The Washington herald., 1907-08-11

the Italian Riviera. In 1885. twenty-five
years ago. while he was at BOTdghera
a friend of his told him Of a curious glass
vessel which was in the little shop Of
local tailor. Or. Goodchild went and saw
! ii. was surprised to find that it was ap-
parently a rarity, and bought it for $50
| He believed az the time that it was for
gerry. although ne does not claim 10 be
I specialist in glass.
When he returned to England he show
/ ed It to his father. who took possession
OF it, Some time later DR.. Goodchhd
had an astonishing experience of a psychi-
cal nature.
DIR. GOOdchild Dreams, Too.
While hS was staying at the Hotel st.
Petersburg. in Paris in 1886, he states
| that he fell into a trance; that a figure
appeared before him and told him that
he was IN great danger; that the cup
which he found at Bordighera was the
/ Cup of Our Lord used at the Last
Supper; that when his father died he
must take it to the ''woman's quarter"
at Glastonbury; that subsequently wo-
man would arise and prophesy, and that
the cup would be brought forth within ten
/ years. and would be a means of mold
| ing Christian thought"
In the following year, 1897. his father.
when dying. sent the cup by messenger
to DR.. Goodchild. who was abroad DR..
! Goodchild returned with it 10 England.
went 10 Glastonbury, discovered the an
/ Client ''woman's quarter" and. on the in
structlons Of "clairaudiant voices" de-
/ posted the cup in the shallow well or
spring
/ In 1900. DR.. Goodchild went to the well
again. but found that II had apparently
/ been cleared He could not find the cup,
/ and concluded that it had been taken
away.
He visited the wen again, generally once
a year, but neither saw nor heard any
more Of the cup until it was discovered
! by Tudor Poles sister.
! DR.. Goodchild states most emphatical-
/ Iy that the only person TO whom he ever
mentioned the placing OF the cup IN the
well was the late William. Sharp. whose
death in 1905 led 10 the discovery by his
/ friends that he was Fiona Mcleod" the
author Of several remarkable mystical
books.
Tells of Grail knights.
Tudor Pole told an equally astonishing
story concerning his experience with the
cup in London, where he brought it in
! December last to submit TO the authori-
/ ties of the British and South Kensington
| Museums. After visiting the museums he
went TO a reception. where there was a
! Celtic seer" an Irish "clairvoyante -
This woman. on seeing Tudor Pole. said:
You are connected with a very holy
/ relic" At that moment Tudor Pole was
| holding the vessel, wrapped in a silk hand
/ kerchief, in his hand. The room was not
well lighted. The woman lightly touched
the relic, and, he says Immediately the
room was filed with a strange radiance.
! Then, according 70 Mr.. Pole, an amaz-
/ ing thing happened. The woman went
| into a trance and described minutely the
Last Supper and the Crucifixion. At a
later stage in the trance she described a
very large church. in the center OF the
altar of which. she said, was at one time
placed this sacred relic. Then she de-
scribed the scene at Brides Hill.
Tudor Pole declares that on several oc-
casions ne and his friends have seen a
vision of a woman holding the cup in her
outstretched hands. which DR.. Goodchild
was told about in his Paris trance.
So far none Of the experts who have
seen the strange cup have been able 10
say when or where it was made. There
is nothing 20 compare 1t with. The earliest
date assigned to it Is the time of the
/ PhOenicians-2,00 years ago The latest
date is thirty years ago, when some cum
ming Venetian forgers OF antiquities were
at work. But L IS said to be acknowl-
edged that it belongs to a class Of ware
Of which there is no other known exam
pie, and that If it is a forgery # must
have been copied from something in ex-
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