Powerpoints of Place

Geomancy explores the realm where human consciousness meets and dialogues with the Spirit of the Earth. It empowers the harmonious interaction between person and place, and can enhance spiritual growth.

Powerpoints in Time

While Geomancy honours the spirit of place, it also honours its intersection with the Spirit of Time. We honour all spiritual paths with heart, and so, we would begin by recognising that different paths see different days as special. On these islands, the builders of Stonehenge honoured the Summer Solstice, at Newgrange, they honoured the Winter Solstice, but all spiritual paths and world religions hold different days as special.

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MAG E-zine #39 - Footsteps of King Arthur

I live in Glastonbury, the Land of Avalon, one of the few places that claims physical evidence that King Arthur might actually have been "real." This past week, I went to a full day of lectures put on by the Glastonbury Abbey entitled, "Footsteps of King Arthur." The speakers were, for the most part, academics, and they discussed the various Arthurs from the Dark Ages, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and on to the likes of Tennyson's Idyls of the King, Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and then modern versions like The Mists of Avalon.

All the speakers were attempting to move toward an historical, academically acceptable "real" Arthur. And yet all were also speaking about the myth, or as I say, the mythtorical Arthur - half myth, half history / half truth, half lies - you make up your mind.

Arthur was buried here.
The nave of the Glastonbury Abbey in the background.

So this great British hero was discussed from about every direction …. but one. And that one has intrigued me for a number of years now. It's what happened on Bride's mound, on the western edge of Glastonbury.

I don't understand, in a pilgrimage centre like Glastonbury, why Bride's Mound is so neglected. Perhaps the rather sad small memorial stone best demonstrates Glastonbury's lack of attention to this important sacred space. (Although, I am glad to report that at the moment, it looks like the interest is increasing despite the lack of governmental funds. Even so, it's about time!):

The solitary Bride Stone
at Brides Mound

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