Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 I'm > very partial to stone circles <g>. > > Love, > Jo, in Sydney Hi Jo, I too feel drawn to stone circles. Have you been able to explore any? Does anyone on the list have experience with circles, ley lines, spiritual places? Wendy B.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 I'm in the process of making a mini-Stonehenge in my front yard as part of my Halloween decorations. We call it mini-henge. I may recreate it more permanently in the back yard after the holiday. Does that count? > " Wendy " <wmm > > > Stone circles >Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:16:09 -0700 > > >I'm > > very partial to stone circles <g>. > > > > Love, > > Jo, in Sydney > > >Hi Jo, > > I too feel drawn to stone circles. Have you been able to explore any? >Does anyone on the list have experience with circles, ley lines, >spiritual >places? > > > >Wendy >B.C. > > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Ray Hunter wrote: > I'm in the process of making a mini-Stonehenge in my front yard as part of > my Halloween decorations. We call it mini-henge. I may recreate it more > permanently in the back yard after the holiday. Does that count? I like it!!! (LOL) Love, Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Wendy wrote: > Hi Jo, > > I too feel drawn to stone circles. Have you been able to explore any? < I lived in England until I was 27, Wendy, the last 5 years in Salisbury which is very near Stonehenge. Spent a lot of time there, couldn't keep away. My husband and I went out there at dawn a couple of times to take photos and that was a very special experience. This was more than 30 years ago and the stones were not fenced off as they are now. We could go right among them, sit on the fallen ones, hug them (well,partially). I lay on the fallen altar stone one misty evening and pretended I was Tess ( of the d'Urbervilles)! I've only looked at a distance since they fenced it off - can't bear it. We were also near Avebury which is a village surrounded by standing stones. Interesting but not as impressive as Stonehenge because more spaced out. The British Isles is full of standing stones. We also saw the standing stones of Carnac, in France, one year. Rows and rows, rather than a circle, marching into the distance. I do miss them! Love, Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Jo-- How fortunate for you to have been able to literally touch the magic! Could you elaborate on your experiences there? Feelings, thoughts, sensations, dreams afterward...I think that many of us would be fascinated by a more detailed description of your experiences at Stonhenge and some of the other sacred places you visited. I recall reading something about sacred places in Australia, as well. Are you near any, or have you visited them? Inquiring Minds Want To Know!!!! Thanks for sharing your unique adventures. Can't wait to hear more! F > > I lived in England until I was 27, Wendy, the last 5 years in Salisbury > which is very near Stonehenge. Spent a lot of time there, couldn't keep > away. My husband and I went out there at dawn a couple of times to take > photos and that was a very special experience. This was more than 30 years > ago and the stones were not fenced off as they are now. We could go right > among them, sit on the fallen ones, hug them (well,partially). I lay on the > fallen altar stone one misty evening and pretended I was Tess ( of the > d'Urbervilles)! I've only looked at a distance since they fenced it off - > can't bear it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 > I too feel drawn to stone circles. Have you been able to explore any? >Does anyone on the list have experience with circles, ley lines, >spiritual >places? I'm in England, we're ear-deep in them; it's a pity I can't send you a few Your first surprise might be that a lot of them are actually pretty scruffy and unimpressive. My experience is that they mark special places, not create them, and I think it's an experience the ancients would have shared. There are two fairy forts on my wife's family's farm in the west of Ireland. While it's spooky to stand in them and think that it was her ancestors who built and used them, they do feel like what they really are; Bronze Age cattle pens. The most powerful place I ever saw was a small natural grotto, glimpsed while leaping across a stream valley in Yorkshire, never seen again. Incredibly powerful, not a menhir in sight. Obviously the Americas and Australia are just as endowed with places of power as Europe, all you lack are the European-style markers. We know that stone circle building was done to a consistent design across the whole of Europe, suggesting that there was a college of 'sacred architects', probably based in what is today northern France, travelling the whole of Ancient Europe, overseeing construction. >I too feel drawn to stone circles. So maybe old memories run deep Wendy ... Ged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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