Divine Origins
The Language of a Sacred Spring
After the COVID lockdown, Dominique and I were going stir-crazy. We usually travel a lot to explore sacred places, and we had been stuck at home for far too long. So, I sweet-talked him into going on an adventure through Germany to see the Goseck Circle in Saxony-Anhalt. I had visited it once before and wanted to return to study it more deeply.
Goseck Circle is a fascinating place, built around 4900 BCE, and it is at least 2000 years older than Stonehenge, a fact Germans are very proud of. It is a circular structure (a ring-ditch with wooden palisades and gates) with openings for the winter solstice sunrise and sunset, as well as for other important ritual dates. Part of the allure for us was feeling the energy at the center, because we knew that was where to find the best energies.
We planned to visit other Kreisgrabenanlagen (circular ditched enclosures) along the way, check out Prague, go see a Black Madonna shrine in Altötting, Bavaria, and return home. But, you know, when you are on a road trip…surprises and serendipity happen.
So, our first experience with a source of a river was one of those spontaneous detours. The Danube, it seems, was calling us. The river itself has a long history, stretching back to Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures. Celtic Tribes settled along it, and Greek sailors explored it. The Romans used it as the northern boundary of the Roman Empire, and later, castles and fortresses were built along its banks.
Today, the Danube flows through the borders of 10 countries. Given the Danube River’s historical importance, our logic led us to believe the source must be energetically powerful.
We charted the way to what we believed was the source of the Danube, a place called Donaueschingen on castle grounds.
