...?

[thirdwave]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/CerneAbbas.jpg

I personally think that this chalk figure is old, very old. But others think that it was made during king charles II time as a ridicule to cromwell. no one knows for sure. But the penis does point to sunrise on the summer solstice.

If it is acient, there is no doubt what so ever which potent sex it is honoring!

when I was there a few weeks ago, I noticed a pentagon shape outlining the figure. I wonder why? maybe it was the outline of an old fence? but its an interesting shape to place around it given the symbology.


quite clearly a satanic image :)

[thirdwave]

and your evidence for this is...?

how much money have you got?

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/Nine_Ladies.jpg
The nine ladies stone circle. Probably the most famous in derbyshire. Its always busy and quite a party goes on there at the summer solstice. a Nice circle and well worth a visit. A standing stone called the king stone stands a few feet away. This stone im sad to say has been vandalised and a few yrs ago someone stole a car and drove it into the stone!!! hence its drunken angle.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/kingsstonestanton_moor07.jpg

The cork stone
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Just a short walk away from the nine stones is a natural outcrop called the cork stone. You cant tell from this photo but its very very phallic indeed! shaped just like a big fat penis! I did not climb it, but on the top there are pot marks and circles carved by acient hands. The victorians put metal foot and hand holds into the side but the holes in the rock are the consequence of countless feet and hands climbing to the top over the millenia!

[phildee3]

...the ancients worshiped the feminine as mother goddess, mother earth the creator of life.



You do yourself an injustice jojo.
Unless tw can come up with some evidence for his "prime source" statement, I think you put it in a much better way.

[thirdwave]

Thanks TW, you put it in a far better way than better than I did. that is what I meant. Not that the female is better in any way, just that the ancients worshiped the feminine as mother goddess, mother earth the creator of life.

and why of course that in the past women have been so repressed by the wonderful religions of the world.

the illuminati are all about containing female energy.. and taking the balance away...

[phildee3]

quite clearly a satanic image



Clearly!

Woman good,
man bad,
Ug! :rolleyes:

[phildee3]

and why of course that in the past women have been so repressed by the wonderful religions of the world.

the illuminati are all about containing female energy.. and taking the balance away...




I knew it.
Your evidence for the worldview of the rural ancients is based on urbanite, state religions less than half their age!

[thirdwave]

Clearly!

Woman good,
man bad,
Ug! :rolleyes:

when you are un able to detect a sarcastic comment you know you are in trouble :eek:

I knew it.
Your evidence for the worldview of the rural ancients is based on urbanite, state religions less than half their age!

wow!, sticky fella!, one comment and you have worked my bases out!, that's pretty good going..

praise be the lord.

[phildee3]

...you have worked my bases out!,



It wasn't difficult.
you defined your base (or did you mean basis?):

Megalith builders believed that the prime source is feminine.

[phildee3]

when you are un able to detect a sarcastic comment you know you are in trouble



So if it wasn't sarcastic, then you must think that the Cerne Abbas giant could be a representation of the "prime source"?

[thirdwave]

It wasn't difficult.
you defined your base (or did you mean basis?):

Megalith builders believed that the prime source is feminine.


Yes I meant Basis, I really must watch my poor English and typo's as many people are not very good at working it out.

[thirdwave]

So if it wasn't sarcastic, then you must think that the Cerne Abbas giant could be a representation of the "prime source"?

I will leave you to work it out.... :eek:

[thirdwave]

Thanks TW, you put it in a far better way than better than I did. that is what I meant. Not that the female is better in any way, just that the ancients worshiped the feminine as mother goddess, mother earth the creator of life.

great pics as well, another place that i really should go check out...

another example of the female thing is even imprinted in mankind today when if you are driving a good car.... or if you have built a big building... you say "She's beautiful" ..or "look at her"

[jojo]

quite clearly a satanic image :)

I take it you are refering to the penagon shape around the edge of the giant?

I assume it was an old fence line, but it is interesting. ive not heard anyone else mention this shape regarding the giant before? any views on what it might be and why?

[jojo]

great pics as well, another place that i really should go check out...

another example of the female thing is even imprinted in mankind today when if you are driving a good car.... or if you have built a big building... you say "She's beautiful" ..or "look at her"

yes, and ships are always female too. "god bless her and all who sail in her"

[jp13]

I take it you are refering to the penagon shape around the edge of the giant?

I assume it was an old fence line, but it is interesting. ive not heard anyone else mention this shape regarding the giant before? any views on what it might be and why?
Thanks JoJo, I was trying to remember the stone circle I visited years ago, it was Arbor Low, I agree I think the stones were laid out that way, only intuition, but that's how it felt to me.
Re: Cerne Abbas, I remember reading about this shape around or near the figure, in fact it had a name and can be seen from the sky, I can't remember, but it must be easy to find out.
I had a strange experience there with a girlfriend years ago, she insisted on sitting on the tip of the giants erection, it was ok for about 15 mins, then the sheep that were in the field, started to move en masse, as if we had been there too long, or not using it for the corect reason (fertility?) they started moving towards us a a group and gradually forced us into the corner of the field, until we had gone. The funny bit was that the woman I was with kept dropping her bag and this ram kept butting her in the rear end, we got out unscathed.
Another thing I don't like when talking about the old times is the word Celtic, as far as I know there was no known race/tribe of people who were called Celts. I think it used as a common term for every tribe that was around in those time.
Re: Books: There is a great Trilogy by Peter Valentine Timlett "The Power of the Serpent" and others, they are all 'fiction' based, but I believe hold many truths.
Has anyone ever been to the stone circle at Alderley Edge? fantastic place, I think the actual circle is not that old, but the whole place has much power and mystery about it.

[thirdwave]

I take it you are refering to the penagon shape around the edge of the giant?

I assume it was an old fence line, but it is interesting. ive not heard anyone else mention this shape regarding the giant before? any views on what it might be and why?

well the whole image is what some here would defo see as that negative image ..with the love handle and all...

was being sarcastic... I dont think its "satanic"...

[phildee3]

Originally Posted by phildee3
So if it wasn't sarcastic, then you must think that the Cerne Abbas giant could be a representation of the "prime source"?

I will leave you to work it out....



It's gracious of you to concede.
I worked all this out a long time ago. I spent a good portion of my life on it.
Here's what the evidence shows:

The megalithic chambers, which appear right at the beginning of the Neolithic, have an obvious female symbology. They are womb-like and do suggest that the earth was seen as female, gestating and giving birth to all life forms.
Almost all of the chambers are placed facing east so that the light from the rising sun penetrates them. All of earth's lifeforms awaken to the sun and are vitalised by it's forces, so it would follow that the sun was seen as the prime source - and male!

The stone circles appear later and, as I have shown at Avebury, suggest a more mature cosmology that recognises an androgynous "prime source" with a balance of both male and female attributes.

