> From: Alison Maloney [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>
> I must confess that I can't remember where I got the idea that Michael
> dedications were "almost invariably" on hilltops but I'm sure that it
> wasn't
> from John Michell because I've never heard of him !
>
Michell may have advocated the idea but he did not originate it. For
one thing, I'm sure Richard Morris wasn't reading Michell. I don't know who
originated the notion, but this is one factoid that Michell got generally
right, as far as places outside England are concerned.
> Who was he & what did he write ?
He is an author whose books are generally classified as "metaphysical
subjects" or "unexplained phenomena." Some of his ideas may have substance,
but some are difficult to accept (I'm being diplomatic in my phrasing). He
has often written about stone megaliths, their origins, and uses, as well as
topics like dowsing, ley lines, Atlantis, UFOs, "earth energies," and
so-called "astro-archaeology." One of his books is entitled: _At the Center
of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other
Ritualized Landscapes_.
The thing about Michell is that he occasionally comes up with ideas
that are actually plausible, although most of his stuff can be written opff
rather easily.
Francine Nicholson
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|