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Eternal Chalice - The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail (Paperback)
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Eternal Chalice - The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail (Paperback)
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The sacred allure of the Holy Grail has fascinated writers and
ensnared knights for over a thousand years. From Malory to Monty
Python, the eternal chalice--said to be the very cup from which
Christ drank at the Last Supper--has the richest associations of
any icon in British myth. Many different meanings have been devised
for the Grail, which has been linked to the Celts and King Arthur,
the eucharistic rites of Eastern Christianity, ancient mystery
religions, Jungian archetypes, dualist heresies, Templar treasure
and even the alleged descendants of Christ himself and Mary
Magdalene. The common thread running through all these stories is
the assumption that the Grail legend has a single source with a
meaning that--if only we could decode it--is concealed in the
romances themselves. That meaning has become the subject of coded,
secret documents and is the central feature of a vast conspiracy
supposedly stretching back to the dawn of western civilization.
Juliette Wood here reveals the elusive and embedded significance of
the Grail story in popular consciousness--as myth, medieval
romance, tangible holy relic and finally as the centre of an
esoteric theory of global conspiracy. The author shows how various
interpretations of the Grail, over the centuries, reflect changing
cultural needs and desires. Her book will enthral those who, like
Sir Perceval, seek to unlock the mysterious secrets of western
mythology's most extraordinary and tantalising enigma, and will
delight students of history, myth and religion alike.
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