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Avalon Of The Heart Tours Walking tours of Glastonbury: Abbey, Magdalene Chapel, Chalice Well, White Spring, and Tor.
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Paul Weston is a lecturer, tour guide, and author of 11 books including Avalonian Aeon, Mysterium Artorius, The Glastonbury Zodiac and Earth Mysteries UFOlogy, Glastonbury Psychogeography, The Michael Line, the Qabalah, and the Tarot, The Occult Battle of Britain, and publisher of and contributor to the anthology Signs and Secrets of the Glastonbury Zodiac.

A special extended Abbey tour for this wonderful group from USA. They had visited Tintagel the day before so, having bee...
05/09/2024

A special extended Abbey tour for this wonderful group from USA. They had visited Tintagel the day before so, having been there myself a few weeks ago for the centenary of Rudolf Steiner's visit, I added an Anthroposophical blend to my evocation of Glastonbury's 'poetry of the soul'. Thanks to Cheryl Ann Shartle for pic and to Judith Tripp who brought these pilgrims to the Avalon of the Heart.

Chalice Well Gardens is a world treasure, one of the best-vibe sites on the planet. A decision to remove a much-loved Ma...
13/06/2024

Chalice Well Gardens is a world treasure, one of the best-vibe sites on the planet. A decision to remove a much-loved Madonna and Child statue has stirred up a lot of emotion in the Avalon of the Heart. This petition is an opportunity to register opposition that may hopefully lead to its restoration ---

https://www.change.org/p/restore-the-statue-of-our-lady-in-the-chalice-well-gardens?recruiter=37011678&recruited_by_id=34bc4db0-e548-012f-6df6-4040acce234c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=fht-490098793-en-gb%3Acv_1202963&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0DkcTDBiaadLGlqKkSf71EfSgZBM_IyV_95pQcjYTz1PWHrJ_db3LESD0_aem_AUbktNLKgCTLSM-S4uibryUUG0jIlvAbU7papathfZMrF5bAj91i1xzyjjdZPtSEo0lwPFGx03RKYvoTbigpRAVt

Restore the statue of Our Lady in the Chalice Well Gardens

Acknowledging St Barnabas on his feast day. A 'miraculous walnut' once grew in Glastonbury Abbey in the vicinity of the ...
11/06/2024

Acknowledging St Barnabas on his feast day. A 'miraculous walnut' once grew in Glastonbury Abbey in the vicinity of the outdoor cafe that was said to bring forth leaves on the day in question, which was, prior to calendar change, the summer solstice.

Reposting an old piece about St George and Glastonbury on his feast day. The George and Pilgrim pub sign could do with a...
23/04/2024

Reposting an old piece about St George and Glastonbury on his feast day. The George and Pilgrim pub sign could do with a clean-up in 2024. Hope the current trend in replacing old pub signs with nothing but words that has already infiltrated Glastonbury (King William, King Arthur) doesn't happen with this one. Pub signs are carriers of history and folklore. They are worthy of preservation and celebration.

    St George is the patron saint of England. He is known primarily for slaying a dragon with a spear and most versions of any story of his life...

Acknowledging the feast of St David, Patron Saint of Wales, with this outstanding icon from his cathedral. He is strongl...
01/03/2024

Acknowledging the feast of St David, Patron Saint of Wales, with this outstanding icon from his cathedral. He is strongly associated with Glastonbury Abbey through a number of contentious tales. William of Malmesbury tells us that, visiting here to rededicate the legendary Old Church (later claimed to have been founded by Joseph of Arimathea), he had a visitation from Jesus who told him that he himself had originally dedicated it and there was no need for repetition. By way of proof, he pierced David’s hand and the wound remained after the vision faded. It was healed at the moment of the consecration of the Mass on the next day. This story has formed part of the ‘Jesus visited Glastonbury’ mythos that only really became fully formed in the last century. Glastonbury held disputed relics of St David in the Middle Ages as it likewise did of St Patrick and St Dunstan. The daffodils are coming out in the Abbey now and a new season beckons. Avalon of the Heart Tours is ready for your visit. You can contact me through this page.

An Avalon of the Heart Tour will inevitably give attention to Joseph of Arimathea. This video of a speech that I wrote f...
16/01/2024

An Avalon of the Heart Tour will inevitably give attention to Joseph of Arimathea. This video of a speech that I wrote for him to give to druids in Glastonbury, as part of our 2022 Jubilee events, communicates the feeling I have for the stories associated with him, a feeling I try to convey on the tours.

Pax Cultura Avalon of the Heart Glastonbury Platinum Jubilee 2022 event paying homage to the 1922 Alice Buckton ‘Glastonbury Past and Present’ movie. Joseph ...

A winter solstice greeting. Hope to see some of you for an Avalon of the Heart Tour in the coming year.
22/12/2023

A winter solstice greeting. Hope to see some of you for an Avalon of the Heart Tour in the coming year.

