Sunday, 1 January 2012

The Witch amd the Grotto of Death

I am chasing this witch, I'm not sure why, but she has a lot of wisdom
I want to find out. she is a curious one. she loves to joke about sex. she refers to sex as "gettin yur meat" - jokes at me about meat, -
"you've had some meat then? (meaning ive had some sex ) An someones ad yur meat too I imagine? " (someones shagged me). This witch wears lots of makeup and, trys to glam her self up to look younger than she is. She wears a red dress.

We enter this ancient maze, - the stones have all been shaped this way
and that, so as to try to lead you one way and another, but some
deeper memory in me tells me I've been here before. And what's more, I
want to catch up with the witch ahead of me. I cut across the winding
path and find myself at the edge of a rocky cliff. Then there is this
spiral path cut into the rock that leads down into the earth. I
follow down as this is where the witch went.

My memories come back to me... The same murky green light, the incense
smells... I enter into the giant chamber. There are a few people who
have been following and they enter behind me.

I hear them catch their breath as they enter.

It has an eerie beauty in here.

There is a amphitheatre with water tricking down in dark channels into
a pool where the stage ought to be. The water trickles over gemstones
that sound like underwater wind chimes, giving the space a surreal
futuristic quality.

There are a couple of islands in between the lake, and a path between
them, and on both of them are some life size sculptures in stone,
which are painted.

One of them is of the spirit of death, yet he seems to have a pale
flesh to him, and looks more like a peaceful zombie than the skeleton
people associate with death.

On the other island was a stone table and all these stone figures
around the table, a family of figures sat down ready to eat a meal.
The figures were carved by Henry more, and they had, like Death, been
painted in.

It was not a spooky place. On the contrary, it was a very peaceful place.

I sat on the edge of this cliff in the dark and listened to the music
of the gemstones. It was hypnotic. This guy comes and sits down beside
me.
"I always dreamed I would come to this place" he whispers to me.

I climb back up away from the edge of the cliff as I am afraid of
slipping and falling into the water. At the back of the cave I see 2
carved skulls, one slightly smaller than the other.

I then realise that this is a grotto to death.

I wander down the amphitheater steps to the edge of the water. The
other family follow. And then we witness an ancient ceremony to honor
the spirit of this place. The stones come alive for a brief moment as
this Green shaft of light penetrates the roof of the cave and
illuminates the stage. The stone family eat some food. Death moves
slowly around. The witch is witnessing all this in the background.

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We go outside of the grotto now, and we meet these people playing this
game. You can only get 'tug' if you are moving. - some people are are
one team, some on another. And one group is catching, and the other
are playing Stone giants. They need to rescue some one or something.
So they need to move, but it is also strategic.

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