2318
eg. Boscawen un, with central phallus.


The only belief system that I know of that clearly recognises a female principle as a possible "prime source" is the one that recognises the "Mother of God."

[clozaril]

suprised no one mentioned arbor low in derbyshire

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[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/gibhillandarborlow.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/KT5.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/gibhill.jpg

Minature Avebury.
This is the closest stone circle to me. Ive visited it more times than i care to remember. The stones are recumbant like the dial of a clock face, all fanning out from the centre. Some say that the christians knocked them down but i think it was built like this. The water erosion on the horizontal stones seems to be very very old, pre dating christian times. The circle has its own henge bank with and entrance and exit and it even has its own silbury hill called Gib Hill, a round barrow a short distance away.

Its a wonderful circle, very powerful and I know people who go there for healing.

best wrap up warm if you go to Arbor Low Its high on the peaks and its mostly grey, wet and windy.

hey clozaril, I did its post 117.
Yeh its amasing place eh?! Its my closest stone circle. You from round that area too?

[jojo]

no, your from yorkshire... just seen. :D

[jojo]

The stone circles appear later and, as I have shown at Avebury, suggest a more mature cosmology that recognises an androgynous "prime source" with a balance of both male and female attributes.

2318
eg. Boscawen un, with central phallus.




fair point. Its all about balance and equribrium between the sexes. union and oneness. equal in creation.

[thirdwave]

It's gracious of you to concede.
I worked all this out a long time ago. I spent a good portion of my life on it.


ahhh that makes things a little clearer..

[clozaril]

hey clozaril, I did its post 117.
Yeh its amasing place eh?! Its my closest stone circle. You from round that area too?


nice photos are they your own ?

some one said this is the centre point of britain as stone cicles go. i've only been once went for spring equinox 99 it was freezing i ended up sleeping in the barn of the farm next door to it :o :D

[jojo]

nice photos are they your own ?

some one said this is the centre point of britain as stone cicles go. i've only been once went for spring equinox 99 it was freezing i ended up sleeping in the barn of the farm next door to it :o :D

lol, I know the farm you mean! nice one. I bet they get loads of people camping there, especially during peak sacred times! Last time I was there there was a huge bull in that barn! maybe he was like a guard bull to stop waywood hippys camping! :D

some of the photos on this thread are my own and others i have pulled from google.

[clozaril]

lol, I know the farm you mean! nice one. I bet they get loads of people camping there, especially during peak sacred times! Last time I was there there was a huge bull in that barn! maybe he was like a guard bull to stop waywood hippys camping! :D

some of the photos on this thread are my own and others i have pulled from google.


lol
and yeah it must be annoying for the people who live in that farm :p

[j1sproductions]

Hi folks. Here are some snaps I've taken in the last couple of years in Ireland and Wales. Just got back from a nice but wet holiday in Gower, so there are a couple from there too.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb95/j1sproductions/101_0864.jpg
Arthurs Stone nr Reynoldston, Gower. It is thought that the large stone was placed first, then the ground was excavated around it. It sits in a small depression.


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Arthurs Stone nr Reynoldston, Gower.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb95/j1sproductions/020920081533.jpg
Parc le Breos, nr Parkmill, Gower. There is an earthwork and cave near here, but after scrabbling around in the woods for a long time we couldn't find them.

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New Grange, Bru na Boinne, nr Drogheda, Ireland. Fantastic markings on the stones inside and outside the chamber. Very reminiscent of other symbols and markings from ancient people all over the world.

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New Grange, Bru na Boinne, nr Drogheda, Ireland. Someone asked on this thread about being in the burial chamber for the winter solstice. There is only room for seven people (i think) and there was a raffle type thing in the visitors centre where you fill in a card with your name and address. Fingers crossed!

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Dowth, Bru na Boinne, nr Drogheda, Ireland. The guides at New Grange said they were extending the tour to take in this burial mound in coming years and that we shouldn't go on our own - so we went on our own and found it easily enough. I found this a better site than the 'refurbished' New Grange, mainly because no one else was there. It is, though, just a hill with some gated entrances in it. The mound was excavated C19th so it's got a big hole in it.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb95/j1sproductions/05032008947.jpg
Poulnabrone Dolmen, The Burren, Ireland. This was near to the stone fort Cathair Chonaill which was also good.

Me and my partner have only just started going to look at ancient sites in the UK, after discovering a shared love of 'old stuff' in Turkey and Egypt and realising how much was on our doorstep.

It is the sense of mystery that fascinates me. There is so much we do not know about the people who lived on these isles, and why they would spend so much time on matters of spirituality and death when life must have been fairly hard anyway just to survive.

It is disappointing to see the stones with fences erected round them in this thread. However I also read and see pictures of people lying on, hugging and standing on these ancient sites, many of which are associated with death and mourning.

My philosophy with all artifacts of this age is to look, but don't touch.

If every single visitor decided they had to touch these stones, there would be no stones left. I personally find it very easy to feel the power of these stones and the site itself without having to touch them.

It's a bit like climbing on a war memorial or standing on a gravestone.

I was disgusted in Egypt to see tourists blatantly taking photographs where they shouldn't and touching delicate walls and hyroglyphics in tombs and temples.
The worst was people shouting, laughing and taking photos in the Mummy Rooms of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Just as bad, if not worse is the British Museum, where visitors lean on sarcophogi and other artifacts. I was seething at the lack of security, and got fed up of telling people not to touch, and 'please could you not put your rucksack on this Pharohs coffin'. I would rather the British Museum gave their stolen booty back to the Cairo Museum where it will be in it's rightful place and better looked after.

I'm afraid that these idiots are NOT the minority and people have no concept of how lucky they are to see these items, and that they should do everything in their power to allow future generations to see them too - preferably without a fence round them!

I'm looking forward to visiting many more sites - I can feel a trip to Glastonbury and surrounds coming on. Also - what is the deal with access to Stone Henge? I thought it was no longer allowed, but I saw there was a big gathering there for the summer solstice (again, with people clambering all over it - how respectful).

Enjoy getting stoned everyone ;)

[clozaril]

yeah those markings at new grange look quite mayan

[j1sproductions]

Mayan/Aboriginal/African/American Indian......

Here are a couple more stones from New Grange.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb95/j1sproductions/080320081062.jpg
There are zig-zags on thisone which aren't very clear. I think the white stones above have been rebuilt how the historians 'think' it would have looked. They might be right!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb95/j1sproductions/080320081064.jpg
This stone is at the entrance to the burial mound. On the winter solstice, sun light shines through the small 'letter box' above the main doorway and lights up the inside of the chamber.
:)

[jojo]

It is disappointing to see the stones with fences erected round them in this thread. However I also read and see pictures of people lying on, hugging and standing on these ancient sites, many of which are associated with death and mourning.

