[Stones] Longman of Wilmington Abuse

[Mark White]

Littlestone,
The long man is not an effigy of a prophet, holy or otherwise. It is a 
sixteenth or seventeenth century hill carving. Which used to be a military 
figure, with a helmet on and everything.

On the other hand, it's a lot older than the druids' religion which, in my 
opinion, verges on Victorian Scientology. (yes, I know that's getting a bit 
anachronistic but I'm showing you a valuable example of what we in the real 
world call "lightening up and having a laugh").
mw x

>From: "littlestone" <littlestone at supanet.com>
>Reply-To: The Stones Mailing List <stones at henge.org.uk>
>To: <Stones at henge.org.uk>
>Subject: [Stones] Longman of Wilmington Abuse
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:19:27 +0100
>
>Also this link, John, which is a bit faster in getting to the relevant 
>press reports 
>http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/60668/news/long_man_of_wilmington.html
>
>The Independent's article quotes one  Druid as saying, "We, the pagans, 
>would not in our wildest dreams consider putting female breasts and 
>clothing on effigies of any Holy Prophets, be it Jesus Christ, Buddha or 
>any other revered figure of another faith. Why then, does ITV commission 
>Trinny and Susannah to do so at the Long Man of Wilmington?"
>
>Conservation considerations aside, the above comment says it all really - 
>ie that the Pagan community in this country is still not taken seriously; 
>in fact, while the leaders of the various faiths might show some degree of 
>respect for each other's religions (in public at least) the same cannot be 
>said for some leaders of the Christian church with regard to the Pagan 
>religions.
>
>Should just add that I'm neither a pagan or indeed belong to any religion - 
>just concerned with respect for our monuments and for those who consider 
>those monuments sacred to their beliefs.


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