Rainbow Caves With Supposed Healing Powers? Sounds Like A Myth, But It’s True

Surprisingly, most of the tourists visiting the cave in Holywell in Cornwall, England are oblivious of its ancient healing powers. 

The spring water that runs in the cave is referred to as the “elixir of life” according to ancient calligraphy and carvings thought to be from the 19th century. The healing waters are believed to contain divine minerals that possess healing properties and confer good health on all who drink. 

A description of the cave from the days of yore in John Cardell Oliver’s ‘Guide to Newquay’ from 1877 gives more insights on its supernatural properties. 

“The legend respecting the well is, that in olden times mothers on Ascension Day brought their deformed or sickly children here, and dipped them in, at the same time passing them through the aperture connecting the two cisterns; and thus, it is said, they became healed of their disease.

“This well has Nature only for its architect, no mark of man’s hand being seen in its construction; a pink enameled basin, filled by drippings from the stalactitic roof, forms a picture of which it is difficult to describe the loveliness.

“What wonder, then, that the simple folk around should endow it with mystic virtues?”

These were his words in describing the cave’s mystical aura and healing powers. 

According to reports from locals and tourists, the spring water from the cryptic cave tastes like cereal milk and creates small, shallow pools within. 

This holy and ancient rainbow cave gets washed out twice every day when the tide flows in and floods the cavern, which is quite unusual for typical holy wells in the region. 

The history of Cornwall compiled by William Halls from 1685 to 1736 was full of praises of the mystical cave. 

A section of the book says, “The virtues of this water are very great. It is incredible what numbers in summer season frequent this place and waters from counties far distant.”