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MartinW
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|  New Message Posted!2024-05-12 10:15
I don't know enough about the moon cycles of Stonehenge, but as a qualified herbalist I did investigate the moon cycle planting issues. There are a few books on this and it seems to have a long tradition. I do know that certain medicinal plants have been proven to have a high content of the so-called "active" chemicals at full moon which is why traditional herbalists and witches gathered them at night. So I guess the shamen/women would have known about this during the stone age.
Martin
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jonm
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| New Message Posted!2024-05-10 18:25
#36: Stonehenge as a Giant Xylophone/Lithophone.
Author: Jon Wozencroft and/or Paul Devereux (2013)
Preseli Bluestones which are the stones found on the 5000-year-old site might have been picked due to their "acoustic energy."
Summary at Royal College of Art
Huff post article"
Note hypothesis related to hypothesis #5, but #5 is more about sound reflection rather than using the stones as an instrument
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Runemage
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-29 09:25
Moon Gardening, there's a bit more of the theory here.
I've heard of the technique being used for medicinal plants as well as edible ones.
https://permacultureprinciples.com/post/planting-by-the-moon/
It's featured in old Farmer's Almanacs and the like, one day when I have enough time I'd like to try a few small scale observations.
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Orpbit
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-28 20:48
Well, not quite so off topic according to we "alternos" being classed as "nuts". So jonm, promise no more after this...Sem, perhaps this was your inspiration:
Probably not, but anyway Moon gardening does sound rather counter-intuitive since life requires light, warmth and moisture. The common factor is both give light but the sun provides warmth, whereas under moonlight it's usually pretty cold. On the other hand moisture sticks to the ground at night so the plants have time to develop before they are forced to protect themselves in the "heat" of day! Does that sound like science or not...
You could, of course, try building a Russian pyramid (slope angle - 76.345-degrees), if it works then good, but if not it'll at least keep your iron sickle sharp - so I'm told.
Well, at least "alternos" have a sense of humour, although the academics might counter by saying that if it's not peer reviewed then it can only be "humus".
Cheers
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sem
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-25 03:39
Sorry if this is a bit off-topic Jon, but as an addition to the above the full moon was yesterday. I sowed some basil seeds in a covered environment on Saturday on my south facing kitchen windowsill. We do not have central heating and nightly temperatures here have been between 3 and 5 degC, yet by yesterday the seeds had sprouted. Could the full moon be a factor in this?
The more I look into the idea of the moon being important to early agriculture the more I am convinced that it was.
As an addendum, C and I went to Porthcawl this afternoon and called into a marvellous green grocer's there. I commented that herbs and the like were not very well stocked and the shop-bloke said their suppliers were finding it hard to supply as plants were not growing well. He looked very surprised when I told him about my germinating basil. C suggested we could supply some and by charging exorbitant prices I could afford to buy a silver sickle. Now, where is that mistletoe?
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-22 06:14
jonm,
discussion about sources of plans here:
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=8639&forum=4&start=0
sem,
one of my colleagues was a "mushroom" expert and also a keen moonlight gardener, so you are definitely not alone. Interesting theories but I've never tried myself, nigh time activites were more looking up than down!
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sem
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-22 04:25
Regarding the lunar aspect of SH, one thing many people forget is that the moon's effect on life is more important than people realise. It obviously affects the tides, but other effects include human fertility and plant life. I'm sure that ancient peoples were well aware of this effect.
As an example, a couple of years ago, restricted as I now am by my physical condition, as a new hobby I started growing a few herbs and have found that by harvesting only at full moon (this seems to be an ancient tradition) the increase in yield was amazing - no, I didn't use a silver sickle as I can't afford one! Also, the plants I practised this method on produced more in cold weather. e.g. I have a few chilli (no pun intended) plants which are already flowering. Given that the growing advice on various websites all suggest a requirement of about 18 deg C to flower, I would consider this experiment successful.
I'm now self-sufficient in oregano, parsley and chillies!! For anyone who is interested I recommend Prairie Fire - at about one pepper per dish they go a long way and are lovely.
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jonm
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-21 17:06
#35: Stonehenge aligned to the Moon and various other alignments.
Author: C.A. "Peter" Newham [March, 1963]
The first remarkable discovery he made was that a line drawn from mound 94 to 91 would appear to coincide with the point on the horizon where the moon rises at its most southerly point during its 19-year cycle.
"ca-peter-newham-and-station-stone" link to stonehengemonument.co.uk
Many thanks to Simon Banton for linking me to this site and its detailed explanation.
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jonm
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-16 19:10
Gregor:
Theory author #34 appears to have published first. Are you saying that #2 should be deleted or is there some sort of difference?
I wondered about this myself because my own hypothesis (which is not here) is also duplicated by theory #23. On the other hand, #23 does not explain why and also omits the Orrery aspect
Hi Rune
Yes: The Lunar one. Agree it should be included but had a lot of difficulty finding out who proposed it first so didn't want to misattribute it.
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Gregor
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| New Message Posted!2024-04-15 21:16
jonm
Number #34 on the list of Stonehenge "Theories" is duplicated with number #2.
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