The
Grail - A Quest
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The fire of the Arthurian legend smoulders on-the flames will ignite when he returns in the hour of our greatest need. | |
It was on a dark and secret night when the Merlin invoked great and magical power for Uther Pendragon to slake his raging desire | |
The magical Avalon; island of apples, island of glass-sacred. Calling up the mists and paying homage to the goddess. | |
The Lady of the Lake, High Priestess of Avalon and the Great Mother. Female, sensuous and mystical. | |
The Pendragon King built a shining white castle for his bride, a symbol of light and hope and love. And he named it "Camelot". | |
And King Arthur decreed that the table be round, so that all Knights would be equal in the Brotherhood of Britain. | |
The Holy Grail, Sacred Chalice, the elusive reward of the Eternal Quest. Found in the hearts and minds of all who are true. | |
Sir Pellinore searched far and wide for many years to find a dragon. Was it really vanquished? | |
Guinevere and Lancelot-the ill-fated lovers lay in tremulous and tender languor. | |
The punishment for the great Merlin's betrayal was bewitchment and consequent imprisonment for a millennium and more. -But he only sleeps. | |
And the blight of despair scourged the land; no birds sang, no life flowered and grew-the desolation was complete and the light was gone. | |
Mordred felled his father with a mortal blow. The King sank down and relinquished his body to the earth. | |
Excalibur was thrown into the mist-shrouded waters. The Lady raised it once for all to see and then it was gone, taken by the guardian into the mystical depths. |