Home › Blogs › Grail-seeker's blog

RIP John Michell

Posted by Grail-seeker at 21:21, 24 Apr 2009

I'm very sad to report the death of world-renowned author and mystic John Michell, who was suffering from terminal cancer.

John, a huge inspiration to me, and I'm sure to many other Grailers, has been described as something of a national treasure. As the author of The View Over Atlantis, and many more books on traditional science, John was arguably the founder of the modern "earth mysteries" movement.

I last met him at the George and Pilgrim in Glastonbury, during the 2008 Megalithomania conference, when he listened patiently, spliff in hand, as I updated him on my research.

I remember him as an intelligent and kind-hearted gentleman.

The latest issue of Fortean Times (on sale Thursday 30 April) features a major tribute to him and his work.

Here he is in 1993 speaking on 'Fort's Cosmology':

Bookmark/Search this post with
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • SlashDot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Comments

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
A sad loss
#1
Kathrinn's picture
Member since:
10 August 2004
Last activity:
2 weeks 6 days
Posted by Kathrinn on 25 Apr 2009 at about 11:44.

Very sorry to hear that John Michell is no longer with us. I have many of his books, which I have always found to be very insightful and thought-provoking. He always seemed to me to be a voice of reason in a sphere which is sometimes clogged with over-zealous speculation.

Safe journey, John.

Regards, Kathrinn