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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Ronald Barker.
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This file on `STONEHENGE' was taken from Central BBS. It is not
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known who wrote the article.
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Submitted by; Ronald Barker
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STONEHENGE
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"From Whence Came You?"
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STONEHENGE! An ancient structure filled with mystery; the subject
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of speculation and rumor studied and analyzed by generations of men.
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Scientists and producers of fanciful mystique alike have found it a
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challenge which thwarts the analytical minds and the discerning eyes
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of man!
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What is this strange and little known edifice which stands alone and
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aloof on the Plains of Salisbury?
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To quote a statement by Russell A. Herner, author of "Stonehenge: An
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Ancient Masonic Temple." :
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"I contend that this majestic structure is, in fact, an Ancient
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Masonic Temple. This structure, or Temple as I will call it, has
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survived the lapse of time, the ruthless hands of ignorance, and
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the devastations of war for many centuries."
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The author does not equivocate; he does not apologize; he does,
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however, theorize very convincingly. Let's look at this phenomenon
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on the open plains of Southwest England.
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Salisbury Plain is in Wiltshire, England, about seven miles from the
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town of Salisbury. On the flat plain surrounding Stonehenge, one
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can see large burial mounds similar to those found in the United
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States (Moundsville, West Virginia, for example).
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Unanswered questions come flooding into one's mind as the mystery of
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Stonehenge is viewed as it spreads over the plain.
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How was it built? - What genius supplied the scientific knowledge
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which made it possible? - When was it built - and by whom? Questions
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unanswered now, and possibly for all time. This was no small
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undertaking which our ancient craftsman took upon themselves. IT
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WAS MONUMENTAL!!
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Imagine what they faced!
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No high-tech equipment which today's builders use so routinely! No
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colleges teaching today's technology and sciences! Quarries for the
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special stones located from 20 to 240 miles away! No beasts of
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burden - only man's backs and strong limbs. A river between the
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quarries and the building site!
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A project of a magnitude exceeding the Sears Tower in Chicago or the
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Bay Bridge in California. For building such modern projects
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involved many tasks which individually were not difficult. -
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Building Stonehenge involved many tasks which individually seemed
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insurmountable! To the average mind today it was the impossible
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dream! But there it stands for all to see: the improbable,
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impossible, inconceivable project. Completed by a culture which we
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consider to be uneducated and without artistic temperament.
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At a point directly Northeast of the center of the Altar Stone,
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there is a break in the circular embankments for an avenue, nearly
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40 feet wide which leads to the only element of Stonehenge which is
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outside this circle. The "Heelstone" is a massive stone 20 feet
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high with 4 feet buried in the plain. It is planted at an incline
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of 27 degrees toward the center of the structure. It is estimated
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to weigh over 35 tons and is 256 feet from the center of the Altar
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Stone.
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Just within the embankments ia a stone 3 feet thick, 7 feet wide,
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and nearly 22 feet long. This is thought to be the spot where
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animals were slaughtered as offerings to Deity.
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More is involved in the construction of Stonehenge than meets the
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casual view. It is located and constructed by an exact scientific
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formula from which can be derived much scientific data and many
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astrological readings. Just inside the Aubrey Holes there are four
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Station Stones forming a rectangle 108 feet 8 inches wide and 262
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feet 3 inches long with its long dimension perpendicular to the
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Northeast axis. At this latitude of 51 degrees 17 minutes North
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Latitude, lines drawn through these four stones plot the rising and
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setting positions of the sun and moon at midsummer and midwinter.
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If Stonehenge were moved as little as 30 miles, this rectangle would
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have to be laid out as a parallelogram without right angled corners.
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At the summer solstice (about June 21) the sun rises directly over
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the tip of the Heelstone; its rays passing through the Sarsen Arch
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and striking the center of the Altar Stone. (That one archway is 6
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inches wider than all the rest.)
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With this in mind, picture, if you will, this scene which may
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- or may not - be purely imaginative.
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It is night. The darkness is broken only by a candle or two - or
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perhaps by the dim light of a setting moon. A group of men,
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marching in double file, enter the Sarsen Circle. They are dressed
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in ancient costumes of leather and rough, homespun cloth. They
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carry implements of the builders trades.
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In the center of the group, walking between the columns and guided
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by two of the ancients, is a young man - an initiate.
