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1、PriestessofAvalonMarionZimmerBradleyCONTENTS·PEOPLEINTHESTORY·PLACES·PROLOGUE·PartOne—THEWAYTOLOVE·PartOne—THEWAYTOPOWER·PartThree—THEWAYTOWISDOMToourgrandchildrenACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThisisthestoryofalegend.TheprovablefactsaboutHelenaarefewincomparisonwiththewealthofstoriesth
2、athaveattachedthemselvestohername.WeknowthatshewastheconsortofConstantiusandthehonouredmotherofConstantinetheGreat,andthatshehadsomeassociationwiththetownofDrepanum.WeknowthatsheownedpropertyinRomeandthatshemadeavisittoPalestine,andthatisall.Butwherevershewent,mythssprang
3、upbehindher.SheishonouredinGermanyandIsraelandRome,wheresheishailedasasaintinthechurchesthatbearhername.Medievalhagiographymakesherthegreatdiscovererofrelics,whobroughttheheadsofthethreeWiseMentoCologne,theRobeJesusworetoTrier,andtheTrueCrosstoRome.Butsheholdsaspecialplac
4、einthelegendsofBritian,whereitissaidthatshewasaBritishprincesswhomarriedanemperor.SheisbelievedtohavelivedinYorkandinLondon,andtohaveestablishedroadsinWales.SomeevenidentifyherwiththegoddessNehalennia.DidthesestoriesarisebecauseConstantiusandConstantinebothhadsuchstrongco
5、nnectionswithBritain,orcouldshehaveoriginallycomefromthatisle?Ifso,perhapsitisnotsogreatastretchtolinkherwiththemythologyofAvalon,andaddonemorelegendtotherest.MarionZimmerBradleyandIbeganthisworktogether,aswehaveworkedtogetherbefore,butitwaslefttometocompleteit.Attheendof
6、herlifeMarionattendedaChristianchurch,andyetshewasmyfirsthighpriestessintheancientmysteries.IntellingthestoryofHelena,whoalsowalkedbetweenthePage1Christianandthepaganworlds,IhavetriedtoremainfaithfultoMarion'steachings.Inthecreationofthisbook,Marion'swastheinspirationando
7、rigin.Thehistoricallegworkwasmine.AmongthemanysourceswhichwereusefulIshouldlist:Fry'sRomanBritain;Gibbon'sclassicDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire,whichincludesallthegossip;TheLaterRomanEmpire,byA.H.M.Jones;RobinLaneFox'sfascinatingPagansandChristians;andTheAquarianGuidetoLe
8、gendaryLondon,editedbyJohnMatthewsandChescaPotter,particularlythechapterontheGoddessesofLondonby
