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	Glastonbury - Britannia's Magical History Tour
		Apart from the Arthurian legends, Glastonbury Abbey was, for centuries,an important center for scholarly and religious pursuit.
		It was called the "holiest earth in all England", and, as such, was an object of veneration and pilgrimage.The discovery of the grave of King Arthur by the Glastonbury monks in 1190 did much to enhance the attraction value of the abbey.
		To accommodate middle class pilgrims to the abbey, a hostel was built in the latter half of the fifteenth century, adjacent to the abbey grounds.
	www.britannia.com /travel/magical/magic7.html (769 words)

	Glastonbury Tor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Glastonbury Tor is a teardrop-shaped hill at Glastonbury, Somerset, England, with its only standing architectural feature the roofless St Michael's Tower of the former church.
		The Tor came to be represented as an entrance to Annwn or Avalon, the land of the fairies.
		Another speculation is that the Tor was reshaped into a spiral maze for use in religious ritual, identifying the terraces circling the Tor as manmade, rather than as grazing patterns, and incorporating the myth that the Tor was the location of the underworld king's spiral castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glastonbury_Tor (974 words)

	The Glastonbury Tales: Glastonbury Tor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glastonbury Tor, an oddly shaped hill rising 525 feet above the plain, is the natural feature which dominates the landscape of Glastonbury.
		The Tor is the starting point of the Catholic pilgrimage, in memory of Abbot Whiting and the two other monks who were hanged on the Tor at the time of the Dissolution.
		On the Glastonbury Zodiac, the town of Glastonbury is in Aquarius, giving a clue to its importance for the New Age.
	www.open.ac.uk /Arts/glastonbury/tor.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor, Chalice Hill, King Arthur, Giants - Crystalinks
		Tor Hill single tower, ruin of what was once a church dedicated to St Michael, crowns this hilltop and represents the Father aspect.
		Intertwining the myths and legends of Glastonbury Abbey's history, it is widely believed that finding The Holy Grail Joseph is said to have hidden was years later the purpose behind the quests of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
		The configuration of the Mary energy line, containing the phallus-like mediaeval tower of St.Michael, seems to portray a chalice or grail and is thus a potent symbol of the alchemical fusion of universal opposites.
	www.crystalinks.com /glastonburytor.html (3778 words)

	THE TOR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A wealth of myth suggests that the Tor was a major centre of Goddess worship; prominent hills such as the Tor were often revered as her seats.
		The Tor is said to lie on the great St Michael's Ley, which runs from St Michael's Mount through several major pagan ritual centres.
		By walking the lines of the labyrinth up Glastonbury Tor, worshippers would have finally reached the symbolic centre at its summit, where the Goddess was believed to reside.
	www.time-scapes.co.uk /Glastonbury/thetor.html (0 words)

	BBC - Seven Wonders - Glastonbury Tor
		Glastonbury Tor is one of the most famous landmarks in Somerset, if not the whole of the West Country.
		The top of the Tor was levelled at some point in the 10th or 11th century to build a large stone church.
		Tor is 158m high; entrance to Moneybox field wheelchair-friendly but slope rapidly becomes steep.
	www.bbc.co.uk /england/sevenwonders/west/glastonbury/02.shtml (267 words)

	Glastonbury Tor - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Glastonbury Tor, hill just east of Glastonbury village, rising to a height of 159 m (522 ft) from the Brue Valley in the Mendip district of...
		The red sandstone Quantock Hills, to the west, are an outcrop of Exmoor and Devon moorland, and in 1957 became the first area in England to be...
		Glastonbury, town in the Mendip District, Somerset, south-western England.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Glastonbury_Tor.html (0 words)

