Mystical force stirs spoon-bender Geller to splash out on 'pyramid of the Forth'

RELAXING in his luxury Thames-side mansion, Uri Geller, the world-famous spoon-bender, was suddenly riveted by an advert for the sale of a mystical Scottish island.

But while the prospectus for Lamb Island, off the east coast of Scotland, listed the disadvantages – "it is completely bare, and uninhabitable because it's so rocky, does not come with planning permission" – Mr Geller realised it was his chance to be part of a legend linking Robert the Bruce, King Arthur and the ancient kings of Ireland.

Mr Geller's attraction to Lamb Island, a volcanic outcrop in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, is its claim to be one of the three "great pyramids of Scotland", which mirror the layout of the pyramids at Giza, near Cairo in Egypt. The other islands are Craigleith and Fidra.

Last night Mr Geller, 62, who paid 30,000 for the island, said: "It might seem forbidding, but it is one of the keystones to British mythology, and I am thrilled to be its owner.

"I am fascinated by the connection between the pyramids and these islands. It has been known for centuries – you can read about it in a 15th-century manuscript called the Scotichronicon by Walter Bower, the Abbot of Inchcolm.

"So when I heard Lamb Island was for sale I felt a strong instinctive urge to buy it – and the more I delved into the history and archaeological lore that surrounds it, the more certain I became that this was one of the most significant sites in Britain."

According to research published by Jeff Nisbett, a historical investigator, in the magazine Atlantis Rising in September 2002, lines drawn between Scotland's three important Templar sites – Temple in Midlothian, Rosslyn Chapel and the Isle of May – cut through Craigleith and Fidra, with Lamb Island between them.

The Isle of May is believed by some scholars to be the real location of Avalon, where King Arthur was laid to rest.

Mr Nisbett said the three islands were arranged in precisely the same crooked line that marked the layout of the pyramids at Giza, built by the pharaohs 4,500 years ago.

The layout also matches the three stars known as Orion's Belt. Mr Nisbett also discovered that anyone standing on the battlefield of Bannockburn, where Robert the Bruce defeated the English in 1314, on the anniversary of the battle on 24 June, would see the three stars rise exactly over the three islands.

As well as the connection to Arthur and Bruce, the line extended from the Isle of May through Lamb Island will cross Tara, burial place of the ancient Irish kings.

Mr Geller added: "I am a great believer in what Carl Jung called synchronicity, the power of connections between things which are linked by forces we don't understand. And there are many clear synchronicities that come together on Lamb Island."

Mr Geller said he planned to visit the 1.2 acre island soon.

Lamb Island can be accessed only by a ten-minute journey by boat, and there are no landing facilities.

Michael Yellowlees, partner at the law firm Lindsays, which acted for Mr Geller, said: "He is profoundly interested in the folklore and mystery which surrounds the island and its links to other mystical sites within Scotland and further afield."

The previous owner, internet entrepreneur Camilo Agasim-Pereira, originally wanted 75,000 for the island.