The Gate of Remembrance: The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at GlastonburyBond, Frederick Bligh
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The Gate of Remembrance: The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury
Bond, Frederick Bligh
Glastonbury Abbey -- Miscellanea; Parapsychology and archaeology -- England -- Glastonbury -- Case studies; Spirit writings
"When you dig, excavate the pillars of the crypt, six feet below the
grass--they will give you a clue. The direction of the walls ...
eastwards (_this word might almost as easily have been 'westwards,'
or even 'outwards,' and it was so ill written that nothing could be
decided from it_) ... was at an angle ... clothyards twenty seven
long, nineteen wide."
It would have been just as easy to read the last as "thirteen." The
pencilled original of the plan is preserved, but not the script, as it
was not regarded as of value at the time, but the mention of the "walls
at an angle," referring, as it would appear, to some part of the chapel
whose dimensions are in the context, is an interesting point.
The mention of the crypt seemed simply the mentality of the sitters--a
reflex of their study of Wild's plan. It is again referred to, however,
in later writings.
SITTING VI. 26th November, 1907.
F.B.B. "_Perhaps Johannes will tell us something more?_"
_A._ "Johannes Bryant is striving for the glory of Glaston. There
is much under the grass deep down and unrifled. The east of St.
Mary's has a vault under the stairs and under the nave there are
vaults[14]--the destroyers feared, and the ruin of the walls hid the
entrance in. Under the tower the volt is perfect, and many names of
those buried therein very deep down."
[14] It is most improbable that any are remaining at this day. The
eighteenth century probably saw the last of them, but this may not be
in the sphere of cognisance which we are here touching.
_Q._ "_Where should we commence to dig?_"
_A._ "The east end. Seek for the pillars, and the wall(s) at an angle.
The foundations are deep."
SITTING IX. 30th December, 1907.
Commencement of writing quite illegible.
"... (the) end of the time approaches. The year is big with issues and
Glastonbury will engage much of your attention....
"JOHANNES, MONACHUS."
"Wait, and the course will open in the spring. You will learn as you
proceed. We have much to do this season...."
"... The chapel of Our Lady of Glaston--type of spiritual things
which are not manifest to you. The changes need not alarm you. The
reconstructions will be more perfect. Let the State fall in ruins and
the outward garments of Faith perish--fear not!"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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