Megalithic Saints (British History)

[Ishmael]

[Mick Harper]

Megalithic Saints (Cont)

It is not very surprising that a system that had evolved to cope with a non-literate world before the Romans should return once again in the more or less non-literate conditions that existed in Britain and Gaul after the Romans. What is surprising is how openly the pre-Christian Megalithics flaunted their 'pagan' credentials in the officially Christian Dark Ages.

However it is fortunate for us, trying to piece together the Megalithic input into this near-opaque world, because the Christians have left us written records and it is mainly a matter of 'deciphering' what those records can tell us about Megalithic activities -- 'deciphering' because the Megalithics always acted under Christian guise even when making it apparently quite clear that their primary purpose was not the saving of men's souls.

The easiest way of telling Megalithic Christians apart from Catholic ones is by the saints they chose to honour. We are all aware of the orthodox canon which is headed by the Virgin Mary and embraces the Apostles, including St Paul, and lots of historical Christian characters from martyrs to kings to popes. But the Megalithics chose an anti-canon. For instance John the Baptist is always a Megalithic figure because he is a sometime rival of Jesus; Mary Magdalen is the Megalithic equivalent of the Virgin Mary; Martha is Megalithic because she is the Magdalen's sister; St James is Megalithic because, though an apostle and a brother of Jesus, he fought Paul, the arch-Catholic, for control of the Church.

[Ishmael]

[Mick Harper]

You ain't seen nothing yet. Oddly, this particular canon/anti-canon stuff came to us only the other day. Though conspiracy theorists have always known it in their bones.

[Mick Harper]

Ishmael, you're a daughter of the manse, help me out because I think I'm getting me apostles in an uproar. St James is the brother of Jesus and fought with Paul over the Church, right? Another James is the Son of Thunder, right? He's got a (twin) brother, therefore presumably another Son of Thunder, called John who was a) originally a disciple of John the Baptist and b) was the purported author of the Book of Revelations which purportedly is full of John the Baptist ideology.

This is important for us because the B of R is our quoted source of St Michael's link with Megalithia via the verse

[Ishmael]

[Ishmael]

[Mick Harper]

[Ishmael]

[Hatty]

[Mick Harper]

I have amended the text in accordance with Ishmael's information, dropping James the Just. It now reads
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Megalithic Saints (Cont)

But the Megalithics chose an anti-canon. For instance John the Baptist is considered a Megalithic figure because he is a cousin but sometime rival of Jesus; Mary Magdalen is the Megalithic counterpart to the Virgin Mary; Martha is Megalithc because she is the Magdalen's sister; John, although a disciple, was previously John the Baptist's disciple but his main Megalithic claim to fame is that he is a 'Son of Thunder' along with his twin-brother James and thus the pair of them take on the mantle of Castor and Pollux* who have important functions in navigation.

* Jesus gave John and James 'the name of Boanerges, which means the Sons of Thunder' (Mark 3,17); Castor and Pollux were the sons of Zeus, the god of thunder.

[Mick Harper]

Megalithic Saints (Cont)

But the Megalithics also purloined Christian figures which had relevant symbols attached -- or the Megalithics did their own attaching, it is not always clear. Anybody with dragon or angelic (angels = messengers) associations was sure to enter the Megalithic lists for instance. But the Megalithics were certainly not averse to creating their own saints. Scions of Irish, Welsh or Breton royal houses living in the Dark Ages might turn up with 'St' attached anywhere (for some reason having Hungarian associations was a plus too) but of course all the more prominent 'missionaries' from the Western British Isles got canonised very early on before the Vatican was able to apply some control over the process.

The question the reader should always ask is: 'Does this place and this saint seem Christian or Megalithic?' Let's take somewhere like Brentor, with its St Michael's Church on the summit. The catechism would proceed along these lines:
Q: Would a Christian build a church on the top of an isolated crag on Dartmoor? Answer: Probably not but Christians were wont to build on formerly sacred sites so it cannot be ruled out.
Q: Would a Megalithic build a 'church' on the top of an isolated crag on Dartmoor? Yes, crags make excellent sighting posts and Brentor is on a major Megalithic route.
Q: Would a Christian name his church after St Michael? Answer: Probably not since Michael is fairly obscure (four brief mentions in the Bible) but it is possible.
Q: Would a Megalithic name his 'church' after St Michael? Answer: Certainly. Almost all the churches at the western end of this Megalithic route are named in his honour. Michael has twin Megalithic associations -- he is both a dragon-slayer and the head of the angels.

[Hatty]

Hungarians are notable horse-riders. Or gypsy-tinkers.

The Irish are both of course. Oddly enough, the Irish for stone is cloch, which indicates a neat Megalithic etymology for clock (in Welsh cloch means 'bell' apparently).

[Ishmael]

[Mick Harper]

I'm not putting that in. The secret of successful revisionism is only frightening the horses enough to make them kick the barn door open.