Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Strange Glastonbury Romance?

I have a love affair, (so to speak) with Glastonbury.
 A strange thing happened on reading the book " A Glastonbury Romance" , bear in mind I purchased the book in approx 2003. I was reading the book for the first time in 2005, and I was shocked and surprised to come across a paragraph in the book, relating to a poem I had written in 2001.  One particular part of one sentence was almost identical to the one I had written in 2001 contained in the poem.
I was so taken aback I wrote down the details roughly that night as an aid to memory. ( the night of 22nd of November 2005.)
The book's sentence finished with the words, " so that I can touch you, see you, feel you?  (it is printed in the first paragraph on page 447 in my copy).
My poem I'd written in 2001 contained in the second paragraph, the words ending, I want to " see you, touch you, feel you." So, the only difference were that the first two adjectives were in different places, and the book's words ended with a question mark. I was gob-smacked. As obviously, the book was called  " A Glastonbury Romance", and my poem was about my romance with Glastonbury! That was the theme of my poem!  What a strange coincidence!
Another strange occurance happened some time later , I was again reading the book, and I came across a paragraph relating to a  coloured picture I had drawn in Feb 2005, again I had completed the picture well before I had come across this paragraph in the book.  My picture was of Jesus being part of the landscape of Glastonbury, his body being part of the land, and his arms stretching between the Tor and Wearyall Hill.  Well, the last paragraph on page 614 related to Jesus being part of the hill and landscape of Glastonbury. It says"  Mr Evans knew that his body, ( Jesus), was the whole hill, the whole field, nay! the whole wide stretching landscape"
I was amazed by this second revelation and strange coincidence, so much so, that I feel compelled to write it here, lol.  It is True!  Michael French

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