A Druid Priest explains Stonehenge

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A real Druid Priest Explains Stonehenge

goes with blog post here: http://heritage-key.com/blogs/rebecca-t/what-now-stonehenge-protesters

Meet Kim Payne, a druid priest and listen to his explanations of the history of one of the world's most enchanting and mysterious monuments. How did the stones get there? What are the issues with accessing it?

See great images of Stonehenge, detailed shots and some stunning photographs from the Heritage Key Flickr Pool.

Filmed by Jonathan Himoff, edited by Ryan Chatfield
for Rezzable Productions Ltd. copyright 2009.

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[TheIrocube]

if they opened those stones to the public idiots would end up coming along and spray painting the stones...

[Pagyptsian]

The stones were open at the summer solstice and it was abused to unappreciative morons. So it's a horrible idea to open it up all year round.

[Anextlomarusgaming]

this place is very sacred to those who belive in the celtic religion, example the taj mahal to the indians is special to them/ St. Peter's Basilica is very important to the people of rome, but this is like the only place in briton i could think of is peace and quiet. if i was a high priest of the modern day druids, i wish to be buried here with in my ancestors lands where they ruled.

[ThePogle]

open the stones

[SydnRain]

agreed. Humans have no respect for history.

[kingpharaohtsar]

@sonofherne language is an od thing it changes alot my people have seen it change more then modren sassanach culture can think like gaelic thuogh to old english thru 2 modren english as for the other stuff its probliy becoz english peoples culture is dead that makes them like that i dont know any english druids so i cant realy comment but i will say this thay only seem to know of stonehenge when theres far older stuff elswear in alba eire an cymru bed sheets lol crazy

[sonofherne]

@kingpharaohtsar I always thought a druid was meant to be a learned soul, practised in the art of language. You have a problem stringing a sentence together to make yourself understood. It's meant to be a 20 year discipline, not a 'throw on a bed sheet and that makes me a druid.' Most druids I've known know nothing about the actual history of the places they are in. They have such a militant & unspiritual philosophy. Most are souls who've a problem with fitting in.

[sonofherne]

@ExNinjadude The celts never came to Britain. The British Celts aren't the same as continental celts, they are a completely different branch. No one was called a celt until a few hundred years ago. If Stonehenge was active at the time when the Romans were in Britain it would have been destroyed if celts/druids had been using it. Remember, they got wiped out.

[uomoeeta]

@TheIrocube that´s this day culture and art

[kingpharaohtsar]

@sonofherne im drui not neo druid drui no d we are no modren construct like the wiccan new age or such we are the act of remembering we are no religion we are atheistic like buddist monks were have we been we didnt realze we had gone anywear history will remember soon enuff now the internet age has come more will remember an more will join if that all sounds abit od its coz wwoooo im drui but realy ya were coming back laoch sidhe an dulra i firinnean gu bragh

[ExNinjadude]

@markandrach when the celts come to briton they used stonehedge although they never actually built... it's just like christains celebrate christmas although if you look up the real history of christmas it has no connection between christainity and christmas.

[markandrach]

stonehenge and druids have no connection whatsoever,one came before the other by over 2000 years

still an amazing place