Esperance pt IV (Esperance Stonehenge)
Sep. 17th, 2015 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonvoiceSo here's some information about the Esperance Stonehenge:
* It is a full-size replica of the original Stonehenge in the UK, as it would have looked around 1950 BC
* 137 stones of Esperance pink granite quarried adjacent to the Beale's property have been used.
* The 10 Trilithon Stones in a horseshoe pattern weigh between 38-50 tonnes each, standing with the 19 tonne lintels to a height of 8 metres. Inside the Trilithon horseshoe stand another horseshoe of 19 Blue Stones. The Trilithon Stones are surrounded by a circle of 30 Sarsen stones weighing 28 tonnes each and standing almost 5 metres heigh, including 7 tonne lintels on top.
* The Altar Stone weighs 9 tonnes and lies in front of the tallest Trilithon stones.
* The structure is aligned with the Summer Solstice sunrise (Esperance, WA). The Station Stones are positioned on this line to allow the sun rays to pass through to the Altar. The sunset on the Winter Solstice is at the same line as the Summer Solstice Sunrise. It is built upon a ley line.
It amused me, when I posted about this on Facebook, the first thing my Grandmother did was slam it. Like, simply because it was a copy of something else. No, she's never been there, or experienced the energy of the place, she was just like 'nothing beats the original this is a gimmick.' And it's like. Okay... well, they're not trying to beat the original, Australia does love a good gimmick (giant banana, anyone?), but also, I sort of want to laugh at spiritual folk who think that the only good spiritual material has to be Old As Balls (TM). Like...no? I mean maybe for *some* - but to project that attitude onto all? Seriously.
I quite liked it. The owners were lovely, down to earth and informative. Not only about this project, but about the region, and about a great deal more. We must have talked to the woman there for about thirty or forty minutes, just getting a whole lot of information on Esperance, the granite quarry, the Solstice rituals, etc. We had the whole place to ourselves, and standing within the Stonehenge itself muffled the wind and sound from outside, which was wonderful, since it was blowing a gale that day.
We ended up spending far longer here than we'd intended to. And I'm glad we did.
* It is a full-size replica of the original Stonehenge in the UK, as it would have looked around 1950 BC
* 137 stones of Esperance pink granite quarried adjacent to the Beale's property have been used.
* The 10 Trilithon Stones in a horseshoe pattern weigh between 38-50 tonnes each, standing with the 19 tonne lintels to a height of 8 metres. Inside the Trilithon horseshoe stand another horseshoe of 19 Blue Stones. The Trilithon Stones are surrounded by a circle of 30 Sarsen stones weighing 28 tonnes each and standing almost 5 metres heigh, including 7 tonne lintels on top.
* The Altar Stone weighs 9 tonnes and lies in front of the tallest Trilithon stones.
* The structure is aligned with the Summer Solstice sunrise (Esperance, WA). The Station Stones are positioned on this line to allow the sun rays to pass through to the Altar. The sunset on the Winter Solstice is at the same line as the Summer Solstice Sunrise. It is built upon a ley line.
It amused me, when I posted about this on Facebook, the first thing my Grandmother did was slam it. Like, simply because it was a copy of something else. No, she's never been there, or experienced the energy of the place, she was just like 'nothing beats the original this is a gimmick.' And it's like. Okay... well, they're not trying to beat the original, Australia does love a good gimmick (giant banana, anyone?), but also, I sort of want to laugh at spiritual folk who think that the only good spiritual material has to be Old As Balls (TM). Like...no? I mean maybe for *some* - but to project that attitude onto all? Seriously.
I quite liked it. The owners were lovely, down to earth and informative. Not only about this project, but about the region, and about a great deal more. We must have talked to the woman there for about thirty or forty minutes, just getting a whole lot of information on Esperance, the granite quarry, the Solstice rituals, etc. We had the whole place to ourselves, and standing within the Stonehenge itself muffled the wind and sound from outside, which was wonderful, since it was blowing a gale that day.
We ended up spending far longer here than we'd intended to. And I'm glad we did.
