Vision of Albion

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Comment by Sunlight thru Birches on March 3, 2009 at 2:28pm

This seems absolutely fascinating. In simplistic terms, if Joseph of Arimathea has solid connection to the British Isles, then there is a basis right there in support of the claim.

Comment by Barry Dunford on March 3, 2009 at 6:56am

Dear Members of Vision of Albion,

You may find the following extract from my new book of interest:

It may be pertinent to ask why Joseph of Arimathea and perhaps other members of the family of Jesus came to the British Isles? Such visits may have occurred both before and after the crucifixion of Jesus, the latter being recorded in the Annales Ecclesiastici of the 16th century Roman Catholic Cardinal Baronius. The answer appears to lie, at least in part, with a possible genealogical relationship between the Holy Family and the Celto-British royal family of this period and perhaps earlier.

It would seem that the family of Jesus may have been related to the Celto-British royal family of the time. Such a contention is supported by Rev. Lionel S. Lewis in his book, St. Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury, who states: “It will surprise most people to know that in the English College of Arms, the Heralds’ Office, there is a pedigree of Christ and His relatives from Adam downwards. It is both in chart and narrative form. The pedigree of Our Lord’s immediate family is startling. It is strange to find it there.” He goes on to say that a manuscript in Jesus College, MS. 20, “makes Anna [the Grandmother of Jesus] mother of Penardin (a somewhat Cornish name) who married King Lear, and so was mother of Bran the Blessed and grandmother of Caractacus, thus linking the Holy Family with the ancient British Royal Family.... As stated in the text, Anna, daughter of St. Joseph of Arimathea, is said to have married King Beli, and here we have a claim that King Beli’s grandson King Lear married Penardin daughter of St. Anna. We do not claim accuracy for these ancient pedigrees, especially Celtic ones, but here are two claims that members of the Holy Family married two celebrated British kings, Beli Mawr the Great and King Lear. That there was one or more such matches is probably the basis.”

Importantly, this genealogical line of descent, if correct, reveals that the British King, Bran the Blessed, was a grandson of St. Anna, the grandmother of Jesus/Isa. This would mean that Bran and Jesus were directly related to each other as second cousins. Moreover, according to the Scots Chronicles, Bran the Blessed’s wife was the sister of the Caledonian King Metallanus whose royal seat was at Fortingall in central Scotland. Thus there would have been at the very least a distant family connection between the royal Caledonian lineage of Metallanus and the Holy Family of Jesus. Moreover, regarding the tradition of the presence of Anna, the Grandmother of Jesus, in Britain, Mary Caine refers to, “a chapel at East Looe [Cornwall], now given to St. Anne – who is herself remembered as a Cornish or Breton Princess, mother of the Virgin Mary.”

The Rev. Lewis further notes: “There appears to have been some connection by marriage or blood between the Blessed Virgin Mary and the British Royal Family….So many Welsh traditions and pedigrees claim various descents from intermarriages with the line of the ancient British kings, and some relative of the Blessed Virgin.…Mrs. Cottrell, of Penwerris, Cornwall, an old lady, educated as a girl at a French convent in Alexandria by nuns who were members of the old French noblesse, said that she had been told by the sisters that St. Joseph of Arimathea brought the Blessed Virgin to Britain, and that she died there. It is an amazing statement to come from modern Roman Catholics. At the most it could only mean that among the French there lingered a tradition that the Blessed Virgin had come to Britain ….” - Barry

Comment by Barry Dunford on February 15, 2009 at 6:52am

Hi Sunlight,
Thanks for joining the Vision of Albion group. I am new to the internet but have just started a discussion group today.
Blessings, Barry

Comment by Barry Dunford on February 15, 2009 at 6:49am

Maia,
Thanks for joining the Vision of Albion group. I have started a discussion today which hopefully will initiate further comment.
Love, Barry

Comment by Maia Christianne Mallika on February 5, 2009 at 10:20am

I am sooo glad you have this Light group here Barry!

To ALL...Barry and Theresa Dunford are long-time "Light" friends of ours. We have visited them in Scoltand and they made the long trip to visit us when we lived in Colorado. Barry incorporated quite a bit of my Akashic insights in his previous book, The Holy Land of Scotland.

His latest, Vision of Albion is even more thought-provoking and extremely well-researched.

Comment by Barry Dunford on February 5, 2009 at 8:48am

This recent book "Vision of Albion. The Key to the Holy Grail" is an indepth and revealing research work on the history and destiny of the sacred British Isles. It is the result of 15 years historical investigation.