Glastonbury: Avalon of the HeartDion Fortune was drawn again and again to Glastonbury. In Glastonbury -- Avalon of the Heart, she writes of her love affair with Glastonbury as "one of the secret green roads to the soul," providing as background the time honored legends of Joseph of Arimathaea, the Grail, and King Arthur. Her description remains one of the most evocative and poignant accounts of this" holiest earthe in England." |
Contents
The Road to Avalon | 11 |
The Avalon of Merlin | 18 |
The Avalon of the Graal | 24 |
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