Stone stacking by streams, ponds and other places destroy all sense of the wild.
Stacks are an encroachment, enforcing one’s presence on others after you have gone home.
Stone stacking erodes soil and accelerates erosion, destroying the cool undersides of stones that are asylums for millions of invertebrates.
It may seem neat and a nice picture for social media, but it’s an affront against the first and most important rule of venturing into the wilderness:
leave no trace.
In a nutshell… leave it like you found it.
Stacks are an encroachment, enforcing one’s presence on others after you have gone home.
Stone stacking erodes soil and accelerates erosion, destroying the cool undersides of stones that are asylums for millions of invertebrates.
It may seem neat and a nice picture for social media, but it’s an affront against the first and most important rule of venturing into the wilderness:
leave no trace.
In a nutshell… leave it like you found it.
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Some clarification needs to be made from the earlier post about stone stacking:
https://t.me/BCNeanderthalMindset/2428
Not to say that all forms of building stone markers are wrong, but do they serve a purpose?
Our people have been using rocks and stones to place importance upon a place or event for a very, very long time and with good reason. Locations of important events such as battles, sacred areas and devotion to the gods themselves are a few reasons.
Battle sites where much blood has been shed, memorials to great chieftains, gods that are venerated by the tribe are rendered honor by erecting stone monuments in praise and memory.
Stone markers are also used as navigational posts both on land and at sea, so setting up whimsical stone stacks could potentially mislead a traveler if they have never seen the marker that they should be looking for.
https://t.me/BCNeanderthalMindset/2428
Not to say that all forms of building stone markers are wrong, but do they serve a purpose?
Our people have been using rocks and stones to place importance upon a place or event for a very, very long time and with good reason. Locations of important events such as battles, sacred areas and devotion to the gods themselves are a few reasons.
Battle sites where much blood has been shed, memorials to great chieftains, gods that are venerated by the tribe are rendered honor by erecting stone monuments in praise and memory.
Stone markers are also used as navigational posts both on land and at sea, so setting up whimsical stone stacks could potentially mislead a traveler if they have never seen the marker that they should be looking for.
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An ancient Scottish blessing, “Cuiridh mi clach air do charn” means “I will put a stone on your cairn”, which means to render honor and memory to family and kin. Important sites like the Clava Cairns (Scotland), Spir Mountain Cairns (Sweden), Dolmen di Sa Coveccada (Italy), and the Dolmens of the Western Caucasus (Rus) are a few of the more well known ones.
We have used these monuments in the past and it would do us well to keep up the practice, although not under impulsive vagary and vanity. I implore that if you feel inclined to practice stacking stones in pursuit of sacred traditions, please return the environment to its natural setting.
We have used these monuments in the past and it would do us well to keep up the practice, although not under impulsive vagary and vanity. I implore that if you feel inclined to practice stacking stones in pursuit of sacred traditions, please return the environment to its natural setting.
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In closing, I would say that stone stacking and monument building is part of our history and tells of our story as a people. It is something we have done for many ages and is still just as valid now as it was then.
We should still build monuments in honor of our gods and folk.
I would ask then.. Why make a small stone stack that has no purpose other than to get likes on social media?
It should have a purpose
We should still build monuments in honor of our gods and folk.
I would ask then.. Why make a small stone stack that has no purpose other than to get likes on social media?
It should have a purpose
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Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
Bragi The Best of Skalds
First Maker of Poetry, Best of Skalds, Poet of the Gods
Who do the gods and men look to for eloquence? For Inspiration? For Hope & Comfort? Whose voice quickens the soul calling forth tears from the eyes of even the most stoic of men? There is but one god with such power. Bragi!
It is Bragi who travels with impunity across the realms as diplomat and skald. It is Bragi to whom the Skalds praise and the Sons of Kings drank! It is Bragi that is the first poet the Lord and Chieftain of Poets and Creativity!
It is Bragi's Runesongs which comforts the Einherjar in Valhalla when they fear they are forgotten or ignored. It is Bragi who holds no fear in challenging Odin's decisions or that of any other god. It is Bragi whose speech is so powerful runes form upon his tongue!
When finally Bragi must rest he comes to his beloved, singing to her in her orchards, his Golden Muse, his treasured wife the lovely Idunn.-TLK
Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
First Maker of Poetry, Best of Skalds, Poet of the Gods
Who do the gods and men look to for eloquence? For Inspiration? For Hope & Comfort? Whose voice quickens the soul calling forth tears from the eyes of even the most stoic of men? There is but one god with such power. Bragi!
It is Bragi who travels with impunity across the realms as diplomat and skald. It is Bragi to whom the Skalds praise and the Sons of Kings drank! It is Bragi that is the first poet the Lord and Chieftain of Poets and Creativity!
It is Bragi's Runesongs which comforts the Einherjar in Valhalla when they fear they are forgotten or ignored. It is Bragi who holds no fear in challenging Odin's decisions or that of any other god. It is Bragi whose speech is so powerful runes form upon his tongue!
When finally Bragi must rest he comes to his beloved, singing to her in her orchards, his Golden Muse, his treasured wife the lovely Idunn.-TLK
Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored)
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