Stonehedge?

Question

Gimme your theory on why stonehenge is there and what purpose it serves.

Answer 1

Stonehhenge is a Church - - - Dedicated to the Powers of the Universe, pulling in, linking the Worship of Earth, Sun, Moon, the elements of the weather - - -... The very creation of Stonehenge was a religious act. It also, cleverly, kept a growing population busy, focusing efforts on a purposeful activity as apposed to war. It was a work project, it greased the flow of commerce & trade, cementing trade agreements between various regions supplying stone timber and people as well as food to feed and drink to quench not only thirst but spirits - - - .

It took decades to complete Stonehenge - - - in that sense it was a living church. It was built so that various Equinoxes would highlight sacred sites - - - the site itself is one of those Earth Magic Centers, a natural font for whatever one wants to call 'God' or 'Universe.' A phenonem evident in places as diverse of the Taj Mahal and Westminster Abbey and Trinity Church in New York or the Church in the Grove.

As orginally conceived, it was a Cathederal with portions under roofs hewn from the native wood of Britain and Wales.

Now it serves merely to awe us - - - modern humans have turned against people who worship the forces of the Universe, and even the Modern Druids who worship there are there by virtue or permits & legal wranggling...

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Answer 2

I don't know about all of that legend stuff, but I have been to "America's Stonehenge" It is in Salem, New Hampshire. There is evidence to suggest two entirely seperate groups of people having inhabited the area and the rocks in the area are set up in such a way as to mark the passage of the sun and relate it to important yearly events like the equinoxes and solstices. There is a bunch more to it as well. I think either Discovery Channel or National Geographic did a show about it as well.

Answer 3

My theory:
In addition to serving as a place of worship (solstice and all that) the individual stones at Stonehenge are memorials of real people who were significant in some way to the builders. I also think building Stonehenge was a way to draw together a large number of people, probably separate clans or tribes, to encourage cooperation and maybe a peace treaty or some overarching family connection...a sort of "we're all cro-magnons--not those despicable neanderthals" idea.
I realize that it took a long, long time to construct Stonehenge and that according to archaeological evidence the henge was originally wood. However, ancient peoples did not share our concept of linear time...they weren't prone to the quick loss of interest and impatience that modern society suffers from. I really think that the builders of Stonehenge could have sustained the interest, the effort, and the motivation for the long construction, reconstruction time necessary to the task.

Answer 4

I have three theories and they sound rather absurd when I think about it. One is that cavemen had nothing better to do than to arrange rocks in a circular pattern with a structure in the middle. Another is that a civilization had no means of determining a calender system and made stonehenge as a calender. The last is that aliens might have made this as a positioning device for earth for some reason. See this? Utter absurdity.

Answer 5

I don't see that my opinion would matter and I really don't have one. Currently one supposes that its main purpose is as a tourist attraction; although I have heard that people gather there at certain equinoxes, or solstices, or whatever during spring, summer, etc.

Due to the resources expended to construct it at a time when life was a struggle it must have once had a significant purpose to the people who conceived and created it and continued to expand it for many, many years.

Perhaps it is still serving its initial purpose by causing us to wonder.

Answer 6

I'm really not sure on what to believe about this one.
I've heard various things from aliens, to Druids, etc.
The only thing I firmly believe is that it really is a mystical place, and probably has some funky sorta energy around it.
I would love for us to really uncover what the mystery behind it is.

http://paranormal.about.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=stonehenge&SUName=paranormal&TopNode=3675&type=1

Answer 7

I personally think that ancient people wanted to make a architectural monument or masterpiece, and although it might be aligned to the stars, it's main purpose might have been something different, possibly as a sign of knowledge. Also never underestimate the people of the past.

Answer 8

Don't really know much. Only that the Druids dancing at the Summer Solstice celebrations don't look too convincing to me. I mean, it doesn't look authentic or serious enough.

Answer 9

i think it was used mainly for religous purposes

although a study of ancient language reveals stonehenge either means stone hinge beacuse of the way they were made or stone gallows - they may have been used to hang people as punishment or religous sacrifice

Answer 10

astronomical relation to wintersolstice i think. THere used to be a wood henge but for obvious reasons it didn't last. It corresponded to the opposite astronomical event.