Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
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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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.
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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.