My philosophy with all artifacts of this age is to look, but don't touch.

If every single visitor decided they had to touch these stones, there would be no stones left. I personally find it very easy to feel the power of these stones and the site itself without having to touch them.

It's a bit like climbing on a war memorial or standing on a gravestone.

I was disgusted in Egypt to see tourists blatantly taking photographs where they shouldn't and touching delicate walls and hyroglyphics in tombs and temples.
The worst was people shouting, laughing and taking photos in the Mummy Rooms of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Just as bad, if not worse is the British Museum, where visitors lean on sarcophogi and other artifacts. I was seething at the lack of security, and got fed up of telling people not to touch, and 'please could you not put your rucksack on this Pharohs coffin'. I would rather the British Museum gave their stolen booty back to the Cairo Museum where it will be in it's rightful place and better looked after.

I'm afraid that these idiots are NOT the minority and people have no concept of how lucky they are to see these items, and that they should do everything in their power to allow future generations to see them too - preferably without a fence round them!

I'm looking forward to visiting many more sites - I can feel a trip to Glastonbury and surrounds coming on. Also - what is the deal with access to Stone Henge? I thought it was no longer allowed, but I saw there was a big gathering there for the summer solstice (again, with people clambering all over it - how respectful).

Enjoy getting stoned everyone ;)

Im sorry but I do not share a certain aspect of your belifs. We need to connect to these places right now (im talking about our stones, not the egyption stuff which i agree, sounds pretty grim) I agree that defacing and climbing upon the stones (which I also feel is highly disrespectful) carving and marking the stones with pen and chalk is terrible.

but to not touch the stones??? are you for real?? Fair play to you, you obvously come from a perspective that loves these site. But my vibe from your post suggests to me that your not getting the essence of the space/time in which the stones sit.

I will always respectfully lay my hands upon a stone within a circle. I know the accients do not feel offended by my actions. I can feel the energy transfer through me into the earth and vice versa through the structure of the stone. The stone circle does not mind human touch.

With all due respect I ask that you leave preconcieved judgement at the edge of the next circle you go to. Walk to whichever stone draws your attention and quietly place your hands softly upon it and close your eyes. Quieten your thoughts and just see what comes?

And as for being there for the future of humanity.... WE need the acient wisdom of these sites right now or there will be no future for humanity. Please do not judge others so much. It only makes one feel unconfortable in your stomach area and why put yourself through it ;)

said with respect. jojo

[jojo]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/CerneAbbas.jpg

Cerne abbas giant. I personally think that this chalk figure is old, very old. But others think that it was made during king charles II time as a ridicule to cromwell. no one knows for sure. But the penis does point to sunrise on the summer solstice.

If it is acient, there is no doubt what so ever which potent sex it is honoring!

when I was there a few weeks ago, I noticed a pentagon shape outlining the figure. I wonder why? maybe it was the outline of an old fence? but its an interesting shape to place around it given the symbology.


WHAT THE FUCK!!???
Can you believe that for shitty censorship folks! the bloody cerne abbas giant! a national treasure and accient symbol deemed unsuitable for photobucket!

how bloody ultra stupid ......... and laughable....

[phildee3]

Im sorry but I do not share a certain aspect of your belifs. We need to connect to these places right now...

...not touch the stones??? are you for real??



Jojo, you are a bit more "in touch" with the stones than j1sproductions is.

I think you are both very sensitive and both picking up on what the stones want from each of you. It is good for you both to follow your own intuitions, imo.

btw, j1sproductions, Dowth is another tumulus, not a natural hill.
The "gated entrances" are megalithic chambers.

Have a look at this:
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/dowth/interior.html

We all need to do our homework!
The more we learn about these things, the more the stones will give their permission, to each of us, to "touch" them more deeply.

[jojo]

Jojo, you are a bit more "in touch" with the stones than j1sproductions is.

I think you are both very sensitive and both picking up on what the stones want from each of you. It is good for you both to follow your own intuitions, imo.

btw, j1sproductions, Dowth is another tumulus, not a natural hill.
The "gated entrances" are megalithic chambers.

Have a look at this:
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/dowth/interior.html

We all need to do our homework!
The more we learn about these things, the more the stones will give their permission, to each of us, to "touch" them more deeply.

:) fully agree

It is obvious that j1sproductions has a deep love and a huge sence of protection for these most precious sites.
I think most do who comment on this thread. We just come from different perspectives. All of which have validity, honor and love. We will disagree on many minor points of these places but ultimatly we agree on many many things. I feel we will just have to speak our truths as well as respecting the truths of others, so to speak. :)

[j1sproductions]

Im sorry but I do not share a certain aspect of your belifs. We need to connect to these places right now (im talking about our stones, not the egyption stuff which i agree, sounds pretty grim) I agree that defacing and climbing upon the stones (which I also feel is highly disrespectful) carving and marking the stones with pen and chalk is terrible.

but to not touch the stones??? are you for real?? Fair play to you, you obvously come from a perspective that loves these site. But my vibe from your post suggests to me that your not getting the essence of the space/time in which the stones sit.

I will always respectfully lay my hands upon a stone within a circle. I know the accients do not feel offended by my actions. I can feel the energy transfer through me into the earth and vice versa through the structure of the stone. The stone circle does not mind human touch.

With all due respect I ask that you leave preconcieved judgement at the edge of the next circle you go to. Walk to whichever stone draws your attention and quietly place your hands softly upon it and close your eyes. Quieten your thoughts and just see what comes?

And as for being there for the future of humanity.... WE need the acient wisdom of these sites right now or there will be no future for humanity. Please do not judge others so much. It only makes one feel unconfortable in your stomach area and why put yourself through it ;)

said with respect. jojo

Hi jojo, I appreciate your reply and can see that if done in a light and respectful way it probably isn't really an issue to touch the stones.

Most, if not all, of the sites I have been to see have been burial chambers and tombs, so I guess that was the context of my rant. I will certainly be seeking out actual stone circles to visit, and will definitely heed your advice, and see what comes!

The touching of old things is more of an issue in things like the Egyptian tombs because of the delicacy of the work. In some tombs, the breath and sweat of the visitors, and the flash of cameras is causing the mortar and colours to decay rapidly. Needless to say, I held my breath for 15 minutes while we looked at them ;) I once saw someone touch a Van Gogh painting to feel the texture - it's this sort of thing that does my head in, and is obviously less of an issue with a bloody great lump of geology open to the British weather!

I'll stop now cause I'm getting that feeling in my stomach - I thought it was just too many jalapenos and cheap dry cider!

I wonder though, if it is the stones themselves which are the important part of a stone circle site, or do they merely demarcate the area to gather. Perhaps they formed a boundary into which only the leaders, or specific people involved in the activity within the circle were allowed? Observers were expected to remain outside the circle? A bit like a football stadium where the important bit is the pitch, not the structure around it.

