# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Frederick Bligh Bond was Glastonbury Abbey's first Director of Excavations, but he is perhaps best-known today as the father of ‘psychic archaeology’. In his controversial book The Gate of Remembrance (1918) Bond revealed that he had conducted the first long term field experiment in psychical research during his years at the abbey. At the same time Bond publicized a scheme of sacred geometry underlying the monastery's ground plan and even claimed to have discovered a numerical code embedded in its architecture. Bond’s revelations resulted in his dismissal from the abbey and have tarnished his reputation ever since. Can any of this be taken at face value?

Join Dr Tim Hopkinson-Ball as he explores Frederick Bligh Bond's career at Glastonbury Abbey. Tim will address Bond’s discoveries, thought and beliefs, as well as suggesting answers to questions concerning the man and his legacy. Was Bond a Spiritualist? Was he involved with the occult? What was his relationship to Dion Fortune, Alice Buckton and the other luminaries of the ‘Avalonian Revival’? To what extent has Bond’s thought influenced the New Age and ultimately, what did Bond contribute to our understanding of the archaeology and history of Glastonbury Abbey?

Dr Tim Hopkinson-Ball is an independent scholar and Chair of the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society. He has lectured widely on Glastonbury’s history and traditions. Tim is also the author of numerous papers, including the only academic study of the cultus of Our Lady at Glastonbury. He is also author of The Rediscovery of Glastonbury, a biography of Frederick Bligh Bond, the first Director of Excavations at the abbey, and Glastonbury: Origins of the Sacred, a study of the evolution of the abbey's foundation story.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/glastonbury/frederick-bligh-bond-a-career-in-ruins/200028915064736
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 70

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Glastonbury
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Abbey House
- **lat**: 51.147088487619
- **long**: -2.7121424674988
- **full address**: Abbey House, 1 Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, BA6 8DF, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins being held?
  - **A:** Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins takes place on Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm at Abbey House, 1 Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, BA6 8DF, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins?
  - **A:** Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins is organized by Glastonbury Abbey.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Frederick Bligh Bond: A Career in Ruins is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Glastonbury, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 70+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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