Newgrange, Dec. 21st, 2007 (thus almost winter solstice day)

[micksul67]

Most confusing video ever.

[sainglain]

Thanks for uploading - I've been in Newgrange twice, 1982 and march 2008 - the 21st Dec. is also my sisters birthday - J.H., an dún

[VReijs]

Due to change of obliquity the sun rise would have been different indeed (it would have shown to the end of the middle recess AND at the same moment the sun comes above the horizon.

[VReijs]

This was in answer to sailingstargazr question:

Wonderful video. I'd like to know what you think, in a quantitative sense, about the actual sunrise position wrt the horizon versus the illumination of the shaft. Has anyone published the effect of precession on the alignmnet, to let us figure out what day is best for viewing an actual sunrise event? - Brian.

[sailingstargazr]

Thank you! - Brian.

[dotjoiner]

pathetic attempt to cash in on an extraordinary event. Mind numbing crawl through a pretentious collage which is about as clear as mud. You spend more time trying to figure out what we are being shown than actually seeing something informative. Hilarious moment when several bodies stroll across the suns path blocking the whole reason for being there. Bet that was Victor Rejis himself Blockin up the passageway as he left the arena before the final whistle. "been there, seen it, gone."

[dogsbollix]

you are a bitter little man. for the millions who aren't permitted in to see this all we can hope for is a tiny glimpse of it. not great but better than nothing

[Liozeris]

Wonderful and Beautiful.

The Skygeezers, Stargazers and Moonbeams are all thankful for this fine little program.

Here, near the South Shore of Lake Michigan. We would be in snow up to our ankles. Except there is an inch of ice on top. -- IndianaJohn

[FloresDeLaPrimavera]

How wonderful! Thanks for making this video. The music was lovely as well.

[nextimeabuttrfly]

This was really cool to watch. I'm really interested in this because the Winter Solstice is my birthday. Thanks for recording it!

[dalybai]

wat a boring video!

[send2meez]

Isn't this where the Morrigan is supposed to be buried?

[auntieviral]

This morning I was thinking of my friend Robert Anton Wilson and then as I opened my laptop your captured images appeared, shedding a breath of ancient light on the synchronicity of this timeless moment. Every cathedral a tomb and every tomb a cathedral... Thanks Bob, thanks Victor

[Meerhenk]

Bedankt, Victor, voor deze prachtige compilatie. Ik kon op de 21e niet ingelogd raken (te veel bezoekers op de site) en heb dus later de registratie gezien. Deze samenvatting is een documentje om lang te bewaren. Hartelijke groet, Henk van Es

[pleez13]

This edited version was wonderful, too...what I originally expected. But for me, the full commentary helped me to understand more about the event that I wouldn't have otherwise known.

[spliffidge]

AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL

[BAJR]

Very fine indeed.. thanks for doing an excellent compilation

[pagaian]

This is a great compilation of the event. Thank you. I saw it on the first morning (21st) from my place west of Sydney Australia, where we were preparing to celebrate Summer Solstice ritual. I was very disappointed in the commentary that ran with the original webcast -naming it as a tomb, and only once slipped into an acknowledgement of it as a "cathedral" ... modern word for "ritual centre", which is how Martin Brennan understood the place. His work wasn't mentioned.

[artyfahrty]

beautiful

[mythicalireland]

Thanks Victor. Good work. Can I be so bold as to remind folks here that a very good book about the astronomical function of the "passage-tombs" is "Island of the Setting Sun - In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers". ;-)

[pearseward]

i live literally an hour away from Newgrange and ashamedly have never ventured. and i'm pretty sure remains have been excavated within the site making it something of a tomb!

[kscottm]

Right, but I am curious about the INTENT of the actual megalithic architects. Were they constructed to be celestial observatories and markers, only to decay and be used by later generations as convenient mausoleums for the dead? Do cremated remains count as burials or were they merely ancillary by-products of pagan rites tied to astronomy? Surely, we cannot assume every ancient structure in which human remains were found HAD TO BE intended as such!

[VReijs]

I see monuments as ancient cathedrals; so concerning birth, marriage, worthship, coprses bodies are found in a older cathedral, scientific instrument (like the meridia or the clock of the town).

But even if 'opening' a monument up for this concept; I don't know if it will help understanding the neolithic person...

I am not offended if someone calls it a burial monument, but for myself I leave it indeed more open.

I see it as part of paradoxes of live; so there is more between heavan and earth!

[kscottm]

Absolutely thrilling feed from OPW, despite fairly deadpan commentary that kept insisting on Newgrange as a megalithic tomb, contrary to Martin Brennan's belief the Boyne Valley tumuli were designed for sacred heavenly observations. Thank you Victor for condensing the highlights. I watch the whole thing live at 2am in Denver.

[mythicalireland]

Victor, Thanks very much for this! Happy Solstice.

[Glaznoz]

thanks for grabbing that Victor!

Thats some fine editing.

(PeteG)