How can you be an Avalonian group that is not based in Glastonbury or in the UK?
While the SOA has members from all over the world, it is true that the majority of our Sisters do not live in the United Kingdom; in fact, we are an incorporated non-profit organization in the United States. The SOA as an organization has pledged support to Chalice Well Trust, the Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Friends of Bride’s Mound and hosts Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites in Glastonbury and Wales – our tradition’s Motherland. Our individual sisters study the history, culture and landscape of Wales and Celtic Britain, and have made personal Pilgrimages, participate in the Glastonbury Goddess Conference, and support the site of Ancient Avalon in their own ways. We connect with the energies of Avalon from an archetypal perspective that does not necessitate our being physically present on the land that was once the site of Ancient Avalon. Geography, therefore, is no barrier. We do stress the importance of immersion in some aspect of Celtic British culture — language, art, music, folk-tradit
