Cenotes: Sacred Waters Between Worlds
There are places in this world that do not seem to belong entirely to one realm or another. The shoreline where land becomes sea. The crossroads where four paths meet. The doorway where we are neither inside nor out. Twilight, when day has ended but night has not quite begun. These are liminal spaces—thresholds. And witches have always been drawn to the threshold. Perhaps that is why I find myself so fascinated by the cenotes of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula: ancient pools of water hidden within openings in the earth, where sunlight disappears into darkness and the world above gives way to something below. They are beautiful. But there is something else about them. Something that feels ancient. Something that whispers: You are standing between worlds. Where the Earth Opens A cenote forms when limestone gives way, revealing the groundwater and cavern systems hidden beneath the earth. Some are wide open beneath the sky, surrounded by jungle. Others require you to descend. Down s...
