Weekend Snapshot-Laguna's Holy Mountain
1 Comments Posted by Catsy_Carpe Diem at Monday, March 17, 2008
The photos were taken last July of 2007 when I and my officemates went to Laguna. It's just that one of my officemates invited us to have a quick tour on their place since it's a Saturday and when I got the chance, I took pictures from one of the Laguna's
It teems with legends and superstitions. It has been the home to countless members of religious cults, hermits, soul searchers, spiritist and faith healers who climbs its slopes to meditate in it’s cave and commune with the mountain spirits. It clearly shows the other side of Filipino fanaticism and superstitious ways. Being in Banahaw is something like stepping into incredible stories of apparitions, heavenly voices, strange sounds, dwarves, fairies and even UFO’s. Geographically, Banahaw stands on a power point where the key lines of the earth intersect.Wherever such latitudes and longitudes meet, they create energy fields that allow higher frequencies of perception, physiological or otherwise. In this Season of Lent, I'm pretty sure that a lot of Devotee's and Hikers will once again visit the Holy Place.
It was a very fine Saturday morning when me and my Officer
Ms. Vanj decided to visit Ms. Marj rest house in Laguna. I was very excited then since
it's gonna be my first time going there. On our way there, I have somehow grasped one of the breath-taking spot and National Historical Landmark that I've never seen before. .
The Nagcarlan's famous Underground Cemetery.
by the Franciscan Missionaries. As far as I can remember, this is the only underground cemetery that has been built in the Philippines. During the Spanish Colonnial period, this cemetery was used by the Katipuneros as a secret meeting place. It was believed to be a very sacred and secluded place forour Ancestors.
