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Quest for the Grail and Takt-i-Taqdis

This document contains summaries of and excerpts from various texts related to the Holy Grail. It discusses themes like sacrifice, spiritual attainment, depictions of the Grail temple and its symbolism. Maps and sketches are included showing routes, landmarks, architectural details and symbols connected to Grail lore. Religious figures like Joseph of Arimathea and allusions to ancient mysteries are referenced in relation to Grail traditions.

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Quest for the Grail and Takt-i-Taqdis

This document contains summaries of and excerpts from various texts related to the Holy Grail. It discusses themes like sacrifice, spiritual attainment, depictions of the Grail temple and its symbolism. Maps and sketches are included showing routes, landmarks, architectural details and symbols connected to Grail lore. Religious figures like Joseph of Arimathea and allusions to ancient mysteries are referenced in relation to Grail traditions.

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Vision de Henry: Henry Jones, as Knights of old sought this treasure, so shall You.

Takt-i-Taqdis (en el Centro del Mundo): Takt-i-Taqdis at the centre of the world Graltemple und Paradies.
This map shows the Tack (following the concept of the Grail Temple as Paradise) as the centre of the world, buildt on top of a
hill with a river running round it and enclosed (here by de mountains)
3D Takt-i-Taqdis:
The particular types of columns invented by the Greeks and Romans together with the lintels, caps and bases over them.
Drawn by me at the temple of Takt-i-Taqdis:
As long as it remained on earth, the Grail required a home and because of its spiritual nature that place was naturally a temple.
Note Takt-i-Taqdis with its numerous arches laid out in a particular order.
The Dome of the Grail ground plan.
18th C.
Padre John
Cara de Piedra:
Tibetan skull mounted and provided with a lid is used as a ritual object.
Grail quest is the death of the physical body and the rebirth of the spirit into everlasting life.
Mandala de la Crucifixion: Flemish 12 Cent. Time stands still in this Christian mandala, as the old and new dispensations
Christianity and Judaism assemble to witness the redemptive sacrifice. Ecclesia (the Church) raises her cup to catch some of
the grace-bestowing blood, while Synogoga (the Synagogue), riding on an ass, bows her head. Next to her is the lance which
pierced the side of Christ.
Texto y Mapa visto en vuelo a Venecia: The path of the Grail is inextricably bound up with sacrifice: the blood of the victim
contained in the cup, wich becomes the means of healing. Lycurgus, in a fit of madness, killed his son Dryas, whom he mistook
for a vine stock, and his country became barren in mourning.
It was only when Lycurgus
The theme of sacrifice is shown by that of spiritual attainment, whether through inbibing blood or the sacred drink of Eleusis
from the Kernos. Each of its 8 cups contained one of the elements of the divine draught.

You can go about fifteen paces.


The Grail Temple is here, beyond the rock obstacle
Drawing I made of the rock obstacle that may be encountered at the far end of the valley
Texto y Planta Triangular:
A fountain with marble stone around it, and a golden bowl fastened to four chains, the bowl set over a marble slab and the
chains extending upwards so that he could see no end to them....
he walked over to the bowl grasped it, but as soon as he did so his hands stuck to the bowl and his feet to the slab he was
standing on, and his speech was taken so that he could not say a single word. There he stood.

Detail of the decorated style of capitol using a naturalistic leaf or vine ornament.
symbol from wing.
The Grail became firmly entrenched in the imagination, the triangular shape with a round tower at each corner symbolizing the
Trinity, God the Father son and the Holy Ghost.
kind of a corbel arching.
Takt-i-Taqdis y Sainte Chapelle:
The particular types of columns invented by the Greeks and Romans together with the lintels, caps and bases over them.
Drawn by me at the temple of Takt-i-Taqdis
As long as it remained on earth, the Grail required a home and because of its spiritual nature that place was naturally a temple.
Note Takt-i-Taqdis with its numerous arches laid out in a particular order.
The Dome of the Grail ground plan.
18th C

