On 2010-11-10 15:58, bburdetteva wrote:
My experiences have not reached the 'shocking' or 'thrown body' levels, but I have definitely experienced unusual warmth and tingling sensations from touching various stones over the years. This was particularly true during my visit inside the chamber at Loughcrew and, more recently, at sites in Kerry.

On 2010-06-17 08:49, AngieLake wrote:
I agree with Frogcottage and Cerrig, and must also add that I've never found a stone that gave me vibrations or threw me back, though I've heard people talk about this on the odd occasion.
As we mentioned in another thread, Rune, there was that tall stone at Clava Cairns with a small crystal that - when I placed my hand over it - did give me a strange sensation that was more mental than physical, but otherwise, nothing.

You'd think I'd be more sensitive if I dowse, yet in the past I've tried dowsing for the separate horizontal 'energy bands' in standing stones, and not had much luck!
(People who can do this generally hold the open palm of one hand a couple of inches away from the face of the stone while holding their rod or pendulum in the other. As they gradually move the 'sensing' hand up [or down?] near the face of the stone, they get a reaction with their dowsing tool, indicating to them that they've located an 'energy' band.)

The 'memories' captured in these places would be something I pick up on though, if my ritual movement dowsing results are, indeed, a record of those pathways made by their ancient users, so I'm content to be shown that instead.

On 2010-06-17 07:32, frogcottage42 wrote:
Hi Rune, I will have to dig out some of our photos from the pre digital era as there are a couple which picked up odd phenomena.
At nine stones in Dorset my wife hugged the biggest rock nearest the gate and in the photo she came out sharp but the rock has a distinct fuzzy aura around it. I have similar photos from other sites but nothing as clear.
I mention this here because she felt nothing odd at the time other than the unusual warmth we nearly always notice at these stones.
Cerrig's point seems to confirm to me that it is the difference in the way we observe the feelings at these sites that colours our descriptions and that many people are probably experiencing things that they do not notice or do not recognise in context.
I believe that it is the energy from the countless contact over millennia that imparts a kind of residual ambience to these sites in the same way that much visited buildings that have no spiritual importance to me personally *( like Cathedrals etc.) have a noticeable character that envelops the visitor.
The fact that sensitive people who could detect places that already displayed these energies may have played a part in their situation and could act to amplify these effects to the point where someone immersing themselves in the idea could actually experience a real shock?
I'm waffling now, best go![ This message was edited by: frogcottage42 on 2010-06-17 07:39 ]

On 2010-06-17 01:26, cerrig wrote:
Rune, I think it's maybe a case of official guides being unwilling to be associated with anything out of the norm. Maen Llia is a case in point here. The official stance is that it is probably a way marker, presumably for very short sited unpopular people, as it's 12 feet tall and 9 1/2 feet wide,so not easily missed, and if you followed it's line North you would quickly fall over a cliff.
But there is a regular tour bus that stops there,(not looking for directions) and the lady guide takes her customers to the stone and gets them to feel the "Energies". I personally don't feel anything energetic in any stones I've felt up, which is generally my experiences elsewhere too, but that's another story.
I've always felt that these places had a story to tell, rather than energies or powers. It seems to me that they are trying to pass on knowledge rather than tingles, but like I say I don't detect anything other than the feeling of a kind of knowing being present. It's difficult to describe it, physical sensations would be easier and more definite. Maybe the people who can sense energies in stones are feeling the same as me in a different form?