Introduction: A Lost and Found Connection
Nearly a decade ago, I had an online consultation with someone seeking help after moving to a small village in Sologne, France. During the session, I discovered that her issue was related to a source near her home, bringing negative energy and resulting in undesirable circumstances in her life.
Through research, we identified the overlooked source: the Saint-Genou or Saint Genouph Spring, which had fallen into obscurity, with few villagers remembering it. Thanks to the use of a very popular search engine, we were able to locate this lost spring.
Healing Mission: Collective Energy Work
During this session, we were tasked with conducting energy work involving five individuals, including the one seeking help. Each participant represented a natural element: air, water, fire, ether, and earth. Serendipitously, Sylvain Ladaique, a bio-energy practitioner and therapist, was visiting my home in Brussels that day, accompanied by his then-partner Carine, also a therapist. My then-wife was also invited to this unique moment of connection with the source. The fifth person was the one residing on-site and in need of assistance.
Universe’s Coincidences: Unexpected Connections
I love the conspiracies the universe organizes for us. I had met Sylvain Ladaique in Paris during a conference he was leading on… water! As for Carine, whom I met the same day, she has family in Vierzon, just a few kilometers from the Source site. In fact, she currently resides there with her husband and child, much like my parents—well, my father. I still struggle to get used to the absence of my mother. Their houses and Carine’s are only 400 meters apart.
Night Ritual: A Channeled Message
In the evening, after dinner, precisely at 22:22, we undertook the ritual of energetic cleansing and memory release, received and transmitted through channeling for 33 minutes—a duration that would prove significant later. During this message, we were instructed to work with water and pass on this knowledge to future generations, which made perfect sense.
Selles-Saint-Denis: A Village Steeped in History
Why did we have to perform this protocol? What exactly happened? And what is the history of this particular source?
Selles-Saint-Denis is a charming village in Sologne, located two hours from Paris, in the Centre-Val de Loire region and the Loir-et-Cher department (41). While these administrative divisions, created after the French Revolution, don’t particularly resonate with me, they help geographically locate the place.
Formerly, this village was known as Saint-Genouph, named after Saint Genou, a saint who is said to have lived nearby.
The Healing Power of Saint Genou
Who was Saint Genou? Saint Genou, also known as Saint-Genouph, is believed to have lived in the 3rd century, during the time of Emperor Dacius. Born in Rome, he supposedly came to Berry with his father to a place called Cella Daemoniorum. He is credited with purifying the region, infested with demons at the time; it is said he died and was buried there. Saint Genou is recognized as one of the most revered saints in Sologne.
The unique energy of this village comes from a fountain built around a source, named after Saint Genou. The source is capped with a small structure adorned with foliage on the pilgrimage day. Not far from the fountain, a basin fed by it offers believers the opportunity to soak their feet or legs. Saint Genou is believed to have the power to heal rheumatism and leg ailments, especially those of the knee (genou in French).
Before World War II, this fountain was the center of an annual pilgrimage on Pentecost. The procession went from the Saint-Genou Chapel, located in the heart of the village, to the Saint-Genou Fountain, two kilometers away, halfway down the left bank of the Naon.
However, since then, this well has been “blocked” and forgotten.
The Forgotten Heritage: The Source and Its Legends
What are the issues with this source? Several legends circulate, but I am convinced that this fountain and source have been the stage for spells and black magic rituals. Some of these stories can be found in newspaper archives, although I sense that many remain undisclosed.
The fountain’s water and the bewitched “In 1947, an informant told Bernard Edeine (a famous French ethnologist and archaeologist, 1908-1999) that ‘sorcerers or seers still send people who believe they are possessed or bewitched to the Saint-Genou fountain. You go there at midnight in the moonlight with a bucket. You fill the bucket with the fountain’s water, and by looking at the water’s surface, you see the figure of the person who wishes you harm.'”
The “spell throwers” “In the past, sorcerers were particularly feared in Selles-Saint-Denis. Their influence led to a tragic event that sent its perpetrators to the guillotine on January 26, 1887. The Thomas couple, simple and superstitious people, lived with the wife’s mother who assisted them in daily tasks. After several problems occurred in their home, they consulted a sorcerer. He told them that the cause of their misfortunes was the presence of the old lady, accused of introducing an evil spirit into their home. The sorcerer advised them to burn her to eliminate the curse, which they did by dousing the poor woman in gasoline and placing her in the fireplace. The sorcerer also predicted that at the moment of the victim’s last breath, the evil spirit would escape and could be captured in an empty bottle placed near the fireplace. The Thomases followed this instruction, and after the mother’s death, the daughter sealed the bottle and threw it into the spring. The Thomases were later guillotined in Romorantin.”
The Profound Meaning of Numbers: Water and Energy
I later discovered that the Naon, the watercourse passing through this village where the water from the Saint-Genouph fountain flows, spans 33.6 kilometers. The duration of the message we received was 33 minutes. Adding 3 and 3 equals 6. This also corresponds to the life path 33/6, like mine, symbolizing the master’s (mêtre) path, an ideal toward which everyone should strive. It represents the guide, the scout, showing the way to connect with the divine.
A New Era of Energy: Transformation and Connection
“On the day of Pentecost, they were all together in the same place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” — Acts 2:1-4v 3
This is also fascinating because Pentecost symbolizes the moment when the disciples are called to spread the good news in all languages, paralleling our channeled message urging us to work for water worldwide.
Conclusion: An Illuminated and Connected Future
The purpose of caring for this place, especially this source, is to restore it and reinstate its original benefits, known since the time of the Celts and other peoples who inhabited the surroundings. The energy of this place manifests as a purple color, which I perceived during a channeling. In colorimetry, the line of purples connects the most intense red of the visible spectrum (with a wavelength of about 780 nm) to the most extreme violet (about 380 nm). Purple is thus a fusion of these two colors, symbolizing the junction between the material (earth, red, brown) and the spiritual (violet, sky). This place is destined to become a space for exchange and connection between the peoples of the world.
Like the phoenix’s (fire) rebirth from its ashes, the new energy will illuminate every home, every space… Every resident or visitor will have the opportunity to connect to this energy and benefit from its virtues if they desire. I express my gratitude to all those contributing to this transformation and renewal in the village.
We visited the place in 2014, the year of the healing, and then 2 years later. Restoration projects were completed and finished for Pentecost in 2016. Here are recent photos to compare with the old ones. During our first visit, finding the place proved complex. We had to navigate with Google Maps, follow our intuition, and then make our way through the grass and brambles in the forest. In contrast, during our second visit, everything was clearly marked: signs indicated the way, and parking was even available nearby! Although I haven’t heard from the person who contacted me or the locals, returning, I feel a tranquil source radiating its benevolence over the village.
This underscores for me the importance of local springs, maintaining them as our ancestors did, regularly connecting with them, and cleansing them if one possesses the necessary knowledge. This topic would undoubtedly deserve a dedicated article.