The Grail is flooded with spiritual light and shines out to those who seek it. However like the treasure at the base of the rainbow,
it remains beyond mans grasp.
Decoration of the top of this dwelling not seen elsewhere
The Grail is the spring of life, the vessel containing the promise of immortality. Symbol of the soul's thirst for God. A Cornocopia,
the horn of plenty and of physical renewal.
In Greek myth the star represents Uranus because he was castrated.
La Cruz de Hierro:
Based on Maltese design.
Very similar stained glass window.
Shows detail of front face of a church which has four bell capped pillars joined by Norman arches - steps behind leading to
upper gallery.
A. Shows deatil of cross
B. Bell capped pillars
Obstaculos y Calco de la Espada Cruciforme:
This very quick sketch map was made by me during the last days of the month.
many obstacles are apparent here
I suspect a lake or dam will protect the entrance to the final pathway but this will only be evident when the stone wall has been
breached

This fragment is kept with many papers and maps.


This sketch is the same size.
I found this fragment in one of the books and amongst the papers and maps in the old trunk. I'm sure there is a connection with
my previous discoveries which could well be a key.
Note I could say the design is repeated.
Wilderness of the Wanderings:
XVIII X XXXII.
The number must have some reason of time or space
This is 18.
could easily have a single particular reference
32.

This Wilderness of the Wanderings,


On coming in from Alexandria. This old map may be of help- topography could have altered.
This could be an obstacle.
Route taken at the last attempt.
Carta de Ali Al-Jawf 1909:
Telegrama de Codirolli 1912:
Ventana Decorada de Venecia:
part of stained glass window in venice 14th C.
a part of the Franciscan friar's manuscript mentions the knight of the Grail... possible link?
note the crosses on the shield
words in latin. note fig 7...marker?

III
Part of a decorative scroll in a 14th Cent. Manuscript with a note beside this particular number 3.
VII
in another section of the same manuscript, this number 7 is marked
X
in stone.
12th Cen.??
upper floor supported by stone lions
On a window in Venice This night appears with shield quartered showing the Cross.
Dos caballeros:
Grail lore provides clues for those who seek fulfilment through such knowledge. Malory wrote famous Arthurion work; but his
concerns were different to those of his predecessors.

The two Knights appear opposite each other.


Once again we see the habit of following the Eastern sources and rituals by placing the two knights in a christianied framework.
Articulo del periodico 1:

Copa de Nanteos:
Josephus con el Grial:
Josephus, here giving the Grail to King Alain, was the son of Joseph of Arimathaea and had been the first Bishop of western
Christendom
According to Grail Legends, he was the founder of an early branch of Christianity distinct from the established Church.
Mapa de la carretera de montaña:
It is possible to see behind the story of Taliesin echoes of a mystery religion in which a sacred vessel played an important part---
Perhaps like the ritual depicted on the walls of the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii (second century AD)
where the initiate was offered a cup prior to undergoing tests wich, if succesfully completed, would impart to him the tenets of
the inner life.
Possibly an alternative feast echoing that pertaken of by the Grail Knigths. ie Kernos.

map of the mountain road


the Depth of the rock here is almost unpassable and
wall of rock that confronted us during our progress up the mountain road beyond the first overnight stop.
Ventana Italiana y pajaros bebiendo:
12th century
Stained glass panel from Châlons-sur-Marne cathedral, France.
Ecclesia bears the chalice of the Mass, the ultimate symbol of eternal life, brought by Christ‘s blood.

Upper part of stone relief.


A cornucopia, the horn of plenty and of physical renewal, is the link between the longings for immortality and the
reconciliation of man‘s dual nature (symbolized by the two peacocks drinking from the higher spiritual cup) in the
resurrection.

(textos diferentes a los que se pueden ver en las paginas, mejor diseñados y mejor estructurados)
Stag y parte superior de la ventana:
Sketch made on site.
Stone Relief, Italy 9th 10th Cent. AD
Inscription
The Grail is the Spring of life, the vessel containing the promise of immortality. From it drinks the stag - simbol of the soul's thirst
for god.