Also, I think if I concentrated my energies and quietened my thoughts on any object at a beautiful site in a tranquil location, I may have a similar experience and connection to the Earth to doing the same thing on a specific standing stone. In the philosophy of a certain Mr Icke, I am touching the stones as I sit on my sofa, in fact I am the stones, both now and when they were formed in the geological processes of the earth.

I'm going to see which sites I might have time to go to this year, otherwise it could be March before I get a decent amount of time to have a proper visit. I'll definitely be looking more at how I can try to appreciate the spiritual/ancient knowledge side of being at the stones, rather than just the historical/visual beauty side of it. I thank you for putting me right on this!

RiCh!

PS I love the representations of stone circles/soites on this thread 'as they would have been'. I'll be looking out for more of them on the intrawebz :)

[jojo]

also j1s, you might find the megalithic portal a good forum to join http://www.megalithic.co.uk/ There are some really nice people on there who share you views upon protection and etiquette at sacred sites. Its also got a fab map and photo section. If your just starting to revisit many accient sites in britain this is a good place to start.

Also there is a fab book by julien cope called "the Modern Antiquarian" It has one of the best gazeteers going, faboulus photos, colour coded and very very easy to use.

hope this helps

[j1sproductions]

btw, j1sproductions, Dowth is another tumulus, not a natural hill.
The "gated entrances" are megalithic chambers.

The more we learn about these things, the more the stones will give their permission, to each of us, to "touch" them more deeply.

Yes, I was being a bit sarcastic in my caption (or something)! That link is cool thanks!

I like your last sentence :o


And they censored the 'rude man' of Cerne!! wtf?

[phildee3]

And they censored the 'rude man' of Cerne!! wtf?



Don't worry about it.
The more you get into the mindset of the megalith builders, the less relevence "they" have to anything!!

[jojo]

I once saw someone touch a Van Gogh painting to feel the texture - it's this sort of thing that does my head in, and is obviously less of an issue with a bloody great lump of geology open to the British weather!
Good point ;)

I'll stop now cause I'm getting that feeling in my stomach - I thought it was just too many jalapenos and cheap dry cider!
lol

I wonder though, if it is the stones themselves which are the important part of a stone circle site, or do they merely demarcate the area to gather. Perhaps they formed a boundary into which only the leaders, or specific people involved in the activity within the circle were allowed? Observers were expected to remain outside the circle? A bit like a football stadium where the important bit is the pitch, not the structure around it.
IMO, the stones act as a exelerator at the point of an energy vortex on the earth. I suspect that many people used the sites for different worship, each with its own set of dogma and rules regarding who worshiped there and why. But in general, all groups were in harmony with nature and earth.

I am touching the stones as I sit on my sofa, in fact I am the stones, both now and when they were formed in the geological processes of the earth.
cool! you see!....... and i bet you dont mind touching yourself!!! or did yer mum tell you it would turn to stone and drop off!!! :eek::D

I'll definitely be looking more at how I can try to appreciate the spiritual/ancient knowledge side of being at the stones, rather than just the historical/visual beauty side of it. I thank you for putting me right on this!

RiCh!

:) sweeeet

[thirdwave]

IMO, the stones act as a exelerator at the point of an energy vortex on the earth. I suspect that many people used the sites for different worship, each with its own set of dogma and rules regarding who worshiped there and why. But in general, all groups were in harmony with nature and earth.


the Avebury stones has lots of crystal in them, and I think they were very much used to create an energy vortex... this is also what David Icke strongly believes as I chat with him while at the stone circle..

[jojo]

the Avebury stones has lots of crystal in them, and I think they were very much used to create an energy vortex... this is also what David Icke strongly believes as I chat with him while at the stone circle..


yes, this is what i also feel. Its the crystaline structure of the stones which cause an amplification of the vortex point over which they sit. This is the physical connection I feel when I lay my hands upon the stones.
Duloe Stone circle is made from pure white snow quartz. They sparkle in the sunshine and Im sure I heard then sing!
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/OLGNCAKWVJ8DCAPIUEAJCAZDL0L3CADLPSI.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/449674205_aa6ef39b43.jpg


WOW, TW. that must have been a really cool experience! not only conversing with david, but at Avebury! :)

[thirdwave]

yes, this is what i also feel. Its the crystaline structure of the stones which cause an amplification of the vortex point over which they sit. This is the physical connection I feel when I lay my hands upon the stones.
Duloe Stone circle is made from pure white snow quartz. They sparkle in the sunshine and Im sure I heard then sing!
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/OLGNCAKWVJ8DCAPIUEAJCAZDL0L3CADLPSI.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/449674205_aa6ef39b43.jpg


WOW, TW. that must have been a really cool experience! not only conversing with david, but at Avebury! :)

yeah i was in my element as he likes to talk about that stuff even more than I do! :)

[krakhead]

also j1s, you might find the megalithic portal a good forum to join http://www.megalithic.co.uk/ There are some really nice people on there who share you views upon protection and etiquette at sacred sites. Its also got a fab map and photo section. If your just starting to revisit many accient sites in britain this is a good place to start.

Also there is a fab book by julien cope called "the Modern Antiquarian" It has one of the best gazeteers going, faboulus photos, colour coded and very very easy to use.

hope this helps

Julian also has a great website related to the book, with a search facility for wherever you're travelling to, reviews etc. etc.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/home/

Well worth a look :)

[kweli]

]Has to be the most breathtaking location for a stone circle in the world[/B]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/ClearingstormCastleriggStoneCircle.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/CastleriggStoneCircle2.jpg

I agree Jojo.

We saw the sun set, & the moon rise simultaneously, stunning! absolutely breathtaking.

Will upload my latest pics asap. :)

[jojo]

I agree Jojo.

We saw the sun set, & the moon rise simultaneously, stunning! absolutely breathtaking.

Will upload my latest pics asap. :)
looking forward to seeing them kweli. I bet that was a pretty breathtaking experience!

[jojo]

This place is truly amazing. The glen runs for about 6 miles in length and is peppered with acient standing stones, circles, carved stones and cairns.

I visited it about 8 years ago but unfortunatly only had one day to explore (no where near enough) And my partenr at the time did not let me linger and enjoy the place. :(

The glen is formed along the line where the mull of kintyre meets the "mainland" of scotland. Its both breathtaking in its wild mountain backdrops aswell as its magickal stones and energy points.

anyway, these are the places i visited on that day.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/kilmartinringx.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/kilmartincairn.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/kilmartin2.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/bluegoddess777/Ballymeanoch_Standing_Stones.jpg

[marpat]

You got some awesome pics jojo. Are these places you have been to visit?