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They circumambulate the Sarsen Circle, stopping at strategic points
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while voices from the darkness instruct and admonish the initiate in
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their midst. As dawn approaches they pass through the open end of
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the Trilithons, into the Bluestone Horseshoe, and wend their way
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Southeastward until the initiate and the guides stand behind the
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Altar Stone, at its center, facing Northeast.
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The rest of the group file slowly back until they form a double line
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from the Altar Stone to the Sarsen Arch at the Extreme Northeast
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limit of the Circle.
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All is quiet. The darkness dims. The initiate has time to think on
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what he has been told and the things he has seen.
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The circles of stone about the group shut out nearly all the light
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as dawn grows near.
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Suddenly a glow appears and a guide turns the initiate's head with
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the command: "Look to the East!"
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The entire area is encompassed by two earthen embankments separated
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by a ditch 17 feet wide. The inner embankment rises 7 feet above
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the plain to reduce the possibility of cowans and eavesdroppers.
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The outer mound is approximately 400 feet in diameter.
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Within this circle, at a diameter of 286 feet, are 56 pits (called
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"Aubrey Holes") filled with solid chalk. Several of these have been
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excavated and found to contain human bones, spawning the assumption
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that they are burial spots for the leaders or officers of those who
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used the site.
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Further toward the center, with an inside diameter of 97 feet 4
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inches, is the main part of the structure: a circle of 30 stones
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nearly 4 feet thick, 7 feet wide, and standing 13 feet 6 inches
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above ground.
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At a diameter of 77 feet is a circle of Bluestones, 6 feet 7 inches
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high in the Southwest, tapering to 2 feet 4 inches in the Northeast.
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We now approach the "Inner Sanctum" of Stonehenge. A horseshoe
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formation of 5 huge stone groups called "Trilithons" with the open
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end to the Northeast. These mammoth units consist of 3 stones each.
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Two upright members varying in height from 25 feet 6 inches in the
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center of the closed end of the horseshoe to 20 feet above ground at
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the open end. The third stone forms a lintel across the top and is
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15 feet 5 inches long (the width of two uprights). These stones are
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about 3 feet thick and 7 feet wide and, at the top, are carved in
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the form of a mortise and tenon joint to hold the lintel in place.
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Within this impressive group is a second horseshoe of round
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Bluestones 2 feet in diameter varying in height from 9 feet 3 inches
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at the closed end to 6 feet 6 inches at the end open to the
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Northeast. These are set at a diameter of 39 feet.
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Central to all the other parts of the structure is one of the two
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most important elements. It lies flat on the ground and is a green
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stone with flecks of mica throughout. It measures nearly 2 feet
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thick, 3 feet 3 inches wide and 15 feet 9 inches long. This is the
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"Altar Stone."
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Some mention should be made of the two color elements used in
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Stonehenge's construction: the green Altar and the two Bluestone
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units. Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry has this statement:
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"In all the Ancient Mysteries, this idea was carried out with
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Green symbolizing the birth of the world, of the moral creation
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or resurrection of the initiate."
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Thus we have the theory that the initiate took his obligation on the
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Green Altar Stone at Stonehenge: "the creation or resurrection of a
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new life." The Bluestones are thought to be indicative of the blue
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which is indelibly attached to Masonry. From all ages blue has
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symbolized truth, sincerity, and fidelity. Further, Masons met in
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outdoor Lodges under the blue canopy of Heaven - thus, today, we
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meet in "Blue Lodges."
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A sudden shaft of light bursts through the Sarsen Arch as the sun
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rises directly over the tip of the Heelstone. It crosses the space
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within the Circle - strikes the Altar Stone - and shines directly on
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the face of the Initiate!
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LIGHT!!!
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The Initiate has received the LIGHT. After further instruction he
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is admitted to the inner circle of these rough men who, somehow,
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know many things of science and nature.
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A FINAL THOUGHT
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Imagery??? Perhaps. - Perhaps not! We may never know; but this is
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an indisputable fact: the construction of Stonehenge, like the Great
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Pyramid of Giza, was done with knowledge that would be difficult to
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find, even today. It is done with scientific skill which was
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thought to be developed many centuries after these men lived and
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died. The "How" and "Why" we may never understand, but the facts
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remain.
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An Ancient Masonic Lodge??? Who knows? And, one may ask: "Does it
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really matter?" For whatever we choose to believe about Stonehenge,
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it offers material for intriguing hypothesizing and endless
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interesting conversations. My Brothers - I give you the Mystery
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that is Stonehenge!"
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