A Guide to Glastonbury’s Temple of the Stars: The Giant Effigies Described from Air Views, Maps and from The High History of the Holy Grail

2nd, revised edition.  140pp, with fifteen maps and charts, two of which fold out to make larger.  Printed paper wraps.  8vo.  Covers are worn, rubbed all round edges corners and spine ends, with corners curling out and creased, spine has been reinforced with tape and has a plain white label affixed over spine.  Text block edges a little toned.  Previous owner’s name inked inside front cover; pages have some wear and damage on edges, including dog-earedness, and are well-thumbed but volume remains clear, tight and complete, including the folding charts not usually reproduced in later reprints.

The Glastonbury Temple of the Stars theory was first proposed by Katherine Maltouse when this book was first published (in 1934, by John Watkins in London).  She purports that the landscape around Glastonbury forms a giant, map-like zodiac with geographic features such as roads, streams and hills reprsenting celestial beings.  This ‘terrestial zodiac’ concept has become a central tenet in various occultist and Aurthrian legend theories, suggesting that the landscapeitself is a spiritual temple.  Malthouse, an artist by profession, believed the spiritual temple has been created by the Sumerians around 2700 BC and was linked t the Arthurian legengs, particularly that of the Holy Grail.