Chapter Xi. The Secret Of The Grail : p. 141 CHAPTER XI THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL (2) THE NAASSENE DOCUMENT We have now seen that the Ritual which, as we have postulated, lies, in a fragmentary and distorted condition, at the root of our existing Grail romances, possessed elements capable of assimilation with a religious system which...
Chapter I. Introductory : p. 1 FROM RITUAL TO ROMANCE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY In view of the extensive literature to which the Grail legend has already given birth it may seem that the addition of another volume to the already existing "corpus" calls for some words of apology and explanation. When the student of the subject...
Chapter Xii. Mithra And Attis : p. 155 CHAPTER XII MITHRA AND ATTIS The fact that there was, at a very early date, among a certain sect of Christian Gnostics, a well-developed body of doctrine, based upon the essential harmony existing between the Old Faith and the New, which claimed by means of a two-fold Initiation to impact...
Quotes : "Animus ad amplitudinem Mysteriorum pro modulo suo dilatetur, non Mysteria ad angustias animi constringantur." (Bacon.) "Many literary critics seem to think that an hypothesis about obscure and remote questions of history can be refuted by a simple demand for the production of more evidence th...
Chapter Xiii. The Perilous Chapel : p. 165 CHAPTER XIII THE PERILOUS CHAPEL Students of the Grail romances will remember that in many of the versions the hero--sometimes it is a heroine--meets with a strange and terrifying adventure in a mysterious Chapel, an adventure which, we are given to understand, is fraught with extreme peril...
Chapter V. Medieval And Modern Forms Of Nature : p. 49 CHAPTER V MEDIEVAL AND MODERN FORMS OF NATURE RITUAL Readers of the foregoing pages may, not improbably, object that, while we have instanced certain curious and isolated parallels from early Aryan literature and tradition, and, what, from the point of view of declared intention, appears...
Chapter Iii. The Freeing Of The Waters : p. 23 CHAPTER III THE FREEING OF THE WATERS 'To begin at the beginning,' was the old story-telling formula, and it was a very sound one, if 'the beginning' could only be definitely ascertained! As our nearest possible approach to it I would draw attention to certain curious parallels...
Chapter Ii. The Task Of The Hero : p. 11 CHAPTER II THE TASK OF THE HERO As a first step towards the successful prosecution of an investigation into the true nature and character of the mysterious object we know as the Grail it will be well to ask ourselves whether any light may be thrown upon the subject by examining more closely...
Preface : p. v PREFACE In the introductory Chapter the reader will find the aim and object of these studies set forth at length. In view of the importance and complexity of the problems involved it seemed better to incorporate such a statement in the book itself, rather than relegate it to a Preface which...
Chapter Xiv. The Author : p. 178 CHAPTER XIV THE AUTHOR Having now completed our survey of the various elements which have entered into the composite fabric of the Grail Legend, the question naturally arises where, and when, did that legend assume romantic form, and to whom should we ascribe its literary origin? On these...
Chapter Vii. The Sword Dance : p. 77 CHAPTER VII THE SWORD DANCE The subject we are now about to consider is one which of late years has attracted considerable attention, and much acute criticism has been expended on the question of its origin and significance. Valuable material has been collected, but the studies, so far, have...
Chapter Iv. Tammuz And Adonis : p. 32 CHAPTER IV TAMMUZ AND ADONIS PART I. TAMMUZ In the previous chapter we considered certain aspects of the attitude assumed by our Aryan forefathers towards the great processes of Nature in their ordered sequence of Birth, Growth, and Decay. We saw that while on one hand they, by prayer...
Chapter Viii. The Medicine Man : p. 96 CHAPTER VIII THE MEDICINE MAN In previous chapters I have referred to the part played by the Doctor in a large number of the surviving 'Fertility' ceremonies, and to the fact, noted by other writers, that even where an active share is no longer assigned to the character, he still appears...
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Chapter X. The Secret Of The Grail. The Mysteries : p. 130 CHAPTER X THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL (1) THE MYSTERIES Students of the Grail literature cannot fail to have been impressed by a certain atmosphere of awe and mystery which surrounds that enigmatic Vessel. There is a secret connected with it, the revelation of which will entail dire misfortune...
Chapter Vi. The Symbols : p. 62 CHAPTER VI THE SYMBOLS In the previous chapters we have discussed the Grail Legend from a general, rather than a specific, point of view; "i.e.", we have endeavoured to ascertain what was the real character of the task imposed upon the hero, and what the nature and value of his achievement...
Chapter Ix. The Fisher King : p. 107 CHAPTER IX THE FISHER KING The gradual process of our investigation has led us to the conclusion that the elements forming the existing Grail legend--the setting of the story, the nature of the task which awaits the hero, the symbols and their significance--one and all, while finding their...
