Adrian Gilbert

The Sunday London Walkabout

 

 London today might be seen like an urban sprawl that has long since claimed any sacredness this capital city might once have cherished. It is an opinion which many might share, but beneath the concrete foundations, miles of paving slabs and tarmac roads is a mystical realm which still exudes a powerful presence that cries out for attention. According to the legendary account of the foundation of Britain, as contained in works such as Geoffrey of Monmouth’s THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN (c. 1138), London, or Lundinium, as it was originally known, was founded by King Lud, a descendant of Brutus of Troy.

His presence is recalled in the name Ludgate, while other monuments from his epoch proved fertile ground for much later cultures that built upon Lud’s Town. These include Bryn Gwyn, the White Mound, on which the Tower of London was built, and the sacred temple of Diana/Artemis, on the site of which rose St Paul’s Cathedral.

Following the Great Fire of London of 1666, in the reign of Charles II, the reconstruction of the razed city was placed in the hands of an elite group of free thinkers under the leadership of distinguished architect Sir Christopher Wren. Many of these individuals were members of the newly formed Royal Society, which possessed a strong Rosicrucian and Masonic background. This enormous opportunity allowed the group to put into action a long-held mystical plan to elevate London into the New Jerusalem, a city of Revelations, marked out to incorporate not only the capital’s already ancient sacred places, but also brand new, carefully chosen sites of interest which conformed to a rigid ground plan.

Adrian Gilbert, author of THE NEW JERUSALEM and co-author of THE ORION MYSTERY has agreed to lead attendees of the Questing Conference around some of the many sites featured in the Royal Society’s perceived personification of the New Jerusalem on Sunday, 16 November 2003, the day following the conference. Sites to be visited include The Monument, the London Stone, St Paul’s Cathedral and Temple Church.

Details of this free London walkabout will be made available only to those who attend the Questing Conference.

For further information on Adrian Gilbert and his research into London as the New Jerusalem go to:
www.adriangilbert.co.uk

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