Glastonbury abbey:" The New Jerusalem".

The ancient ruins of Glastonbury abbey, which legend says was founded by St. Joseph of Arimathea in the first century; AD 63 is the date given. Nobody has ever disproved that he visited. Unlike other Abbeys & Cathedrals, this church has no named founder, who is usually a King or a Saint. This would certainly indicate that Joseph is the founder, as is thought.
The Abbey church is dedicated to Saints Peter & Paul, but obviously not as founders.
There is much disparaging of the monks and Abbots of this abbey: falsifying the discovery of Arthur's grave is one allegation, but these were holy men, not liars. They fed the poor & healed the sick; there is no proof that they made money from the discovery. Maybe they knew the grave was there all the time.
The slurs about the monks still continue to this day, mainly from atheists who ask us to believe fantastic claims that an ink-blot test called "The Glastonbury Zodiac" exists!!

The video is a partner to my "Jerusalem" video uploaded some time ago, and as Camelot is a mere 11 miles away, and King Arthur of the Britons rests in this abbey, it is relevant to my "Real Camelot" video too.
Legend says that the boy-Christ accompanied Joseph on his travels as a tin-merchant, and visited Glastonbury, the Isle of Avalon. The Bible says little about Christ from about age 12 to age 33; he may well have been travelling.
After Jesus's crucifixion, Joseph and 12 followers returned, via France, and founded this church, on the site of the St. Mary chapel, which is shown in detail here. The original chapel was built from wattle & daub and was built according to the specifications and design of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, hence the name "New Jerusalem" given to this great edifice. Joseph would have known of Solomon's temple, and of its dimensions, and of course, of the Ark of the Covenant possibly kept there. Joseph is reputed to have been interred here, in this place, along with the Holy Grail; he is buried on a "bifurcated line" SW of the Lady (St. Mary) chapel. (According to Melkin writing in the 5th century)
The original wattle chapel was destroyed in a fire in May AD 1184, and the Chapel you see here (with the Romanesque round-topped windows) was built to replace it, and finished in AD 1186. The chapel is the only almost complete part of the abbey to remain, and its interior is shown, with the altar of St. Joseph (with a lit candle upon it) St. Joseph's well is also shown: Roman-era pottery fragments were found in it; it was probably here before the abbey was built.
The main body of this great building, the Nave, Chancel and transepts, etc., were built in the 13th Century with some later additions in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Many saints are buried here, and the original St. Mary Chapel was said to have been built "by no human hands".
As the Christ dedicated it to his mother, it is God himself who built that first chapel, according to legend.
It was always called "The Holiest Earth in Britain".

Kings are buried here: the West Saxon Kings, Edmund I; King Edmund II; King Edgar and of course, the renowned Briton, King Arthur, along with his Queen. His remains were found in AD 1191 and reinterred in a black marble tomb in front of the high-altar in AD 1278. King Arthur's Tomb was here until King Henry VIII decided to take away the Monasteries and abbeys from us in AD 1539.

The music here is "Requiem" by Karl Jenkins OBE.

Latin:

"Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine.
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion
Et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
Exaudi orationem
Ad te omnis caro veniet".

Greek:

"Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison"

English:

"Grant them eternal rest, O Lord
And may light eternal shine upon them.
It is fitting that a hymn should be raised unto thee in Sion,
And a vow paid to thee in Jerusalem.
Give ear to my prayer, O Lord.
Unto thee all flesh shall come at last".

"Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy."

This is for all the Saints buried in the abbey; the Abbots & Monks who built it; the Kings and Queens, and for all those who have lost a loved one, particularly in some dire war. This is also for my mother who died on September 2nd 2008. R.I.P.xoxo
One feels close to something very special here, and I wanted to pass this on to you looking at this video.
The video was shot in the late afternoon after several aborted attempts, some shots are rather dark, but corrected. There are still some unstraight shots unfortunately.
Mis-spelling of "Khazakstan" on video credits.




Hi Res photos of the abbey and more info:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/227361006CyGdIq

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[tippytee909]

Thank you Mikesy for the beautiful video. I will go there one day, soon I hope. Question: When was this film taken? I can see the trees are bare. But what month? Maybe my question should be "When is the best time to visit the Abbey and enjoy the peace and tranquility all the photos seem to exude?" Thanks again....Noble

[mikesey1]

@tippytee909

If I remember right, this video was shot over a period of three weeks in early Spring, March I think. I'll have to look at the raw files to ascertain its shooting period. For peace & tranquility, Summer is to be avoid as there are numerous school parties arriving, groups of tourists with guides, and reanactors walking about; a lot of people do not like this, and accuse the abbey authorities of turning the ruins into a "theme park". Winter or late Autumn best for quiet.

[Tierheiler]

What a beautiful video, well done indeed. You're almost able to catch the mystery of the place. Thank you for that.

[mikesey1]

@Tierheiler

Thanks, I tried over some weeks to, get this right, without altogether succeeding!

A new King Arthur monument may soon be appearing in the abbey, replacing the pole and notice already shown in the video.

Mike.

[i2smile]

Revelation 21 (King James Version)

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

[mysticmagic4760]

Great video! Beautiful to look at and listen to. Well done.

[paradoxAA9]

Another excellent piece form you mikesey - and all accompanied by one of my favourite contemporary composers. Have you seen the new Avalon grid website by the way? Your other videos would be very well received there I'm sure. Many thanks for posting.

[jfc3phd]

Thank you that was beautiful !

[tippytee909]

@mikesey1 Thank you so much for your reply.Late Autumn it shall be.  Beautiful footage of Glastonbury. And the Requiem was wonderful. Alot of work you did putting this all together and posting for it for all to see. I'm a big fan of Glastonbury and it's history. I have read many books on the topic of it's history. Very intriguing. Thanks again. Noble

[mikesey1]

@skeatesy1

Okay!

[drigin1234]

Magnificently filmed. I only wish one day I can visit this holy Place and walk up the Tor.

[0001kd]

really great