Summer Solstice and Labyrinth

The labyrinth as earth sign connects us with the whole cosmos and concomitantly the sun.
In these days the astronomical summer begins, we have (here in the Northern hemisphere of the earth) the longest days and the shortest nights, the sun stands most highly in the sky. On June 21 we had the summer solstice.
All [...]

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Labyrinth and Wedding

The labyrinth fits well to a wedding. First as a picture for the common way of life of the bridal couple, which begins on this day. Then the wedding company may become loose after the solemn ceremony in the church. Thus one approaches unceremoniously and unforced, can move around after the sitting in the church. [...]

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The Troy Towns of Northern Europe

is the (translated) title of a book by Dr. Ernst Krause from the year 1893.
And because the complete title contains (nearly) the complete book, here the title page is shown:
Attention: This is all in German and the characters are old German too.
The book says essentially that all the legends concerning the Troy Towns are of [...]

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Archaeoastronomy for the Labyrinth at Steigra

There are so far hardly archaeoastronomical considerations of the historical labyrinths. Mechthild Meinike from Halle (Germany) made such investigations for the Troy Town of Steigra .
The area around Steigra is richly at early finds, in particular the sky disk of Nebra and the circle of Goseck provided headlines in the last years. This very day [...]

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