14th Century Windows,


Christ redeemed the sin of Adam; new light and life is contained by the "Grail-as-Chalice" image.
Planta de Piedra Negra:
There is still another stone that could have influenced Wolfram's conception of the Grail. This is the Black Stone, sacred to the
Islamic religion, which stands at the centre of Mecca.
Like the emerald which fell to earth, the Black Stone was believed to have been a meteorite which fell out of the sky in the
distant past.
San juan de la Peña:

Inscripción Arabica:

Caliz de Valencia:
Golfo de Aqaba:
Templo de Salomon:
Madre del Grail y el Omphalos:
In the Quest del Saint Graal at the moment when Galahad enters Sarras with the Grail, the text refers to the Mass of the Mother
of God being sung in the cathedral. Specifically to "Mystery of the Grail." Possibility of a Marian Grail cult at Glastonbury connot
thus be ruled out.

The Omphalos in Jerusalem.


Representing the centre of the Christian world as a vessel containing a stone.
Piedras:
The Grail is flooded with spiritual light and shines out to those who seek it.
The true and proper home of the Grail is Paradise, the perfect realm of the spirit where the Priest King, John, its last guardian
reigns benignly from his castle within the Garden of Earthly Delights. One of the meanings attributed to the words "lapsit exillas,"
used by Wolfram von Eschenbach
Unpassable.
Sello Templario:
Carta de Lady Eleanora:
Map sin Nombres:

Western coast of an unknown desert. Nearby is a city mentioned by the knights.

canyons and mountains.

Two days across the Salt desert to the pinnacle rock that is North East to the plain and these two peaks pass to the Canyon of
the pinnacle rock

Due East from the great Oasis, three days south to the foothills of ?
Caballero con copa y Melchizadek:
The only really significant medieval texts to succeed Wolfram were the anonymous Perlesvaus C1225
In particular there is the statement (mysterious) that the Grail undergoes five (5) changes in shapes of which only the fifth a
chalice is named.
Malory, who is the last of the true medieval romancers wrote what is probably the most famous Arthurian work; but his concerns
were very different from those of his predecessors.
Note: the same style of chalice on the knights shield as the one found in the temple by me.

Window Melchizadek foreshadows Christ in his offering wine as the token of his peoples blood. He, like the guardian of the
Grail, is a priest and a King. St. Paul says of him that he is without father or mother or even genealogy and had neither
beginning of days nor end of life
Caballeros y defensor of Faith:
Window detail detail from the Nave
the two Knights appear opposite each other
Corpus Christi
Once again we see the habit of following the Eastern sources and rituals by placing the two knights in a Christianized
framework.

Maltese symbol
Turkish Crescent
Only three succeed in finding the Grail
This is one of the participants
note: design of breast plates
Defender of the Faith
Probably 15th Century
Pintura de la Crucifixion:
Articulo del periodico 2:
Las tres pruebas:
Tres numero erunt probationes (the challenges will number three)
First, the breath of god - only the penitent man will pass
Secunda, verbum Dei (second, the word of God) only in the footsteps of God will he proceed...

Tertia, semita Dei (Third, the path of God) Only in the leap from the lion head will he prove his worth.
Poculum Lignarii (The cup of a carpenter).
La tercera prueba:
The path of the Grail is inextricably bound up with sacrifice.
Tertia semita Dei (Third, the path of God)
Each of the 8 cups contained one of the elements of the divine draught.
La espada:
The maltese knights have always been a central figur in the legend and history about the Grail.
I do feel the key is to be found in the space around the crusaders.

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Biblioteca de Venecia:
For here we have all the elements of the Grail story. The stained glass window is the final key to the mistery The numerals must
be the clue which we have long searched for in vane.
The stained glass window that requires further research.

The lions refered to by the Knights

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