The British Mystery School of Avalon

Are you interested in Avalon? Have you ever wondered what Avalon really means? Have you ever had an experience which took you into a land where there were shining castles, underworld guardians, bubbling cauldrons, dragons or strange discrepancies of time? This book clearly and fully describes the otherworld tradition of the Isle of Avalon. It illustrates and describes the physical and sacred topography of the Isle as well as its symbols, architecture, history and accounts of visitation. The author defines the Isle of Avalon’s importance in the cosmology of the native European tradition and the reasons for its decline. The Isle of Avalon is an attempt to restore the sense of the magical realm of the otherworld to Western consciousness.

This is the first book to provide a coherent context in which to understand Avalon’s many mysteries. Nicholas Mann convincingly argues that the landscape features of the Isle, including the Glastonbury Zodiac, the Abbey, the Tor Labyrinth and the St. Michael Line, are congruent expressions of Avalon’s most remarkable quality: its ongoing function as an entrance to—and exit from—the Otherworld.

From the Text:

… the British Celts and their Druids held the Isle of Avalon to be the place of the World Axis, with its attendant caves, pathways, openings, World Mountain and World Tree. The Tor is the prototypical sacred and spiral mountain. It provides the steps to the above. Its springs provide the means of egress from and the means of access to the magical realm of the spirit beings below. The physical topography of the island provides an exact mirror of the sacred. The Isle of Avalon contains the cosmos and thus is the point of connection—and of journeying—between the worlds.

Reviews:

“Nicholas Mann explores [the landscape of Avalon] in impressive detail, with a wealth of facts and an eloquent discussion of the Avalonian mysteries.” Geoffrey Ashe, Arthurian scholar and author of Avalonian Quest

“Nicholas Mann captures the spirit of Avalon through the combined lenses of history, archeology, mythology and comparative spirituality rarely found in comparable texts. A must-own for anyone interested in Glastonbury, the Arthurian Mythos, spiritual history in sacred Britain, sacred geometry and geomancy. Mann brings a critical yet intuitively insightful perspective to all of the above. Well worth reading more than once!” Shereen Ibrahim

	Publications
	The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur & Glastonbury By Nicholas R Mann Published 2001 by Green Magic 190 pages fully illustrated available from www.greenmagicpublishing.com
	Are you interested in Avalon? Have you ever wondered what Avalon really means? Have you ever had an experience which took you into a land where there were shining castles, underworld guardians, bubbling cauldrons, dragons or strange discrepancies of time? This book clearly and fully describes the otherworld tradition of the Isle of Avalon. It illustrates and describes the physical and sacred topography of the Isle as well as its symbols, architecture, history and accounts of visitation. The author defines the Isle of Avalon’s importance in the cosmology of the native European tradition and the reasons for its decline. The Isle of Avalon is an attempt to restore the sense of the magical realm of the otherworld to Western consciousness. This is the first book to provide a coherent context in which to understand Avalon’s many mysteries. Nicholas Mann convincingly argues that the landscape features of the Isle, including the Glastonbury Zodiac, the Abbey, the Tor Labyrinth and the St. Michael Line, are congruent expressions of Avalon’s most remarkable quality: its ongoing function as an entrance to—and exit from—the Otherworld. From the Text: … the British Celts and their Druids held the Isle of Avalon to be the place of the World Axis, with its attendant caves, pathways, openings, World Mountain and World Tree. The Tor is the prototypical sacred and spiral mountain. It provides the steps to the above. Its springs provide the means of egress from and the means of access to the magical realm of the spirit beings below. The physical topography of the island provides an exact mirror of the sacred. The Isle of Avalon contains the cosmos and thus is the point of connection—and of journeying—between the worlds. Reviews: “Nicholas Mann explores [the landscape of Avalon] in impressive detail, with a wealth of facts and an eloquent discussion of the Avalonian mysteries.” Geoffrey Ashe, Arthurian scholar and author of Avalonian Quest “Nicholas Mann captures the spirit of Avalon through the combined lenses of history, archeology, mythology and comparative spirituality rarely found in comparable texts. A must-own for anyone interested in Glastonbury, the Arthurian Mythos, spiritual history in sacred Britain, sacred geometry and geomancy. Mann brings a critical yet intuitively insightful perspective to all of the above. Well worth reading more than once!” Shereen Ibrahim