We were blessed with wonderful weather in the Finger lakes region of New York State this past labor day weekend. I found lots of Manitou Stone during my visit to High Tor; one of which was a first--a large Manitou and a related stone structure.
Walking on a herd path it was not long before I found the small Manitou pictured below.
While the Manitou above is small, less than 6 inches in height I imagine that it was much taller when it was first constructed. This is because of the decomposition of debris/leaves/branches etc around it decompose over the millennia since it was first erected and raise the soil level. I imagine that the stone is about 2 feet in length and probabably stood 1 to 1 1/2 feet tall when it was first constructed.
The picture below is of a Manitou in front of an elevated stone circle in the shape of a horseshoe. My backpack is in the center of the dimpled area of the elevated stone circle. There is one earth chakra to the right of my backpack that is covered with stones.
I took the picture below with a flash and it shows a few orbs confirming that there is lots of energy in the area.
Unfortunately it appears that there once was a much larger structure. The picture below looks to the right of the mound and it shows a recently constructed series of stone walls built within the last 100 years or so. I imagine that these are not field stones collected by a farmer, but rather made up of stones taken or dismantled from, ancient sacred stone structures.
From the picture below one assumes that they were used to corral or house livestock of some sorts. There were more such stone walls.
What makes me believe that there was a much larger stone structure at the location was the swath of stones (pictured below) that ran parallel to the stone structures. The swath of stones, or rubble, ran about 50 feet in length, was 6-8 feet in width and located about 20 feet below the stone structures.
I am fairly confident that this swath of stones was part of a larger structure because of its very positive vibe. A positive vibe comes about when praying, ceremony, healing, altruistic acts and the like take place at a location over time. So the stones were involved with sacred acts.
The very positive vibe of the swath of stones stands in sharp contrast to the vibe of the area of the large manitou and recently constructed stone walls which was neutral. At one time I imagine that the vibe of the area of large manitou was very positive from ceremony/prayer/meditation snd has been desecrated or not used for sacred/healing/altruistic purposes. The imprints of the vibe tell the story.
The idea that the swath of stones were associated with positive/sacred purposes was also confirmed by the several Manitou Stones located within it like the one pictured below.
It was another wonderful day at this very sacred site. I feel so blessed for finding Clarks Gully and High Tor and encourage you to visit.
Blessings,
madis
