Fall Break – Harastølen

We stayed for a week last autumn along Lustrafjorden in Norway. While there we thought we would attempt to drive up an unpaved, very steep road up to an old, defunct building complex originally known as Lyster Sanatorium and now known as Harastølen.

Established in 1902 to treat patients with tuberculosis, it was later used as a psychiatric hospital from 1959 to 1991. Some years later it fell out of use and is now a derelict site that investors are supposedly interested in turning into a resort. While the views down to the fjord were grand, there was no sign of any renovation. Indeed there was some strange detritus about and was an interesting site to wander about before our decent back down the mountain.

Here are some images of the ruins of the Harastølen sanatorium in Luster, taken last fall.

In the only Italian speaking Canton of Switzerland, Ticino, many churches were built back in the centuries on ancient Celtic Temples. Still today they carry strong energetic fields, the Celts knew about.
One of these, is the Church of S.S. Peter and Paul (XII Century) in Biasca. All along its Via Crucis, so many are the energies that can be felt. A very powerful and healing place to be. I like to go there every now and then.

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