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    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge: The Guide to Your Magical Journey, #5
    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge: The Guide to Your Magical Journey, #5
    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge: The Guide to Your Magical Journey, #5
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    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge: The Guide to Your Magical Journey, #5

    By Serene Conneeley

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    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge
    The Guide to Your Magical Journey

    Stonehenge, the legendary circle of stones set in a green field in the pretty English countryside, is the centrepiece of the country’s rich history, a national temple and a symbol of the ancient wisdom of the early inhabitants of the British Isles. There are thousands of stone circles, but the sheer size of this one and the ingenuity and mystery of its construction make it unique. It’s been credited to Merlin, the devil and the faeries, but whatever its origins, today it is a place of worship for those who perform their rituals and dance within its enchanted, hallowed ground to connect with the energy of the earth and to humanity’s ancestral past.

    Within the pages of Sacred Sites: Stonehenge, you will:
    *Learn the history of this stone circle, the colourful, romantic theories that still swirl around it, who built it and when, the reasons for its construction and why it still fascinates so many people today.
    * Discover the sacred landscape that surrounds it, from a processional avenue, wood circle and burial mounds to the place its builders lived.
    * Connect to the movement of the sun, moon and stars and the cycle of the seasons, as the ancients once did, and manifest your dreams into reality by working with the deep magic of the lunar phases.
    * Create your own purpose and meaning, inspired by a monument that has been so many things to so many people across the ages, and live the life that you want to live, right now.
    * Read an interview postcard about Stonehenge with druid, author and magical practitioner Cassandra Eason, who visits this sacred stone circle often.
    * And discover extra practical information, websites and details added after Seven Sacred Sites was published.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlessed Bee
    Release dateJun 7, 2015
    ISBN9781513082684
    Sacred Sites: Stonehenge: The Guide to Your Magical Journey, #5

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      Sacred Sites - Serene Conneeley

      Chapter 1

      The Magic of the Earth

      Since ancient times, sacred sites have had a powerful effect on people. Their vibrational essence, beauty, tranquillity and history, along with the magnetic power infused in each one by centuries of pilgrims steeping it with love and energy, can heal people physically, activate them spiritually and open their heart and their soul to their divine purpose.

      Sacred sites are spiritually significant places that inspire the imagination and activate change and healing in those who spend time there. Each country has several places that are recognised as sacred, as do all religions and cultures, and visiting any one of them will be both a literal and a symbolic adventure, a journey to one of the most beautiful places on the planet as well as to the deepest, most sacred parts of your self.

      Some are intricate manmade structures, such as the Inka city of Machu Picchu in Peru and the Pyramids of Egypt, while others are ancient paths of energy like the Camino, a pilgrimage across the north of Spain. Some are elaborately engineered stone circles such as Britain’s Stonehenge, and others are natural formations like the Tor, the sacred hill in Glastonbury, England; Uluru, the huge monolith in Central Australia; and the volcanoes, mountains and waterfalls of Hawaii.

      These are the seven I wrote about in Seven Sacred Sites: Magical Journeys That Will Change Your Life, a large book that has inspired many a magical journey, but which is too heavy to throw in your backpack and take with you on your adventures. So here is the eBook version, with extra practical info squeezed in so you can plan your trip or read on the road. 

      Stonehenge, the great ancient stone circle just a ninety minute drive from London, is a symbol of spiritual searching, human ingenuity and connection to nature. It speaks to a time when man lived in harmony with the earth, attuned to the cycles of the seasons and at one with the energy of the sun, the moon and the stars.

      It has been considered sacred for centuries, by several different cultures, and countless rituals have been performed, prayers recited and personal power soaked into the earth here which can still be felt today.

      Like most sacred sites, Stonehenge is located on a web of leylines, invisible pathways in the earth through which currents of magnetic energy run, similar to the acupuncture meridians of the human body. Our meridians carry chi, life force, while the world’s leylines channel the life force of the universe.

      Also known as earth currents, holy lines and telluric tracks, leys have been described as the nervous system of the planet. They are routes of spiritual energy that have an intense, measurable power that activates growth and healing, and many people believe that it’s this potent earth energy that makes sacred sites so transformational. Being on or near a leyline increases vitality, boosts physical health, heightens awareness and amplifies spirituality and inner wisdom. Plants grow better along leylines, animals thrive and the air itself sparkles with vivid energy and possibility.

