Wells
The ancient spring must be found in one’s own self; one must own it! Everything else was just a search, a detour; it was to go astray.
Hermann Hesse, SBP Editors • Siddhartha
Springs are known to have been important to prehistoric people all over the world, but not just for practical reasons. They were widely understood to provide more than just a supply of drinking water for people, game and domestic animals. Water was seen as a reflector of images and thence a mirror on, and symbol of, life itself. But disturb the tra
... See moreFrancis Pryor • Scenes From Prehistoric Life
When you have moments on your own or spaces in your time, just focus on the well at the root of your soul. Imagine that nourishing stream of belonging, ease, peace and delight. Feel, with your visual imagination, the refreshing waters of that well gradually flowing up through the arid earth of the neglected side of your heart. It is helpful to imag
... See moreJohn O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
— Marcus Aurelius
a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Headwater is a portal
Every river has a headwater, a watering hole somewhere high up.
A place where a water stream emerges onto the surface of the Earth.
Many ancient cultures have seen these places as sacred, places of healing and vision.
Where is your Headwater ?
Your own river collects itself like an underground cloud and starts dripping upwards, ... See more
Every river has a headwater, a watering hole somewhere high up.
A place where a water stream emerges onto the surface of the Earth.
Many ancient cultures have seen these places as sacred, places of healing and vision.
Where is your Headwater ?
Your own river collects itself like an underground cloud and starts dripping upwards, ... See more
Rūta Žemčugovaitė • Headwaters: 6-Week Course on Writing and Regenerating Your Creative Prowess
And so there are many wells which, like Madron, are named now for the saints – but under their shallow surface ripples lie the deep, clear traces of far older stories.
Sharon Blackie • If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
In Celtic mythology, the holy well is considered the source of all life—certainly because it is the concealed origin from which water springs, but also because it is a gateway between the worlds seen and unseen.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
In Celtic mythology, sacred wells were points of access to the other world, and their waters had magical or healing properties.