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Don't get the blues as you stand near this cross road.
It’s funny the things you’ll discover just by googling a single word. Here’s a couple of useless facts about “crossroads”. Nothing to help you find the cache but something to think about while you’re scratching your head. Kind of like elevator music.....
In folk magic and mythology, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality, a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between".
Some 20th century blues songs may be about making a deal with the devil at the crossroads. Many modern listeners believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson in which Johnson exchanged his soul for his extraordinary guitar skills that seemed to appear suddenly. The motif of selling one's soul for guitar power has become a staple of both rock and metal guitarists.
In the UK there was a tradition of burying at crossroads criminals and suicides. This may have been due to the crossroads marking the boundaries of the settlement coupled with a desire to bury those outside of the law outside the settlement, or that the many roads would confuse the dead.
Take a bike ride on the wonderful bike paths around the park or a walk along the splendid walking trails and you will make some very interesting discoveries. The cache is located in Callaway Gardens which is adjacent to Pine Mountain,Georgia.
NOTE: There is an admission charge to get into the gardens.
For current pricing go to: "Callaway Website".
This cache has been placed in cooperation with the Education Department at Callaway Gardens. If you would like to place a cache in the Gardens please contact the Education Department at 706-663-5153 or:education@callawaygardens.org