Re: stones and sounds

Martin ( (no email) )
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:57:53 +0200

Hi All

>BTW - The Lifting Stones Of Shivapur sound to me like a real good income
>generator for the local monks. they aren't silly you know.

Strangely they charge no money for this demo or didn't at the time.

>Who has said the
>stone can't be lifted with more than 11 people? - the monks I gather. If
>weight is evenly distributed over 11 fingers, maybe it isn't that special
>after all - just another version of the game of lifting someone from a
>chair using fingers.

Thats what I thought as well, but it has been tried with more people
supposedly with no joy, same applies without the chant.
>
As regards the priests telling you I think they don't really know
themselves. They seem to attribute it all to the chant and finger placement.

Regards
Martin
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