John Matthews

Introduction The origin of any symbol is not something which can be traced to a giver point in time or space. This is no less true where the Grail is concerned, and despite many attempts to fasten such a label upon it, it has resisted them all. There are those who subscribe to the belief in a...

NTRODUCTION n 19911 had just finished working on a historical study of native British shamanism. In the process of the ten-year period of research undertaken to complete this work, I found myself increasingly drawn to a body of stories and poems, many of them fragmentary, based on two stands of...

DER GRAL UND DIE TEMPLER Das Geheimnis des Grals Das Gral-Tarot verknüpft zwei der langlebigsten und rätselhaftesten Geheimnisse des Mittelalters miteinander: das des Heiligen Grals, der früher als die heiligste Reliquie des Christentums galt, und das der Armen Ritterschaft Christi vom...

Quest for the eternal The symbol of the Grail has occupied a place in the imagination since awareness of it first dawned in the European Middle Ages; and it continues to exert a fascination upon all who come within its sphere of influence. Yet there is no single, clearly defined image of the...