BOSCASTLE, Cornwall

I wasn’t planning on visiting Boscastle - my friend, during a conversation with fellow guests at our hotel, was drawn to visit the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic there. But oh my goodness, as we drove down through the valley and woods, what powerful energy – so full and ‘deep’.

As we approached the harbour inlet, I remembered where I had heard about Boscastle: the devastating floods in 2004 when 2 rivers burst and flooded up to 2 billion litres of water down into this tiny village. And yet, this didn’t appear ‘strange’ to me … I was hooked.

Until arriving in Boscastle, the energies in the land in Cornwall had confused me. Beautiful, soft energies (which I am very much drawn to) but with underlying ‘interference’ – ley lines ‘cut short’ and ‘crossed over’. The energies here though, felt alive, protected and strong. Raw yet soft. And truly magical.

Tuning in, I picked up that the location is ‘anchored’ into the grander context of the lands – and country’s – earth energies. It is ‘holding up’ so much.

I sensed the floods as a seasonal release from the land (seasonal can mean over centuries, and be outside of ‘time and space’) – a natural exhale.

Sitting on the rocks by the mouth of this outlet into the seas and ancient fishing village I was given the words: “There is nothing out of place” and “What you see Delilah is a gem of outstanding beauty – because it has been left untouched. What many don’t realise is ‘this’ is the Earth. Uneven, challenging, captivating beyond words, magnetic, giving – FLOWING. The only thing which needs healing here is our perception of reality.”

Much of Boscastle had to be rebuilt and reinforced after the flood of 2004. A local resident said £18m had been invested by the environment agency – visiting Boscastle for the first time, you would never know.

And with so much magical folklore and history, it is certainly a place I wish to revisit.

Love,
Delilah

[28th July 2022]