A well is sometimes more than just a place to get water. Especially when it is situated on a ley line, in other words an earth energy line. Here in Geijsteren you find such a line. It is a holy place from the time of the Celts and their nature gods. There was an old bog pool here, a cult place where they made sacrifices for prosperity and good health. When Christianity was introduced, a chapel was built. And even then, they knew for sure that the water from the well was healing.
Even into the last century, pilgrimages took place and many buckets of water were brought to the surface.
Take Saint Willibrord. He preached under trees and baptised his converts in 'baptismal pools' and 'baptismal wells'. Willibrord's wells can be found from Ameland to Zoutelande in Zeeland and here in Geysteren. The water was said to help against rickets, better known as the English disease caused by a lack of vitamin D. In popular parlance, it was called 'the lack of Saint Willibrord'.
It is possible that the wells were near roads dating back to Roman times, or even older. Nowadays, most of the wells are dry, but that is only due to the low water level and drought.
NOTE: The spear is in a curve of the road. Please pay extra attention to the traffic. Parking is possible at the shooting range at the junction of the Sint Wilbertsweg and the Alde Pasterie.
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