Many would wonder what exactly the Holy Grail is all about and how it links to King Arthur. In recent times, there has been no direct explanation of the Holy Grail, most people often give any meaning based on whatever they choose or prefer. However, in a holistic view, the Holy Grail refers to something valuable and difficult to find. For instance, discovering a red diamond – the precious stone – is difficult and it is also valuable. Hence, it can be regarded as the Holy Grail of diamonds or Jewels. Another typical example is the Carolina Reaper, which is considered globally as the hottest pepper that is hard to find and grow. It can be referred to as the Holy Grail of peppers.
Nevertheless, what is the origin of the Holy Grail? According to what the legends say, Jesus Christ sipped during the last supper from the chalice. This event occurred the night before one of his own betrayed him, grabbed, and crucified. Popular artist and philosopher Leonardo da Vinci even made a painting of Jesus among his disciples during this last supper. This painting is one of the most sought after in the world. Still based on the legends, the cup is still the same as the one used to collect the blood dripping down from Jesus’ body. However, the cup was misplaced when Joseph of Arimathea took it to England.
There are legends of the Holy Grail recorded in books and movies. Howbeit, it gained popularity during the era of the half-mythical King Arthur who lived over 1,500 years ago and his knights of the Round Table. The knights went on a quest to discover the Holy Grail after experiencing a trance. This collection contains detailed information on the legend of the Holy Grail quest of King Arthur and his knights.
Take a look at the sample pages taken from just some of these books in the collection.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
Alchemy and the Holy Grail, article in Baconiana 1907
The Buddha's Alms-Dish and the Holy Grail by Alfred Nutt 1889
The legend of the Holy Grail and the Perceval of Crestien by William Wells Newell 1902
Romances and epics of our Northern Ancestors, Norse, Celt and Teuton by W Wagner 1907 (The Amelungs, Legend of Dietrich and Hildebrand, The Nibelung story, The Hegeling legend, The Legend of Beowulf, Legends of the Holy Grail, Legend of Lohengrin, Romance of Tristram and Isolde)
In Quest of the Holy Grail - an introduction to the study of the legend by Sebastian Evans 1898
The legend of the Holy Grail by George McLean Harper 1893
The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal its Legends and Symbolism considered in their affinity with certain mysteries of initiation and other traces of a secret tradition in Christian times by Arthur E Waite 1909
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail by Alfred Nutt 1888
The Holy Grail by Alfred Tennyson 1901
The Holy Grail the silent teacher by Mary Hanford Finney Ford 1897
The Legend of the Holy Grail, article in Journal of American folklore 1898
Christ Lore - being the Legends, traditions, myths, symbols, customs & superstitions of the Christian church by Frederick William Hackwood 1902
The Social Evolution of Religion by George Cooke 1920
The Quest of the Holy Grail by Charles Bradley 1896
The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans 1903
Malory's history of King Arthur and the Quest of the Holy Grail 1886
The Legend of the Holy Grail by Dorothy Gardiner 1905
King Arthur in history and Legend by William Jones 1914
The Legend of the Holy Grail as set forth in the frieze painted by Edwin A. Abbey 1904
The Holy Grail: Six Kindred Addresses and Essays by James Augustin Brown Scherer 1905
The Holy Grail: a study and a retrospect by JW Morris 1869
Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by TW Rolleston 1911
The mystic vision in the Grail legend and in the Divine comedy by LA Fisher 1917
The Knights of the Round table; stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail by William Henry Frost 1898
Joseph of Arimathie, otherwise called The romance of the Seint Graal by Walter Joseph 1871
Perronik the Innocent - The quest of the golden basin and diamond lance, one of the sources of stories about the Holy Grail, a Breton legend, after Souvestre by Kenneth Guthrie 1915
The Christ of the Holy Grail by James Bain 1909
The Story of the Grail and The Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle 1910
Seynt Graal, or, The Sank Ryal. The History of the Holy Graal 1861, Volume 1 by Henry Lovelich
Seynt Graal, or, The Sank Ryal. The History of the Holy Graal 1861, Volume 2 by Henry Lovelich
Legend of the Holy Grail and the Parsifal of Richard Wagner by Helen K. Rhodes 1903
The San Greal: an inquiry into the origin and Signification of the Romances By Frederic Guillaume Bergmann 1870
The Mediaeval Mind - a History of the development of thought and emotion in the middle ages by Henry Osborn Taylor 1911, Volume 1
The Mediaeval Mind - a History of the development of thought and emotion in the middle ages by Henry Osborn Taylor 1911, Volume 2
Legends of the Middle Ages by HA Guerber 1896
The Middle Low German version of the legend of Mary Magdalen by Carl Eggert 1902
St Mary Magdalene and the Early Saints of Provence, article in The Month 1899
The life of Saint Mary Magdalen by Domenico Cavalca 1904
A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances by Anna Hunt Billings 1901
The Apocryphal and legendary life of Christ by James De Quincey Donehoo - 1903
Lives and legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and other early Saints by D'Anvers 1901
The Buddhas Alms-Dish and the Holy Grail, article in the Archeological Review 1889
King Arthur in history and legend by Lewis Jones 1914
The Legend of the Grail- article in Theosophical Siftings
The Mythology of the British Islands by Charles Squire 1905
Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle by Jessie Laidlay Weston - 1903
Studies in the fairy mythology of Arthurian romance by Lucy A Paton 1903
The Quest of the Holy Grail: an interpretation and a paraphrase By Ferris Greenslet 1902
The Old French Grail romance Perlesvaus: a study of its principal sources (1902)
An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and folklore by George Cox 1883
Curious myths of the middle ages by S Baring-Gould 1868
Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and mediæval mysticism by Isabel Cooper-Oakley 1900
Nevertheless, what is the origin of the Holy Grail? According to what the legends say, Jesus Christ sipped during the last supper from the chalice. This event occurred the night before one of his own betrayed him, grabbed, and crucified. Popular artist and philosopher Leonardo da Vinci even made a painting of Jesus among his disciples during this last supper. This painting is one of the most sought after in the world. Still based on the legends, the cup is still the same as the one used to collect the blood dripping down from Jesus’ body. However, the cup was misplaced when Joseph of Arimathea took it to England.
