Stonehenge, its energy and its history are among the mysteries of our time. Each year, more than a million people visit to understand their secrets. Maybe it’s to be closer to a universal connection point. Whatever the cause, we seekers often find our way to these sites.

Stonehenge is often considered a focal point of ley lines in Britain. These lines radiate to other significant sites like Avebury and Glastonbury Tor, making up part of the Earth’s electromagnetic field. Sacred sites and historic structures connect these energy paths, forming a globally aligned grid.

Related astrological and celestial phenomena are often connected, as we see with Stonehenge.

Astrological Phenomena at Stonehenge

The exact purpose of Stonehenge remains a mystery. However, its astronomical alignments suggest that the builders deeply understood celestial cycles. Each stone at the site serves a specific purpose.

Even today, sunrise and sunset are recorded at the monument. People come from all over the world for special celestial events.

Summer Solstice: The sun rises directly over the Heel Stone, framing the entrance to the monument. The sun casts its first rays into the heart of Stonehenge.

Winter Solstice: On the winter solstice, the sunset aligns with the monument’s central axis. It passes through the Heel Stone and the trilithons, creating long shadows.

Lunar Cycle: Stonehenge is also aligned with the extreme lunar standstill. Every 18.6 years, during these alignments, the Moon reaches its highest and lowest points in the sky. Four Station Stones are believed to mark where the Moon rises and sets at these extreme points.

Getting to Stonehenge from London

When visiting places of great energy, I believe it’s best to go alone if you can. The energy of too many other people can cloud the natural vibrations within and around us. But with Stonehenge, that isn’t easy to achieve.

While I traveled alone, I took a tourist bus to the site. A few thousand people arrive this way each day.

The drive from London to Stonehenge takes about two hours.

Wiltshire, where Stonehenge is located, is made of the classic English countryside as old as man itself. The weather was mostly gray and misty, as is par for the course in that part of the country.

As we approach the site, I am surprised to see the stones for the first time. They are visible from the main intersection. However, they were here long before these roads.

Stonehenge Visitor’s Center

We drive 1.5 miles past the stones. The parking lot is big enough to hold hundreds of cars, shuttles, and buses.

The visitor’s center has a museum, cafeteria, and a massive gift shop. You can buy guidebooks and audio guides or even have docents explain things.

Various outdoor exhibits explain the site, the stones, and the people who would have erected them in 2,500 B.C. Five Neolithic houses are furnished with replica axes, pottery and other artifacts.

A 360-degree audio-visual experience takes visitors through time and seasons, showing the wonder of the celestial events.

How to Be Alone with Stonehenge

Stonehenge sits 1.5 miles down the road from the center. You have two options: a shuttle bus down a long dirt road to the stones, or you walk.

I surveyed the long line to get on the shuttle and looked down the road. Not a soul was walking. Like Thoreau, I took the path less traveled, and it made all the difference.

I didn’t realize there’s much more to this site than just the stones. Of course, there is. Far in the distance, I could just make out the shape of the stone circle. I set out that way.

What I Saw on the Road to Stonehenge

It was still early morning, and dew was on the freshly cut grass. As I walked, I could smell the earth. There was also a hint of primrose in this English countryside. Huge black Jackdaws, Rooks and Crows circled overhead.

The road was quiet and serene, except for the occasional passing of the shuttle bus. I tried to imagine how it would have looked 4,000 years before. I imagine not much has changed besides the road.

About halfway down the road, I found a few memorials and old gravestones; the lettering was worn away and unreadable.

As I walked on, I approached the site and intermingled with a group getting off the shuttle. We made our way toward the stones.

As I approached, the stones grew larger. Despite the din of the people milling all around, it was almost as if they hummed. These ancient things have stood watching all these years.

Even if they weren’t filled with magic when they were erected, now, after thousands of years of worship, they have been imbued with it.

Standing Next to Stonehenge

When you are within a few hundred feet of Stonehenge you get that feeling. You know the one. Your breath catches. You’re seeing something in real life you’ve imagined so many times before. But it’s nothing like your imagination. It’s much, much bigger.

“Oh.” Like a sigh or a gasp, the word comes out of me. It comes out of so many people as they disembark that shuttle. Your expectations will not do these rocks justice.

This is no small circle. The enormous sarsen stones are each about 30 feet tall. Think about that. The average human is about 6 feet tall. They’re much bigger than you probably expect and they take up a lot more space. The circle itself is 100 feet in diameter.

You’ve heard of Stonehenge’s mysteries; that’s why you’re here. You’ve read that these stones, some weighing over 50 tons, aren’t even found within 20 miles of the site. But now, seeing their actuality, the impossible takes on a new shape.

The Impossibility of Stonehenge

There is no known reason on Earth for these stones to stand as they are. If their mystery wasn’t apparent before, it becomes startlingly evident in the face of them. How did they get here? How were they raised? What does this formation mean?

Researchers are fascinated by and puzzled by Stonehenge’s incredible engineering feat. These questions cannot be answered. Stonehenge should not exist, yet it does.

There are ropes and human guards around the stones. You can’t get within 20 feet of them. But you can walk around observing them from every angle.

I walked around several times, taking in all the shadows, watching the birds watching me, absorbing the hum.

Walking through the Stonehenge Barrows

Instead of returning the on the shuttle, I walk through a nearby wooded area. Nobody was around and the trees blocked the site of the road and shuttles.

Walking through the mucky grass, I wondered about the curiously shaped hills I traversed. Large, evenly-spaced mounds were around me.

“Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”

Angela N. Blount

I learned later that the small hills are the Normanton Down Barrows. They’re a series of over 18 burial mounds clustered into “cemeteries” along the ridgelines within sight of the stone circle.

Walking there, I found the stillness I’d been looking for. I wasn’t surprised to find it so peaceful after learning it was a cemetery. I love a good cemetery, even when I don’t know I’m in one.

Stonehenge, too, is a burial site. About 64 cremations have been found in the ditch around it. Researchers believe as many as 150 individuals were initially buried at Stonehenge. If so, it’s the largest late Neolithic cemetery in the British Isles.

Finding Energy at Stonehenge

Many places with intense universal energy have become attractions, including Stonehenge. We can still find ways to be alone and connect with the hum.

Maybe it has become commercialized, but those rocks still sing to the universe.

Walking the road, spending time with the birds, and strolling among the barrows is still worth it. You can still feel the mystery of time and the people who once were. It’s worth it.

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