The Gate of Remembrance: The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury — John Shaqi
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
Shewing in dotted lines the reminiscence of an eastward Lady's, or
Retro-Chapel, thought to have been built by Abbot Adam de Sodbury in
the early part of the fourteenth century.
Two different states are shewn, both lettered 'F' by these authors,
and here numbered 1 and 2. No. 1 shews by scale a projection from
the retro-choir of 30 feet; whilst No. 2 gives a total length of 95
feet. This is called by Warner, "the chapel according to its original
proportions." The two measurements are approximately harmonised by
Leland's record of the lengthening of the choir by Abbot Monington to
the extent of two bays, and the throwing out of his new retro-choir to
the east, which would absorb about two-thirds of the length of this
chapel.]
DISCOVERY OF THE EDGAR CHAPEL, GLASTONBURY ABBEY:
AN ACCOUNT OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT
The following is the story of the discovery which, in 1908, caused a
good deal of public interest, and provided the archæological world with
an object of attention.
Although known to a small circle of friends of the writer and his
colleague in the research, and to the Secretary of the Society for
Psychical Research, who was intimately acquainted with both, and in
touch with them at the time, no publication of the circumstances has
yet been made, and this was withheld largely for reasons more or less
personal to the writer, though the intention had always been to make
known the facts whenever the time should seem ripe for the disclosure.
The entire record has been preserved, and the testimony of both the
writer and his friend being available, as well as the contemporary
evidence of the Secretary of the S.P.R., it will be seen that the
matter stands on a fairly good basis in respect of documentary witness.
For reasons of convenience, initials will be used in the ensuing
account. F.B.B. will denote the writer, and J.A. his friend, John
Alleyne.
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