Abney Chapel - NonConformist Apply Only

We've paid a few visits to Abney Park over the last few weeks and each time snapping something new due to the scale of the cemetery. On my first visits i was slightly bashful about taking photos of gravestones because i didn't wish to cause offense. This cemetery is a big part of Hackney's colorful history and was called a denomination cemetery which meant everyone was welcome here regardless of religion or political persuasion. In the time we've been going we didn't get a chance to snap the chapel. While researching the park i happened across a site which claimed there was a pentagram on the chapel along with demonic art painted on a wall out back where satanic rituals take place under the glow of burning wood. We know the cemetery is placed on a complex ley grid of which the chapel seems to be at the center.


We quickly made way to the park quite eager to snap the symbol and evidence of foul play but of course there was no symbol though fire it seems is quite common. Do not get caught in the cemetery after 6pm but not because of the ghouls but due to the nocturnal habits of roaming gay men. 

Abney Park - Gravestone Symbolism PT.2

This cemetery is actually huge and took me by surprise when i recently passed through the gates for the first time. I guess some people may think its a little creepy spotting someone snapping gravestones but i do it for the cause. Abney Park is called 'one of the magnificent seven' and I'm still trying to work out exactly what they mean by this statement. Do they mean one of the top seven cemeteries or is there a deeper mystical meaning by the use of the number seven and the possibility this cemetery is placed on several ley currents and many vortexes. 

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Abney Park - Salvation Army Founders

They say the founders of the Salvation Army are buried at Abney, one of the so called magnificent seven cemeteries, so armed with a camera i went in search of symbolic meaning or a photograph of something symbolic for later translation. I've never studied the history of Sally's Army and to be Frank i have no intention of becoming a pupil but even i was quietly surprised when i spotted the small brand at the top of the stone. In particular the slogan which reads BLOOD & FIRE which also features the colour burgundy as lets be honest its closer to the red of blood. Why would a religious order incorporate two key features of so called satanic worship?

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Abney Park - Gravestone Symbolism PT.1 (Ley Markers)

Abney Park in Stoke Newington, north-east London, UK is an historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr. Isaac Watts, and the neighboring Hartopp family. In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden cemetery, semi-public park arboretum, and educational institute, which was widely celebrated as an example of its time. Abney Park, or Abney Park Cemetery, is one of the Magnificent Seven.

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