Glastonbury

Glastonbury. The new-age, hippy centre of the UK. This place is awesome. Walking down High St is almost like a scene from Diagon Alley in Harry Potter. Wherever you look there are plenty of shops catering for pagans, new-age books, crystals, psychic readings etc. People are dressed as anything from fairy, pagan, hippy, king, queen, you name it. I even stayed across from a shop called 'The psychic piglet'...lol :-)

Why does Glastonbury attract so many new-agey types you may ask? This is reknown as a powerful energetic centre, with many sacred sites nearby and within town. It is also not far from Stonehenge, Avebury etc. Certainly walking around town I noticed an amazing energy. Generally people are cheerful here, but it also seems to accentuate emotions. People either seem to be either very happy, or angry/upset/disturbed, but mostly there is a very positive vibe going on here.

As a result, much of the energy work around Cornwall and Devon culminated in Glastonbury. Refreshingly, it seems completely the norm here to meditate (or whatever) in public. On arriving I spent a beautiful afternoon in the ruins of the Glastonbury abbey. This is the 'heart chakra' of the town and I felt very happy and peaceful here :-)

Glastonbury Abbey

The Abbey - resting place of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere

What Abbey would be complete without a herb garden? :-)

After the Abbey, I headed to the Tor to watch the sun go down. Being Glastonbury there were quite a few people doing the same.

The Glastonbury Tor

Sunset from the Tor

The following day I spent some time up at Wearyall Hill, the 'throat' chakra of the town :-)
The legend surrounding this tree is that it is supposedly the descendant of a thorn tree planted by Joseph of Arimathea.

Wearyall Hill

Later on I spent an amazing afternoon at the Chalice Well. Wow! Beautiful :-)

The vesica pool

The healing pool

The Lion's head. This well is safe to drink, but relatively high in iron.

The Chalice Well. THE most incredible energy here. A five minute stay recharges the batteries. Of course there were plenty of others there doing similar ;-)

The 'chocolate love temple'. With shops like this what's not to love about Glastonbury? ;-)