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CAREFUL scrutiny of numerous astronomical stone circles has persuaded me to view them as natural measures of changing energy levels in certain parts of the world. The stone circle that I have had interest in are the Stonehenge and its related henges such as the Amesburyhenge, the Durrington Walls, the Bluestonehenge and the Woodhenge. Circular chronometers have been used to keep track of the movement of cosmic and celestial bodies.
There are other similar stone circle such as the Naboratunga, Dancing Stones near Lake Turkana in Kenya. These comprise 19 stone pillars that point to stellar constellations. In South Africa, in the Mpumalanga Province, there is the Adam’s Calendar that, like other astronomical calendars, kept track of the movements of cosmic and celestial bodies. In Gambia there are similar stone pillars arranged in a circular design. The Stoneman was the resident interpreter of the stone circles in Sene-Gambia.
Now I seem to see beyond mere tracking of cosmic bodies. I view the megalithic structures as indirectly measuring changes in energy levels where the structures are located. I have come to realise that the ubiquitous phenomena in the universe and the earth is energy. That energy if generated by stellar bodies millions of light years away from Planet Earth. Chemical reactions taking place within these stellar bodies generate energy. At times, we underestimate the power and the force of energy and its ubiquity. Energy is indestructible. It can be transformed from one form to another.
Energy comes in numerous forms and it is very possible that there are other forms that are yet to be discovered through western science. Africans, who belong to professional guilds that the western world despises and trashes as African superstition, may know these forms. I will argue that the ancients, regardless of where they were found on the surface of the earth, may have known about other forms of energy that are yet to be identified by modern human beings who view themselves as wise men, the Homo sapiens.
One such African guild is witchcraft that is despised and dismissed at the click of a finger. I am, for now, convinced that these professional people knew and know (for they still exist) a lot about energy and its manipulation through ritual harnessing, concentration and launching towards a targeted object. Whereas energy is intangible, its work or force has tangible outcomes.
Lightning is a form of energy that may strike a tree into smithereens. The outcome is physical and tangible. Energy can do work. It is understood that those who are grounded in Physics and Quantum Physics will understand this subject better.
At the same time, we should be aware that there are people who will not explain or interpret what energy does in the western sense. These people pursue functionality more than scientific explanation and interpretation. Let us give just one example of what we mean here. In seed preservation, African women used ash to get rid of insects that would otherwise destroy the seed through consumption.
Where seed was kept, ash was added. In granaries, the lids were smeared with watery mud. First, let us deal with the ash. We know from science that insects such as weevils that wreak havoc on grain have breathing holes known as spiracles. These holes admit air into the body, actually the abdomens, of insects. The oxygen component in the air is needed for respiration that releases stored chemical energy from the grain that supports metabolism and keeps the insect alive. The spiracles are very tiny and those who use ash to preserve grain may not even know about the existence of these spiracles, let alone what ash does. For the insects to continue breathing and therefore living, they must inhale air. It is not interpretation that matters, but the functionality. It works, but how, is unimportant.
Actually, the ash seals the spiracles and, in the process, denying the insect from accessing oxygen. Respiration does not take place and the insect suffers asphyxia and ultimately dies. Before the advent of the chemical alternatives, this was how Africans preserved grain and seed. The former provided food in the winter months following harvest. When crops were no longer being grown, consumption was still important for the humans to keep alive.
The lids that closed the granary chambers where grain was stored were smeared with watery mud. Once again, this was an example of applied science. This second measure came after the ash had been deposited on the surface of the grain within the chamber. There was need to cut off the supply of oxygen within the chamber. If that were not done, the ash alone would not be effective. Air, where sealing was not airtight, would continue finding access into the grain-containing chamber. Insects within the chamber would have access to oxygen and the grain would be destroyed.
Ancient African Science (AAS) essentially was applied science that was used or applied without explanation and interpretation.
Where interpretation was provided, it differed from what western science offered. They did not work on the bases of Laws and Principles, as is the case in western science, in Physics to be more precise. It is possible that way back in the past there was better understanding as Africans are known to have championed Alchemy. It is folly and the height of ignorance to think African cultural practices were/are devoid of science. Today’s cranes may not lift the gigantic stones that Africans used to transport and lift high up without the use of cranes and pulley systems.
Energy therefore, through its indirect tracking was important in the determination of the seasons. Food crops were grown
when there was energy to power the metabolic processes. When the sun provided the much-needed energy, crop growing was facilitated. At the Stonehenge, and indeed at the Nabta Playa in southern Egypt, the summer solstice was monitored by stone circles. Unfortunately, interpretation of these stone circles was not connected to the positions of moving celestial bodies and the resulting availability of energy.
Energy, as shown above, can do work. It is needed for metabolism. In the absence of energy, there is no communication. There is no movement in all directions and life itself is unthinkable. Friction and the force of gravity seek to minimise movement.
Energy, in its various forms and manifestations comes from some celestial bodies, in particular the sun. Our food is a result of its miraculous generation through absorption of light from a very distant stellar body, the sun.
Chlorophyll absorbs the light and within the leaf, a very important factory, water and carbon dioxide react to produce, for example carbohydrates that provide food for both flora and fauna.
My argument is that to monitor the advent of the summer solstice and end there misses the importance of the celestial phenomenon. It is energy that matters. Summer solstice marks the longest day and therefore maximum availability of energy, mutatis mutandis. Rituals are performed on the day with the maximum available energy guaranteeing the efficacy of rituals.
For example, a witchcraft ritual package will not be communicated, harnessed and targeted in the absence of requisite energy.
However, not all energy available to earthlings comes from celestial bodies. There are other sources. For example, the core of the earth is hot. There is hot molten magma that sometimes escapes through fissures in the mantle as volcanic eruptions.
There is also geothermal energy while there are also minerals that may release nuclear energy. In plants and trees, there is energy, with some of that energy having been transformed into coal, gas, and oil during the carboniferous period. Therefore, all this means we are surrounded by energy. Besides, we too are teeming with energy. Nuclear energy is a good example. It can positively be applied in the health sector for clinical diagnosis and can cause destruction to all forms of life on earth.
The Law of Opposites applies in this and other cases. For example, what I call Ancient African Science (AAS) is neutral and one cannot say it is either bad or good. When it comes to Ancient African Science (AAS), what happens is that wizards and witches can put it to evil ends. These professionals depend on the knowledge transmitted down the generations through spiritual channels. The mechanics and theories of how the science works is not the issue. The science works, as far as the purveyors of the science or craft are concerned. It is the mechanical manipulation without explanation and interpretation, without identified laws and principles.
Traditional doctors equally draw upon the same science and put it to good ends. However, it ought to be realised that the two antagonistic professions have practitioners that are capable of shifting from their primary thrusts to their secondary ones. A witch has the capacity to heal. A traditional doctor equally has the capacity to bewitch.
I hope that these issues will be delved into more deeply when I commence the Journey to Ancient African Science (AAS).
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