OT: happy Holidays or Happy Christmas? OT

[Guest guest]

> There is a " tumulus at

> Newgrange in the Boyne River Valley in

> Ireland. It was built in approximately

> 4500 B.C.E. On the morning of the winter

> solstice, a shaft of sunlight enters the

> mound, travels down a stone corridor, and illuminates

> the spiral designs on the back

> wall of the cave. "

 

Hey, I've been there! :-) Not on the solstice (they have a lottery

for the 3 or 4 days around that), but they did a simulation (obviously

much poorer than the real sun would be) using lights.. it was amazing,

and I can't imagine how wonderful it would be with the real sun. It

was thought that all the ashes of the dead were stored there until the

solstice, and when the sun would come through, the souls traveled to

" heaven " on it, and then they could be moved to a permanent chamber

elsewhere.

[Guest guest]

the image and the idea behind .. it all sounds beautiful!

 

=)

jenni

On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Amy wrote:

> > There is a " tumulus at

> > Newgrange in the Boyne River Valley in

> > Ireland. It was built in approximately

> > 4500 B.C.E. On the morning of the winter

> > solstice, a shaft of sunlight enters the

> > mound, travels down a stone corridor, and illuminates

> > the spiral designs on the back

> > wall of the cave. "

>

> Hey, I've been there! :-) Not on the solstice (they have a lottery

> for the 3 or 4 days around that), but they did a simulation (obviously

> much poorer than the real sun would be) using lights.. it was amazing,

> and I can't imagine how wonderful it would be with the real sun. It

> was thought that all the ashes of the dead were stored there until the

> solstice, and when the sun would come through, the souls traveled to

> " heaven " on it, and then they could be moved to a permanent chamber

> elsewhere.

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