In a paper entitled
Stonehenge: a view from medicine (Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, February 2003), Professor Anthony M. Perks has launched the theory that the megaliths have been build in order to represent the
Yoni (female genitalia).
Viewed from above, Perks suggests, the inner bluestone circle is equivalent to the labia minora, and the giant outer sarsen circle to the labia majora. Last not least, the altar stone represents the clitoris … and so on.
As was to be expected, the theory has been criticized and made ridiculous in many newspaper articles and on many blogs. What most people do not realize - because hardly anyone reads the original paper - is that Mr. Perks himself has admitted that it’s just a theory; and one that can never be tested, never be proven right or wrong.
Naturally, everyone is free to see it this way or not, but the idea very well fits into the framework of many ancient religious beliefs in which an Earth Mother and other Goddesses had a central role.
One doesn’t have to believe it … but it certainly is good
food for thought.
The original article from JRSM can be read in this PDF
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