Today I have acknowledged the most tragic day in Glastonbury's history, on the date most generally associated with it. T...
15/11/2023

Today I have acknowledged the most tragic day in Glastonbury's history, on the date most generally associated with it. The judicial murder of Abbot Richard Whiting and his associates, John Thorne, and Roger James, on Glastonbury Tor, was an immense event that still impacts on the life of the town. A healing is gradually occurring. I was in the Abbey at noon to lay 3 white roses at the High Altar and say a few words.

On my special All Saint's Day Abbey walkabout, I explained the fascinating history of the Galilee, the structure that li...
04/11/2023

On my special All Saint's Day Abbey walkabout, I explained the fascinating history of the Galilee, the structure that linked the Lady Chapel to the main body of the church. It contained an All Saints altar until Mary's popularity extended her chapel all the way through to where the steps now lie.

Into the autumn and the magic is still happening with Avalon of the Heart Tours.
16/10/2023

Into the autumn and the magic is still happening with Avalon of the Heart Tours.

02/10/2023
The statue of Our Lady of Glastonbury goes walkabout during the annual Catholic Pilgrimage. It was created in the ninete...
11/07/2023

The statue of Our Lady of Glastonbury goes walkabout during the annual Catholic Pilgrimage. It was created in the nineteen-fifties using an image on a medieval Abbot's seal as inspiration. This in turn may have represented a large statue of Mary that once graced the High Altar in the Abbey. It had been commissioned after the older famous statue of Mary that survived the terrible fire of 1184 and was placed in the new Mary Chapel was seen to move and clap its hands. I like to talk about the extent of the cult of Mary in Glastonbury on an Avalon of the Heart Tour.

It was great to display a home-made icon of St Barnabas in Glastonbury Abbey on his feast day during my special intensiv...
12/06/2023

It was great to display a home-made icon of St Barnabas in Glastonbury Abbey on his feast day during my special intensive walkabout event. His 'miraculous' walnut tree is long gone but it was nice to later place the icon at the foot of a walnut tree in the Abbey grounds.

The start of an Avalon of the Heart Tours event in Glastonbury Abbey. The peak season of May to September is here (thank...
16/05/2023

The start of an Avalon of the Heart Tours event in Glastonbury Abbey. The peak season of May to September is here (thanks to Matt Witt for photo).

On St George's day, I acknowledge a strange Glastonbury version of his story. Here he is with the sword Meribah, with wh...
23/04/2023

On St George's day, I acknowledge a strange Glastonbury version of his story. Here he is with the sword Meribah, with which St Peter had cut off the ear of Malchus in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was brough here by Joseph of Arimathea. How George later got involved, in a process that revealed his coat of arms, is a tale you can hear on an Avalon of the Heart tour.

From this vantage point in the Abbey car park, many would assume they are looking at the Tor hill. What is actually bein...
11/04/2023

From this vantage point in the Abbey car park, many would assume they are looking at the Tor hill. What is actually being seen is Chalice Hill with the Tor tower perfectly placed as if on top of it and the Tor hill hidden from this perspective. This is a great example of the Tor as shapeshifter, a theme I strongly engage with on an Avalon of the Heart Tour, especially when in the immediate vicinity of our holy hill of vision.

As Dion Fortune said in Avalon of the Heart, "The poetry of the soul writes itself at Glastonbury".
27/03/2023

As Dion Fortune said in Avalon of the Heart, "The poetry of the soul writes itself at Glastonbury".

Today is the feast of St David, Patron Saint of Wales. He is strongly associated with Glastonbury Abbey through a number...
01/03/2023

Today is the feast of St David, Patron Saint of Wales. He is strongly associated with Glastonbury Abbey through a number of contentious tales. Visiting here to rededicate the legendary Old Church (later claimed to have been founded by Joseph of Arimathea), he had a visitation from Jesus who told him that he himself had originally dedicated it and there was no need for repetition. By way of proof he pierced David’s hand and the wound remained after the vision faded. It was healed at the moment of the consecration of the Mass on the next day. This story has formed part of the ‘Jesus visited Glastonbury’ mythos that only really became fully formed in the last century. Glastonbury held disputed relics of St David in the Middle Ages as it likewise did of St Patrick and St Dunstan. The daffodils are coming out in the Abbey now and a new season beckons. Avalon of the Heart Tours is ready for your visit.

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Avalon of the Heart Tours

All year-round guided walking tours of the usual sites, full and half-days, for groups and individuals, connecting with mythology and history, with content adjusted to suit levels of interest.

In Avalon of the Heart Dion Fortune wrote ‘that the poetry of the soul writes itself at Glastonbury.’ Soul poetry is a good term for celebrating the numinous charisma of the place. The landscape here can have a profound effect on what might be called the higher emotions, the part of us that can appreciate a work of art, poetry, music. A sunset seen from Glastonbury Tor hits the same spot. The Glastonbury myths are a work of art. A work of art that is alive and mutable for each new generation but carrying something distinct and eternal. Glastonbury is not just a repository of history and mythology in the past tense, some kind of museum. That which has given it its unique identity remains alive and functioning, potent with power for transformation. Come and discover this for yourselves.