Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #3

Last Friday I went back to Skytop and found the collection of Manitou Stones I could not find during my last visit and post Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #2. Although I had a good idea of where they were, there is such a mass of trails there that curve and weave that it is easy to get lost.

The collection of Manitou Stones and accompanying stone works is impressive.

Jaeda Bear gives perspective as to how large the stones are. Unfortunately all of the stones have toppled over, or are close to doing so as the one Jaeda is in front of. The picture below better demonstrates this. It is a photograph of the exact opposite view.

Below is a picture of the center area.

Treated As a Sacred Area

I believe that this area of Manitou Stones were used for sacred purposes and possibly for healing for a long period. As I am fond of saying "Mother Earth Needs Us to Achieve Her Fullest Potential and We Need Her to Achieve Ours." Positive loving intentions are met with an equally positive and loving response. One way that our Mother does that is through water, the source of all life.

This collection of Manitou Stones has been blessed with a water vein, that no doubt formed in response to  the amount of praying, ceremony or healing that was done within it. In other words, all the positive thoughts and actions created a water vein thanks to our Mother. A water vein originates from the center of the collection of Manitous.

In the picture above a stake upright in the ground marks the origination point of the water vein,

In the picture above sticks trace out the water vein originating in the center of the Manitous. The water is flowing away from the center.

An Accompaniment

Surrounding the collection of Manitou Stones were smaller Manitous and Platform Stones. The Pictures below are of Platform Stones that have unfortunately been made part of the mountain bike trail, so bikers are constantly riding over them.

It is always a joy to find and be around sacred stone structures. Again what is so amazing about the Stone Structures at Skytop are that they have been able to withstand the assault of farming followed by a huge rock quarrying effort and now mountain bikers.

Blessings,

madis

Here are trail maps for Skytop from TrailForks-- Skytop Main Loop     and  Skytop lot South Entrance. 

To read previous posts on surveys of Skytop:

Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) #1

Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #2