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The
Holy Grail and what it could be:
1. The Chalice that was used at the Last Supper.
2. The cup that Joseph of Arimathea used to collect the blood of Jesus.
3. A Stone in early Arthurian legend. Possibly the emerald that fell
from Lucifer as he was being kicked out of heaven.
4. The4 Philosopher's Stone, lapis exillis.
5. The Ark Covenant, the lost ark of Noah.
6. The book that Jesus wrote himself...the 'secrete' gospel.
7. A Mutating Object: chalice, broken sword, silver dish, lance, secret
book
8. A cup of fragrance used by Mary of Magdala to perfume Jesus' feet.
9. The Holy Shroud of Turin.
10. A Celtic Cauldron that is older than the Jesus story.
11. Aladdin's Lamp
12. The Golden Fleece
13. The Baphomet
Joseph of Arimathea received the vessel used by Christ during
Last Supper. After Christ's death, he collects some blood into the cup.
After Resurrection. Joseph is accused of having stolen Jesus' body, so
he is imprisoned in a dark tower, where Christ appears in a limbo of
light, giving him His Holy Cup. Joseph is set free in 70 AD by the Roman
Emperor Vespasiano. Together with his sister and her husband Bron, he
goes to Glastonbury with some disciples. They build a table, and it will
be called the First Grail's Table. Around it, 12 persons can sit: the
13th seat is empty to remind everyone of Jesus' place.
Joseph founds the first Christian Church in Glastonbury, Somerset, dedicated
to Mary, Christ's Mother. Grail is guarded here, and used during Sunday's
Masses.
Joseph dies in 27 July 82, and Grail is committed to Bron. Miracolously,
he is able to feed a lot of persons with only a fish put in Grail: for
this reason, he is called the Rich Fisher. His disciples set in a place
called Avalon, to wait for the third Grail's guardian (After Joseph and
Bron). After Bron's death, Alain (or Anfortas) becomes Grail's guardian
In Monsalvat, the Mountain of Salvation, an order of Grail's Knights
is born. They meet at the Second Grail's Table, and take part to the
banquet whose foods come from Grail. Anfortas King has the function of
a priest, but he is wounded with a Lance. Suddenly the region of Grail's
Castle becomes sterile: it is the Waste Land. No traces of Grail's Castle
remain.
After some centuries, Merlin founds the Third Grail's Table, the famous
Round Table, but the cup is not there. A group of knights meet at Camelot
around it, and the day of Pentecost, Grail appears as flying over a lightening
river in the large room, and everyone is given a lot of food. Suddenly
the Grail disappears.
All the knights decide to start the quest of Holy Grail. Lancelot, Perceval,
Galahad, Bors and Gawain face a lot of wild adventures, but only Galahad
is able to reach it and watches in it, dying in a moment of transcendental
glory. But where did he find it and where is it now?
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