[jojo]

You got some awesome pics jojo. Are these places you have been to visit?
yes, ive visited everyone ive posted so far (still have more to post) but some of the photos ive downloaded from google images.

[marpat]

yes, ive visited everyone ive posted so far (still have more to post) but some of the photos ive downloaded from google images.

I envy you, you have been to some special places. Wish I could get the time to do that.

[phildee3]

I envy you, you have been to some special places. Wish I could get the time to do that.



We all have the time.
It's whether or not we put them high enough on our priorities list that counts!

[marpat]

We all have the time.
It's whether or not we put them high enough on our priorities list that counts!

I have a young family. The choices are to either drag them with me or go alone. I only get weekends free and most of my time is already taken with pretty important stuff.

[phildee3]

I have a young family. The choices are to either drag them with me or go alone. I only get weekends free and most of my time is already taken with pretty important stuff.



Exactly.
What is more important?

PS You're lucky you have the choice to take the kids or go alone.
When I started, I was restricted to the ones where I could take the kids.
I didn't get to go to the really remote ones till they'd left home!

[marpat]

Exactly.
What is more important?

PS You're lucky you have the choice to take the kids or go alone.
When I started, I was restricted to the ones where I could take the kids.
I didn't get to go to the really remote ones till they'd left home!

I do like to visit sites but they are not very high in importance to me compared to a lot of other things. The true sacred space is within the heart of the person. I do still try to get to such places though and am fortunate to live near quite a few.

[phildee3]

I do like to visit sites but they are not very high in importance to me compared to a lot of other things. The true sacred space is within the heart of the person. I do still try to get to such places though and am fortunate to live near quite a few.



Take the kids, man.
They'll probably turn you on to the megalith buiilder's midset!

Where are you?

[marpat]

Take the kids, man.
They'll probably turn you on to the megalith buiilder's midset!

Where are you?

Cumbria

[phildee3]

Cumbria



... and you've not been to Castlerigg?

No choice there, mate.
You are taking the kids!
(plus the missus, picnic basket, the whole nine yards!).

[marpat]

... and you've not been to Castlerigg?

No choice there, mate.
You are taking the kids!
(plus the missus, picnic basket, the whole nine yards!).

Several times, and Long Meg and Swinside, and Mayburgh Henge, etc. It is also not to far to an old Roman Mithraic temple

[phildee3]

several times, and long meg and swinside, and mayburgh henge, etc. It is also not to far to an old roman mithraic temple





i envy you, you have been to some special places. Wish i could get the time to do that.


?

[pleasuredome]

some great pics jojo.

here's a pic of the Humberstone in Leicester. its about 25 tones and goes down a lot deeper. years ago there used to be a hollow around it and most of it was exposed. there are tales of bad luck for people who had damaged in in some way in the past.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/pleasuredome85/IMAG0002.jpg?t=1221578675

[marpat]

?

When I meant I envy jojo I meant for the really top grade site she has been to visit. Some of the pics she has are of sites far more interesting and complex than the ones I have been to.

[jojo]

I envy you, you have been to some special places. Wish I could get the time to do that.


I agree I have been lucky. I used to be a national sales manager for a flooring company and I spent about 2-3 days a week traveling around england going to meetings. I always made sure that if there was a site near to my stop I would go visit it. This way I managed to tie in one of my passions in work time. My boss never found out, but i had to be very sneaky. My "bible" was the Modern Antiquarian" by Julian Cope. I kept it in the car and would try and plan my route from it.

Many of the dorset sites I visited on holiday and i lived in scotland so I got to a few up ther too over the years.

I would like to go visit long meg and her daughters. That looks a very impressive circle.

[jojo]

some great pics jojo.

here's a pic of the Humberstone in Leicester. its about 25 tones and goes down a lot deeper. years ago there used to be a hollow around it and most of it was exposed. there are tales of bad luck for people who had damaged in in some way in the past.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/pleasuredome85/IMAG0002.jpg?t=1221578675

that looks an interesting stone! Ive never heard of it before. thanks for sharing PD

[phildee3]

When I meant I envy jojo I meant for the really top grade site she has been to visit. Some of the pics she has are of sites far more interesting and complex than the ones I have been to.



Most of her pics are unusually good photography.
The grass is always greener... ya know
and envy is such an ugly thing,
we are all blessed with what we need for our own spiritual growth
and "your" sites are just as interesting and complex if ya just look at em right...

Context is a big thing in megalithic studies, -
the ritual landscape in which they are set;
the mood, the moment, the acceptance of being where you are!

[jojo]

Most of her pics are unusually good photography.
]!

ah, well I dated a photographer for a time and he took those. (the ones of avebury, derbyshire and shropshire ones at the begining of the thread.) Yes they are really lovely images in both colour and compersition.

[kweli]

looking forward to seeing them kweli. I bet that was a pretty breathtaking experience!

Indeed it was Jo Jo, it's an experience that will stay with me forever. We only managed three days in the lakes this time, but went to Castlerigg four times. Took my little grandson.. he loved it, he's full of spark & energy already, but man.. this place had such a positive effect on him. :)

Here goes... unfortunately some of the best ones have my family members in them & I'm reluctant to put them on line. Have a few more, I'll put them up soon.

Rainbow
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castleriggcrow.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg4.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg5.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Castlerigg2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Castlerigg3-1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castleriggsr.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Dylan1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/dylan2.jpg

[ihaveadream]

Hi Kweli

I LOVE Castlerigg too ;-)

In fact myself and my wife are planning to re-new our wedding vows there next year for our fifth anniversary.

[celtic isis]

The meagaliths are at least two thousand years older than the Celts (who came up from Germany c. 700 BC)

Curly is on to something!

But Portugal has even earlier megaliths than Ireland.

I wouldn't say that the idea originated in Europe and went to Egypt, but it wasn't the other way round either.

It appears quite common for cultures to begin to erect megaliths when they become sedentary (nomadic, hunter-gatherers staying in one place).

not forgetting that most of the european people's are in origin... CELTIC.

Spanish celts, french celts, italian celts...hence the shared knowledge/scenery/landmarks.

[phildee3]

most of the european people's are in origin... CELTIC.



Sorry, their origins are much older!

Most of them have Celtic blood mixed in, yes.

[jojo]

Indeed it was Jo Jo, it's an experience that will stay with me forever. We only managed three days in the lakes this time, but went to Castlerigg four times. Took my little grandson.. he loved it, he's full of spark & energy already, but man.. this place had such a positive effect on him.

Here goes... unfortunately some of the best ones have my family members in them & I'm reluctant to put them on line. Have a few more, I'll put them up soon.

