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    We all encounter "Avalon" here and there, all around us.
    Sometimes the name of a ship. Or a book.
    This thread just to list where you encountered "Avalon".

    I was watching a new (2022) movie : "The In Between".
    At 24' into the movie there was an "Avalon" theatre.
    At 25' an "Avalon" camerashop.

    That was already unusual.

    Till at 40' into the movie, it appears that the town in the movie is called "Avalon"!

    It's a nice movie to watch, a bit "cheesy" at times maybe, but with an Avalon-forum theme (kind of anyway).

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    My "Avalon" experienced happened when I was about 10 years old. Friends of my parents rented a beach house on the Jersey Shore (that is New Jersey, USA, for you Brits ) and spent a magical day at the shore.

    But I also had a magical "Camelot" experience too! When I was 17, I traveled to England and spent two days in Tintagel, Cornwall at the Camelot Hotel. Tintagel was supposedly the location of King Arthur's castle, Merlin's Cave, etc. The hikes along the windswept ocean cliffs were magnificent although a bit treacherous on the way back given all the hard cider we had been drinking. I've heard Kerry Cassidy talk about going there with Bill, but have not heard if Bill has any fond remembrances of this town?


    The Camelot Hotel

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    There's an Avalon city on Santa Catalina Island off the cost of Los Angeles. I don't recall ever going there. I did go scuba diving off the coast of Anacapa Island when I was a teenager. If I were to guess a significance I would say the Channel Islands are remnants of Mu.

    Avalon, California

    Giants skeletons on the Channel Islands in post #169

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    Just down the street ...


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    The promotional blurb for a series of 'Avalon' books I read many years ago, by Marion Zimmer Bradley:

    'Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an
    extraordinary literary achievement, THE MISTS OF AVALON will stay with you for a long time to come....
    '

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ists-of-avalon

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    Quote Posted by Kryztian (here)
    I've heard Kerry Cassidy talk about going there with Bill, but have not heard if Bill has any fond remembrances of this town?
    Yes, I certainly do. (It's a tiny village, barely a "town"! The population is about 1,750, though it gets a lot of tourists.)

    We had a magical day and a half there, the end/turnaround point of a whistlestop tour of England's southwest that had also featured Stonehenge, Avebury, and Glastonbury. Kerry had never been to any of them.

    It was the early morning of our return trip, setting off on the journey back to London where Kerry had a plane to catch, that I suggested the name Project Camelot for a new venture we could tackle together.

    We envisioned and agreed the entire thing in about 90 seconds flat, not an exaggeration. A week later, unplanned before then, I was on a plane to LA where we started to work together.



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    Went to school with a girl named Avalon.
    When you are one step ahead of the crowd, you are a genius.
    Two steps ahead, and you are deemed a crackpot.

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    Just had to add a bit of music
    Avalon (Roxy Music song)



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_(Roxy_Music_song)
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    All kinds of everything resolute with CERN and the military industrial internet, a Ouija board incarnate , life changed
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    Mari, The Mists of Avalon...truly one of my very favorites. Excellent recommendation for anyone not ever having read it. It is also easy to reread and reread.

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    Thank you Johan, for the thread.
    When it comes to the word Avalon I can't go past the marvellous song "Avalon of the Heart" by Van Morrison.
    Even after decades of listening it never grows old. Much like the dream of Avalon itself.



    On down by Avalon
    Avalon of the heart
    On down by Avalon
    Gonna make a brand new start

    Oh the Holy Grail
    Baby behind the sun
    Oh the Holy Grail
    Down by Avalon

    Well I came upon
    The enchanted vale
    Down by the viaducts of my dreams
    Down by Camelot, hangs the tale
    In the ancient vale

    Oh the Avalon sunset
    Avalon of the heart
    Me and my lady
    Goin' down by Avalon

    Well I came upon
    The enchanted vale
    Down by the viaducts of my dreams
    Near Camelot, hangs the tale
    Of the enchanted vale

    In the upper room
    There the cup does stand
    In the upper room
    Down by Avalon

    Goin' down by Avalon
    Oh my Avalon of the heart
    Goin' down by Avalon
    Gonna make a brand new start

    Oh down by Avalon
    Oh baby behind the sun
    Goin' down by Avalon
    Well the journey's just begun

    Oh down by Avalon
    Sweet Avalon of the heart
    Goin' down by Avalon

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    got a word 'avalon' in it :D

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    I once found a few books left on a public bench, including one titled Avalon. Took me a while to read, but fascinating.

    Story of the Norse about a thousand years ago, including their colonization of Greenland. The detail I liked best was how they scouted that coast for the best places to habitate: dump a bunch of plank wood out in the ocean, then go find where it tended to wash up. Book said the thinking was that they were expecting lost or disabled boats to be drawn by currents to those places too.

    I don’t recall reading why it was called Avalon. Am I missing something with that name?

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    Avalon is basically everywhere..
    I watched this movie many years ago, I still have it here in DVD I bought in a supermarket.

