
From Ritual to Romance
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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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- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword (1993)
- Chapter I: Introductory
- Chapter II: The Task of the Hero
- Chapter III: The Freeing of the Waters
- Chapter IV: Tammuz and Adonis
- Chapter V: Medieval and Modern Forms of Nature Ritual
- Chapter VI: The Symbols
- Chapter VII: The Sword Dance
- Chapter VIII: The Medicine Man
- Chapter IX: The Fisher King
- Chapter X: The Secret of the Grail(1)The Mysteries
- Chapter XI: The Secret of the Grail(2)The Naassene Document
- Chapter XII: Mithra and Attis
- Chapter XIII: The Perilous Chapel
- Chapter XIV: The Author
- Index
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