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
December 2, 1908. "Soe it was in my day, that he who followed after did
enlong the window, and it was full weake and they rebuilded it. He did
build strong walls over ye lytell chapel of Our Ladye that then was,
and in them a new window, and on either side he placed a walle which
did continue the walls of the choire, and did put in an arche and under
hym a tombe on either side with the altar in the midst, and above the
arche as it was two grete high windows very narrow, which did make on
to the grete east window, and wyth hym made a grete faire window which
did light up all the choir," etc.
EXISTING DATA.
The suggestion is that one of the Abbots coming after Monington
substituted for his square east and a bayed end with a principal window
flanked by two narrow ones set anglewise. The great east window of
Glo'ster is slightly bayed and has buttressings for support to the
east. It is recorded that in Bere's day the great east window was
"casting out" and had to be given further support.
RESULT.
NOTHING CAN BE PROVED AS REGARDS ANY LATER ALTERATION OF THE EAST
WINDOW, AS ALL ABOVE GROUND IS CLEARED AWAY.
EXTRACT FROM LETTER OF HON. EVERARD FEILDING, SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY
FOR PSYCHIC RESEARCH, TO THE AUTHOR, DATED 15TH MARCH, 1917.
"MY DEAR BOND,
"... As to your record of the script, it would be most interesting if
you were to publish it. There is no question but that the writing about
the Edgar Chapel preceded the discovery of it by many months. I was
present, if you remember, at what I believe was the beginning of the
recrudescence of---- 's automatism, ... and that was before you ever
started your work at Glastonbury, and before you were even appointed
to the work. I remember your telling me when you were appointed,
how interesting it was, as you were then able to test some of the
statements made.
"No, there is no doubt whatever in my mind on that point; you will
remember that the only doubt I have ever expressed was on the question
as to how far something in one of the books on Glastonbury which you
showed me afterwards, and which might have suggested the possibility
of the actual position of the Edgar Chapel, might conceivably have
influenced---- 's mind subconsciously; I forget what book it was, but I
remember it was not the book which was taken at that time as the most
authoritative."
SIGNED STATEMENT OF J.A.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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