It's only two weeks until Megalithomania holds its sixth consecutive annual conference at Glastonbury on 14th and 15th May 2011 with a full line-up of international Earth Mysteries authors, visionaries and antiquarians, all pondering that same question.
This year with two full days of talks and debates covering all aspects of the megalithic arts and sciences, with speakers including Robert Temple, John Major Jenkins, John Martineau, Christopher Knight, Hugh Newman, Andy Burnham, Peter Knight and Lucy Wyatt.
Itinerary:
SATURDAY 14 May
9.00 – Doors Open
9.45 – Introduction
10.00 - PETER KNIGHT - West Kennet Project
11.30 - LUCY WYATT - Shamanic City States
2.00 - HOWARD CROWHURST - Brittany: Megalithic Origins in France
3.15 - Dr CARMEN BOULTER - Matriachal Societies in Prehistory
4.45 - CHRIS KNIGHT & ALAN BUTLER - Thornborough Henge: Before the Pyramids
7.00 - JOHN MAJOR JENKINS - Mayan & Olmec Time Science
SUNDAY 15 May
9.00 – Introductions & News
9.30 - HUGH NEWMAN - Megaliths of East Anglia
10.45 - ANDY BURNHAM - Obscure Stone Circles around the World
12.00 -SEMIR SAM OSMANAGICH - Pyramids of Europe & Bosnian Update
2.30 - JOHN MICHELL MEMORIAL LECTURE
With JOHN MARTINEAU , hosted by CHRISTINE RHONE
3.45 - ROBERT & OLIVIA TEMPLE - Egyptian Dawn: Re-Dating the Pyramids & the Meditteranean Connection
5.30 - SPEAKERS FORUM - Hosted by JOHN MARTINEAU
6.30 – CLOSING ADDRESS
7.00 - CONFERENCE CLOSES
In addition to the two day conference a number of tours and workshops have been planned:
FRIDAY 13th MAY:
MEGALITHIC SITES AROUND GLASTONBURY
Tour to the Deerleap Stones, Brecon Hill Tumuli and Megalith, and Stanton Drew triple Stone Circles with Geoff Stray and Anthony Thorley.
MONDAY 16th MAY:
THE ANCIENT STONES OF DORSET
Tour of village with Cerne Abbas Chalk Hill Giant, Church visit, Abbey grounds, Sacred well, Hellstone Dolmen (nr Dorchester), Moot Stone, walk to Grey Mare and Her Colts long barrow, Nine Stones stone circle. With Peter Knight.
JOHN MAJOR JENKINS - "The 2012 Story"
Evening Lecture. The untold story of the incredible sequence of events, discoveries and insights that has unlocked the secret of the Mayan calendar end-date of 2012, from one of the worlds leading scholars on the subject.
TUESDAY 17th MAY:
SACRED GLASTONBURY - WALKING TOUR:
Walking tour to Chalice Well, Red & White Springs, Glastonbury Tor, The Egg Stone, Michael & Mary Lines, Glastonbury Abbey.Includes entrance fees to Chalice Well & Abbey, with Anthony Thorley.
JOHN MAJOR JENKINS - "The 2012 Story"
1.30 - 5.30pm: In-depth Workshop exploring Mayan Cosmology, Olmec time-science, Galactic Alignment, Aztec Codex research, Indigineous prophecies, the Tortuguero Inscription and the incredible story of how the ancient secret of 2012 has been revealed.
6.00pm onwards - Optional Full Moon Candlelit Ambient evening at Chalice Well Gardens or Folk Night at The Assembly Rooms, Hosted by Nathan Lewis Williams.
WED 18th MAY GRAND TOUR OF AVEBURY & STONEHENGE
Peter Knight leads a tour of the Great henge at Avebury, dowsing Michael and Mary lines with a viist to West Kennet long barrow (astronomy, dowsing and short acoustic demo with drumming), Woodhenge, Stonehenge environs including barrows, the Avenue and Cursus. Includes a Private Access visit to Stonehenge at 7.45pm to view Full Moon and Sunset. Based on Peter Knight's two books The Wessex Astrum and West Kennet Long Barrow: Landscape, Shamans and the Cosmos.- with special Guest appearances from Andrew Collins & Maria Wheatley.- SOLD OUT.
Following the successful MEGALITHOMANIA EGYPT TOUR, 13th - 26th October 2010 hosted by Robert Bauval [*] and Hugh Newman the organisers of Megalithomania conference have planned two International tours for 2011:
'Megalithomania Solstice Brittany Tour' with Howard Crowhurst & special guest - 14th - 22nd June 2011.
'Bosnia Pyramids and Megalithic Sites' with Semir Sam Osmanagich - 7 days in Early September 2011
Full details at: Megalithomania
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* Note: Robert Bauval and co-author Thomas Brophy are currently appearing as Author of the Month for May 2011 on the Graham Hancock Message Board discussing their latest book Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt.
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