Interview by: Elliot Frisby
Kathy, being the expert that you are, can you explain who or what the Goddess is?
She is the feminine face of the divine. She is the source of all that is, She is the land, She is the earth, She is the sky, She is the heavens.
How long has the idea of the Goddess been around?

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Goddess expert, Kathy Jones |
About 4,000 to 5,000 years ago, the Goddess was honoured throughout the British Isles, and Europe, and most places in the world.
Wherever you find Neolithic remains (standing stones, stone circles, sacred lands), these were all principally dedicated to an ancient Goddess. So, the Goddess was known worldwide a long time ago.
It was only as patriarchal cultures came into the world, and removed the reverence for the earth and the Goddess, that we lost touch with who She is.
How does the Goddess relate to Glastonbury in particular?
The way we find the Goddess in Glastonbury is through the landscape itself, through the shapes of the hills and valleys.
Glastonbury is a town situated on a small group of hills, composed of Glastonbury Tor, the Chalice Hill, Wearyall Hill, Windmill Hill, and Stone Down.
These hills rise out of the flat lands surrounding Glastonbury, and when you look at the shape of them, you can see different outlines from the contours of the hills.
One of the forms that we see is the shape of a giant woman lying on her back on the land. She is the mother Goddess in the landscape.
Is She only found in Glastonbury, or is She elsewhere?
The Goddess is everywhere. You can see beautiful landscapes anywhere, but some places are more beautiful than others. Glastonbury is one of the places She can be more obviously seen, as She’s there in the landscape.
Glastonbury itself has always been a centre of pilgrimage, and people of all faiths come here. So, although the Goddess is here in the land, people come because this is a spiritual centre.
There’s something very powerful here in the energy of the place itself that draws people.
Would you put the feeling you get when you’re in Glastonbury down to the Goddess’ presence?

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A view of the landscape from Glastonbury Tor |
I think so, because She’s a very powerful presence. Other people would say they come for other reasons.
When I first came here nearly 30 years ago, there was no mention of the Goddess at all.
All the stories about Glastonbury were about male characters. It was a very male tradition here. The awareness of the Goddess has only arisen in the last 20 years or so.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/somerset
I’ve lived in Glastonbury for 28 years and have never seen a needle in the street. We have a drug problem here, like every town in the UK sadly, but I think it is really irresponsible to suggest that the casual visitor is going to encounter this. I’ve never heard the phrase ‘bush monkeys’, the locals do not use that term. Also, the photo taken in the tipi field is one of mine, I presume you’ve taken it from my blog. I’d appreciate if if you asked permission before using my photo, particularly as you have not credited the source.
Thank you for your feedback and I’m sorry you did not like my post. I believe in being honest about my experience and over that weekend I did experience people sitting on the pavement doing drugs, including using needles. If this is not a usual occurrence then I was simply unlucky. I did not use the term bush monkeys, I used the term bush sleepers, which was a term I was told whilst there. I appologise for using your picture, I found it on google, not your blog. You are entitled to your opinion, I cannot please everyone.