Dear Fellow List-Members
It strikes me that the following exchange from the Wells-and-Spas List has
potential for those of us interested in how stories of the miraculous develop.
At one level the original material is ludicrous (the opening comment from a
list member is typical of a number of postings); at another it's quite
revealing.
Enjoy!
Graham Jones
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> I guess i shouldn't laugh, but that really is a terribly
> funny article. The workman being inspired to lose weight
> and enrol on a college course. Pilgrims taking the mud from
> the skip. Hysterical. Thanks for that.
>
> Tee! Hee!
>
> Rich
>
> P.S. Send this on to Fortean Times, they'll love it!
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:16:13 +0100 (BST) NSAD Student
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I was recently given a cutting from the Eastern Daily Press of Wednesday
> > 21 June, about this healing well at Walsingham, and it makes fascinating
> > reading:
> > "Val Goodsell did not dream she was destined to tap into the religious
> > spirit of a Norfolk shrine village when she ordered some building work to
> > be done. The discovery of a well behind her candle shop in Walsingham has
> > prompted strange goings on. and she is approaching experts to test the
> > water to see if there is any explanation for the bizarre phenomena. The
> > village is famous for well water which allegedly has healing properties.
> > People travel from far and wide to be sprinkled withholy water from the
> > Anglican shrine.
> >
> > Village folklore has long suggested there was a second well with healing
> > properties and the discovery of the structure during building work behind
> > Vals candle shop may resolve the mystery. As builders began to dig down
> > the structure, they began to experience strange things. One kept feeling
> > uplifted while working on the excavation and another was motivated to lose
> > weight and enrol on a college course to get further qualifications. Other
> > people who have clambered down reported similar effects and pilgrims
> > visiting the village have even taken mud from a skip in the hope it has
> > healing qualities.
> >
> > Val said the effects of the well had been consistent for all who had been
> > down. "They have been getting very excited. It is that kind of fervour",
> > she explained. Jamie Foulds, who visited the well, said: "It just felt
> > very sort of calming. It is hard to explain really."
> >
> > Council officials are to test the waters, an independent study may be
> > commissioned and local clergy are blessing the well tomorrow. Val is
> > keeping an open mind about the issue. "If something brings hope to people
> > then that is half the battle for them if they have various ailments," she
> > said."
> >
> > I'm sorry it was rather long to reproduce fully, but I couldn't possibly
> > leave any of it out. Enjoy!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Jenny
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Janet Bord wrote:
> >
> > > >Reply-To: "Brenda Harry" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >From: "Brenda Harry" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >To: "Janet Bord" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >Subject: Healing well
> > > >Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:29:38 +0100
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> > > > Dear Janet Bord, My friend in Walsingham has just cleared an old
> > > >well in her garden. It is 20 feet down and a clarivoyant has told her it
> > > >goes down a further 40/60 feet. And that it is a healing well. We need
> > > >advice on testing etc. I couldn't find anything on the internet for Karl
> > > >Stamper whom you mentioned. Can you advise on a Well Association??? Kind
> > > >regards Brenda Harry
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To all members of wells-and-spas:
> > >
> > > Is there anyone out there who can help Brenda and her friend? If so,
> > > please reply direct to Brenda as she is not a member and won't see any
> > > responses sent to the list. From this and a later message she sent me, I
> > > get the impression that the 'testing' she refers to is how to find out if
> > > the well is a healing and/or holy well. Is there anyone living near
> > > Walsingham who could take a look and ascertain whether the well is an
> > > ordinary domestic well or something special? I somehow feel that she
> > > shouldn't rely solely on a clairvoyant's belief that it is a healing well!
> > > Brenda also asks for advice on 'liming' a well.
> > >
> > > Janet Bord
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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