Spiritual Meadow

We went to Gottsbüren. An old mediaeval village, highly situated in the middle of the Reinhardswald. The Pilgrims Church forms the axle of a wheel of six roads. Connecting with each other the eastern Wesertown of Gieselwerder, the western Diemel castle of Trendelburg. The Helmershausen Krukenburg in the North with the Sababurg in the South. And finally the southwestern Hofgeismar with the northwestern Watercastle of Wülmersen.

From the spokes of this wheel we choose the most silent and hidden streaming connection: Following the local Fuldebach dale into the bigger Holzape valley. The latter meanders through the Reinhards Wald to join the Diemel near Wülmersen.


So we left the mediaeval village over grassy footpaths alongside a frolicqing brook. Sheep in a hillside meadow, under blossomming trees, a waterfall. In sun and wind we were inhaling the freshness of April.


Near the Holzape we arrived at a wonderful meadow. Trees were telling old stories. A windhorse swept his blond tail hair elegantly. A pair of donkeys very gently came to greet us. This elevating scene reminded me of the Spiritual Meadow of John Moschus.


Not far from here on the bank of the Holzape we stayed sitting and lying in the grass. Wind through our hairs. The stream murmuring and rustling over the cobblestones. Silence all around us in this dale and in the nearby forest. Silent peacefullness in our hearts.

We followed this wonderfull Holzape meadow up to the point where the stream enters the forest. Returning to Gottsbüren over a higher forest road, we found vistas and a farmerstrack down into the village. The wind, the sun and the water streams had guided us on this walk along a spoke of the Wheel of Tao.

Tuning in on the elements in the outer world was followed by mirroring and integrating these healing energies in the inner world. Call this walking an exercise in spiritual integration. This is the meaning of walking through a spiritual meadow. Call it what you want. VItal & crucial is openness for this real experience and to remind this awareness.