I was devastated when I first heard about this and to be honest I never knew about the existence of the tree! Watching this wonderful film and seeing those people carrying away those branches, I felt such a loss, as if they were carrying away the body of someone I closely knew. I don't consider myself religeous, neither a believer or disbeliever, but for some reason I have been touched and moved by this event and by what I saw in the film.

to seeeveryone come together in love amidst the tragedy was in of itself a holy miracle.Bless all of you.

A truly great film, sensitively filmed and edited. The best one that I have seen about this tragic subject. Well done.

Simple, moving and very effective. In some strange way, the twisted person responsible for this desecration did us all a favour in waking us up again to the significance of this tree. For those who are not aware of its history, legend has it that Joseph of Arimathea came to Glastonbury and thrust his walking stick into the ground, where it sprouted and blossomed. This tree is not the same one, but originated from it. It is of a species found only in the middle East, which adds credence.

@daragildea7434

4 жыл бұрын

Whoever told you that doesn't know what he/she is talking about. There is no "species (of hawthorn) only found in the middle east". Hawthorns are only native to Europe, in point of botanical fact.

@yuiopoli9601

Жыл бұрын

Can you prove your "only in the middle east" comment? That would be truly helpful!

@vixendoe6943

Жыл бұрын

@@yuiopoli9601 no the legend cannot be authenticated. The original blackthorn was destroyed during the Reformation. Because the tree blooms twice a year it is thought to come from the type of blackthorn found around the Mediterranean and Levant. Unfortunately the only way to propagate the blackthorn is by grafting it into other trees like the hawthorn, the common type native to the area around Glastonbury and as far afield as Ireland. So the "holy thorn" has become more common hawthorn then the original blackthorn tree the legend of Joseph of Arimathea was born from.

Whoever cut this down should be totally ashamed of themselves what right did they have to do such an awful thing nothing can justify this action just terrible

thank you for a heart felt documentary

Dharam thank you for sharing and doing this...i so in watching this for the first time...see that it will be GRAFTED again and Begun again..this is part of the NEW Energies coming in now.SAD as this is to see and watch.and listen to the beautiful Stories here..i am so FILLED with the MESSAGE of the New Energies this will bring now..the NEW .the FRESH from what has been cut down..and what it is of the Ability of Nature and Wood to do that and of what the Thorn represents the NEW LIGHT Roshandra

SENSITIVELY CREATED DHARAM. ...LUV TONY

what ever your believe s , why would any one vandalise a healthy tree , sad ,sad people , an iconic Glastonbury site , lost ! , for no real reason 😖

Thank you for this moving piece. May the Thorn live on, with blessings.

Madness Total madness

Only just found out about this and I already feel like I've lost a friend or a limb or something. Hawthorn means a lot to me. Everyone knows you have to respect hawthorn... well... clearly not EVERYONE. Such a pity.

Any progress with the tree? I hope and pray that it has healed... Bless the people of Glastonbury for their devotion to this wonderful tree.

@tay7366

3 жыл бұрын

It’s gone The land owner cut it down to try and get permission to build luxury houses. He was turned down by the council

@Dryhten1801

10 ай бұрын

​@@tay7366are you serious

Helios healers went to glastonbury, we saw the cut tree, but noticed some green shoots at the base of the trunk, has it survived today

The words cloud and silver lining spring to mind........

Love you JESUS

I remember this. I'm in Wiltshire, and htv news did a few days on this. I was a protestant until my mid teens. Am no longer religious. I felt devastated when this was done though. My gripe with all of this, is, you can take semi ripe cuttings and root cuttings (as was probably done in the past), yet you get new age folk tying crap to it instead of trying to take cuttings............ Although I am atheist I believe anyone who has beliefs of any sort should be respected. I am a f/t gardener by trade and this tree could have lived on if folk didn't p!ss about whining and doing nothing. First thing I would have done was take some branches to take cuttings and some for grafting. Btw, even cut branches can live for weeks even after cutting, so there was no excuse.

Pissed of local landowner.

Upsetting😢 ❤rise stronger and Love deeply 💪❤️

I am not religious in any way but am as a human being disgusted in this mindless act, on 1st hearing i assumed(probably wrongly) this was children being destructive (for the sake of it), i hope the person/s believe in karma & have it all come back on them. shocked!!!

@daragildea7434

4 жыл бұрын

If they believed in "karma", they wouldn't have done it in the first place.

done by the people who like darkness...because they are interested in destruction...but none of their acts carry any weight with the universe...their acts are like those of spoilt unbalanced children...

The Holy Thorn in St John's Churchyard, Glastonbury High Street was chopped down too ~ I think November 1990.

Suzanna Maria Emmanuel (Jesus in past life..ganglia,and many others)explains all...and the timeline is 2&14 years

Www.caeayaron.com is where you can look up Suzanna Maria Emmanuel,or on her Facebook page

This was the day I finally decided to leave Glastonbury.

@davidtownsend1792

Жыл бұрын

Phaedra, my wife and I have been visting Glastonbury for many , many, years, not an easy journey at our age , from Holland, weve always had a wonderful time even introducing our daughter to it, but on our last vist this summer, we felt a whole different vibe, instead of being energised we both felt tired and down, and there was an aggression, an angry feeling, we thought it was us, then others started to mention it, so????

Jesus went there with his uncle people are getting to know about this. Everywhere

Thanks To Kew Gardens the branches were grafted and saved.

It’s gone now in 2020 ?

Were the bastards that did that to the tree ever found?

Did nobody think of taking a cutting? I mean shit me, the twigs and stuff I've stuck in the ground that had grown is unbelievable. 😏

Can someone fill me in on what has happened?

@daragildea7434

4 жыл бұрын

Somebody destroyed the tree, the Christians blame the pagans, and vice versa.

@mentaltfladdrig

4 жыл бұрын

@@daragildea7434 what tree?

@mentaltfladdrig

4 жыл бұрын

@@daragildea7434 Oh nevermind lol. Had to rewatch it

@juliebrothers6033

3 жыл бұрын

@ mentaltfladdrig. The story I was told came from the book Drama of the Lost Disciples. When Jesus had died the Sanhedrin are supposed to push a boat with no supplies out to sea with Mary, mother of Jesus and followers. They drifted to Marseilles France (each year in a small village they have a procession of a small boat representing the holy family/disciples through the streets.). From there this small group went to Cornwall. The Glastonbury Chapel was supposedly where these holy ones were Buried here and many came to be buried here, kings royalty. The Glastonbury thorn was supposedly planted at this place, from the crown of thorns from Jesus’ crucifix.. the thorn sprouted white roses.. in the winter. A stamp commemorates it 💁‍♀️✝️💕🌹

@mentaltfladdrig

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliebrothers6033 thats weirdly interesting actually

Respect for the caretakers of the 🌳

did they ever catch the vandals and charge them with a hate crime?

You never see the piano player: maybe she did it. Golly gosh, how irritating.

I guess that Jesus or God doesn’t really care about the tree! Or maybe they did!

SENSITIVELY CREATED DHARAM. ...LUV TONY