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"This work is extremely comprehensive and offers superb research into a wide range of fields ranging from Arthurian legend to Gnosticism, the Gospel of Thomas and Robin Hood!. . . will certainly provide light on the various continuum of history that makes up the Grail heritage. . . a great read and packed with fascinating discoveries."
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The popular Arthurian stories of the Middle Ages depict the Holy Grail as Christ's cup from the last supper which was believed to have been endowed with miraculous healing powers and the ability to give eternal life to whomever drank from it. A much earlier tradition however claimed the Grail was the vessel used by Mary Magdalene to collect Christ's blood when he appeared to her after rising from the tomb. While many vessels were claimed to have been the true Grail there was only one thought to have been the chalice used by Mary. From Jesus' empty tomb where it remained for almost 400 years this holy relic known as the Marian Chalice was taken to Rome by the mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great. It was then smuggled from Rome in 410 C.E. according to the fifth-century historian Olympiodorus to save it from the barbarians who sacked the city. Well into the Middle Ages legend persisted that it had been taken to safety in Britain the last outpost of Roman civilization in Western Europe. This journey to England and what happened to the Chalice there is the focus of this book. Graham Phillips's research uncovers the secret legacy of an ancient noble family over generations and a trail of clues hidden in the English countryside that lead to a mysterious grotto a forgotten attic and the lost chalice. In tracing the relic Phillips offers the inside story behind an astonishing adventure that results in the identification of the historical King Arthur and the location of one of the most powerful symbols in Western tradition. Originally published as The Search for the Grail by Century.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This is an enlightening and well-researched examination of the Grail legend and an original investigation into its associations with Christ's follower Mary Magdalene. Graham Phillips proposes that rather than originating with the cup of the Last Supper, the Grail tradition began with the alabaster jar used by Mary Magdalene to contain Jesus' blood. Interestingly, the author also suggests that the Grail story held a secret message concerning the existence of an alternative apostolic succession involving Mary's descendants. This book has been in publication for some years and the author's ideas are similar to those later taken up by Dan Brown in his Da Vinci Code.This is an enlightening and well-researched examination of the Grail legend and an original investigation into its associations with Christ's follower Mary Magdalene. Graham Phillips proposes that rather than originating with the cup of the Last Supper, the Grail tradition began with the alabaster jar used by Mary Magdalene to contain Jesus' blood. Interestingly, the author also suggests that the Grail story held a secret message concerning the existence of an alternative apostolic succession involving Mary's descendants. This book has been in publication for some years and the author's ideas are similar to those later taken up by Dan Brown in his Da Vinci Code.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This book is both a great guide to the King Arthur and Grail legends as a whole and a fascinating journey of discovery. The author examines a number of various possible origins of the story of the Holy Grail and ultimately proposes that the legend originated with a cup that belonged to Mary Magdalene rather than the chalice of the Last Supper. It should really excite anyone interested in lost relics and cryptic code solving. Whether or not you accept that the cup Mr Phillips found is really the Holy Grail, this book is an intriguing and thrilling piece of historical detective work, well worth the read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Graham Phillips' book is a fascinating, compelling read - but flawed by his historical gaffes about Dark Age Britain, as I discovered much to my surprise when I began researching the background to the book on-line. Yet the few mistakes he made don't destroy his main thesis - that King Arthur was guardian of the Grail items (one being the Gospel of Thomas!) And that Arthur represented an alternate line of Church leadership, which helped keep resistance to dictatorial Catholicism alive in Britain and Europe. His analysis of the tarot is vital to understanding the alternate Church of the Albigensians, obscured in the Grail legends, but there for all true Seekers to find. And the Magdalene Chalice might yet be the Grail...
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search for the grail !!
Originally titled ''the search for the grail'', Graham had done a tremendous research and wrote in greate lengh about the arthurian saga and the legend of the holy grail wherein he... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2009 by Omar Farid
Holy Grail or Old Eggcup
To be honest, I really don't know what to make of this book. This has got to be just about the most sensational claim that any historian has ever made. Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2004 by Joe Street
Fascinating quest of truth
I found this book fascinating, whether the chalice Mr. Phillip's found really is the grail or not, the way he deciphered the clues left to the where abouts of this item was... Read more
Published on 24 July 2004 by Sandy
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doubted that anyone could really have found the Holy Grail in this day and
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Published on 21 July 2004 by Miss Watson
Fascinating quest of truth
I found this book fascinating, whether the chalice Mr. Phillip's found really is the grail or not, the way he deciphered the clues left to the whera-abouts of this item was... Read more
Published on 21 July 2004 by Sandy
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