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One of the strongest experiences of living within such an area is a sense of intensified personal process or
transformation, as if the landscape itself acts as an accumulator and accelerator of energy. Visitors to sacred
sites often experience life-changing shifts of consciousness or awareness within a short time of their arrival.
Perhaps not surprisingly those who decide to settle in such places, or who were born there, can eventually become
quite immune or blase as the pervading mundane reality of supermarket shopping, earning a living, and ordinary life
takes over.
For the casual visitor one of the easiest ways to spot a sacred site is by observing the locals. These will be of
a definite 'alternative' persuasion, there will be gift shops selling metal dragons with crystals in their mouths,
and nearly everyone will be a therapist. As there are always more of them than people who can afford the therapies
the local economy will not be buoyant. People will have a lot more time, therefore, to talk, and conversations overheard
in the local bakery, wholefood store or supermarket will cover topics that range from deep discussions on what
everybody else is doing, to coming earth changes, to perceived ripples in the energy field and their likely provenance.
There are certain natural or human-made features that denote a sacred site. Some of the best known are sacred springs and
holy wells. There are two kinds of water on the Earth. There is 'secondary water' which is recycled in the oceans, in the
air, in our physical bodies and in the rivers, streams and the majority of wells. Then there is what is known as
'primary water' -surging up from deep in the earth and characterised by a high mineral content and maintaining a constant
temperature and flow. One such holy well is the Chalice Well in Glastonbury flowing at a constant 52 degrees F and an
unceasing 25,000 gallons a day. This type of well has sacred associations and is attributed with particular healing powers.
There are many such healing wells.
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