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.