A huge scenic lake in the hollow of a deep volcanic crater
Bubbling water rises up in one spot to indicate artificial source of water (from the condensation sphere)
Dirigible - an over the top symbol of freedom after reaching the release of higher consciousness
imagine to first get a dirigible and the first landscapes are drop offs on all sides of the volcano - looking down into ocean or the 3-D scape of the crater with spires and lake
Balloon House - Placement in the Navigation Scheme
Initial access is from the bottom of the Crater Lake by way of the Pantheon
Leaving the Pantheon dome is a swim from the bottom of the lake. Climb up the inner walls of the volcano, to the Balloon House, and your personal Dirigible for air transportation. The new found freedom to go through out the island and otherwise inaccessible spots. Imagine the view down the sides of the volcano as you lift off
At top of the volcano rim on the east ocean side is the balloon house with explorers personal dirigible - styled after "Around the World in 80 Days" - get in and the roof automatically slides or opens upward and the dirigible is mechanically elevated up until it is caught in the breeze - do you hear the music cutting in? its a track of Moby?
This is the place each participant can gain their own personal dirigible to complement their own personal mini-sub Dolphin
Broad Theme
the highest water on the island - mountains/volcanoes/water especially at altitude symbolizes transformation of consciousness - semi maze like climb up the sides of the surrounding crater is a sure sign of mental climbing - mysterious as don't know for absolute sure if even still on the island or in what mountain
end of the subterranean sequence - first are the dreams (condensation/dream sphere) then the revelations (DNA tube of binaries) then the Roman pantheon of the world as the sum of all the binaries, then rebirth into the volcano lake like the matter of earth being brought to surface, then the climb to freedom (the balloon house)
Balloon House Details
once on the surface of the lake, you can float over to a dock and go through a glass tube rising up from the lake and through a pinnacle
Once through the pinnacle you follow a crude path around it and onto the crater wall
follow upward to a crater rim trail that surveys the island in full until you make almost a full circuit back around to the northern sea side of the crater when you come to a housing just below the crater rim
a different colored aqua greenish water from the stagnant nature
paths go through lava field to top of volcano rim from sight seeing and the balloon house
path starts on a projection that juts out into the lake and is almost as tall as the crater - so path winds round it and through it to an overlook into the crater lake (something big swimming down there?) to the saddle between the pinnacle and the crater wall
once on the crater wall the path takes explorer all way round crater to get to the top on the north end
part of path could go through or over the crater rim and skirt on the outside of the outer cliff
rock/boulder field inside of volcano takes a while to find way through
give the crater a double crater with cool spires seen only from the inside and cool to float over in the dirigibles - water connection between the craters so you can swim from one to another - more hugeness - more lostness (new word)- more isolation
surreal previews or flashes - and deja vu - such as a flash of falling or flying when first seeing balloon house from a distance - symbolism to use through out the participants exploration
balloon house carved out of the rim rock - with glass dome roof like the Titanic grand stairway
balloon house roof slides to the sides or splits into quarters and separates just enough to break up sky really cool and allow dirigible out - inflating of dirigible should be fantastical
dirigible could go anywhere in the non-windy part of the day - seeing sea life from above is too cool
dirigible offers new sights to the sea life from above like jelly fish - schools of fish and patchy sand rock underwater terrain (Molasses reef in the Florida Keys is a prime example of up and down underwater structure making a 2 tone splattering seen from above)
need things of interest as only seen from above like the natural patterns in the sand or patterns in dunes or shallows of beach showing current - cool detail slanted sand ridges of coral debris under the water as seen by dirigibles
The housing has your personal dirigible - add some great music by Moby at this point as you rise above the crater rim