Itinerary
for Pilgrimage of Magdalene
and the Holy Grail
Mystical
Britain
June 15-26,
2008
June
15-16-17-18-19 Avalon and Avebury
Chalice
Well Gardens, Glastonbury England
Our luxury
Avalon Coach will pick you up at London Heathrow Airport at noon on
June 15th. I will have Avalon White Spring water and snacks on board!
With a brief rest stop at Stonehenge, we will drive to our destination
at Avalon, modern day Glastonbury and the heart of Britain’s sacred
landscape and inner mysteries. We will have our own country kitchen,
living room and library at Little St. Michael’s retreat house
at Chalice Well for five days! (Visit www.chalicewell.org.uk) The sacred
gardens at Chalice Well with its healing Red Spring waters is literally
our backyard for our entire stay. Glastonbury is full of important Magdalene
and grail sites and said to be where Joseph of Arimathea brought the
Holy Grail. We will visit St. John’s Church, site of Arimathea’s
sarcophagus and exquisite stained glass windows.
We will hear
the ancient grail legends as told by historian, writer and myth muse
Nicholas Mann, author of ‘Isle of Avalon’, ‘Red and
White Springs of Avalon’, ‘Energy Secrets of Glastonbury
Tor’ and his wife and co-author of ‘Avalon’s Red and
White Springs’, Philippa Glasson, PhD,. We will share stories
and tea with long time friend and Avalonian Goddess Caroline Wyndham,
who will join us for a special picnic in the well garden. Caroline is
an Earth Grid Keeper and will share her amazing stories of creating
crystal matrixes from the Tibetan highlands to the Sea of Galilee.
Glastonbury Tor is right next door to Chalice Well, and a hike to the
Michael Tower will provide the perfect views across the Avalonian landscape
for a powerful Full Moon Rise June 18. (I will send the chart for this
amazing planetary alignment when I receive registrations.) We will chant
in Avalon’s little Magdalene Chapel and do an attunement in the
Mary Chapel of the Glastonbury Abbey, constructed on the site of the
1st c. church established by Joseph of Arimathea. We will see the amazing
stone carving of ‘Jesus—Maria’ on the Abbey wall,
which for me signifies Yeshua’s sacred partnership with Magdalene.
A short drive takes us into the power of the stones at 4000 year old
Avebury, the largest stone circle complex in all of Britain. We will
connect with these wise stone Guardians to hear their messages and celebrate
the Full Moon planetary alignment with Galactic Center with harp and
our voices chanting a new song for our earth. My guidance tells me that
these stones have much to say to us and we will do deep listening to
the Soul of Sacred Landscape here. (Stonehenge is totally closed for
four days before the Solstice, so our experience at Stonehenge will
be from the perimeter of this megalithic solar and lunar calibrator.
They now close at Solstice, after vandalism years ago.)
June 20-21-22 Solstice Sunrise Cornwall Coast
Riverside Inn, Boscastle Cornwall
On the morning
of June 20th, we drive from Glastonbury in our Avalon Coach to Dartmoor,
passing through the wild scenic moors of Devon, one of my favorite areas
of England! Schedules permitting, we will visit shaman-artist-musicians
Caroline Hillyer and Nigel Shaw. (Visit their website at www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk).
Their farmhouse built in the middle-ages and the hearth fire and chanting
in their Neolithic roundhouse gives us a sense of the ancient Celtic
traditions.
In the early evening, we will drive the short distance to the spectacular
Cornwall Coast at Boscastle, an ancient fishing village and port which
hosted Phoenician trade, Templar, and pirate fleets, as well as an important
site during Druid and Arthurian eras. The wind, water and high rocky
cliffs provide a powerful cleansing of the elements and an opportunity
to integrate our experiences. The coastal paths offer rare views of
the sea and rolling Cornwall terrain.
We will stay here for three nights and visit nearby Tintagel Castle,
birthplace of King Arthur and Merlin’s Cave below the castle.
We hike enchanted Saint Nectin’s Glen, site of Arthurian knighthood
rituals and monastery and the wild beauty of Rocky Valley, with its
4000 year old carved labyrinths. Early morning on the 21st of June,
we will procession up the coastal path to experience the Summer Solstice
Sunrise over Cornwall from the Atlantic cliffs.
June 23-24-25 Rosslyn and Edinburgh Scotland
Roslin Glen Hotel, Rosslyn Scotland
Our 2008 Grail journey completes in enchanting Scotland. We will fly
into Edinburgh, from Bristol Airport near Cornwall early June 23 and
our private bus will drive us the short six miles to the little village
of Roslin. We stay three nights in Roslin, just a short one block walk
from Rosslyn Chapel. This is the famed resting place of the grail according
to Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’.
Rosslyn Chapel is often called a ‘bible in stone’ and contains
magically carved scenes from the Old and New Testament and the Garden
of Eden. Many Rosslyn legends speak of the Holy Grail being contained
in the exquisitely carved stone Apprentice Pillar of the chapel. Legends
tell of lost treasure and ancient scrolls of Solomon’s temple
in Jerusalem being uncovered by the Knights Templar and hidden beneath
the chapel or its nearby Rosslyn Castle. We may even meet the enigmatic
White Lady, guardian of the castle treasure….she is often summoned
by our songs! And a hike into the natural beauty and elemental magic
of Roslin Glen will surely enchant us all. (See article Magdalene—Mistress
of the Grail on this website.)
In Edinburgh,
we will see enchanting and historically rich medieval architecture and
have optional visits to Edinburgh Castle with its St. Margaret’s
Chapel, St. Giles Cathedral with Magdalene and Unicorn windows, the
Poisson and Rafael original art at Scotland’s National Galleries
or the Museums filled with Pictish, Celtic and Medieval history. Templar
archivist, historian and author Robert Brydon and/or his amazing assistant
Mark Naples will meet with us and share some of the ancient knowledge
of Rosslyn and the Knights Templar. (Both Robert and Mark are Templars).
We will drive to Temple Village (Ballantrodoch) and Temple Church the
first Templar site established in Scotland in the 12th century, an area
close to Rosslyn and steeped in ancient Templar mysteries.
We will meet
with a very special friend and one of Earth’s premier visionary
authors, Gordon Strachan at the prestigious Edinburgh Overseas Club.
This is a private club where writers and scholars on the leading edge
gather and converse. Gordon is author of Jesus The Master Builder, The
Return of Merlin, Chartres—Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space, The
Bible’s Hidden Cosmology.
June
26 Our Edinburgh Coach takes us to Edinburgh Airport for departures.
Our arrival at the airport will be about 7:30 am.