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BOOKS I HAVE READ
Avebury Henge Shop has a wealth of information on prehistoric sites.
SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES-The Dreamtime Earth and Avebury's Open Secrets By Paul Devereux.
This is a lovely academic book on Shamanic
Landscapes. It also explains some observations about Silbury Hill which
make it very much a shamanic landscape. I recommend reading this book
even if you only believe in hard scientific truth and nothing else.
The people who built the Avebury complex did not know about science.
At least in not the way we think of it. Mr. Devereux offers an attempt
at an alternative explanation and some very astute observations. Paul Devereux has a wonderful site on sacred energy places.
the Avebury cycle
By Michael Dames
This book is interesting because it connects
all the sites around the circle and gives theories of why and how the
site was used as a place of worship and how the seasons play an important
part. I think Michael gets a little off the track with his comparisons
with central european symbolism and culture. I would rather compare
its symbolism with contemporary beliefs and customs in the area. For
example, I witnessed an adolescent girl walking a dog take a few extra
steps so she could touch the hole stone. Legend says this stone was
used by woman. They passed the clothes they would wear at the birthing
of their babies through the hole. It was vandalized many long years
ago and all that remains of it is a stump.Interestingly it still possesses
a large energy force.
Footprints through AVEBURY
by Michael Pitts
This is a lovely little souvenir book
with a short over view of the Avebury complex and beautiful pictures.
THE SECRETS OF THE AVEBURY STONES
by Terence Meaden
In this book is discussed the discovery
of carved, and enhanced faces on some of the stones in Avebury and their
alignment and symbolic significance. He also gives a theory that the Avebury
compound is much larger then imagined. It is very interesting reading
and food for thought. He has a Avebury-Stonehenge web site that is well
worth looking at: Stonehenge-Avebury.net
"CELTIC DESIGNS AND MOTIFS"
by Courtney Davis, Dover Publications,Inc. NY, NY U.S.A.
This is the book I have taken same of
the Celtic designs from for my web page.
LINKS
All
through this page you will find links to web sites that I have found
interesting. A lot of these sites I have found on the "Stone Circle
Webring"
The stone sites I have visited are:
Avebury - Avebury, England andPeter
G. Tour and Avebury-Megalithos
Uffington - White Horse Hill
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Stonehenge - Stonehenge-Avebury
New Grange - Micheal's
New Grange
Ilkley Moor - Walks Around Ilkeley Moor
Author's Links:
Terrence Meaden - Stonehenge-Avebury and Tara
the Earth Goddess
Mike Pitts - Avebury
Slide Show
Paul Devereux - Paul Devereux
I would like to hear from you and share your ideas and experiences.
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