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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... Parallels with Perceval story . Result , the specific task of the Grail hero not a literary invention but an inheritance of Aryan tradition . CHAPTER IV TAMMUZ AND ADONIS pp . 23-31 General objects to be attained by these Nature Cults ...
... Parallels with Perceval story . Result , the specific task of the Grail hero not a literary invention but an inheritance of Aryan tradition . CHAPTER IV TAMMUZ AND ADONIS pp . 23-31 General objects to be attained by these Nature Cults ...
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... Parallel between Shilluk King , Grail King and Vegetation Deity . Sone de Nansai and the Lament for Tammuz . Identity of situation . Plea for unprejudiced criticism . Impossibility of such parallels being fortuitous ; the result of ...
... Parallel between Shilluk King , Grail King and Vegetation Deity . Sone de Nansai and the Lament for Tammuz . Identity of situation . Plea for unprejudiced criticism . Impossibility of such parallels being fortuitous ; the result of ...
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... Parallels with the Grail romances . CHAPTER XI THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL ( 2 ) The Naassene Document pp . 130-140 Relations between early Christianity , and pre - Christian cults . Early Heresies . Hippolytus , and The Refutation of all ...
... Parallels with the Grail romances . CHAPTER XI THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL ( 2 ) The Naassene Document pp . 130-140 Relations between early Christianity , and pre - Christian cults . Early Heresies . Hippolytus , and The Refutation of all ...
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... parallels with the Grail tradition . Process of evolution sketched . Bleheris . Perlesvaus . Borron and the Mystery tradition . Christian Legendary , and Folk - tale , secondary , not primary , features . pp . 141-154 CHAPTER XII MITHRA ...
... parallels with the Grail tradition . Process of evolution sketched . Bleheris . Perlesvaus . Borron and the Mystery tradition . Christian Legendary , and Folk - tale , secondary , not primary , features . pp . 141-154 CHAPTER XII MITHRA ...
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... ' text . Mr Alfred Nutt . Irish and Welsh parallels . Recapitulation of evolutionary pro- cess . Summary and conclusion . INDEX pp . 178-196 pp . 197-202 " Animus ad amplitudinem Mysteriorum pro modulo suo dilatetur , CONTENTS XV.
... ' text . Mr Alfred Nutt . Irish and Welsh parallels . Recapitulation of evolutionary pro- cess . Summary and conclusion . INDEX pp . 178-196 pp . 197-202 " Animus ad amplitudinem Mysteriorum pro modulo suo dilatetur , CONTENTS XV.
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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