Initiation and the Lunar Standstill at Callanish
On the night of the summer solstice June 20, 1997, I again had the pleasure and great privilege of witnessing the Full Moon rise over the magical, sacred landscape of the Callanish Complex on the Scottish Hebridean Isle of Lewis. Along with Haleakala crater of Maui, Mt. Shasta’s upper valleys, and a certain area of Joshua Tree’s Wonderland of Rocks, Callanish has been my most powerful personal place of spiritual initiation.
However, unlike the other three sites, which are wholly natural formations, Callanish was geomantically constructed in Neolithic times (circa 25000-3000 B.C.E.) to be an initiatory and ceremonial arena. Read More