nigelswift
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John William Burgon: Petra
Jun 25, 2009, 06:40
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http://home.tiac.net/~cri/2005/petra.html
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Littlestone
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Edited Jun 25, 2009, 10:09
John William Burgon: Petra
Jun 25, 2009, 10:03
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nigelswift wrote:
Which Man deemed old two thousand years ago.
Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,
A rose-red city half as old as time.
H G Wells, writing 77 years later, seems to have matched such a marvel :-) Wonderful indeed it is, a vast circumvallation that was already two thousand years old before the dawn of British history...
See http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/
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Littlestone
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Edited Jul 05, 2009, 10:22
Kettley Crag
Jul 04, 2009, 22:40
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Under a safe and ancient overhang
stony raindrops
spreading their unfathomable pattern
across the world
across the ages.
Dropped and patiently chipped away
in an unmoving pool of stone.
In an unresolved pond of another reality.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/76553.jpg
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tonyh
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Edited Jul 04, 2009, 23:06
Re: Kettley Crag
Jul 04, 2009, 22:56
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Tony
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tiompan
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Re: Megalithic Poems
Jul 14, 2009, 14:28
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Then to her Patron Saint a previous rite
Resounded with deep swell and solemn close ,
Through unremititng vigils of the night ,
Till from his couch the wished for sun uprose .
He rose and straight - as by divine comamand-
They ,who had waited for that sign to trace
Their work's foundation ,gave with careful ahnd
To the high altar its determined place .
William Wordsworth .1823
On seeing the Foundation preparing for the Erection of Rydale Chapel Westmoreland .
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Littlestone
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Re: Megalithic Poems
Jul 14, 2009, 16:51
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Many thanks for that Mr t - hadn't seen it before. The poem is here if anyone's interested -
http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/William_Wordsworth/william_wordsworth_697.htm
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Littlestone
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Biblical quotations: Exodus 20:25.
Jul 19, 2009, 21:07
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tiompan wrote: Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy father's have set .
Proverbs 22:28
Also, Mr t -
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 20:25.
Thanks to Chance http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=53807&message=671264 , for his link to http://www.youtube.com/user/Saxondalerocks and to JC's comparison there of the above to Avebury.
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tjj
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Edited Jul 20, 2009, 20:02
Re: Biblical quotations: Exodus 20:25.
Jul 20, 2009, 09:35
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Littlestone wrote: tiompan wrote: Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy father's have set .
Proverbs 22:28
Also, Mr t -
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 20:25.
It is strange that you have posted the above biblical quotation as I am currently reading M. Scott Peck's 'In Search of Stones' which is an account of his trip around the UK with his wife of many years looking for megalithic sites - and assessing them in terms of 'holiness' (others might say sacredness). He uses the quality of light and the sense of peace/silence to do this ... the first site on their journey to have this affect was Carrig Samson/Long House Farm dolmen.
I started reading this library book with some reservations, thinking the author something of a 'god-botherer'; it seems that his primary affiliation was with the Quakers who look for the 'light within' ... can't see anything wrong with that.
Anyway, I mention it as the frontispiece is as follows:
"Make me an alter of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to mentioned I will come to you and bless you. And if you make Me and alter of stones, do not build with hewn stones; for by wielding your tool upon them you have profaned them." Exodus 20: 24-25
The quotation still leaves me completly cold I'm afraid ... but an interesting coincidence as this is the first time I have encountered it.
M.Scott Peck published 'In Search of Stones' in 1995, he died in 2005.
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Littlestone
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O'Hartigan: Hill of Tara
Jul 21, 2009, 07:28
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It was a famous Fortress of Wisdom.
It was enobled with warlike Chiefs.
To be viewed it was a splendid Hill
During the time of Cormac Mac Airt.
Enlightened was his train of Bards
Who kept the Records in careful Order.
And what they said was respected
By all the Teachers of each Art.
O'Hartigan (10th century bard) writing on Tara in The Book of Ballymote. Translated by O'Hart (19th century).
See also the latest news on the Tara Skyrne Valley here - http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/
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tonyh
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Re: Biblical quotations: Exodus 20:25.
Jul 21, 2009, 15:35
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tjj wrote: Littlestone wrote: tiompan wrote: Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy father's have set .
Proverbs 22:28
Also, Mr t -
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 20:25.
It is strange that you have posted the above biblical quotation as I am currently reading M. Scott Peck's 'In Search of Stones' which is an account of his trip around the UK with his wife of many years looking for megalithic sites - and assessing them in terms of 'holiness' (others might say sacredness). He uses the quality of light and the sense of peace/silence to do this ... the first site on their journey to have this affect was Carrig Samson/Long House Farm dolmen.
I started reading this library book with some reservations, thinking the author something of a 'god-botherer'; it seems that his primary affiliation was with the Quakers who look for the 'light within' ... can't see anything wrong with that.
Anyway, I mention it as the frontispiece is as follows:
"Make me an alter of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to mentioned I will come to you and bless you. And if you make Me and alter of stones, do not build with hewn stones; for by wielding your tool upon them you have profaned them." Exodus 20: 24-25
The quotation still leaves me completly cold I'm afraid ... but an interesting coincidence as this is the first time I have encountered it.
M.Scott Peck published 'In Search of Stones' in 1995, he died in 2005.
Yep..
Pretty dreary stuff J
Tony
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