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Post by NellyDee on Aug 18, 2017 8:17:22 GMT
For anyone interested in the formation of the landscape I so recommend this book.
Set in Stone - the Geology and Landscape of Scotland' by Alan McKirdy
I just love rocks, and have no end of geology books, which I just get bemused with - too technical, so finding this book was a delight. Everything explained in layman's terms with descriptive photos, it covers the soil how it developed and what grows and what does not, the rock formations and how they are formed, and what you can find or tell from the rocks. I know it says Scotland but he does refer to where else in UK certain things occur.
I found this book being sold in the only 'shop' on Jura which sold everything anyone could possibly need on the island. Went in for milk and come away having bought five books, all fascinating - one on sea life, two on the sea shore, one on Scottish flora and one which was all photographs of Scottish wildlife and Set in Stone.
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Post by accipiter on Sept 20, 2017 12:16:21 GMT
Coincidentally I have “always had an affinity with rocks and stones” with amber in particular although amber is not strictly speaking a stone, but apparently having an affinity with amber is supposed to be attributed to one’s ancestral background, or so I have read.
Ok one may laugh and why not indeed but I do also carry a couple of small polished stones around in my pocket and amber in particular which is also supposed to signify a strong primeval connection with mother earth. As amber comes from trees it only goes to reinforces this theory, either way it does give one a sense of well being so why fight it! Now I come to think of it is not the love of such things as trees and rocks pagan hmm, perhaps I am the original green man after all now that is funny.
Anyhow I may be way off the mark here but it is not an interest in geology almost the very same thing, in other words a deep affinity of belonging to mother earth. All terrible Freudian I know but then again…
There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare
Alan
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Post by NellyDee on Sept 21, 2017 8:48:26 GMT
So true as far as I am concerned. I have always felt an affinity with mother earth, could be the reason I suppose that I am such a loner, always trying to escape to the hills, or wandering meadows and woods, away from everything but nature. Oddly I have also always felt that in a past life I must have been a witch. Actually that is what my hubby used to say I was. Rocks, stones, pebbles - I have a bit of a reputation, usually end up with weighed down pockets and filling up the pockets of anyone who is walking with me.
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