What is the secret of Stonehenge? Bonnie Gaunt, the author of Stonehenge, a Closer Look: The Mystery and Marvel of the World's Greatest Wonder (1980), says that if you align the Heel Stone and the rising of the Passover Moon, and see where the line intersects the Aubrey Circle of post-holes, then the date-points indicated are the spring of 3473 BC and the spring of 33 AD. 'Jesus hung upon a lonely cross atop Golgotha's hill on the afternoon of 3 April 33 AD,' at the age of 33, while 3473 BC was the date when Enoch (also translated in the body) reached the same age. And the symmetries of Stonehenge are also those of 'the Great Pyramid, the New Jerusalem and the universe'. If one starts from the premise that scientists have discovered almost everything there is to know, the likelihood that there are connections between the little bits that aren't known begins to seem very high. So flying saucers come from the Bermuda Triangle, the Pyramids must confirm the Resurrection and crop circles arise on ley lines. Stonehenge, alas, is part of this mysterious periphery, which makes it very hard for someone writing about it to be taken seriously.

LRB 12 December 1996 | PDF Download