We are in our third day on Iona, a quiet and peaceful place just off the coast of Scotland. This morning we took a trip out to Staffa, a monumental island dominated by huge basalt columns, and the home of Fingal's Cave, the inspiration for Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave (Hebrides Overture). The cave, which you can see on the photo of the island (the black hole on the right) has the most amazing acoustical properties. Our group sang and chanted in the space the the energy of the cave became totally alive and vibratory. As I was looking across to the columns on the opposite side, there were waves of energy that looked like the waves you sometimes see on hot Kansas highways in summer.
Fingal's Cave looks straight out at the island of Iona and some believe that the energy emanating from the cave is felt on Iona, which may account for the clear and peaceful energy we feel here.
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