Granna Bytes: Finally, Stonehenge Makes Sense

Anna von Reitz

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Anna shares her personal response to Stonehenge, recalling its scale, atmosphere and the sound of wind around the stones. She explains why familiar accounts of its purpose have left her with questions and introduces a video offering an interpretation she finds compelling. Her written reflection invites readers to consider how direct experience can prompt fresh questions about an ancient place. The video remains linked in her original article for those who wish to explore it.

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Anna reflects on the physical presence and atmosphere of Stonehenge.
She asks whether solar alignments alone explain its purpose.
She shares a video that offers an interpretation she finds meaningful.

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By Anna Von Reitz

One of the odd things about Stonehenge is the way the wind sounds as it wraps around the ancient stones, the odd sensations that crawl up your spine, the odd sense of a song that is lingering just outside the range of hearing, the chill even on a summer day, the surprising effort it takes to walk the distance around the stones. It's all so much larger than it appears on television and in movies.

Like millions of other people I have contemplated Stonehenge and other megaliths and wondered --- what went on here? Nothing I ever heard came close to what I instinctively sensed about the monument.

Sure, the sun rises at Solstice between these two stones ---but that's not all. That's not even a major part of it.

Here, finally, is an explanation that feels right, that makes sense, that fills in the vacant spaces and connects the dots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEMYevzJhq4

Granna

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