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nigelswift Jun 3, 2013 13:31:40
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Sacred wells? Medieval cathedrals?

No physical evidence obviously, it just seems such a human thing to do. In fact I was thinking before that if you make that one leap of faith it constitutes quite a strong argument in favour of the human transport scenario that you were finding it hard to accept. Healing rocks.

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Jun 3, 2013 13:41:53
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Sacred wells? Medieval cathedrals?

No physical evidence obviously, it just seems such a human thing to do. In fact I was thinking before that if you make that one leap of faith it constitutes quite a strong argument in favour of the human transport scenario that you were finding it hard to accept. Healing rocks.

Well, regarding SH, it seems the 'evidence' was based largely upon there being an 'abnormally' high incidence of disease in nearby burials.

I'm actually for the human transport scenario, (thought I made that pretty clear!) but its a waste of time to say so really, because I have no reason to , its just wishful romantic thinking. (quite a large element of why people like these places i'd say)

T tiompan
tiompan Jun 3, 2013 13:47:54
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Sacred wells? Medieval cathedrals?
Both cases have different historical trajectories in relation to healing i.e. one was a natural healing centre that became religious and the other was a built religious centre with healing as a alter minor adjucnt .

Darvill and Wainwright make different claims for Stonehenge that they don't apply to other similar monuments i.e. a purpose built healing centre , when the expectation of something like a cathedral would be more acceptable even if the healed belonged to a later period .