Michell's Sacred Place Theory
Albion's Sage for the New Age - John Michell, Radical Traditionalism and the Myth of Sacred England - Marleen Thaler
Marleen Thaler [+]
University of Vienna
Marleen Thaler has studied alternative religious movements and Western Esotericism at the University of Vienna, where she is currently a doctoral student.
Description
This chapter outlines Michell’s notion of Glastonbury as a spiritual hub, beginning with Plato’s Atlantis (a major influence on Michell) and including specific theories of Atlantis and Britain. Likewise, the idea of a British “New Jerusalem,” as enunciated by William Blake, was tremendously important to Michell’s cosmology.