A top professor has claimed that Glasto’s mystical vibe comes from the fact that Worthy Farm sits atop “ancient ley lines” that bring an ancient energy to the festival.
Roberta Gilchrist, professor of archaeology at the University of Reading, said the town of Glastonbury, which plays host to the enormous Glastonbury Festival every year, was an “evocative” place.
She claimed that Glastonbury was a place that “attracted myths and legends from its earliest history” due to its unique geography.
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“Right up until the later middle ages Glastonbury was a very watery place, essentially an island,” she toldNational Geographic.
“There was Glastonbury Tor, this outcrop that emerged out of the water, [then] further emphasised by a church on the top. It created an evocative landscape that attracted myths and legends from its earliest history.”
Many believe that Glastonbury sits on a “ley line”, a path of high mystical energy that makes up a network that can be found across the world.
They are believed to link ancient monuments and notable parts of a country’s landscape with an invisible energy.
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One of the most famous apparently joins St Michael’s Mount, off the coast of Cornwall, and the Hurlers stone circles in Cornwall proper, and happens to split Glastonbury’s Tor and St Michael’s tower.
While there is little scientific evidence for the existence of ley lines, they have been the subject of strong belief for centuries and as a result may have contributed to the mystical feeling that often pervades Worthy Farm.
But despite this ancient history, Glasto’s organisers have been forced to ask revellers not to wee all over the 1000 acres that the festival takes up every year.
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The Daily Star reportedthat despite the enormous queues for the toilets that have built up, with many festival-goers being forced to wait for up to 45 minutes for the loo, the festival’s chiefs have asked its guests to not wee everywhere.
In a social media post, festival organisers shared a graphic depicting a man making a splash by peeing on the floor, reading: "Respect. Don't pee on the land.
"Reuse. Reduce. Respect. Love The Farm. Leave No Trace"
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