      The ancients were aware of leylines, and understood their purpose and how to attune themselves to and work with the energies. Druids and shamans utilised this potent earth power by building stone circles and other monuments along the leys. In much the same way that acupuncturists regulate the chi flowing through the human body with the use of tiny needles and heat, people of old activated and restored the energy of the land by puncturing it with stones and lighting huge bonfires on hills along the alignments.

      This also enabled them to tap in to the vibration of the earth and draw it upwards. Power would flow from within the land to the circles of stones, which people would absorb, harness, amplify and direct through healing rituals and ceremonies. While the existence of leylines is disputed by some because they can’t be seen, they are a universal concept, recognised by cultures that span the globe. Native Americans call them the spirit path, Australian Aboriginals have songlines and serpent tracks that link their sacred places, the Inkas of South America had a system of energy grids called ceques, and the art of geomancy known as feng shui is based on the Chinese belief in lung mei, dragon paths.

      Dowsers can identify these geomagnetic energies with divining rods, which I experienced within the inner circle of Stonehenge. As a leyline is crossed the rods swing dramatically, before stilling again once it’s passed. Some people see this energy clairvoyantly, while others sense it as a physical sensation within the body or as a purely emotional recognition. In Britain in particular a new category of earth science is developing, which recognises and explores the power of leylines.

      Over time, Stonehenge has been an astronomical observatory, a gathering place to perform rituals and celebrate births, deaths and marriages, as well as a burial ground, and it may have been other things as well. There was no single purpose, and today it continues to be what we want it to be. Now seasonal celebrations are taking place there again, and there is a new respect for its historical significance and spiritual power.

      Spending time there will stir the longing in your heart to achieve your dreams, follow your passion and live the connection your soul feels to this great universe. It will inspire you to see the world with new eyes, allow the beauty and magic of this enchanted planet to open you up to your own truths, and help you discover the sacredness of your own self.

      Chapter 2

      The Place

      From a distance, its appearance is stately. As you advance nearer, the greatness of its contour fills the eye in an astonishing manner. When you enter the building and cast your eyes around the yawning ruins, you are struck into an ecstatic reverie, which none can describe, and they only can be sensible of it that feel it.

      William Stukeley, 18th century English antiquarian

      * * * * *

      Stonehenge, the legendary circle of stones set in a green field in the pretty English countryside, is the national temple of ancient Britain, as famous as London’s Westminster Abbey and instantly recognisable even by people with no interest in spirituality or historical monuments. There are hundreds of stone circles across the country, but the sheer size of this one’s towering monoliths, the ingenuity and mystery of its construction and the way the stones are joined together by huge rock slabs to form enchanted doorways make it truly unique.

      Today only half the monument survives, but it still has a rugged, stately grandeur, and somehow its ruined state makes it even more hauntingly beautiful. There are several fallen monoliths lying in the middle of the circle, including the Altar Stone, which is cracked in half and pinned beneath another. They all lie scattered unceremoniously in the grass, broken and chipped, part of this majestic graveyard of long-ago dreams. You can picture how it looked in its glory days from the upright stones that remain and the shells at their feet, while the weight of history adds to its physical and emotional presence.

      Stonehenge is the centrepiece of England’s rich history, and has become a symbol of the ancient wisdom of the early inhabitants of the British Isles. For a long time people believed the circle must have been constructed by less barbaric foreigners, because of its beauty and sophistication, but archaeologists have now discovered that it was built by the indigenous Neolithic people over a long period, beginning around 3100BCE and continuing for fifteen hundred years.

      Located on windswept Salisbury Plain in the county of Wiltshire, near the pretty cathedral town of Salisbury and just an hour and a half drive southwest of London, Stonehenge is surrounded by a sacred landscape of burial mounds and ancient earthworks. Yet it’s the monument itself that inspires the most awe and wonder, capturing the imagination and touching the heart on a deep, soulful level.

      The circle stands on a vortex of leylines, which flood the earth with energy and have given rise to many stories of intrigue and strange phenomena in the area. Some people have seen lights hovering above it, and others feel strange sensations and dimensional shifts when they stand within it.

      It’s certainly fascinating to watch a dowser demonstrate the power of the magnetic flow as they walk across the ground of the inner circle with divining rods, which swing wildly as they interact with the ley energy, or to hold them yourself, knowing that there are no tricks being played, and mesmerised by their mysterious movement.

      A hundred years ago Stonehenge stood alone on the grassy plain, with animals grazing within the circle, visitors wandering between the stones as they pleased and druids welcoming the summer solstice sunrise with great ceremony. But today it has been roped off to protect the monument, and a busy highway roars past, polluting the air

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