Franz Lindenmayr / Man and Cave

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These pages deal with two phenomenons, which you can find world-wide. It's a fascinating topic!

Have a look!

• The "Teigstein" and the legend of Saint Wolfgang

• Places with holed stones und crawling through rituals in

  - Germany

  - Austria

  - UK

  - Ireland

  - Malta

  - Italy

  - Switzerland

  - further areas (France, Cyprus, Thailand....)

• Motives and effects

• Suggestions for further reading

• Holed stones in contemporary art (German only)

• Links

A modern version of a crawling through ritual: a twig tunnel in the "Erfahrungsfeld der Sinne" (experience field for the senses). Children can walk through, adults have to crawl! Seen in Nuremberg in August 1998

If you would like to contact me...

hoehle2@web.de

Copyright for all photos on these pages: Franz Lindenmayr