La Stella Alpina: Alpenstern
Un progetto di Arte della Litopuntura, “oltre i confini”…
di Marko Pogacnik
Introduzione di Helmut Manzenreiter sindaco di Villach (Villaco)
The city of Villach, has a leading role within the tradition of Paracelsus.
Paracelsus - who lived and carried out their activities in Villach - is always identified as a symbol of total union and spiritual, between nature and man.
The world "as the secrecy that tends toward the light" is a matter of fundamental importance in the overall design of the world in Paracelsus. He wrote: "Through the outward signs and analogies, we humans perceive everything that is in the mountains. No mountain, no rock is so wide as to be able to conceal what is inside, the man still can and in any case perceive it. Everything is possible only through specific signs .... "The
litopuntura" Alpenstern "is the first art project by Marko Pogacnik to have this character" trans ", it refers to the depth perception of nature, Paracelsus, according to which nature has "post signs everywhere." It 'just to reveal this set of signs of nature that is necessary to recognize the existence of a chain.
The "Star of the Alps Alpine scenery combines five European and four different cultures, integrating them into a new vision of art, it is proposed as a means of union between man and nature, while also becoming an instrument of connection between life and knowledge. Project Litopuntura "Stella Alpine The Alpenstern (Star of the Alps) is a masterpiece of vast proportions that it intends to join together five alpine areas of Italy, Germany, Slovenia and Austria to create a network of links between them at the same time promoting cultural exchanges. Through this network the eastern mountain range should see it increase the quality of its vital energy and strengthening its internal stability.
to achieve this is achieved through the art of "litopuntura." With this definition I have indicated, in the mid-eighties, a method of healing Ecological and find a harmonious balance of the landscaped area, similar to acupuncture for the human body. The litopuntura is basically the exact alignment and installation of stone columns along the "energy lines" or "places of power" of a given area.
On the columns are engraved plastic signs that I call "space letters." Within the project Alpenstern, litopuntura columns are arranged along two lines of energy, called "acupuncture meridians of the Earth." Generally they are called "ley lines". These power lines act as distributors of the vital forces on the Earth's surface. Each of them runs in a distinct direction - More or less straight and adapting to the shape of the landscape.
Alpenstern The project is based on two of these energy lines, which intersect with each other, near Villach (a Kerschdorf in the valley of Gail). One of these runs through the Stadtpark to Villach. Under the draft litopuntura held in Villach in 1995, it has already been marked by the laying of a stone. In the east it crosses Maribor (Slovenia) and west Merano (Italy). A Kerschdorf it is intersected by a second Ley lines that beats almost exactly north-south and passing through two landscapes along the lake: the Lake Bohinj (Slovenia) and the Chiemsee (In Germany). Within the project were asked Stella Alpina litopuntura four columns along the two ley lines, but the fifth has been placed on their point of intersection. From the point of view of vibrations, they were placed so as to resonate with each other and in order to build a unified work, although they are separated from their 200 and 360 km
Each of the five columns comes from a different quarry, always the closest to where the column was placed. Marika My wife and I, together, we have engraved on each stone litopuntura a cosmogram that reflects the essence of the zone in which it was located. The project
Stella Alpina was funded by the city of Villach, in consideration of the fact that Villach was named the first Alpine town of the year. " For the realization of the work was essential the cooperation of the other four municipalities: Gstadt, Bohinj, Maribor and Merano.
Marko Pogacinik, Šempas 13.09.1997
Villach (Villach) 
The original Celtic settlement of "Bilachinium" was later Romanized. Villach is first mentioned in documents dating from 878, in 1240 was elevated to the rank of city. This is a modern city a strong economic development, has an intense tourist and renowned spas (Spa Warmbad Villach). Counts 56.688 inhabitants and is situated 501 m above sea level, in a region crossed by the Drava.
To Earth is a landscape that embodies the concept of "quality of balance."
I think it is a subtle organ of equilibrium of our planet, which is located here. This body has the shape of an axis of power from the center of the Earth, which goes through a very precise point in the direction of the cosmos (This point is located behind Westbahnhof at the "Marxrain" in 1995 was marked by a column of litopuntura). The axis of force è sovrastato da una cupola di luce dal diametro di 14 Km. Assieme a due triangoli di forza essa tiene ancorato l'organo di equilibrio terrestre al paesaggio locale. La linea di energia sulla quale sono poste le pietre di litopuntura a Maribor e Merano corre attraverso lo "Stadtpark", dietro alla chiesa evangelica. Essa è già stata contrassegnata nel 1995, nell'ambito del progetto " Litopuntura Villaco" con una colonna di litopuntura dello scultore Joachim Hoffman.
La colonna di litopuntura centrale, che indica il centro della "Stella delle Alpi", è scolpita in marmo di Krastal ed è situata a 20 Km da Villaco, nei pressi della camera mortuaria di Kerschdorf in territorio comunale di Notsch im Gailtal, nel distretto di Villach.
