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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
fertile in inventing similar fables ; for the famous Betulia , or meteoric stone , inserted into the AA all of the Caaba , at Mecca ^ he states to have been one of the jeAvels of Paradise , and to have fallen Avith Adam to earth ; and after it had been saved from the Deluge , the angel Gabriel brought it to Abraham Avhen he built the Caaba;—in one of the reveries of the German
songsters , the stone Exillis is said to have fallen from Lucifer's diadem , out of Avhich the San Graal dish was afterwards sculptured . We have seen the Graal was Adsible only to those Avho looked Avith the eye of faith ; it is not , hoAvever , always so , but it is often lost ; and its quest or the search for the lost zvord ( for
from its general impersonality , its visionary nature , it can only be looked upon as a sound , vox et prmterea nihil ) may in this A'iew be deemed a strong link Avith some of the most important traditions of the Craft . That the priestly Knights of the Temple were but a mezzo termini , which stretches betAvixt and connects the most ancient periods of Masonic history with our
own , is a cherished idea with many a worthy Brother , Avhich this A iew of our subject , and the mysterious revelations under which are veiled our sacred myths , would confirm ; and the more , therefore , they deserve a fuller inquiry than can be noAV
gone into . It may , however , be here just noted , that in the Niebelung ' s bed , the search for their lost Hort , or treasure , is a principal feature of that beautiful poem . Proceed we now to the third portion of our undertaking in the consideration of the still existing Sacro Catino at Genoa , which professes to be the only true and veritable holy dish used
by the SaAaour when last breaking bread with His disciples , and at the institution of the most solemn ordinance of Christianity . We have already , at the commencement of our paper , given the history of this precious relic as reported by the Genoese , till it came into their possession . That they believe in its truth seems most certain ; for of the six ancient frescoes Avhich
decorate each end of the hall of then * ducal palace , with the six great deeds of the Genoese , the first represents the division of the spoil at the taking of Ceesarea . A young man holds this vessel of the sacred emerald in his hand , turning his back upon two other heaps of rich accumulated booty : and , to leave the subject beyond doubton a scroll beneath is Avritten : "" Vas
, tantum ex Ccesareai spoliis stipent Genuenses . " It must be observed , however , that the dates given for this important transaction vary considerably . The guide-books , and generallyreceived accounts , give 1101 , the second year after the conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders , under Godfried von Bouillon ;
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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
fertile in inventing similar fables ; for the famous Betulia , or meteoric stone , inserted into the AA all of the Caaba , at Mecca ^ he states to have been one of the jeAvels of Paradise , and to have fallen Avith Adam to earth ; and after it had been saved from the Deluge , the angel Gabriel brought it to Abraham Avhen he built the Caaba;—in one of the reveries of the German
songsters , the stone Exillis is said to have fallen from Lucifer's diadem , out of Avhich the San Graal dish was afterwards sculptured . We have seen the Graal was Adsible only to those Avho looked Avith the eye of faith ; it is not , hoAvever , always so , but it is often lost ; and its quest or the search for the lost zvord ( for
from its general impersonality , its visionary nature , it can only be looked upon as a sound , vox et prmterea nihil ) may in this A'iew be deemed a strong link Avith some of the most important traditions of the Craft . That the priestly Knights of the Temple were but a mezzo termini , which stretches betAvixt and connects the most ancient periods of Masonic history with our
own , is a cherished idea with many a worthy Brother , Avhich this A iew of our subject , and the mysterious revelations under which are veiled our sacred myths , would confirm ; and the more , therefore , they deserve a fuller inquiry than can be noAV
gone into . It may , however , be here just noted , that in the Niebelung ' s bed , the search for their lost Hort , or treasure , is a principal feature of that beautiful poem . Proceed we now to the third portion of our undertaking in the consideration of the still existing Sacro Catino at Genoa , which professes to be the only true and veritable holy dish used
by the SaAaour when last breaking bread with His disciples , and at the institution of the most solemn ordinance of Christianity . We have already , at the commencement of our paper , given the history of this precious relic as reported by the Genoese , till it came into their possession . That they believe in its truth seems most certain ; for of the six ancient frescoes Avhich
decorate each end of the hall of then * ducal palace , with the six great deeds of the Genoese , the first represents the division of the spoil at the taking of Ceesarea . A young man holds this vessel of the sacred emerald in his hand , turning his back upon two other heaps of rich accumulated booty : and , to leave the subject beyond doubton a scroll beneath is Avritten : "" Vas
, tantum ex Ccesareai spoliis stipent Genuenses . " It must be observed , however , that the dates given for this important transaction vary considerably . The guide-books , and generallyreceived accounts , give 1101 , the second year after the conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders , under Godfried von Bouillon ;