Glastonbury Avalon of the Heart - Softcover

Fortune, Dion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578631572 ISBN 13: 9781578631575

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003

Synopsis

Dion Fortune was drawn again and again to Glastonbury. In Glastonbury -- Avalon of the Heart, she writes of her love affair with Glastonbury as "one of the secret green roads to the soul", providing as background the time honored legends of Joseph of Arimathaea, the Grail, and King Arthur. Her description remains one of the most evocative and poignant accounts of this" holiest earthe in England".

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From the Back Cover:

Dion Fortune's description of Glastonbury remains one of the most evocative and poignant accounts of this wild yet holy place; a power center polarizing with distant Jerusalem and linking and harmonizing the Christian way with the primeval and pagan past of England. She describes three ways of approaching Glastonbury: by way of the legends associated with it (including early folklore, Joseph of Arimathea, the Grail, and King Arthur); through the known history of the area and its great, but never dominating influence on the history of England; and finally, through the mystical path. It is this true vision of the mystical way, encompassing all aspects of the area, both seen and unseen, which reveals Glastonbury as the Avalon of the Heart.

Fortune first visited Glastonbury while Bligh Bond was still uncovering its past with his psychic investigations into the Abbey ruins. It was also there that she received her first major and dramatic Inner Plane contact in Chalice Orchard, close to Chalice Well. She later established a retreat where this first contact took place, under the shadow of the Tor. Glastonbury -- Avalon of the Heart is her personal account of the love affair with the area that repeatedly drew her back through the years.

About the Author:

Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous figures of 20th-century esoteric thought. A prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, powerful psychic, and spiritualist, she dedicated her life to the revival of the Western Mystery Tradition. She was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, whose members included at various times such people as A.E. Waite, Aleister Crowley, and W.B. Yeats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1578631572
• ISBN 13: 9781578631575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112