Animism
1. Doctrine that the soul is the vital principle of organic development.
2. Attribution of conscious life or spirits to nature or natural phenomena.
3. Belief in the existence of spirits separable from bodies.
“There’s a large stone in that hedge…”
“Correction, there’s a large head in that hedge.”
“A pity then that hedge derives from edge and not from head.”
It is a recurring question and one which crops up every time we visit ‘circles’ of stone.
Are the forms which we ‘see’ in them in us or in the stone?
Are they merely subjective projections or do they inhere in the stones themselves?
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Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
What a profile on that stone! Very interesting.
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Such profiles in these ‘placed stones’ is not uncommon…
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Stones hold so many stories.
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They do, Lea, and it is something of a privilege to be able to share some of them…
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Absolutely. Alas, few really listen or take the time… I’m glad that you do. Thanks for sharing.
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🙂
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