From Ritual to RomanceCourier Corporation, 1997 M01 1 - 240 páginas Acknowledged by T. S. Eliot as crucial to understanding "The Waste Land, " Jessie Weston's book has continued to attract readers interested in ancient religion, myth, and especially Arthurian legend. Weston examines the saga of the Grail, which, in many versions, begins when the wounded king of a famished land sees a procession of objects including a bleeding lance and a bejewelled cup. She maintains that all versions defy uniform applications of Celtic and Christian interpretations, and explores the legend's Gnostic roots.Drawing from J. G. Frazer, who studied ancient nature cults that associated the physical condition of the king with the productivity of the land, Weston considers how the legend of the Grail related to fertility rites--with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. She traces its origins to a Gnostic text that served as a link between ancient vegetation cults and the Celts and Christians who embellished the story. Conceiving of the Grail saga as a literary outgrowth of ancient ritual, she seeks a Gnostic Christian interpretation that unites the quest for fertility with the striving for mystical oneness with God. |
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... Mysteries . Mr Langdon's suggestion . Ritual possibly dramatic . Summary of evidence . ADONIS - Phoenician - Greek equivalent of Tammuz . Probably most popular and best known form of Nature Cult . Mythological tale of Adonis . Enquiry ...
... Mysteries . Mr Langdon's suggestion . Ritual possibly dramatic . Summary of evidence . ADONIS - Phoenician - Greek equivalent of Tammuz . Probably most popular and best known form of Nature Cult . Mythological tale of Adonis . Enquiry ...
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... Mystery of his title . Analysis of variants . Gawain version . Perceval version . Borron alone attempts explanation of title . Parzival . Perlesvaus . Queste . Grand Saint Graal . Com- parison with surviving ritual variants . Original ...
... Mystery of his title . Analysis of variants . Gawain version . Perceval version . Borron alone attempts explanation of title . Parzival . Perlesvaus . Queste . Grand Saint Graal . Com- parison with surviving ritual variants . Original ...
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... Mysteries . Their influence on Christianity to be sought in the Hellenized rather than the Hellenic cults . Cumont . Rohde . Radical difference between Greek and Oriental conceptions . Lack of evidence as regards Mysteries on the whole ...
... Mysteries . Their influence on Christianity to be sought in the Hellenized rather than the Hellenic cults . Cumont . Rohde . Radical difference between Greek and Oriental conceptions . Lack of evidence as regards Mysteries on the whole ...
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Jessie L. Weston. A synthesis of Mysteries . Identification of Life Principle with the Logos . Connection between Drama and Mysteries of Attis . Import- ance of the Phrygian Mysteries . Naassene claim to be sole Christians . Significance ...
Jessie L. Weston. A synthesis of Mysteries . Identification of Life Principle with the Logos . Connection between Drama and Mysteries of Attis . Import- ance of the Phrygian Mysteries . Naassene claim to be sole Christians . Significance ...
Contenido
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
CHAPTER IV | 32 |
CHAPTER V | 49 |
CHAPTER VI | 62 |
CHAPTER VII | 77 |
CHAPTER VIII | 96 |
CHAPTER IX | 107 |
CHAPTER X | 130 |
CHAPTER XI | 141 |
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL | 151 |
CHAPTER XII | 155 |
CHAPTER XIII | 165 |
THE AUTHOR | 178 |
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Adonis adventure Alfred Nutt appears Aryan Attis belief Bledri Bleheris Borron celebrations Celtic ceremony Chapel chapter character Chrétien Chrétien de Troyes Christian classic criticism cult Cumont curious Dead death deity Drama early elements evidence existence fact feast feature Fertility Fish Fisher King Folk-lore Gawain Grail Castle Grail legend Grail romances Grail story Greek hero Hippolytus illustrations importance Indra initiation knight Korybantes Kouretes Lance Lancelot land Legend of Sir literary literature Mannhardt Maruts Mead Medieval Mithra Mithraism Morris Dance Mumming Play Mysteries Mysterium und Mimus Mystic Naassenes origin parallel Parzival Pentangle Perceval Perlesvaus Phrygian poem popular possess practice Professor von Schroeder Quest Quester quoted referred religion remarks represented Rig-Veda rites rôle Saint Salii scholars significance suggestion survival Sword Dance symbols tale Tammuz Tarot theme theory tion tradition translation Vegetation Wauchier worship wounded writer youth