Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
> From what I've read and (I think) understood, the latest research
> suggests that Stonehenge was associated with death and possibly rebirth.
> The open side is oriented with the setting sun on the winter solstice.
> The avenue which is oriented north-east towards the rising sun on the
> summer solstice connects with the Avon. You cross that and head for the
> place of the living which is Woodhenge. I find this explanation more
> convincing mainly because seeing stone as dead and unchanging and wood
> as alive and growing leads one to naturally to building your 'temples'
> to both death and life in their associated material.

I must say that I favor a theory of changing use over time. After all, the site
was in use for at least about 1000 years, and the design changed multiple
times.


> BTW I find it amusing that the modern "druids" might be celebrating
> midsummer's day in the wrong place.

Not only that - they're utterly mixing up different cults; stonehenge was built
millennia before druidic times :P

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