Some say that Chartres Cathedral

is an initiatory monument.

“An action that causes something,

especially an important process,

or event, to begin”

 is a good dictionary definition

for initiation.

So what gets started

at Chartres?

In the cathedral

one becomes hyper-aware

of gentle but persistent power

of beauty.

Beauty speaks.

Beauty resonates.

Beauty calls.

Beauty surrounds.

Beauty reminds.

Beauty encounters.

Beauty

travels far and wide

in the bodies of those who have visited.

Beauty disseminates its messages

with countless voices.