	Avalon Glastonbury Tor
		Glastonbury is on what once used to be an island - amongst wetlands with river access to the sea.
		Seen from the distance, the Tor is a geological anomaly with a fascinating shape and 'emanation'...
		The Tor is traditionally the entrance to the underworld - Annwn.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Crete/2682/300isle/320tor.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury
		Glastonbury has more than its fair share of legends, folklore and romance, and is probably best known for its Arthurian connections, if you discount the popular music festival.
		The tower, which crowns the tor, is all that remains of a church dedicated to St Michael, which fell in an earthquake in 1275.
		Traditionally the tor was the site of a very early wattle chapel built by Joseph of Arimathea, who is said to have landed at Glastonbury (then surrounded by water) after the crucifixion of Jesus.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/glastonbury.html (505 words)

	Welcome to Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom.
		Glastonbury is a small town which has had many restrictions placed on its expansion due to it's historic sites and ancient history.
		It is said that the tor has a mystical energy and certainly a great many believers visit Glastonbury from various beliefs which include Paganism, Christianity, King Arthur and UFO cults.
		Places to visit in Glastonbury include the Chalice Well Trust with its Holy Grail Legend and reputed healing waters, the Glastonbury Abbey remains, with it's history dating back to 700AD and the Somerset Rural Life Museum which explores rural life in the 19th and 20th century.
	www.birminghamuk.com /glastonbury.htm (0 words)

	Corvus '99 - Glastonbury
		Glastonbury was cut off from the mainland by a defensive bank and ditch known today as "Ponter's Ball," while Pomparles (Pont-Perles) or the Perilous Bridge, kept communications open with land to the south.
		The Tor, that dominates the countryside around Glastonbury, is said to be the entrance to Annwfn, the Celtic Underworld, and the Palace of Gwynn ap Nudd, the primary Underworld God (and Afallach's brother) stands within it.
		So Glastonbury was considered to be the entrance to the Celtic Underworld, be it Annwfn or Avalon, and the town's claim to be the Isle of Avalon may not be quite as outrageous as some think.
	members.aol.com /felisculpa/gla.htm (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor
		Monks, or perhaps a war lord built a church or fortification on the Tor during the Middle Ages, but the structure was destroyed by an earthquake and a resulting landslide on 11 September 1275 CE.
		Dion Fortune, a leading occultist and novelist who lived in Glastonbury town at the base of the Tor for many years, believed that the Tor was a place of great power and the entrance to the Celtic Otherworld.
		Cuttings from the thorn tree still grow in and around the Glastonbury area and blossom at Christmas and Easter, although the original thorn tree was cut down during the reign of Oliver Cromwell.
	www3.sympatico.ca /ci.kerr/tor.html (853 words)

	Welcome To Glastonbury Online
		Glastonbury is blessed with a wealth of well maintained and marked public footpaths allowing most of these sites to be reached on foot.
		Glastonbury Tor is surrounded by a network of ancient lanes including Stonedown Lane, one of the oldest in Glastonbury, all of which are open to walkers.
		Glastonbury Abbey has forty acres of beautifully tended grounds, with two duck ponds, an orchard and a lovely circular walk and Chalice Well welcomes vistors to its peaceful gardens.
	www.glastonbury.co.uk /visitors_guide/attractions.htm (0 words)

	Glastonbury travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glastonbury is a small town (9,000 inhabitants) in the English West Country county of Somerset, some 20 miles (35 km) south of Bristol.
		Glastonbury is best known for the myths and legends surrounding both Glastonbury Tor, a prominent hill rising up from the surrounding flat landscape, and Glastonbury Abbey, which together have made the town a thriving centre for mystical, new-age, alternative spirituality.
		Glastonbury is also well known for the annual Glastonbury Festival, a summer music festival that has been likened to the equivalent of an ongoing Woodstock music festival.
	wikitravel.org /en/Glastonbury (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor Labrynth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This pattern is universal and ancient appearing on the earliest coins from Krete, on rocks at Tintagel in Cornwall, in Indonesia and Ceylon and as a symbol among the Native American Hopi for Mother Earth.
		On the Tor the pattern of the labrynth is traced by a single pathway that winds back and forth seven times around the hill on different levels of terracing.
		With the lowest terrace on the Tor as level 1 and the terrace nearest the top as level 7 the labrynth takes its first turn to the left on level 3 marked by another prominent stone, then follows a pattern of levels 3 2 1 4 7 6 5, ending on the fifth outer circuit.
	www.labyrinthguild.org /glastonbury_tor_labrynth.htm (0 words)

