What might have happened if there'd been Letters to the Avalonians
Some friends and I are planning a King Arthur plotted Dogs in the Vineyard game. (DitV is a storytelling based system that I haven't played in before, so I can't say much more about it than its name.) Since I actually have done some Arthurian study (I took a tour course in England where we met with Geoffrey Ashe, who is an Arthurian scholar, and with whom I've communicated since), I'm naturally interested in pulling in some of the more obscure stuff that I've learned. Given my love of Glastonbury, England (where Geoffrey lives and where I've now been twice--and would go back at the drop of a hat if it weren't so expensive), I've started drawing on some of the legends I learned there: Joseph of Arimathea built the first-ever Christian church in Glastonbury, it is said. Glastonbury, originally surrounded by water due to the changing coastline (or during certain seasons, or surrounded by fens/marshes rather than sea, depending on the story), is the legendary Isle of Avalon, where Morgan and her priestesses once lived. The combination of those two ideas in one place--early Christians and Celtic mystics--makes for some interesting character ideas using some of the philosophies of Celtic Christianity (that I also picked up in Glastonbury).
All of this brainstorming led me to an interesting idea: like many early churches, might'nt the church at Avalon have received letters from Peter, Paul, or John, who wrote letters to so many of the other early churches, offering guidance? If so, what might those letters have said? And if the Letters to the Avalonians were classified for the Apocrypha, rather than for Scripture itself, what might have happened to that potential book of the Bible?
It all sounds like an Indiana Jones style adventure waiting to happen. Or, alas, something reminiscent of The DaVinci Code. Despite that, I think one day it may surface in my writing projects. That way, I'll have to go back to Glastonbury for research!
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All of this brainstorming led me to an interesting idea: like many early churches, might'nt the church at Avalon have received letters from Peter, Paul, or John, who wrote letters to so many of the other early churches, offering guidance? If so, what might those letters have said? And if the Letters to the Avalonians were classified for the Apocrypha, rather than for Scripture itself, what might have happened to that potential book of the Bible?
It all sounds like an Indiana Jones style adventure waiting to happen. Or, alas, something reminiscent of The DaVinci Code. Despite that, I think one day it may surface in my writing projects. That way, I'll have to go back to Glastonbury for research!
"Don't Let Go"
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