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olly wrote: michael dames has been here before but so have others- its not beyond the imagination to suggest that people wanted to represent the land as they imagined it would be seen from above. Paul Devereaux has gone into some detail on the shamanic journey- flying above the landscape and looking down in certain altered states. I find it curious that star formations are given such strong identities when they seem interprative at best- can you see that the bear formation is a bear until someone draws an line around it? There must have been a point when star formations were given such identities- we dont question this- formations are incorporated into the science of astronomy- why should we dismiss the suggestion of an anthropomorphic interpretaion of prehistoric sacred landscapes? We don't know if people in the Neolithic wanted to sculpt the land as it may have looked as seen from above ,maybe they did , maybe the thought never ocurred to them . If they wantd to represent a female form you might expect some flat area , i.e. Nazca with no need to build all these pesky monuments and not someplace where a huge lump i.e. Overton Hill would detract from the form , or at least include it in the form . If OOBE'S s or " shamanic flying " are capable of providing information of landscapes as seen from above or even a note on the top of the wardrobe we would expect evidence for this . I'm pretty sure homo saps at all times have interpreted nature/landscapes anthropomorphically ,but still think the monuments in the Avebury area were something other than suggested . Reply | with quote |  17th April 2010ce 15:49 In reply to: sounds interesting (olly) |
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