Tues 13 May 2025
GEOFF STRAY –
The Chartres Labyrinth Cover-Up
When visiting France’s Chartres Cathedral in 2006, Geoff Stray found three circles of sunlight falling onto the famous Labyrinth there. This started a unique investigation into how these lights were used and revealed astonishing attempts by cathedral authorities and others to sabotage and obscure the revelation of a pre-Christian technology hidden in plain sight.
Geoff discovered that the spots of light worked in conjunction with the cup marks around the Labyrinth to calculate the date of Easter – making this a hitherto unknown cathedral “meridian” that predates the first known one (in Florence) by 274 years. Following a return to Chartres Cathedral on the summer solstice of 2023, the pieces of the puzzle were fitted together and the lost knowledge was salvaged – despite the policy of Chartres staff to obscure both the lights and the Labyrinth so that its true purpose would be hidden. In this enthralling detective story of a talk, Geoff outlines the different stages of his discoveries and proves with startling demonstrations beyond any doubt that the Chartres Labyrinth represents far more than anyone is willing to admit …
Geoff Stray
Geoff Stray is the author of Chartres Labyrinth, Beyond 2012 and The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars (the latter in the Wooden Books series), but his little book Mendip Madness, about his hilarious encounters with “cider-soaked fruitcakes” while driving a bus around Somerset, may be more familiar to some. More recently, his historical investigation, The Long-Lost Glastonbury Sapphire, solved a five-hundred-year-old local mystery, while Glastonbury Underground is a constantly updating guide to the tunnels of Avalon. Geoff used to be a shoemaker (not knowing that his ancestors were shoemakers, going back to the Middle Ages) and has created the first-ever V-Twin Panther motorcycle.
http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/straydogbooks.html
All lectures are introduced by Andy Thomas and begin at 8.15pm SHARP, admission £8. Events are held on TUESDAYS. Our venue is at Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 8DX
Details of how to find us can be found on the Venue Directions page
Other dates for 2025:
- Tues 19 August
- Tues 14 October
A Changing Times lecture in progress