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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY OR SAN GRAAL
ITS CONNECTION WITH THE OEDEE OF THE KNIGHTS TE 1 IPLAKS , AND THE MASONIC TRADITIONS ; AS ALSO WITH THE SACEO CATINO AT GENOA . By the Author of " Symbols and Symbolism . " A sinful man , and rrnconfess'd ,
He took the Sangreal ' s holy quest , And slumbering , saw the vision high , He might not view with , naked eye . SCOTT ' Marmion , Introduction .
THERE are few who have at all attended to our ancient history , or the legends of our Church , but suppose , from the confident manner in which the fact is frequently stated , that the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea is clearly traditional and legendary , equally with his having founded a modest monastery at Glastonbury under his invocation , which , from wattled walls
and a thatched covering , subsequently grew into the most splendid conventual structure of the kingdom ; the staff which he planted on the spot chosen for his resting-place flourished immediately into a vigorous tree , and the Glastonbury thorn , still attesting its miraculous origin by a supernatural verdure and blossoming each anniversary of the sacred Nativity , is a
belief , even at the present day , fondly cherished around the Mendip Hills , and unquestioned at a greater distance . By many , too , it is thought equally documented that this protomissionary brought with him a sacred dish , from which our Saviour had eaten the Paschal Lamb with his disciples ( Matt . xxvi . 1819 ; Mark xiv . 1325 ; Luke xii . 1525 )
, , , , and that it had been further sanctified by having received into it the blood issuing from the five wounds , by which the body of Christ was pierced when on the cross . This dish , subsequently , under the name of the SAN-GRAAX , and a variety of differing ones , which we shall shortly mention , takes a quite different character ; it becomes the great pivot round
which nearly all the tales of romance and chivalry , in what may be called the cycle of King Arthur , Merlin , and the knights of the Round Table turn ; its search is their great purpose , and they follow it through every danger ; its achievement their greatest glory ; though its shadowy form and character seem scarcely to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY OR SAN GRAAL
ITS CONNECTION WITH THE OEDEE OF THE KNIGHTS TE 1 IPLAKS , AND THE MASONIC TRADITIONS ; AS ALSO WITH THE SACEO CATINO AT GENOA . By the Author of " Symbols and Symbolism . " A sinful man , and rrnconfess'd ,
He took the Sangreal ' s holy quest , And slumbering , saw the vision high , He might not view with , naked eye . SCOTT ' Marmion , Introduction .
THERE are few who have at all attended to our ancient history , or the legends of our Church , but suppose , from the confident manner in which the fact is frequently stated , that the arrival of Joseph of Arimathea is clearly traditional and legendary , equally with his having founded a modest monastery at Glastonbury under his invocation , which , from wattled walls
and a thatched covering , subsequently grew into the most splendid conventual structure of the kingdom ; the staff which he planted on the spot chosen for his resting-place flourished immediately into a vigorous tree , and the Glastonbury thorn , still attesting its miraculous origin by a supernatural verdure and blossoming each anniversary of the sacred Nativity , is a
belief , even at the present day , fondly cherished around the Mendip Hills , and unquestioned at a greater distance . By many , too , it is thought equally documented that this protomissionary brought with him a sacred dish , from which our Saviour had eaten the Paschal Lamb with his disciples ( Matt . xxvi . 1819 ; Mark xiv . 1325 ; Luke xii . 1525 )
, , , , and that it had been further sanctified by having received into it the blood issuing from the five wounds , by which the body of Christ was pierced when on the cross . This dish , subsequently , under the name of the SAN-GRAAX , and a variety of differing ones , which we shall shortly mention , takes a quite different character ; it becomes the great pivot round
which nearly all the tales of romance and chivalry , in what may be called the cycle of King Arthur , Merlin , and the knights of the Round Table turn ; its search is their great purpose , and they follow it through every danger ; its achievement their greatest glory ; though its shadowy form and character seem scarcely to