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Ican’tmakethisintroductiontothesiteintoacompleteautobiographysowillcoverthelast30 yearsevenmorebrieflybymentioningsimplehighlightsandtopicssuchasthegroupsand organisationsI’vebeeninvolvedwithandsomeoftheprojectsthathaveoccupiedmytime.Inner workhasincludedTranscendentalMeditation,Arica,Druidry,Reiki,ArnieMindell’sProcess Oriented Psychology, Taoism, Buddhism and Ken Wilber’s Integral Psychology.TheOakDragoncampsandMayfieldGroupmeetingshavebeensignificantpartsofmylifesince themid80’s.SynecticsandcommunicationinTalkingStickcircleshasledtomystrongbeliefinthe capacityofproperlystructuredsharinggroupstoresolveproblemsandfindconsensual agreements.RunningparalleltothesethingsotherinterestshavebeenworkonlostRomanroads andcanals,thearchaeologyofpreCelticboatsandhousing,sundialling,labyrinths,astronomyand astrologyetcetc.Asmuchaspossibleofallthiswillappearinthevarious“pages”ofthesiteand some will be inferred from the interconnections between them.I’verunworkshopsandtaughtsomeofthismaterialinlecturesandinformalmeditationgroups. Otherelementshavebeenpublishedinspecialinterestmagazinesbutmostofithasmovedwith mefromhousetohouseinfilesandcardboardboxeswaitingfortherightmomenttoseethelight ofday.Well,likedawnonthewintersolsticeatNewGrange,lightisshiningintotheinnerchamber. Ihaveasensethat,fromtimetotime,someoftheseideasweremoreofaninspirationthanthe result of painstaking research.
Stonehenge Zero Alltheworkon“Stonehengezero”startedfromthesimplesight ofthemidsummersunsettingoverthe“mountains”aboveSt David’sinPembrokeshire.Yet,elementsliketheStonehenge “zero”worktookyearsofrevisitingandtrampingroundthe countrysidetoverifytheinitialconcepts.Luckilyinsightscome whenthepriorgroundworkhasbeendone.Copiousreading, integrationofdifferentfieldsofenquiryand,tosomeextent, lateralthinkingisrequired.There’splentyofthathere.Iwillbe addingmorecomprehensivedetailsaboutthisinteresting discovery in future.
ThepieceontheStarGoddessatAveburydevelopedfrom wonderingaboutanobservationsouthwardsacrossthehenge tothetopofSilburyhillfromascoopinthebankbesidethe northern entrance. AtDaneburythewholevisionoftheringofhorizonmarkersfor aritualcalendarwassparkedbywonderingwhytheearliest BronzeAgeusersofthishilltopsitehadputupmetrewide postsinacircleclosetothetumulusbytheeasterngateofthe later Iron Age hill fort. There’salotoffuntobehadfrompickingupthreadsof informationandseeingwheretheylead.LikeAriadne’sclewfor Theseus in the labyrinth they can lead to the heart of a mystery.
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The RugsAlongwiththewrittenresearchandinformationthereareimages ofvarioussorts,photographs,diagrams,pagesfromthe notebooksandpicturesoftherugsI’vebeenmakingovermany years,mostlyonerugperyear.Eachofthemcanandmanyhave formedthebasisforateachingworkshopwiththerugonthefloor andthegroupsittingroundit.SometimesIdescribethemaspretty diagramsbuttheyactuallyembodyalotofthinkingandresearch work condensed into symbolic form. That’sanotherareaofinterestformeandthefascinationof symboliccommunicationsystemshascreatedanotherofthe branchesonmyLifetree.Theyoftenhelptoclarifycomplexbelief andthoughtpatternsandalsoactasmnemonicsformore complex associations.Stemmingfrommyworkwiththeastronomicalelementsinhenge monumentsandmegalithicstructuresI’vebecomeincreasingly interestedinthewaythesesiteshavealignmentswithcalendrical significancebuiltintothem.Clearlythisgivesthemritual significance. ThepieceontheStarGoddessatAveburydevelopedfrom wonderingaboutanobservationsouthwardsacrossthehengeto thetopofSilburyhillfromascoopinthebankbesidethenorthern entrance.
The Goddess rug
Ican’tmakethisintroductiontothesiteintoacomplete autobiographysowillcoverthelast30yearsevenmorebrieflyby mentioningsimplehighlightsandtopicssuchasthegroupsand organisationsI’vebeeninvolvedwithandsomeoftheprojectsthat have occupied my time. InnerworkhasincludedTrancendentalMeditation,Arica,Druidry, Reiki,ArnieMindell’sProcessOrientedPsychology,Taoism, Buddhism and Ken Wilber’s Integral Psychology.
AtDaneburythewholevisionoftheringofhorizonmarkersfora ritualcalendarwassparkedbywonderingwhytheearliestBronze Ageusersofthishilltopsitehadputupmetrewidepostsina circleclosetothetumulusbytheeasterngateofthelaterIron Age hill fort. There’salotoffuntobehadfrompickingupthreadsof information and seeing where they lead. Like Ariadne’s clew for Theseus in the labyrinth they can lead to the heart of a mystery.
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This is an important discovery of the original location of the blue stones in Wales
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