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INITIATION WELL - Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra

Initiation Well, Quinta da Regaleira “This 88-foot-deep well is located on the land of Quinta da Regaleira, near the town of Sintra, Portugal. The well was never used as a well and, in fact, was never built to serve as a water resource at all. It was actually built for secret ceremonial purposes. The nine small round landings, separated by fifteen steps, also evoke references to Dante’s Divine Comedy and may represent the ‘Nine Circles of Hell’, the ‘Nine Sections of Purgatory’ and the ‘Nine Skies of Paradise’. Initiation Well looks like an inverted tower and depending on the direction the adept choose to walk, it represents a journey into the depths of Mother Earth or a rise up into the light. Symbolically, the well represents the death/rebirth allegory, typical within many mystical traditions. The journey through the well is like a rebirth through Mother Earth’s womb.”