As March unfolds, the lambing season is now passed and the little ones have all “dropped” (also known as being “cut” from the mother). The herd can now be put to higher pastures to feed on the nutritious grass of the surrounding hills. The shepherd being a special breed of man, one endowed with both uncommon patience and even temper has time to ponder the great mysteries of the world. Aided by his most excellently trained dogs his muse hits him…
Non Prophet recently posted about The Nazca Lines which are strange geometric forms drawn in the desert in Nazca, Peru some in the shape of animals, so large that they are not visible in their entirety from the ground. There have been a multitude of proposed theories attempting to explain the creation of these lines over the years, and I found that this site lays them all out pretty well. The most interesting theory, to me is that laid out by the Nasca Lines Project which postulates that the glyphs indicate (at their terminal points) the location of geophysical faults where water seeps to the surface. Water would have been *very* important to those peoples living in this desert environment. In fact, it is only due to the extremely dry climate that the lines are still evident today. The theory is the work of David Johnson of NY, a photographer, former HS teacher of 25 years, and adjunct professor of Anthropology at the University of Mass. More detailed analysis is available on his site under ‘water research’.