Rainbow
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castleriggcrow.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg4.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castlerigg5.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Castlerigg2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Castlerigg3-1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castleriggsr.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/Dylan1.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/dylan2.jpg

wow kweli they are fab. your grandson looks a little dude! yes i hear what your saying about stone circles and kids... my son love them too! he particually likes dolmens.

love that one of the two people hugging with the sun shining in the background. he looks like he has a ball of solar energy on his leg too lol.

thanks for sharing those pic. :)

[jojo]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/castleriggcrow.jpg



this one is fab too! its given me an idea for a painting.... :)

[lizzy]

Hi Kweli

I LOVE Castlerigg too ;-)

In fact myself and my wife are planning to re-new our wedding vows there next year for our fifth anniversary.

;)...very cool.

[lizzy]

Fantastic pics kweli......;) Great thread jojo....had'nt seen it before.....:cool:

[2013]

this one is fab too! its given me an idea for a painting.... :)

just what i thought and i thought u would think it too .I did toy with the idea of a two headed raven inspired by a mission video some years back :D

Notice the heart reflected in the pool of water to the left of the upright .

[lookfar]

Just catching up with this one, am loving this thread jojo:)

Kweli those pics are wonderful, I'm glad you all had a great time there honey:D I've only been to Castlerigg once but it was an amazing experience & I'd love to go back.

Looking forward to seeing more, this is one of my favourite subjects!!

[lookfar]

just what i thought and i thought u would think it too .I did toy with the idea of a two headed raven inspired by a mission video some years back :D

Notice the heart reflected in the pool of water to the left of the upright .

Hey honey:)

Good to see ya back! I love The Mission, what vid was it?

[2013]

Also if you look at the stone the raven is sat on you can see what looks like two figures stood side by side , alien looking faces with little definition around the nose area .One seems male the other hooded figure female . :D

[jojo]

Also if you look at the stone the raven is sat on you can see what looks like two figures stood side by side , alien looking faces with little definition around the nose area .One seems male the other hooded figure female . :D

Hi 2013! yes i see the heart shaped puddle. i also see 2 figures in the stone, but the ones i see are kissing and in profile.
great photo that one!

[kweli]

wow kweli they are fab. your grandson looks a little dude! yes i hear what your saying about stone circles and kids... my son love them too! he particually likes dolmens.

love that one of the two people hugging with the sun shining in the background. he looks like he has a ball of solar energy on his leg too lol.

thanks for sharing those pic. :)

Hi Jo jo, yeah, he's a dude alright, lol. The couple in the pic are me & my husband, and aye, that ball of light looks pretty cool, but freaky, yikes!

;)...very cool.

Hope ya can make it sis. :)

Just catching up with this one, am loving this thread jojo:)

Kweli those pics are wonderful, I'm glad you all had a great time there honey:D I've only been to Castlerigg once but it was an amazing experience & I'd love to go back.

Looking forward to seeing more, this is one of my favourite subjects!!


Cheers gal.. mine too. :)

Anyway.. thanks guys.. you spotted so much that I'd missed. Yours, fascinated , kweli x

[lightgiver]

Some menhirs attract legends like antennæ - especially one as remarkable as La Pierre Perc�e leaning 4 metres high at Drache in Touraine, with its natural hole through which troth was plighted by the exchange of bouquets. Children whose heads were passed through the hole were protected from scrofula (TB). Even the grass at its foot protected against evil spells and spirits
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9672/fzdrachekk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8190/fdrache2xe5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[lightgiver]

mushroom stone,huelgoat,brittany;)
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/3716/1000163tx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/374/1000164hm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[astrochicken]

Not wishing to ignore the importance of geometrics and harnessing earth energy but just looking at those pics..

It must be great to be able to pile large stones just because you fu#&ing can.

:)

[phildee3]

It must be great to be able to pile large stones just because you fu#&ing can. :)



Well I wouldn't be so sure,
after all, you're speaking from the perspective of those who fu#&ing can't. :) :)

[astrochicken]

Well I wouldn't be so sure,
after all, you're speaking from the perspective of those who fu#&ing can't. :) :)

You are of course right.


"Aw for fuxache dad.... do we really have to make another bloody henge... it's fu#&ing sunday" :p

[phildee3]

You are of course right.

"Aw for fuxache dad.... do we really have to make another bloody henge... it's fu#&ing sunday" :p



Is this the reason why there are only a hundred of 'em? :eek:

[phildee3]

2601

[phildee3]

2610

[jojo]

mushroom stone,huelgoat,brittany;)
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/3716/1000163tx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/374/1000164hm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

WOW! now that looks really magical! is it human built or a glacial deposit? whatever it is it looks pretty amazing!

[orbandsceptre27]

Reportedly the heaviest capstone in Europe weighing an estimated 100 metric tons.

http://www.ancientireland.org/brownhill/PA050359ax.jpg

[lightgiver]

Gavrinis - Brittany, France.

Gavrinis front entrance

The Isle of Goats just off the coast of Brittany in France is home to the wonderful Gavrinis megalithic cairn. The cairn is about 5500 years old, it is 60 metres in diameter and covers a passage and chamber which is lined with elaborately engraved stones. The 12 metre passage leads to a 2.7 x 2.3 metre chamber which is covered by a large granite capstone. Gavrinis is remarkable similar to Newgrange which was built about 300 years later. There must have been close contact between the Neolithic people of Ireland and Brittany which are 400km apart.

Gavrinis (Gavr'inis) is a 10 minute boat trip from the harbour at Larmor Baden, the round trip including the guided tour lasts about 1 hour and 20 minutes. In order to protect the monument and avoid scratching the stones, cameras are not allowing inside the cairn.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3403/gavrinisfrontoy4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1715/gavrinispassagerv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1373/gavrinishw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

stones at carnac,

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8941/469986493a7c3a23c43ogb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/1525/fzmalves5ih2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[marpat]

Great pics LG. Some awesome monuments there

[lightgiver]

Great pics LG. Some awesome monuments there

very awesome;):)

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9208/fzlavernhiette2mz1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[phildee3]

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9208/fzlavernhiette2mz1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


ID please, lightgiver...

[lightgiver]

ID please, lightgiver...

La Vernhiette.:)

La Vernhiette, Buzeins (Aveyron)

[lightgiver]

Laramière (Lot)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2693/fzlaramiere7cq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us) ;)

[phildee3]

La Vernhiette.



merci.

[anonymousoneuk]

My favorite megalithic site would have to be the City of Baalbek, most of the stones used to construct the foundations of the city could be considered megalithic, which include some stones weighing over 1000 tonnes:

http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_5bk.jpg

Here are some pictures of how these stones have been used in construction:

There is a person in this photo:

http://vejprty.com/batrilit.jpg

There is a person in this photo:

http://vejprty.com/balwshrp.jpg

http://vejprty.com/balside.jpg

http://syria.alexandraknowles.com/photos/TNs/DSCN4833_TN.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/392175177_7348a7cf42.jpg?v=0

There is a person in this photo:

http://www.geocities.com/baalbek72/m9.JPG

The entire city is of megalithic proportions.

