Stone People

O you ancient rocks who are sacred, you have neither ears nor eyes, yet you hear and see all things.

Black Elk

Some see rocks as the original unaltered material left from creation, beings who remember everything that has passed since they were formed, wise and patient beyond all things, of a similar nature to man's and able to communicate with those who are open to it.


Thoreau said, "A hard, insensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."