Stonehenge
The news comes that scientists have determined that Stonehenge was a burial ground for cremated remains – probably for some ruling dynasty - for centuries before the massive stone monument was erected.
In other words, today’s advanced scientific equipment seems to have finally confirmed what medieval literature said all along...
Here’s what interests me more: Why? What is it about the spot – its energy – that made it sacred space? I sincerely doubt that folks were just randomly milling about and said, apropos of nothing, “Gee this is big and empty, let’s ditch this cremated stuff here and maybe we’ll just pop these big, tall stones here, too. What the heck.”
What if human beings in 3000 BC – like most indigenous cultures – were still able to feel the energies in places and things and respond appropriately?
If we could hurry up and get some scientific data on that, please… perhaps we – their numbed-out descendants - could wise up to more of what surrounds us.
“Some scholars have contended that the enigmatic stones, surrounded by a ditch and earthen banks in concentric circles, more than likely marked a sacred place of healing. The idea is at least as old as medieval literature, which also includes stories of Stonehenge as a memorial to the dead. So there could be an element of truth to both hypotheses, experts say.”
In other words, today’s advanced scientific equipment seems to have finally confirmed what medieval literature said all along...
Here’s what interests me more: Why? What is it about the spot – its energy – that made it sacred space? I sincerely doubt that folks were just randomly milling about and said, apropos of nothing, “Gee this is big and empty, let’s ditch this cremated stuff here and maybe we’ll just pop these big, tall stones here, too. What the heck.”
What if human beings in 3000 BC – like most indigenous cultures – were still able to feel the energies in places and things and respond appropriately?
If we could hurry up and get some scientific data on that, please… perhaps we – their numbed-out descendants - could wise up to more of what surrounds us.
