The Megalithic Imperative

Edited by Neil Mortimer, this 332-page anthology collects a decade of writing from 3rd Stone magazine (1994-2003), a UK journal exploring archaeology, earth mysteries, folklore, and myth in European ancient landscapes. Published by Strange Attractor Press, the volume bridges academic scholarship and alternative counterculture perspectives, featuring contributions from established archaeologists and independent scholars, mystics, and Neo-pagans investigating megalithic sites and ancestral knowledge. The collection includes original articles alongside new author commentaries and contextual essays tracing the magazine’s evolution within alternative archaeology and Earth Mysteries movements. Contributors include Paul Devereux, Aubrey Burl, and others. Heavily illustrated with black-and-white photography and color plates, the anthology represents a unique intersection of rigorous scholarly inquiry with esoteric and neo-pagan interpretations of pre-historic Britain.

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