Totems of Paleozoic Sun
When the day comes I am allowed to drive, it will be a case of destination Dorset.
You can feel time in Dorset. Feel something of its size, something of its shape in the way land and people have pushed up against this invisible force. You can see contours in character and horizon; see exposed autopsy cuts in the landscape that reveal where chalk gives way to clay, clay gives way to stone. Put your hand on rock or tree here and you sense the flow of power that ancient builders tried to corral in Dorset’s collection of hill forts, mazes and burial chambers. Walk the right beach and you can find the former pulse of life frozen in stone – ammonite and trilobite totems of Paleozoic sun.
For me, Dorset is a place to not only touch the past, but dream of the future. I can feel it calling me. I want to lie back on the banks of Maiden Castle, gaze down from Bulbarrow Hill across the Blackmore Vale*, walk Chesil Bank to Abbotsbury – one foot in the Mesolithic, one foot in the now.
* Possibly the most beautiful view in all England.
You can feel time in Dorset. Feel something of its size, something of its shape in the way land and people have pushed up against this invisible force. You can see contours in character and horizon; see exposed autopsy cuts in the landscape that reveal where chalk gives way to clay, clay gives way to stone. Put your hand on rock or tree here and you sense the flow of power that ancient builders tried to corral in Dorset’s collection of hill forts, mazes and burial chambers. Walk the right beach and you can find the former pulse of life frozen in stone – ammonite and trilobite totems of Paleozoic sun.
For me, Dorset is a place to not only touch the past, but dream of the future. I can feel it calling me. I want to lie back on the banks of Maiden Castle, gaze down from Bulbarrow Hill across the Blackmore Vale*, walk Chesil Bank to Abbotsbury – one foot in the Mesolithic, one foot in the now.
* Possibly the most beautiful view in all England.
posted by David at 12:08 AM
3 Comments:
Lordy. These posts make me ache to come back to England. Stop it already!
S (as anonymous cos this thing won't let me log in for some reason)
Hi David,
Your writing is simply enchanting. I will be back!
Thanks for stopping by my page,
~SLH
My wife and I visited Dorset and Maiden Castle many years ago now, and I remember knowing that this was one of those primordial, sacred places on the planet.
I hope to return one day.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yours is an interesting site. Although I just don't really see the point of all the conspiracy fear that abounds in the world today, I do find you biographical writing and descriptions of places to be extremely fresh and compelling. Are any of your books on subjects other than conspiracy and coverups?
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