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Stones Rising 2002
The Procession of The Standing Stones

A collection of photographs documenting the procession of one stone from its place at the foot of our mountain, over mile along the main road into Four Quarters, entering the Main Camp and thence to the Circle of Standing Stones.

The Procession of the Stones

The Rising

Ceremonials and Fire Circle

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Hard going, hard work.
Hard going, hard work.
Still a mile to go.

Time for a little Magical assistance

Time for a little Magical assistance.

Preparing the Veve
Preparing the Veve.

KaaBoom !!
KaaBoom !!

And the Loa are called
And the Loa are called.

Now back to the big pull
Now back to the big pull.

 

 

 

Tendons tense, ropes strain and the stone moves!
Tendons tense, ropes strain
and the stone moves!

 From the Stonespoint of view
From the Stonespoint of view.
Beginning the last hard uphill stretch
Beginning the last hard uphill stretch.
Almost there
Almost there!
We made it
We made it to the top.
A very well deserved breakTime for a bit of body paintAnd a challenge arrives from the Kitchen Staff. Thats a carrot !!
A very well deserved break with time for a bit of body paint.
And a challenge arrives from the Kitchen Staff. Thats the carrot on a stick!!
The challange accepted
The challange accepted.		 And the stone moves off, into Main Camp
And the stone moves off, into Main Camp.
Into the woods at a dead run.
Into the woods at a dead run.		 And a sharp turn into the High Meadow
And a sharp turn into the High Meadow.
Tight turns through a field of tents
Tight turns through a field of tents.
And on into the home stretch

And on into the home stretch		 A Four Quarters Tradition, finishing the pull at a dead run
The Stone Crew races
into the entrance of the Stone Circle
The Stone Crew races into the entrance of the Stone Circle The carrot worked!
A Four Quarters Tradition, finishing the pull at a dead run
into the Stone Circle.That carrot really worked !
Off loading the stone
Off loading the stone		 Now resting on the rollers, waiting for tommorrows Rising
A stone lies waiting
Now resting on the rollers,
waiting for tommorrows Rising

 

Faces of the Stone Crews

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With Thanks and Blessings to all, both known and unknown,
who have made the Circle of Standing Stones possible.


 

 

 

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