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Re-membering the Last Abbot Alchemist of Glastonbury

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut September 3, 2011February 17, 2018

Alchemy, High Magicemerald tablet, glastonbury abbey, glastonbury tor, history of alchemy, john thorne, marriage at cana, medieval monks, monas hieroglyphica, philosopher's stone, richard whiting, roger james2 Comments

On a cold November’s day in 1539, Henry VIII’s soldiers dragged the last abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, up through the High Street on a horse-drawn hurdle and then up to the summit of the Tor, where he was hung on a gibbet with two monks hanging either side of him, like two thieves, in…

The Great Work, the Crucifixion and the Marriage at Cana

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut August 24, 2011November 24, 2019

Alchemy, High Magic, Mythologiesalchemical wedding, alchemy, crucifixion, divine marriage, Glastonbury, jesus christ, john dee, monas hieroglyphica, philosopher's stone, Plato, st dunstan4 Comments

The alchemy practised by Plato has recently become a subject of great interest since the Royal Wedding, when they rolled back the carpet in front of the high altar at Westminster Abbey to reveal the Cosmati pavement bearing the ancient Greek natural philosopher’s splendid alchemical vision of the creation of the universe.