Mary Magdalene Chapel - Glastonbury

Mary Magdalene Chapel - Glastonbury

                         Mary Magdalene, the divine feminine, may have brought her son, Josephes, 
                with Joseph of Arimathea (Jesus) to the Isle of Avalon, now known as Glastonbury.

The main street in Glastonbury is named Magdalene, from Mary Magdalene.

The chapel is just a few hundred metres from the Abbey, and also close to the 

Magdalene Street. The Magdalene Close is the alleyway in the entrance to the chapel. 

You can see the top of the back of the chapel in this picture. 

From the short walk down the alleyway we could see the open wall where the  

documents above are written on the wall  which is near the opening of the chapel.

              Turning from the left of the entrance wall, seen above, you can see this beautiful garden 
                                                showing on the right hand side of the chapel. 

Tor informed us of the small, but beautiful area of Mary Magdalene's garden.
It provides a space for relaxation and contemplation.

As we walked down to the bottom of the garden we could look back and see the  

entrance of the chapel. Also, on the left is the building set as an almshouse. This dates

 back from the 11th Century when Glastonbury was a major pilgrimage destination and 

built as a hospital for men with a chapel.

The almshouses were also hospitals and enabled the poor and elderly people to be

 housed in theses places, and where they could be opened on to the garden. This was 

all paid for by the Queen Margaret of Scotland.

The almshouse has in each of the men's housing from the 16th century.. The building has 

been restored to recreate one area for people to see how a very small kitchen and 

bedroom would have looked in the16th century. 

                    

There are icons and a beautiful stone inscription in the chapel wall where the 

original church stood. The chapel is small but unique. Our group was able to move in

 to see the inside aspect of the chapel.  

These two pictures are of Queen Margaret from Scotland as the founder on the left, 

and Mary Magdalene on the right, as the Saint of the Spirit of the Institution, 

or the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

The atmosphere in the chapel can be very powerful and inspiring, and has a quiet and 

peaceful vibe, so a small group of people could meditate fully. and sit there allowing the 

mind to cover a short meditation.

Glastonbury Abbey - King Arthurs Tomb

King Arthur's Tomb - Glastonbury Abbey

After returning from The Tor to the centre of Glastonbury, and after a lovely lunch and time to see the center of the city, we joined our guide, who he calls his name as Tor, 

and he took us in to the tomb of King Arthur.  

Inside the information building of Abbey, Tor informed us about the picture above and
what had been provided of the set-up which was classified as the original form of the area
of the Abbey monastery. We were also told that the old Celtic name had been
classified as the Island of Glass.

The abbey was founded by Britons in the early-7th century. It was enlarged in the10th 

century from the Norman structures but by 1184 it was destroyed by a major fire and many 

of the ancient treasures were consumed. As we left the information building we walked across 

to the main abbey which we had seen from inside the building. This structure is classified 

as the Lady Chappell.

We then walked down to the base of the main area of Lady Chappel, which is lower than 

the main area of all of the places of Abbey, as seen here. The abbey was rebuilt after it had 

been destroyed. By the 14th century it was one of the richest and powerful monasteries in England. 

This burial vault is an aspect under the  main base of Lady Chappel, seen on the previous 

photo. The occupation of the site is classified as the Dark Age time. There is also evidence 

that pieces of ceramic wine jars that were brought in from the Mediterranean.

This second level is seen from the base area of the Lady Chappel. After we had 

finished receiving information of the base area we then moved to the higher level so that 

we were also able to walk outside of the west area. We could then walk up to see all 

of these aspects focus on the structures of the south area.

This photo shows where we had just been down below under the Lady Chappel. After moving 

outside of the western area we then continued to walk up to the higher level aspect of Lady 

Chappel.  The south area of these stairs of Lady Chappel is the place to see the 

King Arthur's tomb.

Many hundreds of years ago there had been groups who chose to remove special pieces of the
monastery buildings and to add them to other particular places in Somerset. This is what you
can see has occurred on the two buildings on the left side of this photo.

On the west side of the Lady Chappel towards the main chappel is 

the site where the monks dug to find the tomb of the ancient graveyard and to 

find King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere in 1191.

The Glastonbury area has been associated with the legend of King Arthur from the 

12th century. Medieval monks were believed to assert that Glastonbury was known as Avalon.

The Arthurian mythic angle is where the sword Excalibur was originally forged on the 

Isle of Avalon. After being mortally wounded King Arthur was brought here by his nephew, 

Mordred, in the Battle of Camlann.

Monks chose to raise extra funds from pilgrims to rebuild the abbey near the area of the 

King Arthur tomb. The bones raised from the cemetery were seen at this time on the 

south side of the Lady Chapel.

The bones were then reburied in 1278 within the Abbey Church in a black marble tomb. 

It also shows that there were Roman and Saxon occupations of the site, and there has been 

excavations of Romano-Brittish of pottery uncovered at the west end of the cloister.

A Christian legend claimed that the abbey was founded by Joseph of Arimathea in the
1st century. Glastonbury fell in to Saxon hands in 658 after the Battle of Peonnum.
The Saxons conquered Somerset as far west as the River Parrett.

The west area outside of the Abbot's Kitchen is where this block of stone is thought to
be a special rested information that was initally placed on King Arthur and
Queen Guinevere's burial cemetery.

Inside Abbot's Kitchen are four large arched fireplaces with smoke outlets above them,
and with another outlet high up in the centre of the pyramidal roof.

