Those feet, immortalised in William Blake’s poem Jerusalem, never walked on the green and pleasant land of Glastonbury; the oldest church in England was not built there by Christ’s disciples; Joseph of Arimathea’s walking stick does not miraculously flower every Christmas after 2,000 years. And it turns out that the supposed link with King Arthur and his beautiful queen, Guinevere, is false too – invented by 12th-century monks faced with a financial crisis in the wake of a disastrous fire.
“We are not in the business of destroying people’s beliefs,” Gilchrist, who is now a trustee of Glastonbury, said.
Can beliefs be destroyed anyway? I don't know, but I feel that would be unlikely coming from a newspaper article or from some archaeologists.
Those feet, immortalised in William Blake’s poem Jerusalem, never walked on the green and pleasant land of Glastonbury; the oldest church in England was not built there by Christ’s disciples; Joseph of Arimathea’s walking stick does not miraculously flower every Christmas after 2,000 years. And it turns out that the supposed link with King Arthur and his beautiful queen, Guinevere, is false too – invented by 12th-century monks faced with a financial crisis in the wake of a disastrous fire.
“We are not in the business of destroying people’s beliefs,” Gilchrist, who is now a trustee of Glastonbury, said.
Can beliefs be destroyed anyway? I don't know, but I feel that would be unlikely coming from a newspaper article or from some archaeologists.
bindeweede wrote:Those feet, immortalised in William Blake’s poem Jerusalem, never walked on the green and pleasant land of Glastonbury; the oldest church in England was not built there by Christ’s disciples; Joseph of Arimathea’s walking stick does not miraculously flower every Christmas after 2,000 years. And it turns out that the supposed link with the largely mythical King Arthur and his completely imaginary beautiful queen, Guinevere, is false too – invented by 12th-century monks faced with a financial crisis in the wake of a disastrous fire.
Fixed it for you
Whenever I hear "And did those feet..." etc it reminds me that it was the answer in one joke quiz to the question "what is the longest question in literature to which the answer is 'no'?"
As a Glastonbury person I can confirm that the tree on Wearyall Hill does indeed flower every winter - at least it DID until some prat decided to vandalise it.... :x
