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It Takes a Shaman to Raise a Stone

Why did the standing stone climb the hill?

Well, I think we know.

Before the Bull Stone began its two-year journey from its natal rock-bed, across the coulee floor, and up-slope to its new shrine, I asked:

Will you come? Will you chance this adventure? Will you receive this adoration?

For these are the questions that must be asked.

And the Stone said: Even so.

Two years, much sweat, and the work of four days later, the Bull Stone now lies, gazing at the sky through autumn's yellow canopy, on the shoulder of Sweetwood Ridge. In spring, we will raise him and, if we do our work well, he will stand in consummation long after we are gone.

And all the while the priestess, the clan-mother, sat at the crown of the slope, singing the song of Calling.

Why did the standing stone climb the hill?

He came because he was Drawn.

Truly, it takes a shaman to raise a stone.

 

For LM and the Warlocks

 

Photo: Kile Martz

 

 

 

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Poet, scholar and storyteller Steven Posch was raised in the hardwood forests of western Pennsylvania by white-tailed deer. (That's the story, anyway.) He emigrated to Paganistan in 1979 and by sheer dint of personality has become one of Lake Country's foremost men-in-black. He is current keeper of the Minnesota Ooser.

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  • Kile Martz
    Kile Martz Tuesday, 09 October 2018

    Indeed the stone is now full of our intention and purpose. When, at last, it stands at the point of the ridge, it will hold magic for the ages.

  • Steven Posch
    Steven Posch Tuesday, 09 October 2018

    So mote it be.

  • Greybeard
    Greybeard Tuesday, 09 October 2018

    This is my favorite method for raising stones. The ancient Pagans who built Stonehenge may not have had diesel engines and hydraulic cranes, but they weren't stupid. One man using his head is enough to move and erect Stonehenge size blocks.
    https://youtu.be/lRRDzFROMx0

  • Steven Posch
    Steven Posch Thursday, 11 October 2018

    Thanks for the link, Greybeard.

    The mysteries of Old, revealed on Youtube.

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