following on from previous post,
an article by M Guillaume found in
AAK Etudes et Travaux No. 1, 1977
Do these three stages [at Gavrinis] not correspond to the three creations, probably inherited by Celts, and those in Egypt, preceding access to a sanctuary?
following on within an article by M Guillaume found in AAK Etudes et Travaux No. 1, 1977
These half-circles facing upwards – do we not find them repeated a thousand times in the “necklaces” of the Goddess?
In this article M.Guillaume introduces some of the AAK’s work on understanding the Gavrinis chambered cairn. It appeared in the first volume of Etudes et Travaux, May 1977, pages 45-51.
It has been translated from French as best I can, in three parts with links between. It was first re-published on the web between 2010-2012 to honour the fact I was given copies of the magazine when visiting Carnac in 2004.
Whilst my interest was site interpretation using numbers, the notion of a vision quest within Gavrinis as an experienced structure is appealing.
What especially strikes one on entering Gavrinis is the extreme homogeneity of the whole work.
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