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Amanda Hughes | Author's avatar

The first time I visited Savannah, Georgia, was 2008. I remember feeling like my body was entering a place I could feel on my skin but couldn't see with my eyes. Like driving into a wall of clear gelatin. The sensation was visceral and I remember knowing the land held more dead than living. Since that time, I've paid more attention to how my body responds to spaces and dwellings. For example, a few years back, my best friend and I made a little day trip up to Juliette, Georgia, to have lunch at the Whistle Stop Cafe (made famous by FRIED GREEN TOMATOES). Afterwards, we moseyed across the street to a row of thrift and antique shops. I walked into one of the antique stores and my heart raced so violently that I had to leave. There was something, or someone, in that shop that didn't like me one bit.

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Vix Maxwell's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this post. I haven't heard of the Stone Tape Theory but it really resonated with me, especially since I've been spending the last few months exploring the stone circles of Derbyshire and Yorkshire! All of these places have felt so peaceful and powerful to me. Places where people have come to pay respects, connect to the ancestors and the gods and connect with each other for thousands of years. All but one! At one of these sites, Arbor Low, I felt ill at ease. I saw visions of sacrifices and other horrendous ancient practices. Interestingly, in this stone circle all the stones have "fallen", but I had the very strong feeling it was "shut down" on purpose. Even though I'm very intuitive I wondered if I was just letting my imagination run away with me! A few days later I met someone who knew quite a bit about local folklore. I told them I got a bad vibe there and they said - "Oh yeah, they say there were human sacrifices there". I felt that I had seen it, accessed the "tapes" and sounds like many others have been able to as well! Sorry that was a long story, but I just loved this post and wanted to share a recent experience!

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