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Went to Bath today, thus completing my circuit visit of "places I'd visited the last time I was in country five years ago". Nice town. Had a really good walk.
Anyway, I went to the baths. Was hanging around inside the East Baths when I was suddenly staggered, I mean literally I took a stumbling step backwards, by this sense of connection. From my small, small experience with gods and spirits initiating contact with me, it felt like something wanted to talk. So I opened up and...well, tried to talk. As seems to be par for the course for me, ze (I've got a feeling ti was Aquae Suilis/Suilis Minerva/Minerva, who was considered by the Romans to be the patron goddess of the baths in Bath) seemed to have a lot of trouble putting it into terms i could understand. It's sort of like when you meet someone incredibly interesting, but you don't speak the same language and you're both kind of groping to simplify things to get them across.
Threw some coins into the offering pool, said a brief prayer. I also dipped the most recent token in my "fetish" bag, a fifty pence piece (closest I have to an easily found image of Athena/Minerva, yes I KNOW that its Britannia on there), into the small line of water that flows through the rocks into the central baths (this being the only flow of water you're allowed to touch), and felt a definite connection with it.
Had a few weird perceptory experiences in town. Got a deep seated feeling of connection and belonging, and I got at least a couple Roman-looking flashes out of the corners of my eyes, and some odd impressions when I looked at a few things. Definitly got a sense of power.
This is also where I apologize to Quantum for doubting him on the subject of religious sites that have turned into tourist traps being not quite worthwhile. I stand very much corrected.
...so it looks like I'm going to be reading up on Minerva now as well when I get home.
Anyone else have any mystical/supernatural/religious-type experiences in Bath? Care to share? |
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