© Jon Tacey
2010
Jon Appleton
This site brings together a kaleidoscope of ideas derived from 60 years of enquiry: it shares insights into fields as
disparate as:- Archaeology, Landscape alignments, Megaliths, Henges, Prehistoric measurement, Astronomy,
Mythology, Calendars of the past and Seasonal celebrations.
Click here to contact Jon
Click the audio play button above to hear Jon talk about the last thirty years.
I
can’t
make
this
introduction
to
the
site
into
a
complete
autobiography
so
will
cover
the
last
30
years
even
more
briefly
by
mentioning
simple
highlights
and
topics
such
as
the
groups
and
organisations
I’ve
been
involved
with
and
some
of
the
projects
that
have
occupied
my
time.
Inner
work
has
included
Trancendental
Meditation,
Arica,
Druidry,
Reiki,
Arnie
Mindell’s
Process
Oriented
Psychology, Taoism, Buddhism and Ken Wilber’s Integral Psychology.
The
Oak
Dragon
camps
and
Mayfield
Group
meetings
have
been
significant
parts
of
my
life
since
the
mid
80’s.
Synectics
and
communication
in
Talking
Stick
circles
has
led
to
my
strong
belief
in
the
capacity
of
properly
structured
sharing
groups
to
resolve
problems
and
find
concensual
agreements.
Running
parallel
to
these
things
other
interests
have
been
work
on
lost
Roman
roads
and
canals,
the
archaeology
of
pre
Celtic
boats
and
housing,
sun
dialling,
labyrinths,
astronomy
and
astrology
etc
etc.
As
much
as
possible
of
all
this
will
appear
in
the
various
“pages”
of
the
site
and
some will be inferred from the interconnections between them.
I’ve
run
workshops
and
taught
some
of
this
material
in
lectures
and
informal
meditation
groups.
Other
elements
have
been
published
in
special
interest
magazines
but
most
of
it
has
moved
with
me
from
house
to
house
in
files
and
cardboard
boxes
waiting
for
the
right
moment
to
see
the
light
of
day.
Well,
like
dawn
on
the
winter
solstice
at
New
Grange,
light
is
shining
into
the
inner
chamber.
I
have
a
sense
that,
from
time to time, some of these ideas were more of an inspiration than the result of painstaking research.
Stonehenge 0
All
the
work
on
“Stonehenge
O”
started
from
the
simple
sight
of
the
midsummer
sun
setting
over
the
“mountains”
above
St
David’s
in
Pembrokeshire.
Yet,
elements
like
the
Stonehenge
“0”
work
took
years
of
revisiting
and
tramping
round
the
countryside
to
verify
the
initial
concepts.
Luckily
insights
come
when
the
prior
groundwork
has
been
done.
Copious
reading,
integration
of
different
fields
of
enquiry
and,
to
some
extent,
lateral
thinking
is
required.
There’s
plenty
of
that
here.
I
will
be
adding
more
comprehensive
details
about
this
interesting
discovery in future.
The Rugs
Along
with
the
written
research
and
information
there
are
images
of
various
sorts,
photographs,
diagrams,
pages
from
the
notebooks
and
pictures
of
the
rugs
I’ve
been
making
over
many
years,
mostly
one
rug
per
year.
Each
of
them
can
and
many
have
formed
the
basis
for
a
teaching
workshop
with
the
rug
on
the
floor
and
the
group
sitting
round
it.
Sometimes
I
describe
them
as
pretty
diagrams
but
they
actually
embody
a
lot
of
thinking
and
research
work
condensed into symbolic form.
That’s
another
area
of
interest
for
me
and
the
fascination
of
symbolic
communication
systems
has
created
another
of
the
branches
on
my
Life tree. They often help to clarify complex belief and thought patterns and also act as mnemonics for more complex associations.
Stemming
from
my
work
with
the
astronomical
elements
in
henge
monuments
and
megalithic
structures
I’ve
become
increasingly
interested
in
the
way
these
sites
have
alignments
with
calendrical
significance
built
into
them.
Clearly
this gives them ritual significance.
The
piece
on
the
Star
Goddess
at
Avebury
developed
from
wondering
about
an
observation
southwards
across
the
henge
to
the
top
of
Silbury
hill
from
a
scoop
in
the
bank
beside the northern entrance.
At
Danebury
the
whole
vision
of
the
ring
of
horizon
markers
for
a
ritual
calendar
was
sparked
by
wondering
why
the
earliest
Bronze
Age
users
of
this
hilltop
site
had
put
up
metre
wide
posts
in
a
circle
close
to
the
tumulus
by
the
eastern
gate
of
the
later Iron Age hill fort.
There’s
a
lot
of
fun
to
be
had
from
picking
up
threads
of
information
and
seeing
where
they
lead.
Like
Ariadne’s
clew
for
Theseus
in
the
labyrinth
they
can
lead
to
the
heart
of a mystery.
