“...city sits on a plain ... natives ... spiritual celebrations...”
Very interesting - I wonder if the Cayuga natives had a similar respect and spiritual awareness of the area that is now Ithaca. This would not surprise me.
I certainly have felt an odd time warp feeling in and around Ithaca - the land indeed perhaps has a special energy that needs proper handling (not twisted sixties new age mishandling).
Would the presence of so many waterfalls in Ithaca have some effect, like ionization? I always feel better standing by a waterfall.