[Stones] Caedroia - magazine and website on Labyrinths and mazes

[Ric]

there is a crucifix at the heart of Newgrange (and other prehistoric monuments). this is yet another example of a pagan symbol being reused by a later culture
   
  http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0022-15,15.-Galleries-at-New-Grange/0022-15,15.-Galleries-at-New-Grange-q75-781x295.jpg
   
  http://makeashorterlink.com/?G1633493E
   
  ric
  

Thelma Wilcox <thelmawilcox at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    Thinking about labyrinths brings to mind our modern one on top of Solsbury Hill, near Bath.  This was made, probably by road protestors a few years ago, because of the A46 improvement underneath the hill -( one of the would be linking roads between the south coast - Stonehenge - and M4 north, by the way) it can be found here, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/45413, 
  This year I went up to see  how the maze was faring, someone had built a fire at its entrance,but the day I went up was Good Friday and instead of peace and quiet on the top there was about 100 people from the local churches who had walked up with a cross.  It was to my mind a strange combination, an iron age hillfort with presumably pagan religion of old, and the christian church carrying its cross to the top of the hill. Now I come to think about it a lovely juxtaposition of religious history with the maze uniting it....

Judith Helling 
  Agreed, Caerdroia is excellent on labyrinths.
I've been fascinated by labyrinths for years, and have dabbled with them in 
my art but never quite got where I wanted ...!
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