I've read that construction was began on the city by the atlanteans, as they were trying to create a race of giants, construction was interrupted due to a cataclysmic event, various cultures from that point on took claim to the city, such as the Romans, who renamed it Heliopolis- City of The Sun.

The columns appear somewhat roman in style, but they are far beyond the Romans capability of construction, they may well have been re-carved into Roman style by the Romans, they never claimed to construct the city however.

Baalbek in it's totality dwarfs Roman constructions such as the collosium, which doesn't even contain any megaliths.

Baalbek also dwarfs the megaliths contained within the great pyramidm the heaviest stones used in construction of the pyramid weighing 40 tonnes.

We have no force on earth that could utilise blocks weighing over 1000 tonnes in construction, it's doubtful we could move something that heavy in one piece.

It would likely be impossible to even utilise some of the lighter 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 tonne blocks used in the construction of baalbek.

A city that defies historical and modern technology, seemingly forgotten.

[jojo]

wow! see the size of that stone in your 1st image! thanks for sharing anonymousoneuk

[anonymousoneuk]

wow! see the size of that stone in your 1st image! thanks for sharing anonymousoneuk

Your welcome.

Peace :)

[phildee3]

The entire city is of megalithic proportions.



All megaliths are of megalithic proportions. :rolleyes:

[anonymousoneuk]

All megaliths are of megalithic proportions. :rolleyes:

But entire cities are not usually composed megalithic stones :rolleyes:

Learn to gain intuitive reasoning so that you may gain the ability to interpret abstract conceptualisation conveyed through written word fuckwit.

Peace :)

[logic bomb]

A pic I took in Angkor in 2005.

[phildee3]

Learn to gain intuitive reasoning so that you may gain the ability to interpret abstract conceptualisation conveyed through written word fuckwit.



Sorry. I didn't realise you had no sense of humor. :(

[jojo]

A pic I took in Angkor in 2005.
thats beautiful! :)

[anonymousoneuk]

Sorry. I didn't realise you had no sense of humor. :(

Meh...

[anonymousoneuk]

I need some opinions on baalbek.

It is a powerful piece of empirical evidence for a channeling source being accurate.

While i don't hang on every word, i read a lot of information from a channeling source that claimed to be the human race in a more evolved non physical from.

Here is what they said about baalbek:

Q: Who built the city of Baalbek?
A: Antereans and early Sumerians. We meant Atlanteans. [Who are the Antereans]
Q: What is the reason for the enormous proportions of this building?
A: Giants.
Q: Who were the giants?
A: Genetic effort to recreate Nephalim.
Q: Did the Atlanteans and Sumerians succeed in recreating the Nephilim?
A: No.
Q: Why did they build this enormous city?
A: Retarded subjects.
Q: The results of their efforts were retarded?
A: Yes.
Q: Why did they build the enormous city?
A: In anticipation of success.
Q: Why would someone come along and build a city of the proportions of Baalbek in anticipation of a genetic project that could take many years to accomplish.
A: Project took only three years. Speeded up growth cycle using nuclear hormonal replication procedure. Why failed.
Q: That's why it failed, because of the speeded up growth?
A: Did not take properly.
Q: What technical means did they use to cut the stones and transport them?
A: Sound wave focusing.
Q: What happened to interrupt or halt the building of this city?
A: Venus first appearance and pass.

Here is an article detailing some of the local legends surrounding the construction and purpose of the city.

The Local Legends of Baalbek

Curiously, it would seem that not one Roman emperor ever claimed credit for the Baalbek temple complex or for the construction of its massive foundations.[12]

Similarly, we find no evidence for Roman construction among the local people. What we do find instead are legends which suggest that Baalbek was built by super-human powers in an epoch long before human civilisation began.

The Arabs believed that Baalbek once belonged to the legendary Nimrod, who ruled this area of Lebanon. According to an Arabic manuscript, Nimrod sent giants to rebuild Baalbek after the Flood. Another legend states that Nimrod rebelled against Yahweh and built the Tower of Babel here, in order to ascend to Heaven and attack his God. According to one version of this legend, Nimrod ascended to the top of the Tower but found himself as far from his objective (Heaven) as when he had begun; after the Tower collapsed, Nimrod attempted to scale the heavens in a carriage drawn by four strong birds, but the carriage, after wandering for a long time in space, eventually crashed on Mount Hermon, thus killing Nimrod. Earlier in this tale, Nimrod had been visited by Abraham, who came as a messenger of God to warn Nimrod of punishment for his sins. But Nimrod, vexed by these threats, had cast Abraham into a blazing furnace (from which the latter somehow emerged unscathed).[13]

The local Muslims believed that it was beyond the capability of humans to move the enormous stones of Baalbek. Instead of giants, however, they credited the work to demons or djinn. Muslim tradition states that Baalbek was once the home of Abraham, and later of Solomon. It is also suggested that the prophet Elijah was taken into Heaven from Baalbek - upon a steed of fire.[14]

Other legends associated Baalbek with the Biblical figure of Cain - the son of Adam - claiming that he built it as a refuge after his god Yahweh had cursed him. According to Estfan Doweihi, the Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon: 'Tradition states that the fortress of Baalbek... is the most ancient building in the world. Cain, the son of Adam, built it in the year 133 of the creation, during a fit of raving madness. He gave it the name of his son Enoch and peopled it with giants who were punished for their iniquities by the flood.'[15]

http://www.eridu.co.uk/Author/Mysteries_of_the_World/Baalbek/Baalbek7/baalbek7.html

Is this evidence of this channeling source being correct?

This is the source:

http://unedited.bravehost.com/

I feel like i am at breaking point, through out all of my "discoveries" during my"awakening" i have done my best to remain as down to earth as possible to appease a great many possible and interpretations of the data I've collected, determined there was some great picture to realise, a great truth, but unwilling to release my attachment to the mentality of my peers.

The whole we evolved from monkeys, the meaning of life is to have fun, attain social status and reproduce concept, makes sense, but for some reason i have this drive to know more, i really sense there is something to know, at times it feels as if it's tearing me apart.

Baalbek is just about the only absolutely unexplainable empirical evidence i can call on to support my ideas, it also gives some credibility to a channel source i used to draw heavily from in developing my ideas.

That is that we are manipulated etherically and psychologically by hyperdimensional beings(reptilians among others), because mankind fell from grace, into energetic vibrational sync with the hierarchical self-serving conscious polarity system, from the non self serving consciousness polarity system.

I want to know if i am being unreasonable in believing what i do...

*sigh*

Peace

[hagbard_celine]

A pic I took in Angkor in 2005.

That's amazing!:cool: Thanks.

