Sharing inspiration from the dolmen pilgrimage!

[VestnikRA]

My dear friends!
We are back from September dolmen tour and it is the time now for comprehension of the enormous amount of information, feelings and inspiration we all brought from this pilgrimage. And I am happy to share with you the full set of inspiring pictures from the pilgrimage! Amazing pictures from the Dolmen pilgrimage

[VestnikRA]

As one of the participants says in his feedback: "I am very happy and grateful that such a spontaneous decision to participate has turned out into one of the most beautiful and inspiring trips for me ever."

[Corncrake]

Thank you for sharing these with us - I can well believe it was a magical trip. I remember reading about dolmens in Vladimir Megre's Anastasia books although they can be found all over the world. About 30 years ago on a visit to the Black Sea I wanted to visit the dolmens at Krasnodar but wasn't allowed because, although it was during glasnost, it was still very difficult to travel anywhere apart form the route prescribed by Intourist.

[Lifebringer]

I think those homes of stone were built for protection from animals larger than man so man and his family could sleep at night with one on watch. The hole will only allow for fox or coyote, wolf or smaller prey and snakes. Good eating if one should try to come in and bite or steal food from the family.

I really believe this because if I was a lone survivor with meager tools to make weapons, a stone shelter with a small way in and large enough to have weapons inside for decapitation, would be my plan.

[Lancelot]

Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures of Dolmens - A dolmen pilgrimage sounds like a great idea and can be a way to connect with the knowledge of our ancient ancestors as was written in the Anastasia books (book 3 or 4 I think). They are also known as cromlechs and can be found all over Europe, in India, Israel and Syria and are particularly abundant in Ireland, France and The British Isles.
This is a good website to find out more -

http://ancient-wisdom.co.uk/dolmen.htm

[VestnikRA]

Please see the full set of inspiring pictures from the pilgrimage! http:/*/dolmentour.blogspot.ru

[VestnikRA]

A feedback from the tour: http://dolmentour.blogspot.ru/2013/1...mber-tour.html

[VestnikRA]

Also please enjoy the article about dolmens I wrote awhile ago -
http://www.spaceoflovemagazine.com/article_dolmens.htm

[VestnikRA]

My dear friends! I am happy to share inspiring pictures from our recent Dolmen trip in May 2014! ))) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceo...7645012752852/
See also Sacred Russia video: https://vimeo.com/93821121

[VestnikRA]

Some scientists believe that dolmens are much older than Egyptean pyramids, dated from 2000 to 8000 BC

[Sunny-side-up]

Thank you VestnikRA for sharing these images and information.
I have not seen these 'Dolmens of Russia' before.
Their constitutions is very interesting with the triangular end stones!
I also seen some face stones have carvings, an outline like a suggestion of a door?

[Sunny-side-up]

WoW again, justwatched your second link 'Sacred Russia video' https://vimeo.com/93821121

Love that site/those stones, wish I could experience it, so glad for your to have been

Love, Peace and Hugs
Alan

[ghostrider]

the Egyptian pyramids are 73,340 years old built in two stages ...my source Ptaah the ET ishwish of earth , looking over our little blue marble for the last 1,000 years ...

[Nasu]

brilliant pics. thank you so much for posting. What do you think those small round holes were for? they seem too small for an entrance, too much effort just for a window, they all seem to have them, it was obviously an important design point, I wonder what its purpose was??.... N

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Posted by Nasu (here)
brilliant pics. thank you so much for posting. What do you think those small round holes were for? they seem too small for an entrance, too much effort just for a window, they all seem to have them, it was obviously an important design point, I wonder what its purpose was??.... N

to me, they look like the size of an igloo hole (nothern inuit snow/ice shelters), so yes, an entrance that will more or less efficiently hides from the elements and harsh winters, there must have been some other complétions to those dolmen that were made of trees and planks etc.

[Ellisa]

When were these dolmens constructed? They look very old, though the 'entrance' holes would have been difficult to do without metal tools I think.

[VestnikRA]

That's a good question. Most of the dolmens don't have any carvings. Only very few of them have portal carvings outside of the front slab and zigzag carvings - inside whcih definately point to significance of these particular dolmens.

[VestnikRA]

They are about 5 to 10 thousand years old.

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[Mike Gorman]

The holes would have let the smoke out maybe...no doubt they had fires lit in them for warmth/cooking easier to make the hole in the sides...

[VestnikRA]

Posted by GalaxyHorse (here)
The holes would have let the smoke out maybe...no doubt they had fires lit in them for warmth/cooking easier to make the hole in the sides...

No, they were built for different purposes, not as dwellings. All dolmens used to have a plug before, you can still see some of the plugs in museums - https://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceoflove/14347174551/