A Secret Energy Source
I wasn’t in Sedona chasing its famous energy vortexes. So, of course, I found one—at least in my imagination. It was on a path that was way less traveled, leading to what the locals call The Pyramid.
How could something so visible be invisible to the masses?
The first time I glimpsed the unassuming Pyramid was while hiking the backside of the Airport Mesa. This was one of the four main vortexes drawing the crowds. We started out before first light. The views were amazing. People we met claimed that the energy force they absorbed in past trips was felt even in the air on their flights home.
Vortexes here were popularized by a 1970s psychic, but the area was sacred to the Yavapai-Apache well before then. Each of Sedona’s vortexes is generally considered a center of concentrated Earth energy. When experienced, it may bring awareness, release, calm, clarity, grounding, and inspiration. The Airport Mesa vortex is known to bring clarity, motivation, and help with decision-making.
I didn’t feel any of it, until…
Long past any of the favored hot spots for experiences, my wife and I found ourselves alone on the backside of the mesa. The views here were less dramatic, but still beautiful to breathe in. We decided to stop hiking and just sit quietly for as long as the peace held still.
We stretched out under a lone bushy tree in the prairie, uninterrupted, and drifted into meditative calm, becoming one with the tranquil vista.
On my journey of the mind, I noticed, in the wide, open landscape, a humble disruption in the matrix. Subdued, inconspicuous, or unobtrusive were words that circled my thoughts from the elevated perch scanning the far-reaching view.
It was like the spirit in the sky led my aimless wandering eyes to a string of clouds that painted their way down to the horizon. From there, they seamlessly followed the landscape to the tip of the pyramid, then down its right side to a barren path of sorts that cut through the desolate desert floor as my eyes followed the way of least resistance. Then, the pathway unfolded up the mesa and viola – to my boots.
“Honey, I need to go …there!” And I pointed to the pyramid.
The next morning, we set out for my Vision Quest.
Hiking the Scorpion Trail to the Pyramid Mountain Trail, we were amazed that in the hours we spent here, we only came across humans twice, both times were local mountain bikers.
The natural red rock pyramid of Sedona is theorized to mimic the dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It is strikingly similar in base length and slope angle, but only about half as tall, so it is easily overlooked in the vast openness, where other geological formations draw much more attention. Still, the silhouette is curiously symmetrical, so much so that it’s hard to fathom its random rock formation rather than a deliberate creation.
I made it my walkabout quest to eventually summit the top of the pyramid, where I experienced my personal vortex. The magnetic pull it exerted on me and the connectedness I felt were otherworldly. And it has stayed with me ever since as a happy place I can retreat to at any time I want to summon its imagery.
By Frank Rocco Satullo, The OhioTraveler, Your Tour Guide to Fun
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