Anthony Murphy
Newgrange: Monument to Immortality
Paperback
(The Liffey Press Oct. 15, 2012)
Many people who visit the ancient and magnificent Newgrange monument in the Boyne Valley are driven by some deep longing to connect with their most distant roots. The giant 5,000-year-old megalithic construction evokes awe and wonderment, and a keen sense of melancholy for the community of people who created and fashioned it from stone and earth in the remote past, a people now lost to time. For the past two centuries, archaeologists, antiquarians, writers and researchers have been probing Newgrange in the hope of revealing something about its purpose, and something about the mysterious people of the New Stone Age who created giant structures using primitive technology. What has become clear from these investigations is that Newgrange is a uniquely special place, and that its construction was carried out not by a grizzly mob of grunting barbarians, but rather by an advanced agrarian community who had developed keen skills in the sciences of astronomy, engineering and architecture. In "Newgrange: Monument to Immortality", writer and researcher Anthony Murphy goes deep into the mind and soul of his Neolithic ancestors to attempt to draw forth some answers to these questions. In a deeply moving, poetic and philosophical exploration, he looks beyond the archaeology and the astronomy to reveal a much more profound and sacred vision of the very spirit of the people who were driven to such marvellous and wondrous efforts.Table of ContentsPreface viiAcknowledgements x1. Connections 12. Stone and Bone 193. Community Effort 394. Sun, Moon & Stars 575. Vallancey and the Armed King 816. The Test of Time 997. Tomb or Womb? 1178. Towards the Light 1339. Cave Myths 14910. The Divine Child 16711. Inside the Chamber of Light 18512. What Came after Newgrange? 20513. What Have We Lost? 22314. How Can We Go Back? 239Endnotes 257Index
- ISBN
- 1908308249 / 9781908308245
- Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 28.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 0.8 in.
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