Association of the week : The Cavern

Caverns symbolize the secret access to the underworld.

They are the eldest places of cult that humanity knows. During the Ice Age, it is believed that men already regarded caverns as being from another world.

Cavern are omnipresent in virtually all traditional cultures. The Aztecs for instance believed that caverns were the creators of the world, whilst the Mayas linked caverns with the goddess of the moon - linking then the earth, the waters and fertility in the same symbolic ensemble.

The cavern