In the gardens of the Quinta Da Regaleira in Sintra Portugal, you will find the initiation well.  This well was never used a source of water, instead, it was used for ceremonial purposes that included Tarot initiation rites.

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With its rippling mountains, dewy forests thick with ferns and lichen, exotic gardens and glittering palaces, Sintra is like a page torn from a fairy tale. Its Unesco World Heritage–listed centre, Sintra-Vila, is dotted with pastel-hued manors folded into luxuriant hills that roll down to the blue Atlantic.

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