Well, have you heard of something called a genius loci?
If ever there was a genius loci, this is it.
The old idea of genius loci was alive and well in the new age movement under a different name.
And it was hard to look away from the woman, who spoke with a voice near that of his own genius loci.
It's very much about the spirit of a place, genius loci.
Even the genius loci had come out to greet him.
This power almost never extends beyond the border of the genius loci.
She speaks about Moss as the "genius loci" of the place.
Jung would have applauded her version of his genius loci theory.
In classical Roman religion a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place.