The
Labyrinth
The
Terraced Maze of
Glastonbury Tor
The
Terraced Maze
A physical
indication of what might have been the template for an ancient ritual, is the
terraced pathway that spirals around
It may be
evidence of ancient agriculture similar to the terrace in Swaledale,
Although very
worn now, it can still be traced. Scientific surveys currently think that it
was made about four or five thousand years ago – at about the same time as
The
terraces show up very well in the snow
Starting at
the bottom, it winds around and up the Tor in a backtracking maze. The pattern
it makes is almost identical to the labyrinth found on ancient Cretan coins,
and also the Native American Hopi people’s representation of Mother Earth.
An
examination of this path has found that it seems to end before getting to the
top. The place where it suddenly disappears is marked with a large, smooth,
oval-shaped stone – locally known as the eggstone.
There are very few big stones on the Tor, and from their positioning they look
like deliberately placed markers.
When the
solemn St. Collen decided to have it out with the
King of the Fairies, he chose the best spot he’d heard about for this kind of
contact. He described it as "a little place under a rock in a secret,
out-of-the-way place". This sounds like the eggstone,
which is quite difficult to find, in an obscure spot and hidden by bushes and
brambles.
Like much
else about the Tor, the terraced pathway seems to hold an inherent energy. Some
have seen it glowing with a strange light. Dion
Fortune says: "Many times the Tower is reported to have been seen rimmed
in light; a warm glow, as of a furnace, beats up from the ground on wild winter
nights, and the sound of chanting is heard from the depths of the hill.
Towering forms of shadow and light are seen moving on the lower slopes."
Glastonbury Tor viewed from across the Town
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