Stonehenge is a remarkable feat of engineering. Visitors from all over the world have been drawn to it for the past 5000 years.
But who needs to travel to Salisbury Plain to view?
This Stonehenge is located some 25 kms from Launceston at Epping Forest on the Midland Highway. Tourists and locals alike stop and gaze in awe at this wonderous site, pondering megalithic ruins of ancient civilisations.
We are familiar with many ancient cultures holding festivals to celebrate solstices and equinoxes; times of renewal and replenishment of the earth. We are thankful that this structure was made possible by the energetic effect of solar, lunar and stellar cycles of the universe by providing an abundance of sunshine and rain to make the grass grow. What you see in this photo is only half of the monument – the good half. It has been known that during leaner times on the land, parts of the monument has been carried away to be used as feed for stock and, more recently by environmentalists, building straw bale houses.
Whatever the reason for Stonehenge, whether mystical or mythical, let it be said that the primary producers at Epping Forest and surrounding communities have been known to hold ritual activities (or perhaps fanciful notions) peculiar to only that part of Tasmania …. the mind boggles to what these fanciful notions may be.
2 comments:
I saw this a few weeks ago!! How cool is it?? There is a Tasmanian ( recently from the UK) man who built a portion of Stonehenge out of stone for a mainland garden show. He pooh-poohed the whole Stonehenge myth and said it was just a lot of stones. I think he is bonkers!! I love the whole Stonehenge myth!!!
I listen to Coast to Coast Am nights when my menopausal self is experiencing insomnia and the general consensus from the guests and the callers is that sites like Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt etc were either set up by Druids or such type groups or extra terrestrials.
I find the idea of people celebrating the solstices at sites like this interesting , doesn't necessarily mean they're satanists perhaps just pantheists.
I think God made sure there were beautiful and mystical places all over the world for us to celebrate the world and the Universe or Source or God or whatever you want to call it.
My blog seems to be down at the moment Audrey so can't read your comment. Liz
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