Ancestral Sacred Space

Moving on in our little adventure Stirring that Magick Cauldron at long last. Having constructed my own space I feel charged for the discussion of the people of the past who constructed the sacred space that we so admire now. If the work we put into our much smaller endeavors deserves respect, the great sites of those who came before us deserve everything that we have to give. 

While Silver discusses leaving offerings and meditations, which are great. These things all depend on you knowing where these sacred places can be found. Some places are well documented by historians and archaeologists like Stonehenge or New Grange. Places well known because they were baptized in blood like Little Big Horn, The Alamo, Gettysburg, and Auschwitz. Then you have places that are documented but not well known, sacred sites that have been used going back almost forever. My example is Danger Cave in Utah, I have lived in Utah for a grand total of almost 15 years, the first time I heard of Danger Cave was two weeks ago; if you look it up you will find that there is archaeological evidence that Danger Cave has been used as a gathering place by early man for thousands of years. Danger Cave is considered by natives to be a place of power. Now if I were a cartographer I would take a stab at mapping my lay lines, but I'm not.

Following my reading of this section, I had a few memories from documentaries, where coins left at Bath and Stonehenge were lodged into rocks, these offerings were placed with little respect, and the historians credit them with causing some serious damage and aiding erosion at these sacred sites. So I ask you my friends, when coming and going from these sites please be respectful, kick up a little dirt and bury your offering, toss it in a well or stream, hang it from a tree branch.

It is a personal practice of mine to fill a small travel cosmetics container with dirt from these sites and leave my offerings in place of the dirt. The dirt that I take stays in the small container and after my pilgrimage is completed it comes home to my altar.

Meditating at these sites is an uncommon luxury. So I prepare for the trip, usually weaving a friendship bracelet, witches ladder or selecting an item to bring with me. I do my meditations before I go so that I don't spend half my trip looking for a cooperative corner.