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Avalonian Resources

 

BOOKS

History

King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury - Geoffrey Ashe, Barnes and Noble Books, 1992

Avalonian Quest - Geoffrey Ashe, 1982

Isle of Avalon - Nicholas Mann,  Llewellyn Publications, 1996

The Avalonians - Patrick Benham, Gothic Image Publications, 1993

Glastonbury: Maker of Myths - Frances Howard-Gordon, Gothic Images Publications, 1982

The Chalice Well: A Short History (booklet)- F. Hardcastle, The Chalice Well Trust, 1990 revised

The Glastonbury Tor Maze - Geoffrey Ashe, Gothic Image Publications, 1979

Glastonbury Tor: A Guide to the History and Legends - Nick Mann, Annenterprise, 1986

The Legendary Twelve Hides of Glastonbury - Ray Gibbs, Llanerch, 1988

The Quest for Arthur's Britain - Geoffrey Ashe (ed.), Paladin, 1968

Arthur's Britain: History and Archaeology AD 367-634 - Leslie Alcock, Penguin, 1987, revised

"Excavations on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, 1964-6", Archaeological Journal, 1970, vol.127, pp.1-81 - P.A. Rahtz

Mysticism

Glastonbury and Britain: A Study in Patterns - Mary Williams (ed.), Research into Lost Knowledge Organization, 1990

New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury - John Michell, Gothic Images Publications, 1990

Novels

The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley, Knopf, 1982

The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley, Viking, 1994

The Lady of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley, Viking, 1997

Return to Avalon - Jennifer Robertson, ed, Daw Books Inc, 1996

Avalon - Mary J. Jones, Naiad Press Inc, 1991

Spirit

Avalon Within: Inner Sovereignty and Personal Transformation Through the Avalonian Mysteries - Jhenah Telyndru, Ninth Wave Press, 2005

Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Pilgrimage - Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, HarperCollins, 1994

Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart - Dion Fortune

Ladies of the Lake - Caitlin and John Matthews, Aquarian Press, 1992

A Glastonbury Reader: Selections from the Myths, Legends and Stories of Ancient Avalon -John Matthews (ed.)

Spinning the Wheel of Ana - Kathy Jones, Aradne Publications, 1994

The Goddess in Glastonbury - Kathy Jones, Aradne Publications, 1990

Celtic Mythology

The Mabinogion - Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones, (trans.), Everyman's Library, 1989 (revised)

Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain: An Exploration of the Mabinogion - Caitlin Matthews, Arkana, 1987

Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain: King and Goddess in the Mabinogion - Caitlin Matthews, Arkana, 1989

Women in Celtic Myths: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition - Moyra Caldecott, Destiny Books, 1988

Arianrhod: A Welsh Myth Retold - Barbara Donley, Stone Circle Press, 1987

The Silver Wheel - Margurite Eslbeth Llewellyn Publications, 1997

A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs: Stories and Music from the Celtic World - Hugin the Bard, Llewellyn Publications, 1998

Celtic Culture and History

Creating Form from the Mist: Wisdom of Women in Celtic Myth and Culture" - Lynne Sinclair-Wood

Women of the Celts - Jean Markale, Inner Traditions, 1972

Celtic Women In Legend, Myth and History - Lyn Webster Wilde, Blandford, 1997

Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent: Celtic Women's Spirituality - Noragh Jones, Lindisfarne Press, 1994

MUSIC

Avalon- Kay Gardner - flute instrumental inspired and recorded at Glastonbury's sacred sites

Lady of the Lake- "Lady of the Lake" - Lisa Thiel

Avalon is Rising - "Avalon is Rising" - Isaac Bonewits

The Heart Is The Only Nation - "Apples of Avalon" - Ruth Barrett and Cynthia Smith. http://www.aeolusmusic.com/

Hand to Hand - Silver Branch. http://www.silverbranch.com

Singer in the Shadow- "Morgan's Song" - Cynthia McQuillin

Carved in Sand - "Sea of Love", "Deliverance"- The Mission U.K.

Sisters of Avalon - "Sisters of Avalon" - Cyndi Lauper

Led Zeppelin 4 - "Battle of Evermore" - Led Zeppelin

Look Inside - "Tales of the Goddess: Blodeuwedd, Maiden's Lament, Ode to the Queen" - Crystal Rose

Bardic Tales from the Mabinogion - Rhiannon of the Birds, The Dreams of Arianrhod, Lady My Lady, Blodeuwedd, Island of the Mighty, Came a Storm - Hugin the Bard

FILM

The Mists of Avalon - TNT mini-series  - Now on DVD

Excalibur  - The barge of Avalon appears in the Final Scene

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

Hallowquest: The Arthurian Tarot - John and Caitlin Matthews' beautiful deck- The High Priestess is The Lady of the Lake, and the Tor can be sighted in the background of some of the minor arcana cards. There are two wonderful books which deal with this deck.

Legend: The Arthurian Tarot- Anna Marie Ferguson. Features Morgan Le Fay as The Moon, The Lady of the Lake as Justice, Nimue as The Priestess, The Holy Grail (with attendant Priestesses) as the Ace of Cups, and an exquisite Avalon rendering as The Judgment. The card set comes with A Keeper of Words, a book filled with drawings and poetic meditations on the deck.

The Sacred Circle Tarot: A Celtic Pagan Journey - Anna Franklin and Paul Mason - A wonderful deck which combines photography and computer enhanced art. Several cards feature Glastonbury Tor.

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