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| The Callanish Stones found on The Isle of Lewis in Scotland The Spherical Temple: A place I have never been to and which I probably never will visit but which is so much more grander than old Stonehenge, down South. This is a pattern of stones which we will probably never understand. They stand grouped like tall sentinels having a discussion. You could almost give them human form. The grey-blue sky shoots away from them, there is a visionary face marked out in the sky. Late Neolithic you can find their history in this Wiki. A circle with four stone avenues leading to it but with many more circles in the area. I missed the Iguana news about culling them in Florida but this morning listened to the farming news about electronically collaring cows in the open so that they could be kept in a specified area. A mild shock said those who wanted it for their animals. As a walker and with dogs at one time I feel for those poor animals who have no knowledge of what the small electric shock you get from electric fencing is. My two dogs Sukie and Moss were so horrified by accidentally touching them that I remember old Sukie just taking off and running for about half a mile, terrified by the experience. Her reaction to the hot air balloons we would meet while up on the Bath downs was also very similar. Moss on the other hand when he once touched an electrified fence refused to go anywhere near them and would give them at least a quarter of a mile space. We would join up at a later stage of the walk, Having once witnessed an angry cow chasing a man and his dog from her calf I can well see the point of electric fencing but to saddle an animal with an electronic collar is cruel. |
Standing stones are quite extraordinary. What knowledge and wisdom the architects had has been lost to progress.
ReplyDeleteTheir orientation is the puzzle for many a mind. Men calculate the movement of the sun to find out the stone's alignments Janice.
DeleteThat photo of the stones is really amazing. Seems like there are many theories about what they meant or why they are there. I'm glad they are preserved for people to see.
ReplyDeleteThink of the sun, moon and stars Ellen. Then remember that when the sun tracks round our world we need to know when to plant. Stones are like large sun dials on the Earth.
DeleteI agree. I would never put an electronic collar on a dog.
ReplyDeleteYears ago I visited the home of some people who had a small dachshund. They kept it in the bedroom with a door open, and there was an electronic barrier at the door so it couldn't cross without getting a shock in its collar. The poor dog stood just shy of the doorway and barked at us all evening, afraid to cross the line but so hungry for company. I went into the bedroom several times to give it some attention but I've never forgotten that, and how mean it seemed.
Some people are so mean with dogs and don't treat them as members of the family - they are a dog who must obey. Sad really, dogs are such loving creatures Steve.
DeleteBuild a fence and stop being so cheap, instead of torturing animals with electric shocks.
ReplyDeleteI think I've been shocked twice by an electric fence. It is not pleasant at all.
I remember a YouTuber visiting Lewis, and of course blogger Graham lives there, and I don't remember anything about the stones.
Lewis is at the far end of Britain, and has, probably over the last few years, been the place to visit Andrew. Rven though it is difficult to get to.
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