The Legend of Glastonbury
Matthew 26:26 - "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat. This is My Body.'"
Matthew 26:27-28 - "And He took the Cup and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, "'Drink ye all of it, for this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."'
And it came to pass that after the Master had so spoken, he, with his disciples, went out into the Mount of Olives, leaving the cup of communion on the table. And then it was that Joseph of Arimathea, together with Mary, the mother of Jesus, came unto the room wherein the Feast of the Passover was celebrated, and together they took the Cup, and wrapped it in Mary's mantle, and carried it thither, to keep in a safe place, under the direction of the Lord God.
And after the days of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection and the Ascension were accomplished, it came to pass that Joseph of Arimathea prepared to journey into the Mendipp Hills, in the British Islands, to oversee his rich tin deposits, and the Lord spoke unto him saying, "Joseph, take with thee, the beloved mother of Jesus, and these others whom I shall appoint, and carry the Holy Grail westward to the land which shall sanctify it furÂther in the days that are yet to come."
And Joseph gathered together those appointed by the Lord, and together they went forth, coming at long last to the English seacoast, and there they disembarked with the precious cup. The long and arduous pilgrimage left them weary, but they did not rest until they had found the place the Lord was to designate for the repository of the Holy Grail. And Joseph, with the holy mother, Mary, and Martha, and St. Simon Zelotes, and Aristobulus and others came unto Glastonbury and they reverently secreted the cup in the bottom of a well until that future time when some brave sons of men might choose to seek IT out for the blessings of their generation.
Through several centuries the Cup lay thus, concealed beneath the waters of the well, until the good King Arthur gathered round him the Knights of the Round Table, endeavoring to establish and sustain a Spiritual Center through which the purpose and patÂtern of our Lord might again be incorporated into the temporal lives of men.
Among these knights was come again good Joseph of Arimathea, whom they called Sir Galahad. And in God's good time, he, together with Sir Percival and Sir Bors, succeeded in remembering the location of the Holy Grail and looked upon it for an instant and the Light of the Grail shed forth its benedicÂtion upon the Earth and all its peoples for a time.
After the dissolving of the Order of the Round Table and the death of King Arthur, century after century good monks abode in the vicinity of Glastonbury, and tended the Grail in spirit and in good works, and the Spiritual Ethers grew and waxed strong. Because of the continued worship in this holy place, it was thought wise and good by the Powers of Light to establish an Etheric City over the Abbey of Glastonbury, peopled with those who had loved the Christ in life, and who had served Him with their love.
Into this city passed many of the knights at the close of their earthly pilgrimage, and many of the humble monks who served in the various abbeys through the centuries. It is said that often the Presence of the Master Jesus and His Holy Mother Mary join this Brotherhood at Glastonbury Abbey in their meditations and with them pour out the Blessings of the Risen Christ to all peoples evÂerywhere.
And even to the present day, the discerning pilgrims who make the journey to the ruins of the Glastonbury Abbey and who visit the holy well at the foot of Chalice Hill feel the Presence of Sanctity in the pulsating ethers, which are alive with the Essence and the Nature of the Christ and the holy men whose memory is hallowed here.
The above article is from
The Bridge to Freedom Journal January 1953
Reprinted by the AMTF as:
Bridge to Freedom Journal Book 1
Pages 117 - 118
