Earth – Human – Cosmos
Join us on a quest to explore, discover and experience the mysteries of time and space.
Archeoastronomy combines “the romance of space with the mystery of the past.”
Dr. Anthony Aveni
Axis Mundi is a cultural astronomy documentary film series. Cultures around the globe, throughout all of time have interacted with the cosmos. We humans watch the sun, moon and planets. We make shapes out of stars and tell their stories, stressing cultural values. We make sense of the world around us, taking seasonal cues from the sky above. We count time and make calendars–day, night, month, season, year. Axis Mundi is a quest to bring to light all the diverse ways people connect to the sky, through observation, story, science, architecture, and art.
Axis Mundi cross-quarterly update series
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Happy November! I’m writing this update as Davd and I are driving home from an excursion to New Mexico and Colorado chasing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and the northern lunastice moon. Like most trips, there were great parts and disappointments alike. After all the rain, there was so much moisture in the air and many cameras frosted…
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Scottish Stone Circles
Happy Lugnasadh, the cross-quarter date between summer solstice and autumnal equinox. Davd and I got back a few weeks ago from a month-long trip to Scotland where we visited a great many stone circles. We spent time in three different areas: Aberdeenshire, the Isle of Lewis, and the Orkney Islands. Davd got so much footage on…
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Beltane 2024
Warm Beltane greetings to the lot of you! We hope you’re enjoying the season of flowers and new growth. As I reflect back on the past quarter, from early February through early May, there’s a lot I could touch on. Davd and I have been eagerly exploring and documenting sites in the Four Corners and…
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Imbolc 2024
Happy Imbolc, friends and family. (Imbolc is the Gaelic name at this cross-quarter date. Other names for this time of year are Groundhog’s Day and Candlemas.) This winter solstice, Davd and I again were in the Four Corners area, continuing to get footage for our documentary Axis Mundi film project. We plan our trips at…
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Samhuinn 2023
This is our second Axis Mundi cross-quarter update. It’s been a hard and heavy quarter for us, as we lost a member of our pack, our mighty Lupa. Lupa joined our family 9 years ago and it’s been an epic journey with her. Her determination, intelligence and massive hunting drive made her a challenge to…
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Lugnasadh 2023
For many years, Davd and I take a trip each equinox and solstice to document various sites of archaeoastronomical importance. By and large, we travel to the Four Corners region, especially to Chaco Canyon. We’ve also ventured to the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming, and for winter solstice 2022, we did a great, big mounds…
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