[Stones] Secrets of Stonehenge

[Ric]

Hi Nancy,

this is a 'mega' subject and the ancient colossus
which is Hinduism is historically, partially
understood only - but all 3 of the contemporary major
Hindu schools of thought represented by Vishnu
(Krishna), Shiva, Brahma are basically - if not
especially - Tantric / of the 'Sacred Marriage' in
nature, since all three godheads possess their female
counterparts, 'shakti' or "wisdom" - so it seems to
cycle back to the symbol of the male upright within a
female circle -  templates for Stonehenge, Avebury's
south inner circle, and many other stone circles [and
'sea henges'] as well. 

The modern name for this design in India is the
'Shivling'

http://jalore.nic.in/.%5Cimage%5Cshivling%20in%20fort.JPG

as an object of devotional worship the stoneage
'bullaun' from Ireland may be a direct parallel?

http://www.megalithomania.com/hires/800x600/feaghna.jpg

*IF* the theory is correct - a major preoccupation of
the Neolithic Age could have been the worship of a
divine couple, whose eternal embrace, represented by
monolith-centred stone circles, ensured the earth's
fertility and was connected with the cyclic behaviour
of sun, moon and other heavenly bodies?

Terry Meaden broaches this, in his 'Secrets of the
Avebury Stones' (1999) and other authors have noticed
similarities between the [later] European Iron Age
belief systems and those of India,  for example Alwyn
and Brinley Rees 'Celtic Heritage' (1961), and Neil
Campbell's article at -

http://www.geocities.com/indianpaganism/celticvedic.html

oh yes, i do seriously believe there are "Secrets of
Stonehenge" but i do not believe we have even begun to
round the corner on what those secrets actually are,
yet?

;)

Ric



--- The Wissers <wissers3 at enter.net> wrote:


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    Ric,

Thanks for the smile this morning! All the times I
admired tilakas, Inever thought of Stonehenge!Of
course, who would it be dedicated to butthe beautiful
blue boy who is the Supreme? Before I saw your
winkingsmiley, I was sitting here thinking, "He can't
be serious!?

Nancy"


Ric wrote:  
apologies for the
typo!http://www.thestonehengineers.com/m_pix22.jpgR---
Ric <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:  
      
Hello,Secrets of Stonehenge?still a secret i gather,
by perusing subsequent posts? personally, i believe
the Stonehenge 'horseshoe' symbolism is this -    
    
http://z.about.com/d/altreligion/1/0/V/H/2/tilaka.jpg 

      
horseshoe or crescent as a variant of the circle
symbol (female); dot in the middle is
'bindu'(male),corresponding to the fallen monolith at
the centre    
    
of  
      
Stonehenge, popularly known as an 'altar stone' i
believe, in its fallen state? this is just my personal
belief - or part of it - influenced by others, and
subject to much thought: i do think this is the secret
of Stonehenge's template, at any rate? ;)    
    
http://altreligion.about.com/library/graphics/symbols/bldefstilaka.htm
 




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