Continue on to the story of how
The Star Goddess was rediscovered
Click the audio play button above to hear what Jon wants you to do…
Jon Appleton
The Goddess rug
I
can’t
make
this
introduction
to
the
site
into
a
complete
autobiography
so
will
cover
the
last
30
years
even
more
briefly
by
mentioning
simple
highlights
and
topics
such
as
the
groups
and
organisations
I’ve
been
involved
with
and
some
of
the
projects
that
have
occupied
my
time.
Inner
work
has
included
Trancendental
Meditation,
Arica,
Druidry,
Reiki,
Arnie
Mindell’s
Process
Oriented
Psychology,
Taoism,
Buddhism
and
Ken
Wilber’s
Integral
Psychology.
The
Oak
Dragon
camps
and
Mayfield
Group
meetings
have
been
significant
parts
of
my
life
since
the
mid
80’s.
Synectics
and
communication
in
Talking
Stick
circles
has
led
to
my
strong
belief
in
the
capacity
of
properly
structured
sharing
groups
to
resolve
problems
and
find
concensual
agreements.
Running
parallel
to
these
things
other
interests
have
been
work
on
lost
Roman
roads
and
canals,
the
archaeology
of
pre
Celtic
boats
and
housing,
sun
dialling,
labyrinths,
astronomy
and
astrology
etc
etc.
As
much
as
possible
of
all
this
will
appear
in
the
various
“pages”
of
the
site
and
some
will
be inferred from the interconnections between them.
I’ve
run
workshops
and
taught
some
of
this
material
in
lectures
and
informal
meditation
groups.
Other
elements
have
been
published
in
special
interest
magazines
but
most
of
it
has
moved
with
me
from
house
to
house
in
files
and
cardboard
boxes
waiting
for
the
right
moment
to
see
the
light
of
day.
Well,
like
dawn
on
the
winter
solstice
at
New
Grange,
light
is
shining
into
the
inner
chamber.
I
have
a
sense
that,
from
time
to
time,
some
of
these
ideas
were
more of an inspiration than the result of painstaking research.
Stonehenge 0
All
the
work
on
“Stonehenge
O”
started
from
the
simple
sight
of
the
midsummer
sun
setting
over
the
“mountains”
above
St
David’s
in
Pembrokeshire.
Yet,
elements
like
the
Stonehenge
“0”
work
took
years
of
revisiting
and
tramping
round
the
countryside
to
verify
the
initial
concepts.
Luckily
insights
come
when
the
prior
groundwork
has
been
done.
Copious
reading,
integration
of
different
fields
of
enquiry
and,
to
some
extent,
lateral
thinking
is
required.
There’s
plenty
of
that
here.
I
will
be
adding
more
comprehensive
details
about this interesting discovery in future.
© Jon Appleton
This site brings together a kaleidoscope of ideas derived from 60 years of enquiry: it shares insights into fields as
disparate as:- Archaeology, Landscape alignments, Megaliths, Henges, Prehistoric measurement, Astronomy,
Mythology, Calendars of the past and Seasonal celebration. Click here to contact Jon
Jon Appleton
Continue on to the story of how
The Star Goddess was rediscovered
Click the audio play button above to hear Jon talk about the last thirty years.
The Rugs
Along
with
the
written
research
and
information
there
are
images
of
various
sorts,
photographs,
diagrams,
pages
from
the
notebooks
and
pictures
of
the
rugs
I’ve
been
making
over
many
years,
mostly
one
rug
per
year.
Each
of
them
can
and
many
have
formed
the
basis
for
a
teaching
workshop
with
the
rug
on
the
floor
and
the
group
sitting
round
it.
Sometimes
I
describe
them
as
pretty
diagrams
but
they
actually
embody
a
lot
of
thinking
and
research
work condensed into symbolic form.
That’s
another
area
of
interest
for
me
and
the
fascination
of
symbolic
communication
systems
has
created
another
of
the
branches
on
my
Life
tree.
They
often
help
to
clarify
complex
belief
and
thought
patterns
and
also
act
as
mnemonics
for
more
complex associations.
Stemming
from
my
work
with
the
astronomical
elements
in
henge
monuments
and
megalithic
structures
I’ve
become
increasingly
interested
in
the
way
these
sites
have
alignments
with
calendrical
significance
built
into
them.
Clearly
this
gives
them
ritual
significance.
The
piece
on
the
Star
Goddess
at
Avebury
developed
from
wondering
about
an
observation
southwards
across
the
henge
to
the
top
of
Silbury
hill
from
a
scoop
in
the
bank
beside
the
northern
entrance.
At Danebury the whole vision of the ring of horizon markers for a
ritual calendar was sparked by wondering why the earliest Bronze
Age users of this hilltop site had put up metre wide posts in a circle
close to the tumulus by the eastern gate of the later Iron Age hill
fort.
There’s a lot of fun to be had from picking up threads of
information and seeing where they lead. Like Ariadne’s clew for
Theseus in the labyrinth they can lead to the heart of a mystery.
Click the audio play button above to hear
what Jon wants you to do…
The Goddess rug
