Peter Knight Mysterious Universe Sep 2022

West Kennet Long Barrow – Landscape, Shamans & the Cosmos
Peter’s presentation on West Kennet and its surrounding environs, having spent much time up at the barrow, looks at all aspects of this Neolithic wonder: from sacred sound and acoustics to the psychic and paranormal; landscape alignments and astronomical observations to earth energies and dowsing. In its dark chambers, he and his partner Sue have tested the acoustics through shamanic drumming and chanting, as well as meditating to connect with the ancestors. Peter will consider a reappraisal of archaeological excavations and demonstrate how the sun rises over nearby sites at the fire festivals, its rays penetrating some of the chambers today, and illustrate how Orion, Sirius and other stars were once aligned with the barrow.