	Thelema & Golden Dawn magick in Los Angeles: COR LUCIS
		This was the first of four times we climbed Glastonbury Tor during that Summer of 1999 and each time it was a different enchanting experience.
		For in Dion Fortune's little book, "Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart", the collection of 20 essays brings Glastonbury and the Tor (the hill) that she loved alive.
		It is clear from her scholarly-yet poetic-essays that Dion Fortune knew Glastonbury and the Tor like the lines on her face.
	www.corlucis.org /glastonbury.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury
		The ruins of Glastonbury were purchased by the Church of England in 1907 for excavation under the direction of Frederick Bligh Bond.
		Bond's belief that Glastonbury is connected to Stonehenge and Avebury by leys has been upheld by modern ley investigators; the entire theory of leys, however, remains controversial.
		Glastonbury is the site of Christian pilgrimages and seasonal rituals practiced by ritual magicians, witches, and pagans, and of various occult and spiritual festivals.
	www.occultopedia.com /g/glastonbury.htm (0 words)

	Glastonbury_Tor
		Glastonbury is England's most magical place of myth and legend.
		Glastonbury lays in a triangle between the megalithic stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury - between them they formed a world energy-point.
		Glastonbury is one of the most powerful energy centers on the planet.
	www.stardoves.com /Glastonbury_Tor.html (0 words)

	Destinations UK - Glastonbury, Somerset, England
		In Glastonbury, history, myth and legend combine in such a way that most visitors cannot fail to feel the "vibes" and powerful atmosphere of the town.
		Glastonbury is thought to have been a site for pre-Christian worship, perhaps because of its location by the Tor, the highest of the hills surrounding Glastonbury and a superb natural viewpoint.
		It is partly from this that the association of Glastonbury with legendary Avalon comes about, as in Celtic folklore Avalon was an isle of enchantment, the meeting place of the dead.
	www.historic-uk.com /DestinationsUK/Glastonbury.htm (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor - Icons of England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glastonbury Tor is a symbol of ancient, magical England: the land of fairies and legend.
		The Tor is also thought to be the dwelling place of Gwyn ap Nudd, Lord of the Underworld and King of the Fairies.
		As such, the Tor is a hollow hill containing the inner realm of Annwn (Avalon), and somewhere on its side you might discover an entrance to this fairy kingdom.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/glastonbury-tor (0 words)

	Corvus '99 - Glastonbury Tor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many claim to have found their goal, and remain in the peaceful market town of Glastonbury to the bewilderment of the local inhabitants.
		Beneath the Tor is said to lie a subterranean kingdom ruld over by the Lord of the Afterlife, Gwynn ap Nud.
		She is one of several famous, Celtic saints (including St. David and St. Patrick) who may have lived for a time at Glastonbury.
	members.aol.com /corvus1999/tor.htm (0 words)

	The Glastonbury Zodiac Star-Temple of the Giants
		The Glastonbury Zodiac is the earthly counterpart of the Caer Sidi of the Celts - a great Star-Temple, reflecting in its natural contours and streams the Zodiac in the heavens.
		Glastonbury Tor is it's northern sighting point; Somerton and Lyte's Cary bound it on the south.
		Studying its text, which purports to have been written at Glastonbury Abbey, she found that the castles and adventures of the knights accurately corresponded to places in the Vale of Avalon.
	www.labyrinthina.com /zodiac.htm (0 words)

