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Sacred Sites
Sacred Sites of Southern Africa Pathways of the Sun
By Louise Clarke
For as long as I can remember I have always been ‘called’ to the places we may call ‘sacred’. I wouldn’t even define myself as a seeker nor a researcher of sacred sites. Rather, it has always been the spirit and essence of the place that I was interested in, the resonant ‘imprint’ that I was drawn to, that would always somehow imbue me with an experience and knowing after visiting a site, merely by spending time there in reverence.
It was in 2006 that I was gifted a book written by a South African archaeo-astronomer named Dean Liprini, which unveils the mysteries of ancient caves, shelters and strange sites along a light grid in South Africa. It is unclear as to whether these sites are pre-existing geological forms or if they were constructed by the ancients. Dean addresses the controversy by saying that there is no separation between that which is shaped by the human spirit and that which is formed by the divine spirit of nature, attributing it all to the consciousness of creation.
I met Dean in 2014 and have explored countless mysteries and co-facilitated several journeys across Southern Africa with this remarkable man. Over the following issues I will be sharing more information around these incredible and unique power places.
To give you an idea, in this very brief introduction into the Pathways of the Sun and Dean’s life work, I will begin by sharing how he too was called to his destiny.
Dean grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. When he was 10 years old he went on a school outing where they hiked up to Elephant Eye cave of the Constantiaberg (Constantia Mountain). It was here where he first came to understand innately how the ancients mapped the passage of the sun. As he showed his classmates the distant Hottentots Holland on the eastern horizon where the sun was rising, and demonstrated how the rays of light penetrated the back of the cave through the eye, he had no idea that this experience would form the blueprint of his work in later life.
Dean’s discoveries are astounding. South Africa’s solar light grid is a mysterious geographic and geomorphic network, a mapping system that links the Pathways of the Sun to a series of ancient rock shrines, caves, springs and earth energy centres that are of both natural and human construction.
The mountains of the Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain and Lion’s Head formed 230 million years ago and comprise a major part of the solar light grid. According to Dean’s research, Table Mountain is a cosmic clock and Lion’s head an ancient sundial. Two stone giants, lying head to head and gazing up at the sky, form the shape of the mountain, the clefts of the eyes of the giants lighting up on the Summer and Winter Solstices, as if they were the watch keepers of the South.
Fascinating marker rocks designed as human faces acting as ‘observatories’ are found all along the sun grid. The figuration of the human face is perfectly designed for use as a sundial. Similarly, rock water-bowl sundials have been discovered and combine the elements of earth, water and fire creating a multidimensional rendering of a cosmic event.
Crystal fertility birthing caves and even an enormous pyramid complete with all Seeing Eye can be found in the Sun Valley, and along with countless other geometrically carved and aligned marker stones all interrelate to create a staggering map of consciousness of the Southern tip of Africa.
In his book Dean not only describes these phenomena in detail, but also touches on how the Sun Path and its light grid can facilitate healing on physical, spiritual and energetic levels. The stone monuments of humanity help us reconnect with the land and our ancestors, creating an awareness of the interconnectedness between humanity, Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Certainly, it takes deep time to integrate an experience consciously embarked upon that results in a complete re-membering of our divinity. In ready surrendering to the sacredness of ancient sites that effortlessly, in their intrinsic nature, imprint into you a new resonant code of harmonic creation that once felt, can never be undone.
Supernal Magazine interviewed Dean Liprini on Supernal Radio.
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Louise Clarke Exploring sacred sites in Africa and walking as an art of healing.
Image Credit: Louise Clarke
