Greetings from Sibyl, the Keeper of the Sacred Well.

Hello. I'm Sibyl, the Keeper of the Sacred Well here at Ravenscroft Castle.

If you've come to this place by way of the Footpath, then you've had a long trek. I hope you'll find it worthwhile.

Visitors are always welcome here at the Sacred Well, for Madame B. believes learning is one of the keys to understanding.

So whether you're a quester like Madame B. or just passing through on life's journey, please feel free to wander around at your leisure.

There's a great deal to discover, a wealth of knowledge collected from all over the world, although it is but a drop in a vast ocean, even so. Still, it is a beginning, and that is always where one should begin, is it not?

In order to guide you, each small building and site here has been named in accordance with what it contains. There are quite a few, but don't be daunted. You can stay as long as you like and return whenever you wish.

The Sacred Well is always open to all day or night, and is free of charge, besides. You have only to thirst for its water --- and drink....

Over the millennia, the world's own atavistic Sacred Well has been known by many names --- a fount, a spring, a pool, and an underground stream, just to mention a few. The list is endless. But whatever it has been called, it has often been perceived as the original source of all knowledge here on earth.

Why? Because when we examine the cosmogonies, myths, legends, fables, faery tales, folklore, and so forth of the world, we find the exact same themes time and again. Mythologists term these archetypes "motifs," while the psychologist Carl Jung hypothesized that they are part of a collective unconscious that has always been present everywhere and that is inherited.

Jung stated that "in the psychology of primitives, [these archetypes] correspond to [philosopher, psychologist, and ethnologist Lucien] Lévy-Bruhl's concept of 'representations collectives,' and in the field of comparative religion, they have been defined by [Durkheimian scholars Henri] Hubert and [Marcel] Mauss as 'categories of the imagination.' [Anthropologist and ethnologist] Adolf Bastian long ago called them 'elementary' or 'primordial thoughts.'" --- Collected Works, Volume 9

It is not the purpose of Ravenscroft Castle's own small Sacred Well to debate whence these archetypes and other material contained herein originated, however, but, rather, simply to make some of this information available for perusal and contemplation by the interested reader, once the buildings and sites that comprise the Sacred Well are opened to the public.

THE SACRED WELL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.

Link to Each Sacred Well Building or Site	The Contents of Each Sacred Well Building or Site
	QUEST Quest for knowledge at Ravenscroft's Sacred Well. Only starred locations are visited during the quest. You must visit all other locations on your own. You can leave and then rejoin the quest at any time.
	THE SACRED WELL* Greetings from Sibyl, the Keeper of the Sacred Well. View Ravenscroft's Sacred Well's Quest Itinerary, a complete list of all sacred well buildings and sites currently open or closed to the public, and their contents.

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