Avebury Stone Serpent

When this whole thing started, the Standing Stones tour,

I was searching around on the net among my favourite links,

looking for something, I know not what. I have an obsession

with lost things, and finding answers. Below is a link of

one man's impression of some stones, and his vision of

what they looked like. They are now lost to us,

lost to the world. There were times when the

Serpent vibrated on the earth, and was sacred. These

are not new things, but very old, and I like to look into

the origins of things. Being on this road made me dig up

the link and lay it out like a map, put my magic

spectacles on, and look at it again with new eyes. Actually,

I can't conceive of it being there, this amazing thing, and

I am struck with the feeling that I am sad of its passing.

I often get this feeling of "What if" and it always gets me

thinking. Now, on this road, I understand things about

serpents I never knew before. Being near these things,

the fascination that they once existed, makes me look

at the world with new eyes. I was terrified of snakes,

and had no idea what to do about them, but now it is

a different thing. I am wary of them, and give them

their space and better understand them now. Once I was

within a foot of a large snake, and was amazed as it did not

move and made no effort to strike me in any way. It was

like a frozen moment, one of the stillest moments I have

ever had. Again for me the subject is fear and superstition.

I feared what I didn't understand.

Avebury Serpent, Britain - link:

http://www.crystalinks.com/avebury.html

(Scroll down to the middle and see the lost formation.)
copyright Monika Roleff 2006.