	Saint Michaels Tower (Site not responding. Last check: )
		My first visit to Glastonbury was in the late summer of 1986.
		Nearing Glastonbury, cycling through emerald green valleys shrouded in fog, it seemed I was entering a magical kingdom.
		For those readers desiring more detailed studies of Glastonbury and its environs, consult New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury, by John Michell, and The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury, by Nicholas Mann.
	www.sacredsites.com /europe/england/glastonbury.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor Maze, a book by Geoffrey Ashe
		According to a theory put forward by Geoffrey Russell, they are the principal remains of a maze: not in the sense of a puzzle, but in the sense of a long, twisting, devious approach to a centre.
		Made in the remote past for ritual purposes, it spirals round the Tor seven times, and ends - or may be supposed to end - at the summit where the tower now stands.
		Philip Rahtz, who excavated the top of the Tor in 1964-6, said of Russell's idea: 'The argument is complex, but it is worth consideration.' And elsewhere: 'If the maze theory were demonstrated to be true, it would clearly be of the greatest relevance to the origins of Glastonbury as a religious centre.'
	www.gothicimage.co.uk /books/tormaze1.html (0 words)

	Desktop Background Images - Glastonbury Tor
		Glastonbury Tor is an unusually shaped hill located just outside of the town of Glastonbury in southeast England.
		The tower on the top of the Tor is the remains of St. Michaels Church, constructed in the fifteenth century.
		Here's a 1024x768 clipping from the same photograph of Glastonbury Tor (this is also the only size that this image is available in).
	www.bouletfermat.com /backgrounds/glastonbury_tor.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury: Maker of Myths
		The maze pattern on Glastonbury Tor, similar to Cretan labyrinths, was created for ritual purposes long before the Druids are said to have used it in their rites and initiation ceremonies.
		Glastonbury Tor would have been an obvious place for Milwas to have a fort, and excavations on the summit point to a hillfort of that period.
		Since the Tor and its spiral maze represented the dragon, symbol of the Primal Mother or Earth Spirit in pagan times, the building of a church dedicated to the dragon-slayer was obviously meant to act as a powerful deterrent to any kind of pagan celebration.
	www.gothicimage.co.uk /books/makerofmyths1.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury - Place of Legend - New Age
		Driving towards Glastonbury you are suddenly presented with a curiously shaped hill rising dramatically from the gentle Somerset countryside.
		The Tor is a remarkable sight and must have been more so when the sea level was higher and this was an island, Ynys Witrin- the Isle of Glass.
		The Tor is the epicentre of the myth and magic that surrounds Glastonbury.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art29258.asp (694 words)

	Views of the Glastonbury Tor aka Avalon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the time The Tor comes into this terrific view, we've crawled through several cattle gaps and traipsed down briar-and-fence-lined trails.
		On the eastern side of The Tor is a marker which shows the direction and distance to Cadbury, Bath, and other places that seem far away and into the past.
		After an hour atop The Tor, it is time to go, if we are to catch the evening train to London.
	www.spilledcandy.com /Tor.html (0 words)

	King Arthur: The Geography--Glastonbury (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The notion that Glastonbury was and is and will be Avalon has been around for so long that popular perception accepts it as fact.
		Indeed, some researchers think that Glastonbury Tor was once an island, possibly in the 5th and 6th centuries.
		As with so many things Arthurian, we don't know for sure whether Glastonbury was Avalon or whether Joseph was ever there or whether even if he was there whether he brought the Holy Grail with him.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/geography5.html (0 words)

	Glastonbury Tor \| King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table
		Beneath the Tor is said to lie a subterranean kingdom ruled over by the Lord of the Wild Hunt, Gwynn ap Nud, a powerful other-worldly figure who was once banished by the Celtic St. Collen, but who is still believed to haunt the hills around Glastonbury.
		From the summit of the Tor, which rises some 500 feet above sea level, there is a panaromic view of the surrounding countryside.
		The Tor was probably once an island, hence its identification with the mysterious Island of Avalon, a place between the worlds, where tradition says that Arthur came to be healed of his wounds and to await his recall in a time of great need.
	www.kingarthursknights.com /structures/tor.asp (0 words)

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