Islands of Aran, Dun Aengus

11 juin 2007

Islands of Aran, Dun Aengus

According to an old Irish legend, the bay of Galway formerly formed a lake, separate of the Ocean by a ground bar, until the day when, by a storm more violent than the others, the floods very swept: the three islands of Inis Oirr, Inis Meain and Arainn (more known under their English names of Inisheer, Inishmaan and Inishmore) are all that remains this ground arm.

Geologically, the three islands prolong the escarpments of Burren, in the Clare county, with a few kilometers on other side of bay of Galway. The surface of the ground, limestone or the schist, fractured by more or less broad thousands of parallel cracks, was carved by erosion.

Gaelic is still the first language spoken on the island, and it reigns there a special environment of “Ireland old woman”. On these islands you will find everywhere vestiges of Christians monasteries, fortifications and churches. The vestiges of The House of Saint Edna, religious building of Medieval time most important on Inishmore, can be still visited.

One finds there several forts of the age of iron: Dun Aengus (Dún Aonghasa), the strong black (Dún Dúchathair) and Dún Eoghanachta all three in good condition of conservation.

The site is composed of triple enclosure (see low the symbolic system of the Celtic cross) whose internal wall surrounds a space of four hectares. In front of the external wall, very many drawn up stones form chevaux-de-frise whose defensive role is to prevent the attacks of attackers. In semicircular form, it is delimited, at the other end by a cliff of a hundred meters height. In the central part the wall rises by places with 4 meters, and is 5 meters thickness.

The beginning of construction would go up at the end of the age of bronze (beginning of the last millenium before JC) and the site would have been occupied until IVth century after JC.

According to Celtic mythology, this fortress would have been built by the legendary people of Fir Bolg taken refuge in the island after their defeat, in the war which opposed them to Tuatha Dé Danann. The name would come from their chief who named Aengus or Aonghus (not to be confused with the Oengus god) and the word dun means “fortress” in Gaelic. (Wikipédia)

“Dun Aengus was named after the mythical hero Aonghas. Dun Aonghasa is thought to cuts been built around the time of the birth of Christ during the Celtic Iron Age. Although Dun Aonghasa has the appearance of has extremely military, expert say it was used have has ceremonial success.” We heard many other stories butt what the extremely could cuts been used for. Seeing that the extremely is prehistoric, they really don' T cuts record of what it was exactly used for. “

As they say…. I remain persuaded that this site is much older, directed towards the Atlantic Ocean. A vision showed me the place like a counter, connected to people of navigators. I will not dare to put the name of Atlantis ahead (in more I ralie at the assumption of Atlantis in Antartique), but that resembled it extremely.

Felt that I, lengthened on the stone looking at the sea, remains single.

There are also the ruins of a monastery dating from Vth century. It sheltered 7 hermits who, according to the tradition, built each one a vault. Hold, 7, usually they are 12…

The cemetery, of pure Celtic tradition, is really of a surprising beauty. Not far from there, on the continent, much of megaliths.

P.S.: I do not know if you noticed, about several of my photographs, there is in the sky an odd trick…

Recall of the symbolism of the Celtic cross, drawn from the site Lux Sanctuary:

The Celtic cross:

The central circle, the gwenved represents the light (the world of the Gods) more… the second circle (with the junction of the Four branches) the first in the center is the circle of annoum, the abyssal zone nothing (the underground world) the second outside is the circle of abred the circle of the human experiment (the terrestrial world) and finally the very last ones rings which entour the cross is Keugant the circle of Incréé of the Universe, representing the Source.
The Celtic cross is a major symbol because it thus represents the human experiment and its evolution. The cross in itself is a powerful symbol. It recalls the quadripolarity and the physical concretization of the One to through the matter, Quintessence. It is thus the expression of the forces of the primary education universes, elemental.

The talisman of Hyperborée:

This very powerful talisman is similar to the Celtic cross except that the branch of bottom (named the base) is longer quite simply… if not for more detail on this talisman it there of other elements on the cross: the cross in itself is often out of money and the circle around the silver center but much more shining much more clearly. In the center exact of the cross there is a small circle (Gwenved) in which is a rock crystal or an amethyst in top of the cross on the “northern” branch is a gilded tribann and in bottom on the basis of base is a blue triskèle marinates or gold.
This talisman comes us from hyperborean and further still from the telamones to which the druids of it are heirs according to the legend. To enter more in detail the symbolic system the circles represent various level of the world and of the human experiment as on the Celtic cross, they even represent bonds towards the source connections between us and what there is share beyond, in the astral one and its higher realms. Central crystal acted as a condenser projecting a fine energetic ray which connects us with beyond us puts in resonance with the forces of other worlds, diffusing the antiques wisdom and the memory of the telamones. Who it door has moreover an ideal and powerful protection. More still for which meditates above…