Lecture Courses
UPDATE
Due to the restrictions brought about by the threat of Covid-19 all courses are postponed until further notice John will be giving a five-part lecture series based on his doctoral thesis starting this March in Broadstairs, Kent, entitled: ‘Magic Circles' - the myth and mystery of henges and other ritual sites of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. For details email: [email protected] or phone 01843 603536 |
Sessions
1. History, myth and mystery - what local myths, folklore and legends say about Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual sites. 9 March 2. Stones and star-gates: examining the possibility of astronomical alignments at sacred sites. 6 April 3. PIE in the sky: Are our oldest (Proto-Indo-European) myths derived from Near Eastern sky myths? 11 May 4. The lost goddess? - following the elusive traces of a megalithic deity in artefacts and architecture from Anatolia to Ireland. 8 June 5. The River of Milk and the Spinning Castle: the lost religion of the henge-builders and tracing its perseverance in Folklore 13 July |