The hill is quite steep and when I arrive at the top I am slightly out of breath. However the view from the top is tremendous with a magnificent view over the whole City.

I can see what looks like a large telescope construction in front of me projecting from a grassy mound in the earth. It seems to be pointing towards the sun. Looking around I can see no other forms until eventually I see what looks like a sloping doorway set into the ground. Opening the door I descend a stairway into the ground. Its getting darker and darker.Further along I become aware of a voice- - its low level – It’s a child’s voice. You are entering the Light Lock please take a seat and allow your eyes to adjust to the light level. The door will open in three minutes and 45 seconds. I take a seat and slowly my eyes adjust. I am in a small room with seats around the edges. I cannot see where the light is coming from. There are people sitting all around Its very quiet.Eventually the voice says” door is now open” People are standing up and walking out .I follow and walk along a narrow sloping corridor. There is a rail to hold on to. It seems to be getting lighter although still no sign of where the light source is. Eventually I seem to be at the end of the corridor. It opens out into a much larger space. I allow my eyes to adjust even more.The floor is gently curved away from me. I seem to be standing on the inside of a large sphere. I can see an intense light area in front of me. Seems to be projecting from the end of a large tube. I can eventually make out more and more in the space. Reflected light is slowly filling up the space. People are standing and some sitting all around the space. If people speak they do so quietly. Briefly, the room dims, and then returns. No explanation.

I investigate the tube, which seems to be the source. It’s too close to the ground to look up into. Some powerful source of light is being projected along its interior. I wonder what it could be. I overhear someone say “sunlight”. I realize I am in an underground cavern completely illuminated by reflected sunlight. I wonder if the light along the corridors has been fed from the same source. I take a seat on the floor, as other people seem to be doing. It’s still very quiet. People are talking but with muted voices. A child suddenly starts crying and is comforted by a parent then its quiet again. I spend quite some time just sitting here. The room changes with people coming and going. After quite a long a time I become aware that the angle of the tube has changed. I surmise that the tube is tracking the sun across the sky. Like a cross between a camera and a telescope light is fed along its path and into the space. The intensity is astounding. This whole large space is being lit by reflected sunlight. The actual opening at the end of the tube is quite small relative to the space. Higher up along its length there seem to be other small openings, which are letting light out into the space. Beams of light from around the top third of the section are projecting across the space. I wonder about the persistence of light and its ability to reflect and refract into many different spaces and configurations.After a while, the light dims quite dramatically. The ambience changes, some people get frightened and make their way towards the exit. Others just stay sitting and standing around. Some talking, some just sitting and ‘reflecting’.I realize that most surfaces are a dull metallic substance. Cold to touch initially but where I am sitting warms eventually. There is very little by way of detail in the space. Just the gently sloping floor and the ‘telescope’ I find myself looking at the way he floor panels are joined, looks like they have been riveted or bolted onto some frame hidden below.Oddly the space is not claustrophobic. I begin to feel ‘at home’.

Eventually everyone leaves and I am alone in the space. What time is it? I have no idea.
I make my way towards what I think is the exit. I am in another small room, which is similar to the initial one. The light level is slowly increasing. I am sitting on one of the benches. I can make out that they are maps and charts on the wall. They are covered in astronomical maps and symbols. It’s confusing. However I find one chart, which I can decipher. As far as I can make out this evening will see a Full Moon.

Keith Bowler 2007