Sacred Sites: The Alchemy Ethics By Freya Sampson - Custodian Eartheart
Sacred: contextual meaning; deserving veneration: indicating great respect and reverence. Since the Industrial Revolution began in 1760, life on our planet has been on a slippery slope toward mass extinction. In our race to make life easier for ourselves, we have inadvertently, as a global culture, been moving in a rapid direction that is quite the opposite of respectful, reverent and sacred, in the way we treat our planet, environment and ecology. Yet, when we have an opportunity to travel, literally tens and hundreds of thousands of people journey to see the world’s natural wonders and to witness the archaic, prehistoric megaliths around our planet, which are all sacred sites to the original peoples of that area. What is it about these ‘Sacred Sites’, that capture one’s attention, that
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fascinates and beckon to humanity? We stand in awe of these mystical places for many reasons: Our global cultures nostalgia for the archaic Our desire to know ourselves and our unique place in the universe Their sheer stature and beauty Their seemingly impossible locations Their precise construction or gargantuan size, which we are unable to replicate even with the most modern technology available in 2020. Their subject matter, what they consist of physically and metaphysically.Their arrangement in aligning to constellations in the heavens, their rising and setting and solar processional alignments. Their purpose and let’s face it, we have very little idea of this. The feeling, which is
evoked in our being when we gaze upon images of them or when we are literally standing in front of them The mystery of synchronicity that leads one to be present at a sacred site, and that which occurs around and within them. The sense that there is something they are asking of us to remember and become. Given we, as a global culture, have very little idea of our true ancient origins, is it any wonder that we have, by and large, forgotten why we are drawn to sacred sites and how to behave when we actually visit. It’s not like there are any units you can take in school to learn about this. Nor is there an Enlightenment 101 tertiary course available, which educates one as to the ethical alchemical practices for life and sacred sites. This is knowledge gathered, piece by piece, through
