{"product_id":"9781915776457","title":"Story of the Grail","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmerging on the fringes of institutional religion, rooted in the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCeltic world of Ireland and Wales and later intersecting with\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGnostic currents such as those of the Cathars, Grail Christianity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eoffers a radically distinct vision of Christian spiritual life. At its\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eheart lies not a relic, but a question: What is the Grail?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Chrétien de Troyes’ first vision of the Grail Castle to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival, Meyer shows how the Grail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elegends preserve an esoteric Christian path of inner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etransformation. Figures such as Perceval, Gawain and Galahad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eappear as archetypes of the human soul at different stages of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003einitiation, whilst motifs – including the missed question, the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewounded Grail King Anfortas, the Good Friday Mystery, and the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehealing power of compassion – point to a spiritual schooling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elargely forgotten in modern Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the Grail’s journey from East to West, Meyer explores\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert de Boron’s Josef of Arimathea, Wolfram’s enigmatic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaster Kyot, and the striking image of the Grail as a living\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘stone’. He follows the Grail impulse through Celtic and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthurian traditions and reveals the role of poets, minnesingers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand troubadours in preserving its wisdom during times of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epersecution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1958, this seminal work follows the Grail’s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003econtinuing mission through Rosicrucianism, Goethe,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWagner’s Parsifal and Rudolf Steiner’s renewal of the Mysteries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Grail emerges not as a medieval curiosity, but as a living\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ereality – inviting readers to step onto its path themselves and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eencounter its transformative presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47557571510324,"sku":"9781915776457","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9390\/2132\/files\/9781915776457.jpg?v=1774765951","url":"https:\/\/woodslane.com.au\/products\/9781915776457","provider":"Woodslane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}