An intriguing account of the life and times of the extraordinary characters who were drawn to Glastonbury, the Isle of Avalon, at the turn of the 20th century and who became involved in a series of strange events. The story begins with the discovery in St. Bride's Well of a blue glass bowl, rumored to be the Holy Grail, which baffled British Museum experts. This controversy attracted Archdeacon Basil Wilberforce, poet Fiona Macleod, the esotericists A.E. Waite, Annie Besant and Wellesley Tudor Pole, Mark Twain, and the ...
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An intriguing account of the life and times of the extraordinary characters who were drawn to Glastonbury, the Isle of Avalon, at the turn of the 20th century and who became involved in a series of strange events. The story begins with the discovery in St. Bride's Well of a blue glass bowl, rumored to be the Holy Grail, which baffled British Museum experts. This controversy attracted Archdeacon Basil Wilberforce, poet Fiona Macleod, the esotericists A.E. Waite, Annie Besant and Wellesley Tudor Pole, Mark Twain, and the renowned physicist Sir William Crookes. In 1914 the composer Rutland Boughton set up the annual Glastonbury Festivals helped by his friend George Bernard Shaw; Alice Buckton, the educational pioneer, started an arts and crafts and drama center at Chalice Well; the architect Frederick Bligh Bond carried out psychic investigations into the history of Glastonbury Abbey; later, Dion Fortune came to Glastonbury to write some of her best known works. It is a unique document of social and historical significance, full of controversy and bizarre happenings.
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Fine. Fine Clean Trade Paperback. First English Edition. Gothic Image, 1993. First Glastonbury Edition. Excellent study and biography of the men and women who made the Grail and the mystery of Avalon sacred way before the Mist. Here we see Bligh Bond, who went after Glastonbury to stay in Woodstock New York with Father Francis who married Bob Dylan and helped John Lennon stay in the country, and was a personal friend to Kahlil Gibran, as well as a close friend of mine when I would drive him to places where Rasputin reigned. He blessed our Three Geese in Flight Bookshop in Woodstock. N.Y. We have Father Francis own day planner for sale with appointments with 'Ramblin Jack Elliot. etc in our inventory. Here this remarkable book is filled with illustrations Dion Fortune, Wellesley Tudor Pole, Dr Goodchild. and folks who stood on towers and beheld Angels. Clean, free of notes and NOT a library book. Wrapped with care.
