Glastonbury thorn

[elicokiz]

Has anyone seen the legendary tree since its butchering??

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nope?

[janey]

Only in media articles, not up close and personal.

 

Er, why?

[elicokiz]

Only in media articles, not up close and personal.

 

Er, why?

 

Thought I would be nice to think it had survived as it was a local landmark and had spiritual meaning to lots of pagans ect. Also saddened me when the link was originally posted,guess I'm just the curious type.

Dave:blushing:

[David Humphries]

Thought I would be nice to think it had survived as it was a local landmark and had spiritual meaning to lots of pagans ect. Also saddened me when the link was originally posted,guess I'm just the curious type.

Dave:blushing:

 

 

 

 

Did you see the update link that Sean Freeman put up, Dave ?

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/23169-glastonbury-thorn-vandalised-3.html

 

 

 

 

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[janey]

Thought I would be nice to think it had survived as it was a local landmark and had spiritual meaning to lots of pagans ect. Also saddened me when the link was originally posted,guess I'm just the curious type.

Dave:blushing:

 

Sorry, I wondered if there was a specific reason for your asking, like you was thinking of going there or summin

[cerneARB]

Im going down to Glastonbury in July, il take a walk up there and take a look...was a real shame it got ruined:thumbdown:

 

maybe the same sort of pepole that vandlised some of the stones at Avebury a few years back..would they do this at Westminster abbey..NO!!

[elicokiz]

Did you see the update link that Sean Freeman put up, Dave ?

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/23169-glastonbury-thorn-vandalised-3.html

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for that link MonkeyD sorry my original post was a bit vauge , thought I may get lambasted as the thorn was/is associated more correctly with christianity than paganism, will research things with a bit more detail in future.

THanks again Dave:thumbup:

Edited June 4, 2011 by elicokiz

[Big J]

Glad to hear that it is reshooting.

 

In a similar vein, I was disgusted by this news article this week:

 

BBC News - Eighteen birds beheaded in Wythenshawe Park, Manchester

 

Do you ever feel like we need a Running Man style game show to take care of people like this?

[rorymoon]

I'm from glastonbury and I'm astounded that it has survived not due to the hacking it received (however importent a thorn it may be it's still a thorn and we all know they can take a beating) but the poor thing has been soaked and coated in so called healing oils, potions, herbs and the like by so called healers and druids.

All well meaning I'm sure but if the thorn had died I would have attributed it to all this muck being dumped on it before blameing the damage done by some mindless vandal.

Mind you the poor thing had been all but pulled down by the countless charms and ribbions tied to it (tight to the limbs with non bio-degardable matierals I might add) so it seems to me that sad as it may be the best thing for the thorn would be a big fence so nature can be left alone with out the interfering hand of man where it's not needed and protect it from both vandals and clueles do gooders alike.

 

Rant over.