Avebury, Wiltshire County, England
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church— / I keep it, staying at Home— / With a Bobolink for a Chorister— / And an Orchard, for a Dome.
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
Roughly 4,500 years ago, Neolithic people formed a community in what is now the lovely farming village of Avebury in southern England, constructing massive megalithic monuments and a stone circle 1,401 feet in diameter and covering 28 acres. Today, the site is important for its archaeological and anthropological information as well as for its enigmatic and spiritual properties. It is especially venerated by modern Earth-based spiritual traditions, such as Wicca and neo-Druidism, whose rituals often involve stone circles from which to draw spiritual strength and succor.
If you feel spiritually aligned in natural settings or are intrigued by stone circles and megaliths, visit Avebury Henge—90 miles west of London and 20 miles north of Stonehenge. From London, take a coach tour to Avebury, Stonehenge, and other mysterious sites. From Bath, go by car, bus, or train.
Draw in energy as you walk the circle. Holding a crystal pendulum, begin asking questions for guidance—a clockwise-swinging pendulum means yes; counterclockwise means no.
Avebury’s stone circles consist of an outer ring of ninety-eight slabs of sarsen (the sedimentary rock found in the region) and two inner rings comprised of thirty stones each. This World Heritage site is protected by Britain’s National Trust.