There are legends of the Holy Grail recorded in books and movies. Howbeit, it gained popularity during the era of the half-mythical King Arthur who lived over 1,500 years ago and his knights of the Round Table. The knights went on a quest to discover the Holy Grail after experiencing a trance. This collection contains detailed information on the legend of the Holy Grail quest of King Arthur and his knights.
Take a look at the sample pages taken from just some of these books in the collection.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
Alchemy and the Holy Grail, article in Baconiana 1907
The Buddha's Alms-Dish and the Holy Grail by Alfred Nutt 1889
The legend of the Holy Grail and the Perceval of Crestien by William Wells Newell 1902
Romances and epics of our Northern Ancestors, Norse, Celt and Teuton by W Wagner 1907 (The Amelungs, Legend of Dietrich and Hildebrand, The Nibelung story, The Hegeling legend, The Legend of Beowulf, Legends of the Holy Grail, Legend of Lohengrin, Romance of Tristram and Isolde)
In Quest of the Holy Grail - an introduction to the study of the legend by Sebastian Evans 1898
The legend of the Holy Grail by George McLean Harper 1893
The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal its Legends and Symbolism considered in their affinity with certain mysteries of initiation and other traces of a secret tradition in Christian times by Arthur E Waite 1909
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail by Alfred Nutt 1888
The Holy Grail by Alfred Tennyson 1901
The Holy Grail the silent teacher by Mary Hanford Finney Ford 1897
The Legend of the Holy Grail, article in Journal of American folklore 1898
Christ Lore - being the Legends, traditions, myths, symbols, customs & superstitions of the Christian church by Frederick William Hackwood 1902
The Social Evolution of Religion by George Cooke 1920
The Quest of the Holy Grail by Charles Bradley 1896
The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans 1903
Malory's history of King Arthur and the Quest of the Holy Grail 1886
The Legend of the Holy Grail by Dorothy Gardiner 1905
King Arthur in history and Legend by William Jones 1914
The Legend of the Holy Grail as set forth in the frieze painted by Edwin A. Abbey 1904
The Holy Grail: Six Kindred Addresses and Essays by James Augustin Brown Scherer 1905
The Holy Grail: a study and a retrospect by JW Morris 1869
Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by TW Rolleston 1911
The mystic vision in the Grail legend and in the Divine comedy by LA Fisher 1917
The Knights of the Round table; stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail by William Henry Frost 1898
Joseph of Arimathie, otherwise called The romance of the Seint Graal by Walter Joseph 1871
Perronik the Innocent - The quest of the golden basin and diamond lance, one of the sources of stories about the Holy Grail, a Breton legend, after Souvestre by Kenneth Guthrie 1915
The Christ of the Holy Grail by James Bain 1909
The Story of the Grail and The Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle 1910
Seynt Graal, or, The Sank Ryal. The History of the Holy Graal 1861, Volume 1 by Henry Lovelich
Seynt Graal, or, The Sank Ryal. The History of the Holy Graal 1861, Volume 2 by Henry Lovelich
Legend of the Holy Grail and the Parsifal of Richard Wagner by Helen K. Rhodes 1903
The San Greal: an inquiry into the origin and Signification of the Romances By Frederic Guillaume Bergmann 1870
The Mediaeval Mind - a History of the development of thought and emotion in the middle ages by Henry Osborn Taylor 1911, Volume 1
The Mediaeval Mind - a History of the development of thought and emotion in the middle ages by Henry Osborn Taylor 1911, Volume 2
Legends of the Middle Ages by HA Guerber 1896
The Middle Low German version of the legend of Mary Magdalen by Carl Eggert 1902
St Mary Magdalene and the Early Saints of Provence, article in The Month 1899
The life of Saint Mary Magdalen by Domenico Cavalca 1904
A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances by Anna Hunt Billings 1901
The Apocryphal and legendary life of Christ by James De Quincey Donehoo - 1903
Lives and legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and other early Saints by D'Anvers 1901
The Buddhas Alms-Dish and the Holy Grail, article in the Archeological Review 1889
King Arthur in history and legend by Lewis Jones 1914
The Legend of the Grail- article in Theosophical Siftings
The Mythology of the British Islands by Charles Squire 1905
Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle by Jessie Laidlay Weston - 1903
Studies in the fairy mythology of Arthurian romance by Lucy A Paton 1903
The Quest of the Holy Grail: an interpretation and a paraphrase By Ferris Greenslet 1902
The Old French Grail romance Perlesvaus: a study of its principal sources (1902)
An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and folklore by George Cox 1883
Curious myths of the middle ages by S Baring-Gould 1868
Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and mediæval mysticism by Isabel Cooper-Oakley 1900