                           The stone-built construction dates from the 14th century and is one of a 
                                              very few surviving mediaeval kitchens in the world.

The kitchen was attached to the Abbot's Hall of 24m high, but there is now only one 

small section of its wall remaining. The Abbot of Glastonbury was seen as considerable 

levels of tremendous power.

This legend is tied to the version of the Holy Grail and Glastonbury's connection with 

King Arthur from the early-12th century. When we had finished seeing all of the aspect of the abbot 

we were brought to this small area to relax and wait for our group to move 

outside to the main centre.

The next place we are going to is to see the area of Mary Magdalene's chapel.

Glastonbury Tor

Glastonbury Tor

Tor is a Celtic word meaning 'hill' or 'rock outcropping'.

After we had finished checking out the Chalice Hill area in the lane on the way to the Tor, we continued to walk on further to see the Tor. The Tor is 158 metres tall. Taking time to walk up to the Tor can take some time but eventually we got there and see how amazing it is.

         On the way up we were told about the original aspect of the setting so many hundreds of years
        earlier and know that Glastonbury was surrounded by water except at the very top of the Tor.
       The Somerset flats were drained in the 4th century so it is available so lake-villages low down in                      Glastonbury, and the whole area of Somerset. The hill was considered so worthy for beliefs
                                       of the energy of the area since so many centuries earlier.

             












   The arrow in the stone was added in the time of the ancient processional pilgrims who journey in their                                    thousands to the Tor, and was once described as 'the holiest earth.'

                      Glastonbury Tor is a conical hill which is topped by a 14th century church tower. 

                   It may have been a place of ancient ritual and was definitely a place of pilgrimage for 

                                                             Catholics in medieval times.

     A fort was built at the top of the Tor in the 5th century. The fort was replaced by the first monastic 
            Saint Michael's Church in medieval times. The Church of St. Michael that stood on the 
          Glastonbury Tor was destroyed in the major earthquake of 1275. The church was rebuilt 
                                in the 14th century, and only the tower still stands today. 

                   This is the informational plaque about the Glastonbury Tor and St. Michael's Tower
                                                                  in the centre of the Tor.

                         

 In the 14th century on the top of St. Michael's Tower there were a number of  high energy believers, or spiritual levels, added on the tower. Most of these pictures of the archangels and high special believers have been broken and there is only one Christian aspect remaining on the tower. 

Inside the tower are stone benches, and the archways on either side are wide. 

Glastonbury Tor sits on the St. Michael's Ley and is known as maintaining the 

spiritual integrity. It is also known as one of the celtic choirs.

Glastonbury Tor is associated with the Holy Grail and the legendary quest of 

King Arthur and his knights.

         

            It is believed that Joseph of Arimathea came to Glastonbury after Jesus was crucified, and he was                  bearing the Holy Grail of the sacred chalice of the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper. 

At the top of the conical hill the circular box seen here shows the names of each of the places 

around the area of the Tor site. This includes Wells nearby, and the Welsh mountains.

Some of our spiritual group chose to take time to add our spiritual energy inside the Tor 

by singing our Pineal Tones. There is a high level of energy already based in The Tor so it became 

an even higher and amazing energy.

The Tor is a place where the veil between the worlds is thin. There can be many 

experiences based on the beliefs of the times.

The Tor is a popular destination for so many tourists now days. Those who climb up to 

the top have the opportunity of viewing the Somerset countryside.

Glastonbury - the Base of the Chalice Hill

The Base of the Chalice Hill - Glastonbury

The day after the Pineal Tonings with Dr. Todd, a large group of us who had spent the time setting the toning, organised a time to drive down to Glastonbury. This was where our energy was believed to be established from our sounding, but because it is quite a smaller area it was not possible to take the 400 group in to Glastonbury for the minimum of 3 days and who were required to sound the toning together. So we were required to organise the tonings in Bath instead.

Having the opportunity to spend time in the day at Glastonbury to feel the energy aspects that are based fully in the area was so amazing!

My group was organised to meet the first part of seeing the high positive energy in Glastonbury by walking along the road to meet with the Chalice Hill event in a small lane on the way to the Tor. We were shown the two pieces of water, the White and the Red Springs, which are running down constantly. The two springs are close together within a hundred metres of each other but their outputs are completely different. The water is believed to possess healing qualities. They are also believed by some that they have healing powers.

These pair of springs at the bottom of the Chalice Hill have been used for thousands of years. The White Spring on the right is classified as a female aspect of clean water inside the block, and the water pipe outside of the Chalice is always running.

The Red Spring pipe aspect in the left side of the Chalice Hill is classified as the male clean water. 

 It is also the area where people can drink the waters and find solace and peace.

The other belief that some follow is that the red water is the blood of the Mother Goddess, or Gaia!

The Chalice Well is established between the Chalice Hill and the Glastonbury Tor. The Chalice Hill is below the area of  the Chalice Well and there are myths and legends of the Holy Grail that are believed by many.  

The waters are acknowledged as the essence of life as the gift from Mother Earth to sustain its living forms.

When The White Spring path is opened you can walk inside and spend time focusing on the silence and meditation of the temple.

This is also seen as 'representing the blood of Christ miraculously springing forth from the ground when Joseph of Arimathea buried or washed the cup used at the Last Supper.' 

How amazing this could be believed!

The Welsh mythology describes a spring like Chalice Well and Chalice Hill as a gateway to the spirit world. This has occurred for more than two thousand years. 

Glastonbury is a power place of  potent transformational energies. A sacred site is a haven for pilgrims and spiritual seekers.