The Avebury Cycle

by Michael Dames

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

914

Collection

Publication

Thames & Hudson (1996), Edition: 2nd, 240 pages

Description

Avebury parish in Wiltshire contains an amazing collection of Stone Age monuments. Four thousand years ago this stretch of the chalk downs was the metropolis of Britain, with the tallest man-made hill (Silbury), the largest henge or sacred enclosure (Avebury), the great chambered cemetery of West Kennet Long Barrow and the two stone avenues of West Kennet and Beckhampton.

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Michael Dames 'The Avebury Cycle' forms -together with his 'The Silbury Treasure' the basis of a particular brand of magical symbolism that I have adopted into my private pagan practice and wich I am still investigating. Even though Mr. Dames' base assumption of an all-encompassing Neolthic Mother
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Goddess cult has been toned down more recently, the picture he draws of the Avebury monuments as monumental representations for the four stations within the Wheel of the Year is both compelling as well as powerfully evocative. Don't take the 'history' too literally but let the imagenery inspire you!
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Language

Original language

English

ISBN

0500278865 / 9780500278864

Local notes

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