Lightning Tamers

Who knew there was a connection between lightning and giant standing stones?

I certainly didn’t. But since I began studying with European Master Builder Dominique Susani, I’ve discovered a fascinating correspondence between the massive stones erected by Neolithic people and the thunder and lightning in the sky.

The Mystery of Kerloas

The journey into this secret began in Brittany, France, with a visit to one of the tallest menhirs in Brittany, Kerloas Menhir. It is a giant, 9.5 meters (about 30 feet) high today, though the story says it once stood 12 meters (about 36 feet) high when it was first erected thousands of years ago.

Local legend says the top was struck by lightning and broken off. But as Dominique began to explain to me, that couldn’t have possibly happened to a menhir. To understand why, we first have to look at what these stones actually are.

The word Menhir comes from the Breton language: Men (stone) and hir (long). Brittany is a landscape defined by them; there are over 11,000 of these “long stones” dotting the countryside. Archaeologists speculate that they are territorial markers or ritual sites, but they don’t really know what they were used for. But the Master Builder tradition views them through the lens through a different lens.

Why Lightning Strikes

To the ancient mind, lightning was a terrifying force of the gods, think of Thor’s hammer or Zeus’s bolts. The deafening sound of thunder was terrifying, and the lightning strikes could bring fire, destruction, and death. But what if these “primitive” people found a functional way to keep lightning away from their villages?

To understand the connection between the mystical and the physical, we need to look beneath our feet. We now know that underground water veins can generate and transmit electricity. When two veins cross, they create a “potential differential”, an exchange of electrons. During a storm, this crossing acts as a beacon, calling the lightning from the clouds. It is, quite literally, a natural lightning rod.

The Menhir as a Battery Discharge

Traditionally, Menhirs were placed precisely on these crossings. At Kerloas, our dowsing confirmed this: the stone sits directly over a crossing of two major water veins and two geological faults.

When you place a large stone like a menhir on such a crossing, it functions as a constant discharge point. It releases the static electrical energy from the ground, preventing it from building up enough “charge” to call the lightning down.

This is why the story of Kerloas being broken by lightning is so unlikely. A properly placed menhir is the safest place in a storm; it has already neutralized the target.

Evidence from the Farm: The Case of the Squeezed Eggs

I struggled to understand how a stone could have such a physical effect until Dominique shared a story from his own work.

He once designed a chicken coop using the “solsticial rectangle,” a specific geometric proportion related to the sun’s rhythms that Master Builders used to harmonize a space. The chickens thrived until a massive storm struck. Lightning struck an iron feeding chute nearby, and the electricity traveled through the metal, super-charging the water veins and faults beneath the coop.

The result was bizarre: the chickens began laying eggs that were “squeezed” tight in the middle, deformed by the chicken’s reaction to the intense static tension in the ground. Dominique had to manually dissipate this energy by placing a small menhir on the crossing of the affected veins. Almost immediately, the electrical tension vanished, and the eggs returned to their normal shape.

We don’t know how long water veins and faults remain charged after a lightning strike, but we do know that menhirs constantly discharge this excess electrical energy. This knowledge and ability were useful to the Neolithic people. They could create a safe space for their village and animals. In the case of the Kerloas Menhir, this effect could possibly influence an area extending several kilometers.

Another lightning and menhir story

During a class, one man asked Dominique to erect a menhir in his yard. Over the years, his yard was frequently struck by lightning, and he wanted to do something about it. After the menhir was placed there, the lightning strikes changed location. His menhir protected an area of about 50 meters around its installation.

Placing a menhir isn’t as simple as dropping a stone in a hole over a crossing of water veins. There are additional factors to consider to ensure a menhir functions properly.

Every stone has a “telluric side” that must face the ground and a “cosmic side” that points up. Furthermore, stones have a magnetic orientation from when they were first formed in the Earth. A Master Builder aligns the stone’s internal magnetic north with the Earth’s magnetic north. Then a slight tilt is needed. Next time you visit a standing stone, check out how it slightly leans.

When you hit the “sweet spot,” the energy aligns. You can feel it in your own body, your central channel opens, and energy flows freely from the earth through your crown. This isn’t just “magic”; it’s a precise technology of resonance.

How to know when a sacred site works

When a Master Builder analyzes any structure, from the most ornate temple to a simple stone menhir, we look to see whether it works and how. A sacred structure works if it opens your energy system, your central column, at a minimum. Your central column can be imagined as a hollow tube running the length of your body. It is connected to each chakra, and when it is open, you can feel a connection to the earth and the cosmos. The energy is free to circulate throughout your body. From there, what are the other nuances? Is there a focus on fertility? Does the place open your heart or your third eye?

Some places, like menhirs, mostly interact with the earth’s energies. Other sites, such as temples and churches, harness the earth’s energies and then go further by using sacred solar geometry. The geometry employed in constructing these sacred sites isn’t the typical sacred geometry found in books. It is alive and connected to the sun, moon, cosmos, and the earth. This is the key element for designing and building any great sacred place.

More Than Just Protection: The Fertility Bumps

At Kerloas, the stone does more than just guard the sky and earth. As we analyzed the structure, we noticed two distinct “bumps” on the stone, worn smooth by centuries of human touch.

By feeling into the energy, we discovered these were fertility points. One resonated with the second chakra (female fertility), while the other had a deep, grounding connection (male fertility). Even in the 19th century, newlyweds would come here to rub their bellies on the stone, the men hoping for sons, and the women seeking to “ensure their rule of the household!”

Seeing the Light

When a menhir is “activated,” its energy becomes more powerful. If you can see auras, the Kerloas menhir often appears in a soft, orange aura, related to its fertility energy. You might even see orbs dancing around it when the energy is fully open.

Learning these secrets adds a whole new dimension to traveling. The stones are no longer just cold, silent monuments; they are alive, functioning, and deeply connected to the harmony of the land.