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Meet some of the Fountain of Peace stones. They have travelled from all over the world to join our project. If you would like to donate a treasured stone in the name of peace, contact us today!
Iceland	This stone is a polished lava pebble from a beach called Djúpalónssandur (Deep Lagoon Sand), on the tip of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. The lava once came from the volcano that formed Mount Snæfell, the famous pyramid shaped mountain with the snow/ice cap (made famous by Jules Verne's 19th Century science fiction novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth). This mountain and the surrounding area, called "undir jökli" (literally "under the glacier"), is regarded by many new age people as a special place (energy junction). This area is also where Guðríður (of Vínland fame) came from. The beach at Djúpalónssandur is directly exposed to powerful ocean swells, and each time the surf comes in the rocky beach makes a clattering sound. Donated by Nelson Gerrard Hnausa, Manitoba
Ireland	This stone came from the The Giant’s Causeway. Since the 18th century The Giants Causeway has often been described as 'The Eighth Wonder Of The World' and once you have visited the site you will quickly see why. The area consists of an estimated 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns, which were formed during a volcano eruption 60 million years ago. Strangely, the Causeway is thought to have lain undiscovered by the outside world until a visit in 1692 from the Bishop Of Derry (Londonderry). The Bishop alerted authorities in Dublin, who then notified learned circles in London. Many papers were produced and many theories on how it had been formed were put forward. Many of these theories were deeply rooted in science and although very valid, they make a very boring read. My favourite explanation of how the Giant's Causeway came to be lies in the legend of Finn McCool. Donated by Hyacinth Roueche Victoria BC
Belize	Our first day in the Cayo District jungle near San Ignacio, Belize, we walked down to the bank of the Macal River.  The air was saturated with humidity, but with sun sparkling on the water, the scene was peaceful. I looked down to see this rock and felt drawn to the swirl on top of the stone, which to me is suggestive of the detours or sidetracks that often occur when we investigate a new experience and pick up an eddy of information that adds to our life knowledge.  I believe that each of us has an undercurrent that directs our personal path, what Mark Nepo refers to as “the story that is telling us”; but I don’t believe those paths proceed in a straight line from birth to death.  I think we all find ourselves looping back, on occasion, and taking detours, from time to time, into coves of unexpected insight that enhance the self-knowing that leads to personal peace. I put that rock in my pocket and kept it somewhere visible for the entire time we were in Belize.  It was the only rock I brought back; unusual for me, being a dedicated rock hound.  I view stones as emissaries carrying messages from the earth, now and before time.  They are metaphors that I always pay attention to and this stone’s purpose is to be part of the Fountain of Peace. Donated by Valerie Murray, Victoria BC
Netherlands	I was walking from my house (built in 1998) to the oldest street in Amsterdam, De Zeedijk, where I once was going to meet a friend for Thai soup. The sea dike was a street on a dike from Amsterdam via Haarlem to the Northsea. I walked from 7.20 am till 7 pm and had a wonderful day. Met friendly people from all over the world and made pictures of all sorts of stones in Amsterdam…even stones with a message: “If I was a human be-ing and not a stone I would love to be hugged by you”. The stone I sent to you is a piece of a street-stone in front of the Oude Kerk (Old Church) built in the 13th century. Some men were working to put the stones again in the right place and told me this stone was really very old…and after finding MY STONE for THE FOUNTAIN OF PEACE I was almost at the place where I was going to and met an American who was only for 4 hours in Amsterdam. He came from his holidays in Egypt and decided to go from the airport to the center. I asked him to make the picture of me in front of the Thai snack bar with the stone in my hand.                Donated by Korrie de Vet, Amsterdam
Burma	Donated by Barbara Lyall, Vancouver BC
USA	Donated by Dr. Vimala Rogers International Institute of Handwriting Studies and Handwriting for Peace. This stone sat on the desk of Dr. Rogers for 22 years until she so graciously donated it to The Fountain of Peace.  It is the first stone we have from the United States. American River, Northern CA,
India	Donated by Dr. Vimala Rogers Ganges River Allababad Pradesh India
Brazil	Donated by Dr. Vimala Rogers From the Rio Grande Dusul