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Tag Archives: The Magic of the Mind
Stonehenge and Another Failing of Science.
Back in 2004 or thereabouts, after I’d left Wessex Archaeology and before I started my Eternal Idol site, I wrote a book on Stonehenge provisionally entitled A Glimpse of the Great Beyond, a work based on my absolute conviction that one … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Dead Poets, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Stonehenge, Writing
Tagged Bluestones, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind
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Ghost Finder – Half a Century of Hauntings
A few weeks ago, a chance conversation with a friend of mine somehow reminded me of a fearful, otherworldly encounter that I experienced when I was about eight years old, around half a century ago in an unremarkable house in … Continue reading
Posted in Dead Poets, Magic & the Supernatural
Tagged Black Shuck, Bungay, Dreams, Hauntings, The Magic of the Mind
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The Heresy of Stonehenge and the Mesolithic
A few days ago, I came across an observation in a lengthy essay in The Guardian that was so good and so insightful that I still find it hard to believe it had not been made long ago, or … Continue reading
ICOMOS-UK
Earlier today, I was delighted to receive a handsome membership card confirming that I am now a member of the UK branch of ICOMOS, so I look forward to gradually finding my place within this organisation and working to help … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Current Affairs, Stonehenge
Tagged ICOMOS, Ishtar, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind
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Stonehenge and the Secret of the Dance
If there’s one thing the world isn’t short of, it’s thrilling insights, theories and revelations concerning the secrets of Stonehenge, so I’m reluctant to add to this ongoing sum total. As such, I’ll confine myself to a brief observation that … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Current Affairs, Dead Poets, Language, Magic & the Supernatural, Silbury Hill, Stonehenge
Tagged Chaos, Choir Gaur, Chorea Gigantum, Dancing, Friedrich Nietzsche, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Giants' Dance, H.P. Lovecraft, Silbury Hill, Soul, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind
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Pagan Dawn and Alan Moore
It may well be because I’m looking in the wrong places, but I’m frequently disappointed by the quality of much that I see online concerning paganism, magic, art, poetry and the like, mainly because the ideas expressed are either vague … Continue reading
Trapezoids in ancient Babylon and at Stonehenge
I was fascinated to learn that, according to Professor Mathieu Ossendrijver from the Humboldt University of Berlin, ancient Babylonian astronomers were using sophisticated geometric techniques to track the path of the planet Jupiter across the sky, 1,400 years before this … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Babylon, Druids, Professor Mathieu Ossendrijver, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind, Trapezoid
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Blake’s Jerusalem and the Purported Myth of Jesus in Britain
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius. I had long ago come to believe that it was impossible for me to be surprised any more by how … Continue reading
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Tagged Nostradamus, Satan, Shakespeare, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind, the Missing Years of Jesus, William Blake, X-Files
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For Aynslie – Hail to the Stonehenge Gods 2015
I don’t write about Stonehenge in public to the degree that I once did, but the ruins on Salisbury Plain remain a constant source of wonderment for me and as such, they’re never far from my thoughts. There has been … Continue reading
A Dream of the Number Six
As I’ve often had cause to mention here and elsewhere, I’ve been blessed with vivid dreams and nightmares ever since I was a child. I’ve recorded the details of many of these nocturnal visitors in my diaries, perhaps most notably … Continue reading
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