Stairway to Heaven
by on January 12, 2011
This perspective caught my eye as I walked along the edge of the cliff leading to the pier in St. Andrews. The left tower is a medieval dungeon where some have claimed to see the “White Witch” who was once imprisoned there. Legend has it that she still haunts the cathedral cemetery. Can’t say I’ve ever seen her, though.
The middle tower is St. Rule’s, where the bones of St. Andrew were housed in the medieval era. Once a year, they were removed from the tower in a processional that went up North Street and back down South Street.
The far right tower is the eastern spire of the St Andrew’s cathedral. As these towers aligned on my walk, they formed a staircase leading into the sky – a reflection of the biblical account of salvation, from the dungeon of depravity to the divinity of the spire. From degeneration to regeneration.
What prevents us from seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary?