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New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury
New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury
is a very informative book. John Michell is extremely knowledgeable and allows the reader to prepare, understand, and learn how to better communicate with this sacred site.
is a very informative book. John Michell is extremely knowledgeable and allows the reader to prepare, understand, and learn how to better communicate with this sacred site.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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John Michell
124 books70 followersJohn Frederick Carden Michell was an English writer whose key sources of inspiration were Plato and Charles Fort. His 1969 volume The View Over Atlantis has been described as probably the most influential book in the history of the hippy/underground movement and one that had far-reaching effects on the study of strange phenomena: it "put ley lines on the map, re-enchanted the British landscape and made Glastonbury the capital of the New Age."
In some 40-odd titles over five decades he examined, often in pioneering style, such topics as sacred geometry, earth mysteries, geomancy, gematria, archaeoastronomy, metrology, euphonics, simulacra and sacred sites, as well as Fortean phenomena. An abiding preoccupation was the Shakespeare authorship question. His Who Wrote Shakespeare? (1996) was reckoned by The Washington Post "the best overview yet of the authorship question."
In some 40-odd titles over five decades he examined, often in pioneering style, such topics as sacred geometry, earth mysteries, geomancy, gematria, archaeoastronomy, metrology, euphonics, simulacra and sacred sites, as well as Fortean phenomena. An abiding preoccupation was the Shakespeare authorship question. His Who Wrote Shakespeare? (1996) was reckoned by The Washington Post "the best overview yet of the authorship question."
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June 5, 2014
John Michell was a one-of-a-kind person who wrote very unique books on the esoteric topics surrounding humankind's lost understanding of himself as reflected in his inner and outer being. The graphic representation of these lost secrets are pointed out by John Michell in the relics of architecture, including ancient earthworks and monolithic structures. He revealed secrets within the very units of measurements used in their construction and the astute application of "sacred geometry".
In this book, Michell connects the dots from pre-history through the times of the Druids and asserts that St Joseph of Arimathea founded the first Christian monastery upon Glastonbury Tor at the heart of Avalon. He suggests that this was not the first time St. Joseph may have been here and that perhaps he might have brought his nephew, Jesus here during the period when there is no recording of his life between the ages of 14 and about 30. Perhaps the wisdom of the people of the ancient English isle was particularly insightful, lending itself perfectly as fertile ground for the teachings to quietly unfold after the time of the crucifixion.
By the end of the book, Michell has brilliantly shown us that the site plans of both the chapel at Glastonbury and the monument at Stonehenge share the same source and are suggesting an organic union of material and ephemeral worlds mirrored in the careful use of age old traditions of proportion and number. A cipher not yet decoded.
A different, but strangely familiar inner language is strongly hinted at throughout all of Michell's writings, challenging the reader to resonate with it in order to see not simply into the forgotten past of human history, but through all the chaotic noise and to the central message which the ancients tried to preserve up to this current, emergent time. A message of holistic, profound, intrinsic understanding. For those who have eyes to see......
In this book, Michell connects the dots from pre-history through the times of the Druids and asserts that St Joseph of Arimathea founded the first Christian monastery upon Glastonbury Tor at the heart of Avalon. He suggests that this was not the first time St. Joseph may have been here and that perhaps he might have brought his nephew, Jesus here during the period when there is no recording of his life between the ages of 14 and about 30. Perhaps the wisdom of the people of the ancient English isle was particularly insightful, lending itself perfectly as fertile ground for the teachings to quietly unfold after the time of the crucifixion.
By the end of the book, Michell has brilliantly shown us that the site plans of both the chapel at Glastonbury and the monument at Stonehenge share the same source and are suggesting an organic union of material and ephemeral worlds mirrored in the careful use of age old traditions of proportion and number. A cipher not yet decoded.
A different, but strangely familiar inner language is strongly hinted at throughout all of Michell's writings, challenging the reader to resonate with it in order to see not simply into the forgotten past of human history, but through all the chaotic noise and to the central message which the ancients tried to preserve up to this current, emergent time. A message of holistic, profound, intrinsic understanding. For those who have eyes to see......
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