After reading Mists of Avalon in 1991, I was enthralled with all things Arthurian, since author Marion Zimmer Bradley captured a layered story relating the legends from the perspective of the female characters. I was delighted that it was almost a 900 page read, since I was rooting for Morgaine, the main character and priestess to save her matriarchal culture in a fight against patriarchal Christianity. It was highly original and such a convincing Saga that it influenced me to buy myself an Edwardian ring, and to return to England with a special itinerary. Later that year, while visiting I got a stomach flu which dampened the visit, but I trudged on determined to experience as much as possible.
With a fever and chills I boarded an early morning tour bus (a testament to my determination) to southern England, to the plains of Salisbury and had my sights on Wiltshire, to see Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument and one of the spiritual wonders of the world. Built at the same time the pyramids in Egypt were under construction, Stonehenge contains a giant circle of thirty stones, some weighing as much as 45 tons, with five inner horseshoe stones, an incredible feat of engineering that were most likely built for some ceremonial use. Several yards directly in front of it is the Heel Stone. Why it was built and how it was used has puzzled Archaeologists and remains one of the unsolved mysteries of the ancient world.
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