Sanctuary wrote:
When visiting a stone circle or other megalithic structure do you have a want to touch the stones as I do? It's like a magnet to me and just can't leave without doing it. It sort of re-connects me with something I'm sure I should know more about and am searching for and feel somewhat bereft of it when I leave. The remote or distant sites are the worst as I often feel I am leaving 'someone' behind to a life of isolation when I should be doing something about it. Is it just me?
I think leaving 'someone' behind is what I would call a 'haunted sadness', you have given the stones a personality, that is why they have accrued folklore through their long history. I can see and feel the Duloe quartz stone circle right now, sparkling in the sun, and my mind is already tramping round The Hurlers waiting eagerly for that quartz pathway to be revealed but also being cross at the modern trappings of a 'dig' .It is the mind, always making up the story, trying to make sense of the past. Trouble is of course we never really get there, touching the stones with reverence only gives us the feel of rough surfaces, sometimes warmth from the sun, other times a 'vibe'? who knows...
