The
Grave of
King
Arthur & Guinevere
The sign and grave outline marking the place where it is
claimed that the remains of Arthur and Guinevere
were found by the Monks of Glastonbury Abbey in 1191
Glastonbury, in
addition to many other places, like Cadbury Castle, Caerleon, Tintagel and
Chester, has been linked to King Arthur. The
The connection of
the Isle of Apples or Avalloc, to Avalon was thought to have been first made in
about the 12th century and then reported by William of Malmesbury the
interpolator, in his De antiquitae Glatoniensis ecclesie and Geoffrey of
Monmouth in his Historia regum Britanniae.
Arthur was the
legendary English King - 'Arthur of the Britons', at the beginning of the Saxon
era. He was born out of wedlock and raised by wizard Merlin. When only a boy,
after many men had tried and failed, Arthur gained the throne by withdrawing
the magic sword Excalibur from a stone. The nearby
After his many
exploits and stories concerning his Knights, the Round Table and the Holy
Grail, he was wounded by Mordred at the battle of Camlan. This is said to be
around the year 542CE and he was then taken across the water to the Isle of
Avalon for his wounds to be healed.
Glastonbury was
surrounded by lakes and marshland and would indeed have been an island at that
time, so it was quite possible for a boat to bring him to the only place where
any medical attention was available, which would have been at a monastery -
Glastonbury Abbey. Arthur was mortally wounded however and it is said he was
buried in the cemetery on the south side of the Lady Chapel, at
According to the
official chronicled version of events, centuries later (in 1191) prompted by
hints and rumours, the monks excavated this same spot in the cemetery and they
dug down sixteen feet, to find an oaken coffin. At a depth of seven feet they
found a stone beneath which was a leaden cross with an inscription His iacet
inclitus Arturius in insula Avalonia - variously interpreted to read 'Here lies
King Arthur buried in Avalon'! The coffin contained two bodies - a great man
and a woman, whose golden hair was still intact, until touched, when it
crumbled away. The bodies were explained as Arthur’s and Guinevere’s.
A century later
in 1278 the bones were placed in caskets and transferred during a state visit
by King Edward 1, to a black marble tomb before the High Altar in the great
They acquired the
status of holy relics and were attributed magical properties.
The bones
remained in the marble tomb until the Abbey was vandalised after the
dissolution in 1539. The remains subsequently disappeared and there have been
many rumours about their whereabouts.
Legend proclaims
that after Arthur's death, a powerful spirit haunted the ruins of the Abbey,
appearing as a black-armoured knight with red glowing eyes and a burning desire
to eradicate all records of the ancient Arthurian legends, which is why, it is
said, that those seeking to discover the truth, find so few facts available.
Today a notice
board marks the spot of Arthur's final resting place. Occasionally people lay
flowers there to honour this mighty King whose life and death gave birth to so
many myths and legends. These mystical tales that still envelope
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मूल थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी 1875 फाउंडेशन
पहले थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी को न्यूयॉर्क में स्थापित किया गया था
17 नवंबर Helena Petrovna Blavatsky द्वारा 1875,
कर्नल Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge और दूसरों.
थियोसोफिकल आंदोलन अब एक विविध रेंज के होते हैं
आगे थियोसोफिकल परंपरा ले जो संगठनों.
कार्डिफ थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी 1908 के बाद से ब्रह्मविद्या को बढ़ावा देने की गई है
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17 Navambara Helena Petrovna Blavatsky dvārā 1875,
Kamala Henry Steel Olcott, aura dūsarōṁ.
Thiyōsōphikala āndōlana aba ēka vividha
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Āgē thiyōsōphikala paramparā lē jō
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Kārḍipha thiyōsōphikala sōsāyaṭī 1908
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