While checking out the Arcata-as-Hippy-Haven topic, a fellow named Bob had posted about his experience living in Eureka. He said that even though it was a beautiful place with progressive people and a college town vibe, there was something that cast a pall over it. He said other locals noticed this phenomenon too which added to or caused the depressed nature of the town. I hope you see this post Bob, because you were wanting to discuss with others about lands that give off a definite negative or positive energy that can't be rationally explained away. In another example, the local Indians call the area around the Oregon Caves vortex "The Forbidden Field." I had my own experience in Cave Junction. The hostel there has a vortex on it's property, and the owner showed me it's location. It was a circle of twisted pine trees, whose trunks were spiraling out towards each other in a way that is most unnatural for them to do. Their warped symmetry was creepy. Bad vibes does not even begin to describe the red flags I was feeling. Cave Junction to me is another one of those beautiful places where there is some sort of inexplicable darkness over it. But now that I've actually seen the vortex, it's not such a mystery to me. Anyone else have similar experiences or know anything about vortexes (as in: what the heck are they?) and care to share?
Sounds very similar to energy fields connected to underground streams, which are detectable by dowsers. These have been known to cause illness, attract or cause hauntings, etc. Also trees growing over these streams often grow with twisted trunks... there's a very good example near me, a tree growing over a stream that has been culverted.
I have experienced very strong "vibes" on land adjacent to an active rock quarry. There is a stream there...and you should just see the trees bordering it. This land was once farmed and before that (if finding artifacts is any indication) Indians lived there... I feel that there are certain "soft spots" or perhaps vortexes in this area that are aggravated by the quarry blasting. (Ever read Desperation or the Regulators by Stephen King?)
Having lived in Eureka I think the pall being cast over it can mostly be attributed to all the homeless tweakers and run down homes/buildings. Hence the nickname "Eurtweaka". Aside from that it's not too bad of a town. Not as cool as other towns in norcal but I would prefer living there over most other areas in the US.
Yes, I noticed that too when I visited Eureka for a long weekend. And it is a shame because I really enjoyed its downtown area that people were working really hard to revitalize. Loved its cafes, coffeshops, and its music/video/dvd store was pretty impressive. In some ways, Eureka reminds me of Astoria. Charming potential dampened by a dying economy.
Not read either of them... but I do seem to recall reading someone's theory about artificial holes in the ground - from quarries right down to graves - sometimes attracting negative energies. Oh hell, now where did I read that ? I remember it as being quite a persuasive argument at the time...
I've read so much "stuff" that it all seems to wind up blending together to from some sort of sense...to me. and along the way I've read somewhere, I think (lol), that a study showed there to be built along ley lines in Europe, in England particularly - there were built, erected "sacred" places. Isn't Stonehenge located on a ley line? I wonder if the presence of vortexes would be more likely on (or near to) a ley line? Another thought is that if not a ley line, a vortex of negativity would be on a grid line complementing the "active" ley line. This place of which I spoke - the land adjacent the rock quarry, is in a community where there is also a large flat rock of granite which has its own "powers". My first kundalini experience was while meditating on that rock, but that is another topic entirely... Thanks for this most interesting thread.
Though I like to think I'm an open-minded person, there is a lot of New Age hoo-ha that I take with a very large grain of salt. And the concept of vortexes was one I used to look down my nose at until I had the above experience. That circle of unnaturally twisted trees in Cave Junction emitted bad energy that was hard to shake off or explain away.
