In the Alphabet of Trees They Speak

Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, Great Britain. When the land was called the Island of the Mighty, it was a holy place. The shadowy King Arthur has one of his reputed tombs nearby, and the yet more shadowy Joseph of Arimathea once made it a resting place of the Holy Grail.

There are two figures atop the tor now, clad in the garb of the ancient priests of sacred oak and wisdom’s cauldron. The preparations have been made. Now they can begin.

In the alphabet of trees they speak—with the names of the Triple Goddess they conjure—with the breath of birth, conjunction, and death, they work their spell….

— “Strange Tales” #11 (1988)

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