Tonight I watched a rather striking music video that was brought to my attention . Cue watery caves and moonlight reflections . Yes , that brought back many memories of a time not so long ago . There is a cave in Cornwall at Tintagel called Merlin's Cave that fills up at high tide from both ends . Its a strange place as at one end it is light and has a nice sand bank at the entrance , and at the other end is a dark sterile gully that is open to the rough sea . Halfway between these two points is a dark black cavity that gets no sun light . The sound of the sea at the gully end in the dark part of the cave leads to a dangerous atmosphere and its not possible I found to stop there long .
I love that cave . Once as I came out of it the church bells of the nearby St Micheal's started chiming and as I looked out to sea I saw a Tornado heading toward the shore about a mile away . It was sucking up the sea water into the sky .
My heart is in Tintagel , well it was a strange time then . I believe you don't have to physically visit this cave to make use of it . I guess its called Merlin's cave for a reason . Never write off the cheesy or the kitch because beneath there maybe treasure or a hidden power house . This figures as the nearby St Micheal's and supposed lay lines add kudos to this idea or view I have .
I normally explore places like this after the sun has gone down and after most of the tourists have gone after a hot day and dusk closes in , also I like to be on my own though I dream of a like minded person to accompany me who is open to the mystical sights . Two heads might come up with more . Of course lifes social side and conventional practicality's will never see this happen ( actually to dismiss this little dream entirely feels like blasphemy somehow , why is that I wonder , strange ) One day this will happen I believe , but It will be in my twilight years as an old man . I know that sounds odd but I just feel it .
Ah, what you wrote makes me wish to live in those times...those days of magic and mystery and adventure...There is something very magical about the idea of Merlin's Cave. I think this is why I love the game Oblivion so much -- it's all of the caves you can explore.
ReplyDeleteAre there any mystical areas people visit in Canada or America ? In England we have the legend of King Arthur . I wonder if you have such inspiring legends in Canada ?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I never get replies from Blogger about comments I leave in other blogs unless I check myself. Well, I do not know of any legends in Canada to be honest, except Bigfoot or some kind of creature like that. I know people who have claimed to have seen "him." I also do not know of any real legends in the USA except the Elfin Forest, which I once trekked through and is said to be haunted. I would say Canada is mostly dull, there isn't very much here. Maybe places that are more rich in culture, like Quebec or Nova Scotia may have more colourful pasts, but I don't know because I've never been to either province. I usually find more inspiration in foreign cultures, as they have a sense of past, a very "old" feeling to them.
DeleteDion Fortune wrote that the only American source of mysticism maybe from the native Indians . I forget that the USA is such a young country . That must be odd.
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