Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #6 Creviced Manitous

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

I have found an incredibly rich area for stone structures within Skytop; an abandoned quarry that straddles the  city of Syracuse and neghboring Jamesville, NY. There are areas with powerful energy and lots and lots of Manitou Stones.

Manitous in Crevice/Ravines 

One of the more interesting findings within Skytop are Manitous Stones located within rock crevices that are 5-10 feet deep and 10-20 feet wide. It is hard to believe that someone would place large stones within a crevice of that size.

The pictures below are from a crevice about 50 feet long. There are several Manitou stone within it.

My staff is painted in 1 foot increments. The Manitou Stone above is tilting. 

Looking ahead in the picture above is another Manitou picture below.

Below a wide angle to better show the crevice

The picture below is of a Manitou Stone with a small crevice, the size of a few hot tubs put together. The Manitou is tilting and about 4-5 feet long.

Who would have thought that millennia ago people would go to the effort to construct Manitou Stones in rock crevices.

Skytop continues to amaze and educate. It has been such a blessing to find such a place close to home.

Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #5 Mountainside Manitous

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

I have found an incredibly rich area for stone structures within Skytop Powerful energy and lots and lots of Manitou Stones.

Today's posts are about some of the Manitous on a steep hillside. Seriously steep, yet there are bunches of Manitou Stones. I have certainly seen Manitous on hillsides and mountainsides, but nothing of this steepness combined with the size of the manitous. No doubt all the stones, rocks and fissures most certainly provide lots of rocks to work with.

As soon as you enter you come across several Manitous. Although there is not much of a gradient in the pictures below.

In the center of the picture above there is a large Manitou that has fallen over' Above it is Manitou stones. Not pictured is one on the left.

Jaeda Bear gives perspective to the size of the Manitous.

Looking down on a Manitou.

Looking up.

The side view above gives perspective as to how steep the hillside was.

My hat is off to this that place these humungous Manitou stones on a hillside.

Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) Posting #4

 I have been going to Skytop to do surveys several times a week. Here are some pictures from my October 2nd visit.

Above is a mountain bike jump. Hard to believe that someone would go over that.

Below are a few pictures of a big Manitou Stone I found that day.

In my previous posts I had talked about stone walls that may have been constructed of stones that previously were part of an ancient stone structure.

Amazing what you can find in the woods.

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

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

I have gone back to Skytop a few times since Labor Day. I returned last Friday to follow-up on a few stone structures i had spotted during my previous visits. One of those structures I could not find--there are a maze of trails there. Here are trail maps from TrailForks-- Skytop Main Loop     and  Skytop lot South Entrance. 

You can read my previous post: Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) #

I was able to find a stone structure close to the one I last posted about. It was a small series of stones marking Ley Lines (Spirit Lines, Lines of Consciousness) connected to two other stone mounds marking the intersection of stone mounds.

The structure is located on a bike trail. I imagine that it was chosen because of its elevation to a challenge with a small bump. Sad.

In the picture above Jaeda Bear is lying on the other side of the stone and earthen mound to show how it is elevated.

Above is a side view of the structure. Notice the depressed are towards the center that is pure earth and worn down.

Sticks mark the Ley Lines in the picture above.

The close up shows how stones were used to etch out, or show the trajectory of the Ley Lines. I imagine that the stone on the far left that is lying flush to the ground was once standing.

Pictured below are the two mounds next to small mound.  My backpack on the upper center right marks the small mound. The two larger mounds both mark the intersection of several Ley Lines.

I call the clustering of several areas of intersecting Ley lines, or Energy Lines, a Nest. I am surprised to find a next with only a dozen of two Ley lines marked because it is not uncommon to find dozens if not close to a hundreds of Ley Lines making a Nest. Putting the effort to mark such a smaller nest, relatively speaking in our area, shows that; 1) At one time pre- framing, pre-quarry, pre mountain biking much of the Skytop area was covered with stones. 2) Either there were lots of Telluric People in our area, or they had lots of time

We have large Nests in upstate NY because we are home to Fields of Consciousness where Ley Lines originate from.

Here are a few pictures of the structures that the mountain bikers have constructed.

You can read my previous post: Manitou's at Skytop (in the city of Syracuse) #1

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

 A few weeks ago I took a hike in Skytop, an abandoned  stone quarry, adjacent to Syracuse University off campus housing  and its former ski jump. It is bounded by SU, Rte 481 and Drumlins golf course. It is known for its bike trails. Here are some trail maps from TrailForks-- Skytop Main Loop     and  Skytop lot South Entrance. 

I have gone back a few times since and even walked most of the area with my friend Pete. On a subsequent hike I saw what i thought what may be manitou stones and sacred stone stone structures, but did not have my dowsing rods with me to confirm this. I went back Labor Day and one of those sites turned out to be a very intricate stone structure, with several Manitou Stones, a few of which were very large.

It is always a gift and surprise to find an intricate stone structure that has weathered modernity, Skytop is even more so. There are numerous stone walls made by farmers located throughout, no doubt partially made up of stones that once constituted ancient stone structures as well as field stones. There is a humongous stone quarry probably a mile or more in diameter nearby with all its roads for trucks. Then there are the mountain bikers who have have carved out numerous trails and built jumps and other structures out of stone--no doubt some sourced by stones from the stone walls, and......

WOW! To still be standing after such an onslaught is incredible.

Unfortunately, the vibe is not the best. A rock quarry is a very damaging to our Mother. My head felt as though it had nasal congestion for much of the time I was there.

A Large Manitou Stone

What caught my eye was a large Manitou Stone 2-3feet high and 8-10 inches in width.

The Manitou stone appears to be part of a larger stone structure because behind it was an elevated stone circle with a dimpled, or hollowed out, center.  In the picture below my backpack rests in the sunken area.

The grouping was very reminiscent of another large Manitou stone and related stone structure I found a few days earlier at High Tor. Labor Day Weekend 2020--Manitou Stones Abound

While much of the stone structure (circle) was covered with earth and flora it contained two almost as large  Manitou Stones that had toppled over.

The stone mound also covered an earth chakra. In the picture below my backpack is located over it.

 There were several Manitou stones within and around the stone structure. A few are pictured below.

I am still amazed that such an intricate stone structure has been able to withstand the onslaught of farming, a large scale quarry operation, bikers who used stones to make jumps and other obstacles for their pleasure, and.....

I guess  some things just persevere. I feel so blessed to have discovered the amazing work of telluric people from long ago. I hope to go back for more hiking and surveys.

Blessings,

madis