Site menu:
Sacred Sites: An Old Quarry
Part Two: Shifting EnergyAs I mentioned in the previous section, the quarry has numerous smaller sites located within it. That's one of the benefits and challenges of working with such a large site. Most of the areas that I work with, the actual space where I do ritual work is very small, no larger than the space occupied by a typical American automobile. However, the quarry is enormous and there are numerous sites nestled within it, almost all of them larger than what I typically work with.
At its heart, the quarry is divided into two portions, a lower quarry (which has been named, "The Basin") and the upper quarry, which is currently unnamed. The rich energy of the site tends to shift between the two halves of the site, pooling in The Basin mostly during the spring and summer and in the upper quarry during the fall and winter.
The Basin
The lower quarry, known as "The Basin."
The lower portion of the quarry, known as The Basin, fills with approximately two to four inches (5 - 10 cm) of standing water during Oregon's rainy months and a similar amount of snow during the winter. Even with snow on the ground, flowers (including daisies and foxglove) bloom there year round. There is a natural circle of standing stones near the stone wall and numerous people have sat under the full moon and listened to the musical laughing of child-like voices coming from the stone walls of the quarry.
The upper quarry.
The upper quarry was once an arena where bull elk and deer battled during the yearly rut. The three-tined antler that acts as a handle for my smudge pot was given to me in this location. However, as the energy has shifted, it's become a home for the reawakening of the fae, the faire folke trying to regain a hold in our world after being driven out again and again by the logging operations that are clear cutting the mountains around the site.