Stonehenge Photos

The history of the Law of Attraction goes back to the start of the Universe – if indeed the Universe had a start. This in itself makes for a fascinating discussion.

Our world had its beginning, we know that. The Big Bang theory is now generally accepted. But did the Universe start, or has it always been here? If it didn’t start, then it’ll never end. But we’re moving away from the subject.

Natural laws have always existed, so we may safely say that the Law of Attraction too has always existed. No-one knows exactly when it was first ‘discovered.’ Almost certainly, some ancient people knew about it. There’s a consensus that it was known 7 – 8,000 years ago, which would take us back to the Stone Age.

It’s interesting to speculate whether such knowledge could in some way have had a bearing on projects like the building of the pyramids, or Stonehenge and other monster works.

Just how were those enormous stones at Stonehenge moved? The mighty sarsens, each one weighing 50 tons. They had to be dragged for about 25 miles, and it’s been calculated that it would take about 500 men to drag one stone, with another hundred to move the huge rollers upon which the stones were laid.

Then they had to be uprighted, and the lintel stones placed on top. Not just slung up any old how. They were keyed in with amazing precision. Somehow, I find it difficult to believe that this was done by manpower alone. I know it sounds far out, but something along the lines of the Law of Attraction, some natural law, may have been known to these people and they were able to use it advantageously in their building.

We really know nothing about the early manifestations of the Law of Attraction. We do, however, have records of the opinions of people from the 19th.and 20th. centuries. H.G. Wells wrote in his book, “The Time Machine” that ‘Viking people know very well that time is only a kind of space.’ In another part he wrote, ‘There is no difference between time and any of the 3 dimensions of space except that our consciousness moves along it.’

Many of the great thinkers of that period were firm believers in what came to be called the Law of Attraction. Interestingly, of all the major newspapers, it was the New York Times in 1879 that used the phrase first in connection with the trains of the Colorado Gold Rush.

The electrician, John Ambrose Fleming, believed in the ‘energy of attraction,’ and pronounced his beliefs in 1902.

The New Thought Movement of 1904 – 1907, of which Thomas Troward was a leading light, claimed that physical form arose out of thought.

William Walker Atkinson, in 1906, used the phrase in his book ‘Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World.’

Another great proponent was Wallace Wattles who, in 1910, wrote his famous piece, ‘The Science of Getting Rich.’ I don’t know how rich Mr. Wattles became from this volume, but probably the most famous of all books, certainly the one with the widest circulation, since it sold 60 million copies, was Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think and Grow Rich,’ in 1937.

The latest in this long procession of theory and opinion is ‘The Secret.’ According to Mr. Bob Proctor who, with Ms. Mary Morrissey, probably the two most erudite thinkers on this subject alive today, considers ‘The Secret’ to be nothing more than ‘pop culture fluff.’

I think both the film and the book turned people on to the Law of Attraction, but both held out a promise that they were quite unable to fulfil.

Mike Bond
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After a stressful year at work, you finally have the chance to take your vacation and forget about all your problems and concerns (even for just a while). If you’ve wanted to go to the United Kingdom, chances are that England is on that long list of places you want to visit. Here are a number of places and events that you could visit during your stay in England.

Stonehenge

A vacation in England is just incomplete without visiting Stonehenge. Upon getting to the County of Wilshire, you will be captivated by the lush green environment, which is a breath of fresh air (figuratively and literally) from the constant noise and busy streets of the city. Some people may wonder why you’d want to travel a couple of hours from London just to see Stonehenge, but it really is more than just a pile of rocks.
It has fascinated archeologist all over the world, because they have been standing there in a circular formation for the longest time. The puzzling thing is how ancient tribesmen got these large, heavy rocks there because these particular stones can be found at a remote location from Wilshire. They have also, for the longest time, been trying to figure out what this monument was used for.

Its position made some experts believe that it was used as a cosmic clock, because of the relation of its position with the Sun and The Moon. More recent evidence has led experts to believe that the area surrounding it was a burial site, and that Stonehenge was used by druids as a place for ancient burial rituals.

Windsor Castle

Whether we’ve heard about them in fairy tales or history books, castles are striking images of power and beauty. In a lot of people’s lives, there comes a point where they’d like to live in one. Though the probability of you living in Windsor Castle goes from slim to none, you can take a tour in this captivating man made marvel. It is one of the places that the British monarch stays from time to time, and it has been standing since the time of William the Conqueror. Since that time, it has gone through a few changes depending on the taste of the ruling monarch of the time. Upon arriving in Windsor, the sight of the castle itself can be mind blowing and what more when you start the tour.

The City of London

If you are quite the night owl, then London is an ideal place to go to. With its numerous pubs, there are little chances that you don’t have anywhere to go to during the evening. In their pubs you will find a mix of locals and tourists enjoying a lager or cider. During the day, there also are a lot of places that you can go to and fill your camera memory with. One of the most famous images of London is the Clock Tower. The common misconception is that some people think that this tower is Big Ben, but the fact is that Big Ben is actually the bell inside the Clock Tower.

Benedict Smythe