That shot never left my mind. It was there, stored in a little drawer. And many many years after the little person watched the tv series, a not-so-little person went and stood in front of the real Mont Saint Michel in France. It was full of tourists and there were many restaurants and tourist souvenir shops. But even so, there was some magic on it. And that was it. Was it? No. There's more. Last May, we were in Cornwall, Britain. We were driving along the coast and suddenly... there it was! Mont Saint Michel! Oh yes, Mont Saint Michel. Eh? What? How can that be? I thought it was an allucination. Mount Saint Michel is in France. We were in Britain, right?
Right. Slippery Kitten had read about it. It was the 'British version' of Mont Saint Michel. In old times, an abbey had been built there, by the same order as the one in France. It had been a pilgrimage center . Later on, it became the property of an aristocratic family and lost its religious context. It does receive less tourists than its brother in France, and has kept the stone causeway that allows you to walk till the mount during low tide. At high tide, a boat is the only means to reach the Mount. Quite different from the French Mount, which boasts a wide road and huge car park so it is never really isolated from the mainland. Well, well, wasn't that a bit magic? A mirror Mount in Britain!...
And then, this weekend I was reading this entertaining book, Crybbe (horror does not only happen in Maine and from the hand of Stephen King, but also in... Wales!!!), and found some reference to ley-lines and old pagan sites in Britain (all of which we have already visited). First time I hear about ley-lines, I think. Or maybe I heard before but found it as interesting as attending Catholic mass. Which is nil. Religion is not my cup of tea.
Anyway, they mentioned the St Michaels Line, which goes from Mount Saint Michael in Cornwall till Bury-St-Edmunds in Suffolk. The mention to Mount Sain Michael, of course, caught my attention. After all, the litte person is always there, isn't it? So I did my bit of research on the internet today. And I came up with this... There are many many ley line alignments throughout Britain, one of them is called the Saint Michael's Line.
The map above shows the 1st May day sunrise alignment of the 'St. Michaels' Ley line, this date being the solar alignment of the ley line. On May 1st (Beltane) the sun rises along this alignment on the North-East horizon, connecting numerous ancient sacred sites. However, this Ley Line/Sacred site alignment has not the precise accuracy possible (and often stringently expected) of our advanced technological age. To include ALL the sites listed above one has to allow minor deviations of the alignment, sometimes up to three or four miles. If you allow a tolerance of 58 to 60.5 degrees for the compass bearing of the alignment, it will include all the sites listed above.
Now, isn't that interesting?
And the weather...
Fair
23°C
UV Index: 3 Low
Wind: From the East at 9 mph
Dew Point: 13°C
Humidity: 53%
Visibility: Unlimited
Barometer: 1,013.9 mb
Arriba he contado una pequenia historia de como llegue a conocer el Mont Saint Michel, el famoso monasterio en Normandia, Francia. Fue a traves de la serie de tv "La Pimpinela Escarlata", que no hubiera dejado mucha huella en mi intelecto si no llega a ser por una escena en que la Pimpinela galopaba a lo largo de una playa, dirigiendose al monasterio donde mantenian prisionero al delfin, heredero de la corona francesa. El monasterio era la fortaleza perfecta, ya que quedaba aislado de tierra firme durante la marea alta y el unico acceso era por barco. Solo al bajar la marea se advertia el camino que llevaba a caballos y paseantes a la pequenia isla. Era o no un lugar magico!
Anios mas tarde, vi el Mont Sant MIchel personalmente. Tiendas de souvenirs, restaurantes, una amplia carretera y, a los pies de Mont, un enorme parking. Ya nunca mas quedaria aislado durante la marea alta. Y sin embargo..algo de magia sobrevivia!
El pasado mayo estabamos en Cornwall. Conduciendo por la carretera, el mar a un lado y de pronto.. el Mont Sant Michel! Oh! Pero...es imposible!! Alucinacion! El Mont Sant Michel esta en Francia! Esto es Gran Bretania!! Slippery Kitten habia leido sobre el tema y aclaro que esto era el Mount Saint Michael, el hermano del Saint Michel frances. La misma orden de monjes de Francia construyo ambos monasterios. Ambos fueron centro de peregrinaje durante la Edad Media. Sin embargo, el Saint Michael britanico paso a manos de una familia aristocratica y el castillo sustituyo al monasterio. Un Mont Saint Michel era magico. Dos es..mucha magia!?
Y finalmente, la conexion y el porque de esta explicacion. Leyendo Crybbe, una novela de semi-horror que tiene lugar en Gales (si, el horror no es exclusivo de Maine y escrito por Stephen King!), encontre una mencion al Saint Michaels Mount, Avebury, Stonehenge, etc...todos ellos lugares paganos sagrados en la antiguedad - y que hemos visitado- que atrajo mi atencion. Una mirada al mapa posteado mas arriba da la explicacion. Hay una linea directa que conecta todos estos lugares. Esta linea se hace totalmente evidente el primer dia de Mayo, Beltane en el calendario pagano, cuando el sol traza una linea recta que va desde el Saint Michael's Mount hasta Bury-St-Edmunds, en Suffolk. Pasando por Stonehenge, Avebury...quiza no 100% exacto, a veces se desvia un poco, pero la linea esta ahi.
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