Hugh Nibley on Stonehenge

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The temple is the great teaching institution of the human race; universities are much older than we might ever expect. A university began as a Greek Mouseion, a temple of the Muses, who represented all departments of knowledge… The Egyptians called it the “House of Life.” It was an observatory, a great megalithic complex of standing stones (later columns and pylons), with amazingly sophisticated devices for observing and recording the motions of the heavens. A study of Stonehenge shows that it was a computer of great accuracy, a university set in the midst of sacred groves — botanical and geological gardens and groves; it was a “paradise,” a Garden of Eden, where all life is sacrosanct.

Check out Nibley’s other comments on –

http://www.templestudy.com/2008/04/01/stonehenge-an-ancient-temple/

[Anonymous]

Maybe the pagan druids knew more about “god and spiritual world” than we gave them credit for. This is one place I certainly want to visit if I ever make it over there to your neck of the woods. I’m a big Anne Rice The Withching Hour fan.

[Anonymous]

I’ve visited Stonehenge. While I’ve no doubt that these people were no angels, the idea that they were completely primitive savages falls down when you look at the sheer size of the stones (huge). Even modern bulldozers and cranes would have trouble with them. They brought the stones hundreds of miles too. And what’s more, they managed to get all the astronomical alignments right.

That kind of stuff pre-supposes great intelligence and organizational abilities.

Check out the second blog entry down here –

http://thelatterdaychurchofchrist.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

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