Which came first, the wall or the tree?

[krakhead]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-wSCUfp_-as
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzGPzvpjF0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IPLcfgmRf1E
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iRP45ds_vp0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vAOClWXBA&
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr5a0WqlYE0

[hagbard_celine]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3281/96100107dv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Rollright Stones. The nearest major megalithic site to my home.:)

[hagbard_celine]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-wSCUfp_-as
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzGPzvpjF0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IPLcfgmRf1E
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iRP45ds_vp0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vAOClWXBA&
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr5a0WqlYE0

I remember Julian Cope's music in the 80's. Showing my age!:D Thanks for this interesting vid.

[jojo]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3281/96100107dv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Rollright Stones. The nearest major megalithic site to my home.:)

wonderful circle that haggers! i loved it there. such a powerful energy spot!

[humito]

There are some amazing pics on this thread!!!!!!!
my favourite is castlerigg.............I spent 10 years travelling up to the lake district every summer to help run hostels..........i have spent so much time there its like an old friend and in such a beautifull location .......misty sunrises ahoy!!! the most energy I have felt was at the complex of circles on Aran...........an amazing place to camp and watch the owls lurking around on the stones on a full moon night!!!!! I got 'magnetised' to one of the stones there while i had my hands on it meditating and had to be pulled away buy a friend.....:):cool:

[humito]

julian copes song 'paranormal in the west country'...........what a corker!!!

[jojo]

There are some amazing pics on this thread!!!!!!!
my favourite is castlerigg.............I spent 10 years travelling up to the lake district every summer to help run hostels..........i have spent so much time there its like an old friend and in such a beautifull location .......misty sunrises ahoy!!! the most energy I have felt was at the complex of circles on Aran...........an amazing place to camp and watch the owls lurking around on the stones on a full moon night!!!!! I got 'magnetised' to one of the stones there while i had my hands on it meditating and had to be pulled away buy a friend.....:):cool:

i know the circles you talk about (on Arran) I also camped there. yes, its a very very powerful place.

[humito]

http://www.stonesofwonder.com/machrie.htm yup Jo Jo.........was quite unforgettable there...........Aran itslef is just so lovely......full of the faireefolkes

[humito]

avoid the summer midges in scotland at all costs if planning a camping trip there!!!!!!!! bastards lol

[biblegirl]

Just wanted to say that this thread rocks! :)

[biblegirl]

I passed thru Washington on a road trip last fall and stopped off to take a look at this stonehenge monument. I was kinda hoping for some orbs. Oh well.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3588/mg4207rev0gl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3176/mg4209rev0gb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

In Maryhill, Washington, on a plateau high above the Columbia River, stands Stonehenge. This full-sized replica is complete, the way the pagan Druids would have wanted their original to look. Road-builder Sam Hill finished Stonehenge in 1930, dedicated to the World War I dead of Klickitat County. It is a stark concrete vision, made more easily memorable by the gift shop that has been erected nearby :rolleyes:.

Got the pic below from a tourist website with the following caption:

At dusk, these lone teens drink in monolithic vibes of the ceremonial altar stone, and hope to experience Stonehenge's energy in the raw -- after the travel writers go away . . .

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6197/wamarteenscw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[humito]

long meg in cumbria is a lovely circle too......with the overlooked little meg down the road with nice spiral carvings...

[humito]

At dusk, these lone teens drink in monolithic vibes of the ceremonial altar stone, and hope to experience Stonehenge's energy in the raw -- after the travel writers go away . . .

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6197/wamarteenscw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)[/QUOTE]

i dont think these teens would get many vibes without the presely bluestones
and the earth energy alignment at salsbury:rolleyes::D

[phildee3]

i dont think these teens would get many vibes without the presely bluestones
and the earth energy alignment at salsbury:rolleyes::D



Quite right.
The place is totally dead.
The absense of sarsen stone too, which is also very powerful, and the intent of the builders.
Sam Hill had no understanding of, nor intent to replicate, the spiritual power of place.

[jojo]

I passed thru Washington on a road trip last fall and stopped off to take a look at this stonehenge monument. I was kinda hoping for some orbs. Oh well.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3588/mg4207rev0gl7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3176/mg4209rev0gb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

In Maryhill, Washington, on a plateau high above the Columbia River, stands Stonehenge. This full-sized replica is complete, the way the pagan Druids would have wanted their original to look. Road-builder Sam Hill finished Stonehenge in 1930, dedicated to the World War I dead of Klickitat County. It is a stark concrete vision, made more easily memorable by the gift shop that has been erected nearby :rolleyes:.

Got the pic below from a tourist website with the following caption:

At dusk, these lone teens drink in monolithic vibes of the ceremonial altar stone, and hope to experience Stonehenge's energy in the raw -- after the travel writers go away . . .

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6197/wamarteenscw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


YAK! thats a horrible place....how strange and inacurate... Sam Hill? was he a stone mason per chance?

it looks like a fortress... like an energy fortress.... i wonder what power line tptb decided to erect this lil beauty?

[jojo]

its strange because i drove past a fake stone circle today. It was in the middle of a rundown area of the city and they have stuck a fucking stone circle in the middle of it set in red and white circular lines like a target!

i cant find any images but i will try and go back to get some photos! I got a real bad vibe in my solar plexus when i saw it today... and then i see this fake stone henge and it has the same effect.



WTF? tptb wont be spending good money on this shite if it wasnt effecting us in some way.

[humito]

http://england-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/druids_in_the_heart_of_yorkshire annother fake stone henge in yorkshire....a victorian folly.........http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/content_objectid=13931596_method=full_siteid=50142 _headline=--Fibreglass-stone-circles--for-Gorsedd-name_page.html annother even weider portable one!!
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2008/03/26/faux_henge_1_203_203x152.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2008/03/26/stonehenge_oz_feature.shtml&h=152&w=203&sz=22&hl=en&start=1&um=1&usg=__DJBte-e1VgLtTp_ijtEIW07Qcao=&tbnid=Eby9Yl-I0xYhQM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfake%2Bhenges%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cr %3DcountryUK%257CcountryGB

[humito]

http://www.book-of-shadows.org/stone_circle_project.htm maybee not so sinister one.........however, I believe the ancients built their circles with knowledge of power spots........although energies can be raised in any circle it seems a bit weird.

[jojo]

http://www.book-of-shadows.org/stone_circle_project.htm maybee not so sinister one.........however, I believe the ancients built their circles with knowledge of power spots........although energies can be raised in any circle it seems a bit weird.

yes this link doesnt seem sinister.... i can see why they are doing it, but i prefer to go to origional sites for ceromonys.

i think the victorian circles were used by the elite groups who built them for ritual ....

but the ones that the ptb build are nasty nasty nasty in feel..
more like energy fortresses. built to contain certain ferquences in place...