#023 HOLY GRAIL SERIES: "and did those feet in ancient time" - a podcast by Tyler La Salle

And did those feet in ancient time,

Walk upon Englands mountains green:

And was the holy Lamb of God,

On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here,

Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:

Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:

Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In Englands green & pleasant Land.

Beneath the poem Blake inscribed a quotation from the Bible:

"I wish to God that all the Lords people were Prophets" - Moses

Numbers XI. Ch 29.v9

This poem by William Blake is based on an a handful of apocryphal texts and legends that Jesus may have once visited England when he was a child, also connected to the myth that Joseph of Arimathea was in possession of the holy grail and took it to England and started the Christian church there (which interestingly enough is backed by a letter from Queen Elizabeth I in 1559.)

So, who was Joseph of Arimathea? And is there anything to the story that Jesus was in England?

John 21:25

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

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