Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-16
SPIRITS LEAD
DISCOVERY
OLD RUINS
ong-Buried Structures Dug
Up as Result of Writing
at Seance.
gAR FOREsEEN IN 1909

BRISTOL, England, Jan. 16-Students
of psychic phenomena and archaeologlsts
the world over are familiar with the
story of how the remains of the lost
Edgar chapel at Glastonbury abbey
were found through the agency of auto
matte writing by Mr.. Bligh Bond, f. r.
J. 3. A, the well known ecclesiastical
architect, and "John Alleyne," an army
officer and song writer, who may be de-
scribed rs the medium.
Mr.. Bligh Bond, in an interview with
an International News Service repre-
SRntative, told of the finding of the Ed
Var chapel through the automatic writ
ing, and later the more remarkable find
Ing of the IOretto chapel, which has
onIv lately been revealed.
II have long held a belief in the
theory of cOsmic memory which we
are Inhibited from using by our con-
scious mind" said Bligh Bond. I be
lieve, however, that by studying the
problem and then allowing it to lie
developing in the mind some day
solution will come, as it we're spOn-
taneously.
1.-The problem of the lost Edgar
chapel had exercised my mind for many
years, and I had read up all the available
information concerning it. 1t happened
that my friend, John Alleyne, had de-
veloped the gift of automatic writing,
end was also very keen about Glaston-
bury abbey, and had studied the subject
thoroughly.
AT the end of 1907 we determined
70 try automatic writing to see if we
rould get any information that way
shout the lost Edgar chapel, which
! lad been much sought after. The late
4 Fir william st. John Hope had made
zN o+ kba n9 he
Sbbey in 1904 without finding any trace
it."
MINATED CONVERSATION
COMPANIES DEMONSTRATIONS.
II Bonds method was to place mis-
nd lightly on the baud of John Al
lyme which held a pencil, ana then, to
Prevent his conscious mind influencing
n 1t, keep him in animated conversation,
after asking of the unseen: "Can you
tell us anything about Glastonbury alb
Il bey7''-
Immediately the pencil wrote: "AlI
knowledge is eternal, and is available>t TO
mental sympathy" Then followed a
very rough sketch outlining the abbey,
but with an extension at the east end
Pqndicating a very long chapel, and with
an inscription inside the main building,
@GulIicimus Monachus" civilian the
Monk This is the name of the con-
trolling spirit who disclOses the revcla-
tons
There was further sketch at the bot
tom of the sheet showing 4 range of four
small cbapels, with a very long one
midway between them and the tnscrip-
tion, "Capella st. Edgar Abbes Bere Pc
cit" (The Chapel of St. Edgar. Abbot
8 Bere Built IT,
notwithstanding Sir W St John
! Hopes failure to find anything at the
east end Mr.. Bngh Bond, having made a
record of his anticipations in he pro
. .eedings Of the Somerset Archaeological
nociety, began digging in May, lads
4 Eighteen inches from the trnch dug in
z he previous excavation he came upon q
wall five feet wide, and further digging
q revealed the Chapel of st. Edgar pre-
siseIy as the script had foretold, and
q corresponding in details aud measurement
4 TO the plan ne had already published.
NO INDICATIONS OF
ACHAPEL'S WHEREABOUTS.
h The mystery Of the Loretto chapel to
Bvhch there was only one known sllu
a sion, was even more complete, and there
s Twas no indications of its whereabouts,
q for excavations Mr.. Bond conducted him
y self failed to reveal it, The war stopped
s. the work and the matter rested until
= early in 1918 when Mr. Bond and John
Aueyne" together invoked again the aid
81 of the automatic writing ana in an old
EnaIish form received this message, Il
Forget so long have we slept near the
hapel Of Loretto. under the bank full
Ahirty PAGES from the nave. You did not
a 10 far enough beyond the hank they cast
there"
1t was obviously an allusion to the
Fevious excavations and went on to
five . story of the visit of Abbot Bere
Italy; how, when riding across the