http://www.earthsanctuary.org

Near the intersection of Newman and Emil roads (close to the town of Freeland). On the south end of Whidbey Island, Washington. 37 miles north of Seattle (1 ¾ hours by car and ferry).

72 acres

A glacially formed island landscape composed of forested hill slopes and wetlands, including a unique peat bog fen complex, streams and two waterfowl ponds. Due to their importance as waterfowl habitat the ponds and bog fen complex have been designated as a "habitat of local importance" by the Whidbey Audubon Society and Island County Critical Areas program.

2000

Chuck Pettis
Visionary, designer, monument-builder
Author of Secrets of Sacred Space:Discover and Create Places of Power (Llewellyn, 2000)
A resident of Medina, WA
Phone: (425) 637-8777
cpettis@earthsanctuary.org
Fax:: (425) 637-8778

Earth Sanctuary Administrative Office
8222 Overlake Drive W.
Medina, WA 98039
Phone: (425) 637-8777
cpettis@earthsanctuary.org
Fax:: (425) 637-8778

To provide habitat for all creatures of South Whidbey Island by restoring the integrity, beauty, and diversity of the old growth forest, wetlands, streams and aquatic ecosystems."

"I don't know anyone who meditates or prays too much. I've tried to create an environment that motivates and facilitates spiritual practice." - Chuck Pettis.

Kevin Fetherston (Preston, WA), phone: (206) 442-1907, kfetherston@earthlink.net, fax: (206) 442-1907

Dan Borroff (Seattle, WA), phone: (206) 329-0931, borroff@attbi.com, fax: 206-329-5545

David Rousseau (Manson's Landing, BC, Canada), phone: (250) 935-6878, drouss@oberon.ark.com, fax: (250) 935-6878

Mike Sweeney, Shadowmaker Designs. Created and installed sundial, balanced blackberry vine spheres, signage.

Dave Schmidt, Langley Botanical.

Albert Gabelein, Albert Gabelein Construction.

Albert Gabelein, Albert Gabelein Construction.

A 500-year plan is needed to restore the landscape's old growth forest, wetlands, and streams and thus provide the optimal habitat for the greatest possible diversity of bird and animal species native to South Whidbey Island.

Over 5,000 plants are being planted in the first phase of restoration. They are drawn from 60 native species. (List available on request.)

Visitors who desire to meditate at the sites of the environmental artworks and walk the Sanctuary's 2 miles of paths are welcome. They are requested to leave a $7 contribution in one of Earth Sanctuary's parking lot registration boxes. Annual passes are available.

Earth Sanctuary House (a fully equipped single-family dwelling with two bedrooms) is available to individuals and small groups wishing to conduct meditation retreats. It also may be rented by those wishing to hold non-residential workshops. The House is adjacent to the 72-acres of land that comprise Earth Sanctuary.

(Greek for "great stone") Structures built in Neolithic Europe-the first being built over 6,000 years ago.

February 2002 - Labyrinth
February 2002 - Labyrinth
March 2002 - Dolmen
October 2002 - Cottonwood Stone Circle

Located on a small peninsula that extends into the central pond. Its path is constructed of Pennsylvania Bluestone and its alleys of Salal hedge. The labyrinth's simple three-circuit plan is drawn from the most ancient of labyrinth designs, thought to date from around 2500 B.C.E. The labyrinth is available for walking meditation, as a metaphor for life's journey.

This stone circle measures 16 feet in diameter. It is made of eight standing stones up to seven feet high. The thin shale-dense Llenroc (Cornell spelled backwards) stones range in weight from 600 to 1,000 pounds each, and come from the Finger Lakes Stone Quarry in Ithaca, New York.

A huge table-shaped stone structure topped with two large horizontal cap stones. Built of 20 tons of Autumn Leaf hard sandstone from Montana. To Mr. Pettis' knowledge, this dolmen, based on ancient prototypes, is the first to be constructed in the United States in modern times.

This large stone circle is approximately 40 feet in diameter. Its 12 standing stones of Columbia River basalt are placed in the shape of a flattened circle--one of the most popular shapes used in Neolithic times in Britain. The Cottonwood Stone Circle encloses an Analemmatic Sundial. By standing in the center and in the area designated for the current month, you will be able to tell what time it is by your shadow. A ring of Cottonwood trees is going to be planted around the circle. When mature, the trees will hopefully attract great blue herons to build a rookery in their branches.

To amplify the power present in his structures, Pettis used hundreds of pounds of minerals and crystals (e.g., Black tourmaline, Herkimer diamonds, marble, Arkansas clear quartz, and Rose quartz) under the stone monuments. They were selected for their energetic attributes by crystals expert Collen Marquist. These transmitter minerals and crystals are "programmed" with the qualities of compassion and kindness to support and augment Earth Sanctuary's sacred spaces.

"Stonehenge" trilithon artwork, and an Earth Mound.

Stonehenge-like upright stones with a lintel, designed to indicate equinoxes and solstices.