{"id":42038,"date":"2019-08-21T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=42038"},"modified":"2019-08-21T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:12:45","slug":"the-arctic-henge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/08\/the-arctic-henge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arctic Henge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its happening at this moment<br \/>\nIn Iceland far away<br \/>\nA huge sun dial to Stone Henge<br \/>\nAlready a display<br \/>\nOf basalt columns growing<br \/>\nNear Husavik we hear<br \/>\nAt RAUFARHOFN in the far North<br \/>\nClearly held most dear<\/p>\n<p>The arctic circle village<br \/>\nA colossal piece of stone<br \/>\nBuilt to harness the midnight sun<br \/>\nStanding there alone<br \/>\nIt isnt Neolithic its new<br \/>\nAnd Nordic Roots<br \/>\nAnd a neo-pagan belief system<br \/>\nThis amazing structure suits<\/p>\n<p>What was the famous eddic poem<br \/>\n&#8220;Voluspa&#8221; the creation of our world<br \/>\nAnd when it is ending<br \/>\nWhen we all are hurled<br \/>\nInto the coming maelstrom<br \/>\nThe seeress&#8217;s prophecy<br \/>\nThis piece of nordic splendour<br \/>\nApparently is key<\/p>\n<p>And so it stands its boldness<br \/>\nWith ODIN&#8217;s spirit we<br \/>\nKnow of this drunken wanderer<br \/>\nA poet too who be<br \/>\nLeveraged by the dwarves paths<br \/>\nThe mystical the true<br \/>\nReising slowly from the earth<br \/>\nSeemingly on view<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic Henge on completion<br \/>\nWill be a wondrous sight<br \/>\nA centre balancing column<br \/>\n2 massive basalt blocks<br \/>\nDepending on the seasons<br \/>\nAbsorbing it, it rocks<br \/>\nOnes spirit to enlightenment<br \/>\nAn expression bold and clear<br \/>\nThe energy from the earth itself<br \/>\nCan create perhaps a tear<\/p>\n<p>Or two its deeply moving<br \/>\nIts towering to the sky<br \/>\nIn every way remarkable<br \/>\nReally just how high<br \/>\nUnsurpassed one now might say<br \/>\nYou dont expect to come across<br \/>\nA structure built this way<\/p>\n<p>Derived from their mythology<br \/>\nThe dwarves provided much.<br \/>\nFor the gods of ASGARD<br \/>\nGifts kept them in touch<br \/>\nIt will capture the suns rays<br \/>\nAnd take the shadows<br \/>\nTo elsewhere<br \/>\nIts a magickal gateway<br \/>\nFor the world at large to share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its happening at this moment In Iceland far away A huge sun dial to Stone Henge Already a display Of basalt columns growing Near Husavik we hear At RAUFARHOFN in the far North Clearly held most dear The arctic circle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/08\/the-arctic-henge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism-in-art","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42038"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42040,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42038\/revisions\/42040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}