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  • Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     OP - May 02, 2009, 05:23 PM
    There are several ancient stone circles around UK.

    As it happens I pass by Avebury stone circles once or twice a week on my way to collect eggs for my brothers farm. Last Wednesday I stopped and took a few pictures with my mobile phone. The shaky lol results are below.

    Just wondered what ppl though meaning these stones have? Why were they put there? Are there such things as Ley Lines? Do they have a magical or long forgotten power etc...?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DXl343lyuM
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #1 - May 02, 2009, 06:49 PM
     eusa_boohoo Who is singing in the background?
    ...
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #2 - May 02, 2009, 08:54 PM
    Quote from: RIBS on May 02, 2009, 06:49 PM
    eusa_boohoo Who is singing in the background?


    The "Incredible String Band" the song is called: "Sailor and the Dancer" from their 1972 album Earthspan.

    LYRICS:

    Beneath some shaded planet
    before this earth was born
    We came together
    and we danced in the early dawn
    For my hands contain ten dances
    that shall bear us into the night
    Into the sea
    and the moon's morning light
    Night mimed a bow
    and broke into the day
    Fair sailors and their cautious friends
    smiled on the sea
    That reflected all their gazes
    and danced with the air
    The breezes filled the sails
    high against the quay
    High on the limpid waves the ship it did fly
    Rising as a condor into the silvery sky
    Passing through the arches that begin his earth
    The sailors saw the scenic air
    as air gave Earth it's birth
    Gazing ahead towards today
    They saw the fields of this world
    They watched the first new dancers
    As their bodies did unfurl.

    Smiley
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #3 - May 02, 2009, 09:18 PM
    My guess is they're druid, like Stone Henge.
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #4 - May 02, 2009, 09:23 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 02, 2009, 05:23 PM
    Just wondered what ppl though meaning these stones have? Why were they put there? Are there such things as Ley Lines? Do they have a magical or long forgotten power etc...?


    1/ They are ancient temples, or more accurately they are what remains of ancient temples. They were places of worship and also incorporated some basic astronomy (alignments, solstices, etc) in the layout of the stones.

    2/ As above.

    3/ Some people think so. I've never seen a scientific paper on them though.

    4/ As above.
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  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #5 - May 02, 2009, 09:24 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:18 PM
    My guess is they're druid, like Stone Henge.

    Stonehenge pre-dates the druids and had nothing to do with them when it was built. The druidic connection was invented in the 19th century by people who wanted to resurrect their "ancestral" religion but had no real idea what they were doing.
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  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #6 - May 02, 2009, 09:32 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:24 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:18 PM
    My guess is they're druid, like Stone Henge.

    Stonehenge pre-dates the druids and had nothing to do with them when it was built. The druidic connection was invented in the 19th century by people who wanted to resurrect their "ancestral" religion but had no real idea what they were doing.


    That's right, these stone circles pre-date the Druids.

    There is still no consensus on why they were built and what they were for.

    At the start of the video it shows a glimpse of Silbury Hill which is - I believe - the largest man-made ancient hill in the world, it is only a stones throw from the Avebury stones, but again, no-one is sure why it was built and what it was for. It's proximity to Avebury obviously makes ppl think there was a link, but who knows.

    I guess places of holy pilgrimage have always been part of human existence. The Hajj to Mecca is just one that's still alive.

    I have always thought the kissing of the stone in the Ka'ba was a pre-historic custom. Perhaps the pilgrims to Avebury also kissed stones.

    Man is always reaching out to God - and in the absence of God - stones will do! LOL
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #7 - May 02, 2009, 09:33 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:24 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:18 PM
    My guess is they're druid, like Stone Henge.

    Stonehenge pre-dates the druids and had nothing to do with them when it was built. The druidic connection was invented in the 19th century by people who wanted to resurrect their "ancestral" religion but had no real idea what they were doing.


    That would make sense, seeing as druids like oak groves.
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #8 - May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #9 - May 02, 2009, 09:43 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?


    Yes, but the British Government is hiding the evidence from us because they don't want us to know the truth about Jesus, our saviour!
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #10 - May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #11 - May 02, 2009, 09:49 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 02, 2009, 09:43 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?


    Yes, but the British Government is hiding the evidence from us because they don't want us to know the truth about Jesus, our saviour!


    ...but, ofcourse.  Wink
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #12 - May 02, 2009, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.


    Seriously?
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #13 - May 02, 2009, 09:51 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.


    Seriously?

     Roll Eyes Yes. Shan. Seriously.  Tongue
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  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #14 - May 02, 2009, 09:54 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.


    Seriously?


    Do you live on planet Earth, Shaneequa?

    Why don't you read and learn a little about the world around you?

    You might find that some of the beliefs you have are completely unfounded.

    Or is that what you are afraid of?
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #15 - May 02, 2009, 10:17 PM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 02, 2009, 09:54 PM
    Or is that what you are afraid of?

    Got it in one.  Afro
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  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #16 - May 03, 2009, 11:53 AM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 02, 2009, 09:54 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.


    Seriously?


    Do you live on planet Earth, Shaneequa?

    Why don't you read and learn a little about the world around you?

    You might find that some of the beliefs you have are completely unfounded.

    Or is that what you are afraid of?


    I'm just reading and learning different things than you are. I'm looking at one part of the elephant and you're looking at another part.
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #17 - May 03, 2009, 12:27 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 03, 2009, 11:53 AM
    Quote from: Hassan on May 02, 2009, 09:54 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: osmanthus on May 02, 2009, 09:46 PM
    Quote from: Shaneequa on May 02, 2009, 09:38 PM
    Have any skeletal remains of giants been found around Stone Henge?

    No skeletal remains of giants have been found anywhere  on Earth.


    Seriously?


    Do you live on planet Earth, Shaneequa?

    Why don't you read and learn a little about the world around you?

    You might find that some of the beliefs you have are completely unfounded.

    Or is that what you are afraid of?


    I'm just reading and learning different things than you are. I'm looking at one part of the elephant and you're looking at another part.


    OK, well I think you can move away from the part you've been looking at and take a look at some other parts now.

    Smiley
  • Re: Stone Circles - what do they mean?
     Reply #18 - May 03, 2009, 02:57 PM
    I'm really bad at metaphors.
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