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 About Chalice Well
Chalice
Well is a holy well situated at the foot of Glastonbury Tor in the
county of Somerset, England. Archaeological evidence suggests that the
natural spring well has been in almost constant use for at least two
thousand years. Water issues from the spring at a rate of 25,000 gallons
per day and has never failed, even during drought. Like the hot springs
in nearby Bath, the water is believed to possess healing qualities,
coming directly from inside the earth.
 In
addition to the legends associated with Glastonbury, the Well is often
portrayed as a symbol of the female aspect of deity, with the male
symbolized by Glastonbury Tor. As such, it is a popular destination for
pilgrims in search of the divine feminine. The
Well is however popular with all faiths and in 2001 became a World Peace
Garden.
 Wells
often feature in Welsh and Irish Mysthology as gateways to the spirit
world. The overlapping of the inner and outer worlds is represented by
the well cover, designed by the church architect and archaeologist
Frederick Bligh Bond and presented as a gift after the Great War in
1919. The two interlocking circles constitute the symbol known as the
Vesica Piscis. In the well lid design, a spear or a sword bisects these
two circles, a possible reference to Excalibur, the sword of the
legendary King Arthur, believed by some to be buried at the nearby
Glastonbury Abbey. Foliage represents the Glastonbury Holy Thorn. Bligh
Bond wrote that the vesica design for the well cover was "typical of
many early diagrams, all having the same object – the rendering of
spiritual truth by means of the purest, most intellectual system of
imagery conceived by the mind, namely, truth which is ‘aeonial’ or
eternal, of which geometry is the best interpreter, since it can figure
for us with remarkable suggestiveness those formative principles upon
which the Father has built his Creation, principles which shall endure
when heaven and earth have died ." (Ref. Central Somerset Gazette,
Friday, November 14, 1919)
 Christian
mythology suggests that Chalice Well marks the site where Joseph of
Arimathea placed the chalice that had caught the drops of Christ’s blood
at the Crucifixion, linking the Well to the wealth of speculation
surrounding the existence of the Holy Grail. The red of the water is
also said by some Christians to represent the rusty iron nails used at
the Crusifiction. Frequent events are held in the grounds of Chalice
Well including annual celebrations for the winter and summersolstice.
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