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Cornwall - Saint Michael's Mount
Identifier
014022
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Of particular interest is Evans-Wentz's assertion that it was a site used for the Mysteries.
A description of the experience
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, [1911]
AT ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, MARAZION
Our next place for an investigation of the surviving Cornish Fairy-Faith is Marazion, the very ancient British town opposite the isle called St. Michael's Mount. ….. It is believed, … that Marazion was the chief mart for the tin trade of Celtic Britain, and that the Mount--sacred to the Sun and to the Pagan Mysteries long before Caesar crossed the Channel from Gaul--sheltered the brilliantly-coloured sailing-ships of the Phoenicians. In such a romantic town, where Oriental merchants and Celtic pilgrims probably once mingled together, one might expect some survival of olden beliefs and customs.
The source of the experience
CelticConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Sun and MoonScience Items
Sacred geographySacred geography - castle
Sacred geography - citadel
Sacred geography - cross
Sacred geography - gardens
Sacred geography - islands
Sacred geography - isthmus
Sacred geography - ley lines
Sacred geography - mark stones
Sacred geography - natural hills
Sacred geography - physical caves