For thousands of years mankind has been fascinated and perplexed by ancient mysterious stone formations and other standing stone phenomena found in various locations throughout the world. I first became aware of their powerful seductive presence whilst visiting England and Wales, and more particularly Scotland's remote Orkney Islands. On these windswept Isles, because of their remoteness and lack of human presence, one is able to be alone with the stones, and allow their seductive energy to ignite a deep sense of curiosity within. I am still plagued by this curiosity. One cannot deny that in the presence of such mysterious formations, the standing stones phenomena will have you wondering – who made them, how and why? They are also very beautiful, and riding on their inherent beauty is the fact no one really has answers to the aforementioned questions. We wouldn't be true humans if we didn't appreciate an ancient unsolved mystery. They excite the psyche. Fast forward unknown thousands