As background, there's a labyrinth just around the corner from Caesarea. A little stone maze which has a nice tree grove butting up against it with some paths inside that has a very old and mysterious vibe to it. There's also a fairly large creek of mountain spring water that runs from up in the mountains, down past Caesarea, through the tree grove, and then beyond. The labyrinth has a nice little shop and the woman who owns and runs the place does craniosacral therapy among other things. A few weeks ago Ennio had gone to get some craniosacral work done and afterwards the shop owner told him some interesting stories about fairies.
First, there was the story of two children who'd recently gone into the tree grove and when they came out were arguing about the size of the fairy they'd seen. There are some small fairy statues in the area, but judging from their lively discussion the owner suspected that they weren't talking about one of the statues. From the fourth-hand account of the gestures depicting the size, we're talking about something approximately the size of a grapefruit or maybe a small cantaloupe.
Second, there was a writer who was told about the labyrinth and came out to check the place out. I believe he wrote about the myth, legends, sightings, and so on of fairies. Unfortunately, I don't know his name or the name of his works. Though perhaps Ennio can remember. He went through the labyrinth and the tree grove and when he spoke to the owner after his walk about he said that the area was a fairy waystation of some sort. A place where fairies would come and stop before going off to other places.
Lastly, the shop owner herself had recently been at the shop and was doing things around the place when she turned around and there floating in front of her face was a fairy. Don't remember the size or description accompanying the account.
So, the questions we were wanting to ask the C's was:
What is the nature of these "fairy" sightings? Is there a mundane explanation, or is there some reality to the phenomenon?
If there is some reality to the phenomena, what are these "fairies"?
Is there something about the area that makes it conducive to such encounters?
If so, is it just a coincidence that we ended up here?
First, there was the story of two children who'd recently gone into the tree grove and when they came out were arguing about the size of the fairy they'd seen. There are some small fairy statues in the area, but judging from their lively discussion the owner suspected that they weren't talking about one of the statues. From the fourth-hand account of the gestures depicting the size, we're talking about something approximately the size of a grapefruit or maybe a small cantaloupe.
Second, there was a writer who was told about the labyrinth and came out to check the place out. I believe he wrote about the myth, legends, sightings, and so on of fairies. Unfortunately, I don't know his name or the name of his works. Though perhaps Ennio can remember. He went through the labyrinth and the tree grove and when he spoke to the owner after his walk about he said that the area was a fairy waystation of some sort. A place where fairies would come and stop before going off to other places.
Lastly, the shop owner herself had recently been at the shop and was doing things around the place when she turned around and there floating in front of her face was a fairy. Don't remember the size or description accompanying the account.
So, the questions we were wanting to ask the C's was:
What is the nature of these "fairy" sightings? Is there a mundane explanation, or is there some reality to the phenomenon?
If there is some reality to the phenomena, what are these "fairies"?
Is there something about the area that makes it conducive to such encounters?
If so, is it just a coincidence that we ended up here?