Helene Koppejan (born Helene van Woelderen; 20 August 1927, Vlissingen - 27 February 1998, Glastonbury) was a Dutch astrologer and entrepreneur.[1]

She published Strange parallel: Zebulun--The Netherlands, a tribe of Israel, a book expounding the theory that the Dutch were one of the "Ten Lost Tribes" (Artisan Sales, 1994). With her husband Willem Koppejan (1913-1979) she published a book on astrology, The Zodiac Image Handbook: The Mutable Signs - Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Gemini (Element Books, 1993).

She and her husband purchased a number of buildings in Glastonbury in which they set up what came to be called the "Glastonbury Experience", a complex of alternative shops and studios.[2] She was co-founder of the Glastonbury Trust, an organization which promoted ecological awareness and sustainable development,[3] and which took over the Experience after it ran into financial difficulty following the death of Willem Koppejan.[2]

References

  1. ^ Jones, Kathy (1996). On Finding Treasure: Mystery Plays of the Goddess. Ariadne. p. 115. ISBN 9781872983035.
  2. ^ a b Bowman, Marion (2012-02-13). "Understanding Glastonbury as a site of consumption". In Gordon Lynch; Jolyon Mitchell; Anna Strhan (eds.). Religion, Media and Culture: A Reader. Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 9781136649608.
  3. ^ Laack, Isabel (2011). Religion und Musik in Glastonbury: Eine Fallstudie zu gegenwärtigen Formen religiöser Identitätsdiskurse. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 115. ISBN 9783647540115.
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