Over at www.dailygrail.com , someone made a very interesting comment about an image from Loughcrew which I took of a carving which reminded me of a "megalithic centipede".



Here is an example of a later Assyrian image of the same thing:



This is the "megalithic centipede" as I called it. It is a carving on the rear chamberstone at Cairn T, Loughcrew, where sunlight penetrates through the passage and onto the stone at the equinoxes:



Here is a link to more about the Assyrian tree of life:
http://www.zyworld.com/Assyrian/Assyrian%20sacred%20tree%20of%20life.htm

inevitably, and i know there are scholars who will insist i am wrong, i connect the Neolithic peoples and structures with the Celts. (i realize the Celts did not build the structures, and on the whole, most of them were probably not familiar with their function)

but what? do they really think the Neolithic people just disappeared before the Celts got there? in all likelihood they, along with some of their cultural elements, were absorbed. but anyways....


i've always suspected there had to be a Celtic Tree of life doctrine -- and no thanks to the druids (neolithic remnants?) it has been lost...so many other cultures have a "tree of life," how could the Celts not have one, especially with their particular reverence for trees?

anyway, that aside, those pictures also remind me of drawings i've seen that are related to the Saturn Theory of the sun. its a pretty out there theory, but as its drawn mostly from mythology and ancient representations of the sun, its pretty interesting. it says that the sun that we have currently was not how the sun appeared in ancient times -- indeed it may not have actually been the sun. it suggests, i think, that Saturn was the original sun in the solar system (i think?) and that mars and venus often would line up within it, creating an eye of sorts.

it also suggests a theory (which i don't really understand all that well) about electrical currents and discharges between the heavenly bodies of our solar system, and speculates that the myth of the world tree, or axis, or ladder or what have you was suggested to the ancient mind to describe the visual of the electromagnetic tether between this "Saturn sun" and the earth.

weird theory, but i kind of like it....

--BelHound

Hi BH,

You should read Civilisation One by Chris Knight (Uriels Machine) and Alan Butler - it covers ancient similarities in the measuring systems of the sumerians and UK/Ireland - and many other mind blowing theories, I'm still evaluating the math but on amazon a math prof gives it a pretty good write up!!

regards
Mel

Mel,

yes, i seem to remember something in Uriel's Machine about a certain cross cultural mathematic consistency.....that sounds like an interesting book, i'll have to take a look sometime (when finances allow )

the implications are pretty staggering.



--BelHound

BelHound,

Now that you mention it, I've been reading Uriel's Machine again lately, and am very, very sceptical about one or two things in there. Because they don't relate to this topic, I'll probably start a new thread, but suffice to say there's definitely one major flaw in the book dealing with Tara and Ireland.

Later.

mythi
as much as i enjoyed reading Uriel's Machine i must say this, in agreement -- it is ridiculously flawed in the presentation of some of its "evidence." i find it to be essentially driven by a masonic agenda, and the book tends to twist certain findings to certain ends -- to such a degree that it tends to warp if not sacrifice data that does not fit.

however, if you can pick through it and take some of their assertions with a grain of salt, it is in some respects valuable, or, if nothing else, fabulously entertaining.


--BelHound

Hi All...

I understand where you are coming from with Uriels Machine - no theory is ever perfect.. However Civilisation One is co-written with Alan Butler who authored the Bronze Age Computer Disc.. I have lent the book to my friend who has a degree in Maths to see his opinion before I make up my mind totally.. however it's a good read..

Best Regards,
Mel