Spring of Immortality
Hidden in a secret ravine on the steep slopes of Cold Peak, the Spring of Immortality flows with crystal-clear water with healing properties. But before Anabell and Tarragon can take a sip of this magic mountain water, they must first prove themselves worthy in the eyes of the great guardian Elm Tree that protects this Spring.
The Spring of Immortality draws inspiration from the real-life Grofova Voda (“The Counts’ Water”). According to folk tradition, the Count of Tolmin who lived in a nearby castle on Kozlov Rob, had his servants fetch this water in wooden containers. He believed that by drinking this water he could stay forever young. While the Count is no longer with us, many people from all around Slovenia visit the Count’s Water, which retains its reputation as healing water¹. The nearby elm tree adds to the allure of this spring. Constantly fed by the water runoff from this spring, it is thicker and taller than surrounding elm trees and stands like a guard over the spring.
Slovenia is a land of water, with more than 7,500 freshwater springs, 200 lakes, 59 rivers and 7,700 occasionally active torrential streams². Moreover, many of these waters are also known to have healing properties. The Alps massif is essentially one large reservoir, where water spends many years being filtered through multiple layers of rock. In the East of Slovenia are many famous thermal and mineral springs including Radenska and Rogaška. Mineral water from the Radenska spring is naturally carbonated, rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and hydrogen-carbonate, and was the exclusive water of the Imperial Court in Vienna and the Vatican’s Papal Court³. Mineral water from the Rogaška spring has the highest natural concentration of magnesium in the world. Slovenia is truly a magical place, both above and underground!
According to Jože Munih, a Slovene researcher of water springs and megaliths, the Counts’ Water rates as one of the best waters in the world, twice as energetic as the famous Lourdes water in France. Jože Munih, Zdravilni izviri (Tolmin: Samozal, 2012).
Alenka Ivančič, The healing power of spring water, RTV SLO, 17 May 2015, https://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/the-healing-power-of-spring-water/365170
Healthy Waters in Slovenia, I FEEL SLOVENIA, Slovenian Tourist Board.
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”