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RE: How I Creatively Support My Mental Health
Thank you for this. I am completely awash in emotion just reading this and don't even know what to say. I am so glad that you've taken the time you needed to just be in the mountains.
On another note: I missed you! I was so happy to see your name pop up again today. I was just reading a book about sacred places in native north America and for some reason I kept thinking of you while I read through it.
❤️❤️❤️ big warm hugs!! Yeah! I am definitely drawn toward sacred places- I’m curious where you were reading about! XO!
It was the manitou springs in Colorado "place of gathering" that my mind fluttered over to you when reading although when I picked up this book I also thought of you. I found it at a flea market in Saskatchewan - it was the only thing I bought when I was there.
It's this amazing network of twenty six mineral fountains. A fascinating story. I'm stuck in the kitchen but I'll happily tell you more about it tomorrow!
I am VERY interested, sounds wondrous! Enjoy your kitchen time and I look forward to hearing more about it at your convenience! I am so fascinated and intrigued, even drawn, toward things like this... ✨✨
Any person/tribe that came in peace was welcome to stay there. It was a respected place of peace and healing. Many tribes made an annual pilgrimage to this site, making spiritual offerings. The waters were named after a great spirit Manitou by the Ute tribe. There are also caves above these springs that howl and moan and sounding like the voice of a great spirit.
I can close my eyes and picture what it would have been like to stand there and feel all of this energy and peace.
Sadly, upon further reading I discovered that it became a popular tourist destination at some point and would you believe they've capped the springs and made fountains. Its so sad when they go and destroy the natural ambiance. That said I am sure much of it is still magnificent and some of that energy must remain.