Portals To Other Realms Cupmarked Stones And Prehistoric Rock Carvings Varner by Varner, Gary R. 9781300144496, 1300144491 instant download after payment.

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Gary R. Varner is an independent folklorist and author with over twenty books on folklore, mythology, sacred sites. Native American cultures and architectural symbolism. Vyacheslav Mizin is a member of the Russian Geographical Society and a researcher of sacred places in the northwest of Russia. I Ie is an author and film maker and lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.

These ancient cup-marked stones have been created since the dawn of time. They appear on every continent and have almost identical characteristics. With so many of them still in existence and so many people aware of them one would think that current day archaeologist would know what they are—what they meant to ancient man. The sad fact is current science doesn’t have anything more than theory, assumption and guess to go on.

Folklore provides some hint at their meaning and use. We know that the water collected in the cups was and still is viewed as healing. We know that people believed that the wind could be raised by leaving offerings next to them. We know that women through time believed that they could ensure pregnancy through their use. We also know that a great many of them marked the final resting places for the dead and the cup-marks may have been used in ancient astronomical observations.

The purpose of this small book is not to provide all of the answers but to raise questions in the hope that future work will be undertaken that will provide more definitive information about these fascinating artifacts which may date back to 700,000 BCE.

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