If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' chinks of his cavern. - William Blake
Taken inside a cave in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The cave has an opening in its ceiling about 200 meters from the cave's mouth. The cave's mouth is literally on the walls of a cliff. When we entered, the cave's floor is slightly flooded in shallow water after some consecutive days of heavy rains. This picture is from our second visit to this cave locally known as "Balay sa Agta".
Agta or kapre (in our national language) is a mythological monster. Characterized as a tree dwelling elemental with human characteristics, seers of this being describe it as a tall (reaching up to 9 ft), brown and hairy man. Most of the time he is depicted as having a beard. The kapre is always "seen" dwelling in big trees smoking using a big tobacco pipe or just rolled tobacco.
To illustrate why this cave is called as the house of the kapre, the second picture gives scale as to how high its ceiling is. In the picture taken during our first visit is fellow photographer Al Michael with our local guide.
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