Seduction

 

 

This Summer I am planning to return to a mystical area in Cornwall. Tintagel is a strange little rather tacky town by the sea, made famous by its close location to the supposed sight of King Arthurs castle. A short walk away from the castle ruins is a huge drop into the sea. From a distance it is clear that this cliff is huge, so when I decided to go to the edge to look down into the sea below I was more than a little nervous. I fear heights and deep water. What I found when I looked over the edge shocked me. Firstly the distance down to the sea only looked about a 1/5 th of the height it actually was. This was dangerously deceptive in a way that I couldn't fathom. I spent some time looking down just to check I wasn't imagining this. Next came the most shocking part that really rattled me. I got the over whelming feeling of euphoria and the desire to jump into the dark water below. It was a giddy sensation that suggested I would somehow be rewarded if I jumped. It was illogical as I am scared of heights and water. It almost felt as though I was being seduced. I can still see that dark shimmering water in my minds eye now. A friend told me that there are areas like this that seduce people to jump. Maybe some " suicides " are due to this. There are entities near water and ive felt and photographed them. You cannot see them, but they are nearby.