    Here is the movie : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267287/

    "In a dystopian world, a woman spends her time playing an illegal and dangerous game, hoping to find meaning in her world."
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    Quote Posted by Catechism (here)
    All kinds of everything resolute with CERN and the military industrial internet, a Ouija board incarnate , life changed
    I cracked up with this one, my goodness that song takes me back - such a festival of all that is wholesome, normal and greeting card excellence! Ha, Avalon is the fabled island where Merlin and Arthur now reside isn't it? Like the western islands of the Elves in LOTR: I think we are all magical beings who just happened to rediscover one another after an eternity, nice to meet you all again!

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    When I lived near Sydney I went here a few times:

    Avalon Beach, NSW, Australia

    https://www.google.com.au/maps/place...51.3118194,14z

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    Avalonia was a microcontinent that drifted off Northern edges of Gondwana in Palaeozoic era.

    Åland Island, Ahvenanmaa in Finnish, autonomous territory of Finland. Its original Old Norse name was Ahvaland , “the Water Land” ( land surrounded by water) while ahwa (water) is related to Latin aqua.

    Avalon has been there long long ago before the recent continental split I suggest , is older than Atlantis ( and the rest of the “stuff” 😅 ) and whatever we may think about it is but a dream ...




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    I have an Avalon Tri Toon pontoon boat , it's made here in Michigan, it's one bad axx boat and rides like a Mercedes in the water, came with 150 h.p. motor. I added 4 feet to the back of the boat as a platform so it is now 30ft long. Spends lots of evenings on the lake.High demand for all the Avalon boats.

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    https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...00719-0528.jpg



    Avalonia in the Lake district, a beautiful photograph
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    Not sure if i've posted this one, but here goes:




    "Can you meet me in the country
    In the summertime in England
    Will you meet me?
    Will you meet me in the country
    In the summertime in England
    Will you meet me?
    We'll go riding up to Kendal in the country
    In the summertime in England
    Did you ever hear about
    Did you ever hear about
    Did you ever hear about
    Wordsworth and Coleridge, baby?
    Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge?
    They were smokin' up in Kendal
    By the lakeside
    Can you meet me in the country in the long grass
    In the summertime in England
    Will you meet me
    With your red robe dangling all around your body
    With your red robe dangling all around your body
    Will you meet me
    Did you ever hear about
    William Blake
    T. S. Eliot
    In the summer
    In the countryside
    They were smokin'
    Summertime in England
    Won't you meet me down Bristol
    Meet me along by Bristol
    We'll go ridin' down
    Down by Avalon
    Down by Avalon
    Down by Avalon
    In the countryside in England
    With your red robe danglin' all around your body free
    Let your red robe go
    Goin' ridin' down by Avalon
    Would you meet me in the country
    In the summertime in England
    Would you meet me?
    In the Church of St. John
    Down by Avalon
    Holy magnet
    Give you attraction
    Yea, I was attracted to you
    Your coat was old, ragged and worn
    And you wore it down through the ages
    Ah, the sufferin' did show in your eyes as we spoke
    And the gospel music
    The voice of Mahalia Jackson came through the ether
    Oh my common one with the coat so old
    And the light in the head
    Said, daddy, don't stroke me
    Call me the common one
    I said, oh, common one, my illuminated one
    Oh my high in the art of sufferin' one
    Take a walk with me
    Take a walk with me down by Avalon
    Oh, my common one with the coat so old
    And the light in her head
    And the sufferin' so fine
    Take a walk with me down by Avalon
    And I will show you
    It ain't why, why, why
    It just is
    Would you meet me in the country
    Can you meet me in the long grass
    In the country in the summertime
    Can you meet me in the long grass
    Wait a minute
    With your red robe
    Danglin' all around your body
    Yeats and Lady Gregory corresponded
    And James Joyce wrote streams of consciousness books
    T.S. Eliot chose England
    T.S. Eliot joined the ministry
    Did you ever hear about
    Wordsworth and Coleridge?
    Smokin' up in Kendal
    They were smokin' by the lakeside
    Let your red robe go
    Let your red robe dangle in the countryside in England
    We'll go ridin' down by Avalon
    In the country
    In the summertime
    With you by my side
    Let your red robe go
    You'll be happy dancin'
    Let your red robe go
    Won't you meet me down by Avalon
    In the summertime in England
    In the Church of St. John
    Did you ever hear about Jesus walkin'
    Jesus walkin' down by Avalon?
    Can you feel the light in England?
    Can you feel the light in England?
    Oh, my common one with the light in her head
    And the coat so old
    And the sufferin' so fine
    Take a walk with me
    Oh, my common one
    Oh, my illuminated one
    Down by Avalon
    Oh, my common one
    Oh, my storytime one
    Oh, my treasury in the sunset
    Take a walk with me
    And I will show you
    It ain't why
    It just is
    Oh, my common one
    With the light in the head
    And the coat so old
    Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
    Oh, my common one
    Take a walk with me
    Down by Avalon
    And I will show you
    It ain't why
    It just is
    Oh, my common one with the light in her head
    And the coat so fine
    And the sufferin' so high
    All right now
    Oh, my common one
    It ain't why
    It just is
    That's all
    That's all there is about it
    It just is
    Can you feel the light?
    I want to go to church and say
    In your soul
    Ain't it high?
    Oh, my common one
    Oh, my storytime one
    Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
    Put your head on my shoulder
    And you listen to the silence
    Can you feel the silence?"

    Perfect Van.. this song has everything, including the strings. The live version is transcendent.

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