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Hi Mark,
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>Do you know halo drawings before the year 1551? I heard about halo
drawings from the Bronze Age. Is this true?<
I've read a book called 'The Stonehenge Scrolls' written by Donald Cyr.
He proposes that Stonehenge itself is built with 22 degree halos in mind.
He shows how sunrise/sunset viewed on certain dates (solstices etc)
the view seen in other openings just happens to be the left and right
sides of a 22 degree halo! Hmmm.....
He further mentions the weather theories of a man named 'Veil' who
proposed
(around 1900 or so) that the atmosphere was colder and held more water
vapor in it thousands of years ago. Read it this way - It had more halos!
He also shows that some of the uprights at Stonehenge are 'tapered' so as
to follow along the curve of the halo.
I don't know if he is right, but he does tie these things up into a
package
that
is nice and pretty logical.
There are arguments against his thoughts though:
Tapering was an architectural technique used to give columns a particular
appearance (I've forgotten what it's called). Veils theory has never
been
proven
and there is a fair amount of proof against it - but recently I've seen
data that
shows Veil might be correct.
Still - Stonehenge might just be a calendar and a halo observatory. If
the
sky were
frequently cloudy (as they are today) being able to observe several
connected
'risings' (location of halos, etc) might help ensure and validate accurate
date readings.
'Halos trapped in stone'.
It is food for thought.
Chuck.
PS: Les Cowley - Let me know if you want to borrow it!
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