Gstadt / Chiemsee 
Rinomata località turistica sulla riva settentrionale del Chiemsee in Baviera. Il suo porto è punto di partenza per visitare le isole Fraueninsel e Herreninsel ("Isola delle donne" e "isola degli uomini),
ha un’altitudine di 530 m sul livello del mare.
Gstadt offre una splendida vista sul Chiemsee e sulle sue famose isole: isola delle donne e isola degli uomini. Esse vengono così chiamate perché ospitavano un tempo due antichi conventi, uno femminile (fondato nel 772) ed uno maschile.
La polarizzazione maschile-femminile delle due isole corrisponde al ruolo energetico-vitale che esse svolgono. In the island of women I felt that there was a "crater", which contains earth energy from the depths of the earth, which fills a fan on the landscape. In contrast, men on the island I felt a "column of energy" coming from cosmic heights, which then flows on Earth. The irradiation of this column, is on a slightly elevated plateau located on the southern edge of the island and surrounded by a wall of Celtic origin. The balance between the forces of terrestrial and cosmic forces is supported by an emotional point of view, from the lakeside of the local landscape character. The column is
litopuntura stone marble coming from the slopes Untersberg (Salzburg). Essa è collocata nei pressi del porto, sulla riva del lago.
Lago Bohinj 
Situato ai piedi della Alpi Giulie, il Lago Bohinj è una delle due sorgenti del fiume Sava. E' una tranquilla località di villeggiatura situata nel comune di Behinjska Bistrica, a 512 m s.l.m.
Sul piano spirituale io percepisco il Lago Bohinj come un luogo di trasformazione. Dal punto di vista paesaggistico questa caratteristica si manifesta attraverso i mutamenti del fiume Sava che, con una violenta cascata, sgorga ad ovest (Savica) per poi trasformarsi nella quiete del lago e diventare nuovamente ad est, un fiume impetuoso.
Sul piano interiore, il Lago Bohinj rappresenta the transformations through which must pass all forms of life, when they move from one dimension of being in another (such as in the process of incarnation or materialization).
Considering the vital plane, the southern part of the lake is surrounded by a ring of five centers of force, female (yin), whose forces, gathered, ascend into the atmosphere in the form of a spiral. In this way they are distributed on the surrounding landscape in such a way that the landscape is nourished by the female characteristics of the mutation. The column
litopuntura Hotvlje from the quarry and is located on the shore of the lake, west of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
Maribor 
Città universitaria situata sulle rive della Drava, tra la Stiria e la Slovenia, Maribor venne elevata a rango di città nel 1254. Nel XV secolo divenne città fortificata contro le invasioni turche. A partire dal XIX secolo conobbe un rapido sviluppo economico grazie alla favorevole posizione, è a 274 m s.l.m.
Maribor deve il suo nome ad un castello (in tedesco: Marburg) che si ergeva sulla cima di un erto colle a forma piramidale. Il colle, infatti, è chiamato "la piramide". Nel corso dei secoli il castello è andato distrutto fino a scomparire completamente; la piramide ha riacquistato così, nel cerchio dell'energia vitale, la sua funzione di collegamento between the cosmic forces and ground forces.
This is reflected in the cityscape of Maribor, in fact, the main square there is a center of force indicated by a high Marian column, in which there is a transfer of energy. The Marian column indicates the navel of the city, "onphalos. From here you can branch off to star in the landscape, the lines of energy.
litopuntura The column is carved in granite and Pohorje is located on the access road to the city, in the direction of Ljubljana.
Merano 
The city name appears for the first time in documents dell'857. Meran was, until the fifteenth century, the capital of Tyrol. Since the mid-nineteenth century has become a popular spa. It is situated at an altitude of 325 m asl The catchment area of \u200b\u200bMerano
is at the heart of the Alps, which reach altitudes in the area of \u200b\u200b3500 m, the resort enjoys a mild climate so as to allow easy growth of Mediterranean plants . In my opinion, the extraordinary fertility of the region is due to the fact that the basin of Merano is a vast area on which you pour the vital forces of the Earth. Across the landscape rising vortex of life force that are distributed on the surrounding surfaces. The nucleus from which radiates this life force is located in the center of Merano. The area where the flows of energy within a diameter of 12 km, is held in balance by two rays of cosmic force, which - concentrated on the tops of two mountains - are poured into the area of \u200b\u200birradiation. The focus of the first of the two beams can be found on "Segenbuhel, above the old town, and the second at the" Hohen Tann "located just opposite.
The stone column comes from the Val Venosta (Laser Marmor) and is located near the railway station, in Piazza Mazzini.
published courtesy of the author Marko Pogacnik , photos by Marika Pogacnik
