Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Just a slight update on the thing about posting to appropriate Internet forums to discourage people from leaving inappropriate stuff.

I've joined several hippy and new age forums, but I haven't yet seen any references to people visiting stone circles etc, or to ley lines or anything like that, which seems rather surprising. I didn't Google `neo-pagan' (or pagan for that matter) so I'll do that next, but if anyone happens to find any forums that migh be relevant, please let me know.

As for them having an innate need to leave stuff, I have an innate need to nick stuff from Tescos. It goes back thousands of generations longer than their need. So what? Should I?

LOL - exactly my point about why it's a waste of time to argue with someone that has an opinion they are set on already, or even those just being devil's advocate. They will argue eristically till the cows come home.

Shoplifting can be a similar urge, some people do it that dont need the item and can easily pay for it if they wanted. And you're right, having the urge doesn't mean you should give in to it - especially if it's damaging. But the treatment is the same in either case, just telling people no isn't going to work if it's a deep seated psychological urge, but working with the person to identify ways to fill or supress the urge without doing the harm does tend to work.

"but working with the person to identify ways to fill or supress the urge without doing the harm does tend to work."

Ah, but here we come to an uncomfortable suspicion (on my part alone as I'm grumpy). I reckon , for the likes of me to see, is an essential part of the satisfaction. If that was not the case then a nice, allocated "offering spot" fifty yards from the monument and invisible to all but them and Her would be enthusiastically embraced.

;)

Rhiannon's reply is roughly what mine would be to that point....your own point that "it is a religion still in practice".. justifies The Wailing Wall being used as it is...
As no-one really knows the exact religion of the people who put stones where they are, so the leaving of offerings is for peoples' own benefits(I daresay there are people who go to modern churches and make a show of putting a generous wad in the collection plate, as if to say, "My offering is bigger than yours!"..strikes me as being like leaving a physical offering by a site ..pointless..if you consider the site spiritual)...and to repeat the oft-made point, these days people are just adapting the sites for their own purposes...even to the extent of laying claims to be following an ancient religion of which there is no evidence for. Even the Druids came long after the erection of many of these sites, and perhaps the pre-romanic druids did use them for their own benefit(much as the church did after them)..but again as to this we only have romanic propaganda against the druids as any kind of evidence...so it isn't an accurate portrayal.

Ah, but here we come to an uncomfortable suspicion (on my part alone as I'm grumpy). I reckon in-yer-face dislay of THEIR devotion, for the likes of me to see, is an essential part of the satisfaction. If that was not the case then a nice, allocated "offering spot" fifty yards from the monument and invisible to all but them and Her would be enthusiastically embraced. ;)

I hate to say this....but well said sir! well said!

regarding what faerygirl wrote-

IT's funny how you can ask a rhetorical question for the sake of argument and find people treating you like you put it forward as your own personal opinion you are then expected to defend though.

I hate to say this....but well said sir! well said!