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[Guest guest]

Just thought some of you might enjoy this.

It was a blog post.

 

Why Sedona gives me the creeps

 

We are frequent listeners to " Coast to Coast " radio and generally

enjoy exploring the unusual as well celebrating the daily.

 

 

 

We were doing an RV trip to the region, and Sedona was high

 

on the list of must-see.

 

The town is supposed to be surrounded by energy vortexes where

 

people have interesting psychic experiences. New Agers flock there.

 

 

 

The landscape with the famous red rocks and lots of green is

 

stunning. No complaints there.

 

The place is a big tourist trap, but we were tourists,

 

so we had no right to whinge about that.

 

 

 

We couldn't feel anything from lying around on Bell Rock,

 

but I generally have to admit that my psychic channels are blocked.

 

That's par for the course. It's a Saturn thing, never mind.

 

 

 

It took me a while to realize why the place made me feel uneasy.

 

 

 

Too much " Love and Light " .

 

 

 

Too many people like myself, your basic fuzzy healer-astrologer-

 

herbalist-bleeding-heart-liberal.

 

 

 

There has to be contrast. There has to be balance.

 

The place lacks both. It is just not real.

 

 

 

Sedona has laws against anything ugly.

 

Things you will not find in Sedona:

 

 

 

A field littered with old car wrecks and ancient dilapidated

 

tractors, because the parts might come in handy some day.

 

 

 

Guys in greasy work clothes on their way home from a

 

day in the mill or the woods. The kind of guy that truly

 

makes the world go around, and don't you forget it.

 

 

 

Pickup trucks with a load of firewood and a dead deer on top,

 

sign of a self-sufficient life style.

 

 

 

In short, Sedona is in desperate need of some honest

 

down-to-earth blue-collar rednecks.

 

 

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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[Guest guest]

Sedona hasn't got any energies left. They have all been stolen by new

age hippies. It needs a few complementary medicine con artists to be

sacrified there to replenish the energies

 

Martin Watt

 

I was there mid 1990s and was far from impressed.

 

 

 

, " Ieneke van Houten "

<ienvan wrote:

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> Just thought some of you might enjoy this.

> It was a blog post.

>

 

 

> Why Sedona gives me the creeps

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> We are frequent listeners to " Coast to Coast " radio and generally

> enjoy exploring the unusual as well celebrating the daily.

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>

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> We were doing an RV trip to the region, and Sedona was high

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> on the list of must-see.

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> The town is supposed to be surrounded by energy vortexes where

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> people have interesting psychic experiences. New Agers flock there.

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>

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> The landscape with the famous red rocks and lots of green is

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> stunning. No complaints there.

>

[Guest guest]

All right, that's about enough abuse for Sedona!

 

Did you not drive into the area, with out-loud exclamations of wonder and

delight at the rock formations? Did you miss the opportunity to stain your

white tennis shoes with the iron-rich red soil? Did they somehow make it

hard for you to find an organic, healthy meal?

 

Once you have recently been, or if you have spent too much time there, it's

easy to overlook the majestic wonder that really is Sedona. Sure, they

really do have too much New Age Fake on their hands, but it's worth the

glaring lights of tourism to be there.

 

This is one place with plenty of side trips. Try a trip to Jerome, an old

mining town. Or what's left of a native village. It can be a mix of

culture, nature, and beauty, if you look in the right places.

 

Cheers,

Christina

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

We drove through Jerome by the light

of a full moon, pretty amazing.

The landscape is absolutely glorious!

 

But the whole ambience made me realize

how much I appreciate the logger element

at home, even though I and my friends belong

more to the New Agey side.

It's all about balance.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

ROFLMAO! Oh Man Martin, you are a hoot. Thanks for the giggles!

 

K

 

 

On 2/15/08, Martin Watt <aromamedical wrote:

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm grateful that I experienced Sedona in the 70's. I went to school

just north of there in Flagstaff. At that time Sedona was the

favored place for students to drink beer and get sunburned near

slide rock (no state park then). When we weren't drunk and getting

sunburned we hiked the cliffs alot, but then all of Northern Arizona

provides great hiking opportunities, not just Sedona. I never really

understood what a 'vortex' was, but I'd never heard that term when I

lived there in the 70's. I guess in AZ that was still the hippie era

and new age hadn't arived yet. We used to have a saying that AZ was

10 years behind the rest of the country and N ariz was 10 years

behind AZ. There used to be a great restaurant in Jerome that only

had about 4 tables, you had to make reservations months in advance.

There certainly is a somewhat magical quality when you visit the old

Indian ruins and such in the area. I love the mountains where I live

in Colo, but I do miss the canyon lands of ariz - there is something

unique about going down into the earth as opposed to standing on top

of the world.

 

Cindy Jones

Sagescript Institute, llc

http://www.sagescript.com; http://sagescript.blogspot.com

 

 

It was also

 

> All right, that's about enough abuse for Sedona!

>

> Did you not drive into the area, with out-loud exclamations of

wonder and

> delight at the rock formations? Did you miss the opportunity to

stain your

> white tennis shoes with the iron-rich red soil? Did they somehow

make it

> hard for you to find an organic, healthy meal?

>

> Once you have recently been, or if you have spent too much time

there, it's

> easy to overlook the majestic wonder that really is Sedona. Sure,

they

> really do have too much New Age Fake on their hands, but it's

worth the

> glaring lights of tourism to be there.

>

> This is one place with plenty of side trips. Try a trip to

Jerome, an old

> mining town. Or what's left of a native village. It can be a mix

of

> culture, nature, and beauty, if you look in the right places.

>

> Cheers,

> Christina

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Me too Cindy. I was there late 80's early 90's. the New Agers were there

by then but the locals were all wonderful people and the beauty is

phenomenal. We had a wonderful view of Cathedral Rock out our main window.

I've never been New Age or been into the vortex thing but I will say that

the rock formations definitely felt warming and welcoming when coming home

after long trips. Back then I traveled back and forth from there to Santa

Barbara a lot because my parents were ailing and I couldn't afford to fly.

I'm in the Silicon Valley now but my son lives in Tucson and tells me Sedona

isn't the place it used to be anymore. Like most places it's been built up.

 

 

 

Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm grateful that I experienced Sedona in the 70's. I went to school

just north of there in Flagstaff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I bet it was really beautiful there in Sedona I HOPE TO visit someday!

 

And I agree there has to be a balance.. Some new age stuff is REALLY out

there while a good amount of it is actually quite common sense.

 

I’m kind of in between. Definitely a hippie but also grounded in reality

 

Be well everyone,

 

Jen

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

The landscape around Sedona is absolutely

splendid. I would have loved it 30 years ago!

Similar things are happening in the Kootenays.

 

I worry that soon the only people who can live

in an area with natural beauty will be the super-

rich who don't need to make a living, and the

handymen, home support workers, therapists

etc catering to them.

 

I feel extremely lucky to have been where we

were, when we were.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

http://wildhealing.net (Rainforest Herbs)

http://wildwholefoods.net (AFA algae)