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Beyond the mists of time lies the island of Avalon,
severed from the mainland by a shallow lake.
Magical mystery was held in the Chalice
and written in the Druid runes on the sacred sword Excalibur.
Arthur drew this sword from solid stone in his youth.
The Lady of the Lake claimed it from his death barge.
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At the foot of the Tor flows the blood spring.
Iron ore water flowing on forever in flood or drought.
Stone such as Stonehenge was brought here and wrought
into a narrow chamber that fills with first light
on the sunrise of midsummer morning.
A place holy to the Gods of long ago.
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Within the well chamber lies a man sized niche
where coloured water gushes onwards
dispersing a watery mist in the air like stale blood.
This is the mythical hiding place of the chalice
and the magic mirror of Morgan le Fay.
Could this well hallowed by miracle and vision
have a more sinister history of Druid sacrifice?
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The Tor is a strange hill to be the work of nature.
Perhaps we see the site of an ancient Sun Temple
and sense the power of the Beltane fires.
The energy of pagan rites long ago linger in this place.
Yet the site of the Abbey is holy.
Where the first wooden church was planted
by Jesuah and Joseph of Arimathea in The Way of Love.
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And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon England’s mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England’s pleasant pastures seen!
And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green and pleasant Land
William Blake
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