Servants of the Grail

by Coppens, Philip

• ISBN13: 9781846941559
• ISBN10: 1846941555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-16
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

The legend of the Holy Grail is known throughout the world. Most people however, believe that it is no more than a story that has been greatly exaggerated over time. Servants of the Grail is a groundbreaking book that will change even the most skeptical of minds. Based on years of detailed and painstaking academic research, author Philip Coppens has uncovered evidence proving that that Grail story is based on real-life events and people in a specific timeframe, 1104 to 1137, and in a specific location ¿ the royal court of Aragon in northern Spain, as well as identifying the Grail as a foundation stone rather than a cup or chalice as is commonly believed. The result is a unique and revelatory book that will change our understanding of one of the most widely known myths in human history.

Author Biography

Philip Coppens worked as an investigative journalist, specializing in politics and intelligence. In 1995, he established Frontier Magazine in the Netherlands and Belgium and in 2005, he co-founded Les Carnets Secrets, an alternative history magazine in France. He was a primary contributor to The Templar Revelation, the book which Dan Brown credited as being the main inspiration for The Da Vinci Code. He also wrote The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel, The Canopus Revelation, Land of the Gods and The New Pyramid Age. He lives in Scotland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
A Grail Cup?	p. 9
The Quest for the Grail book	p. 29
The Hermetic Grail	p. 47
The Grail Initiation	p. 66
The Spanish origins of the Grail	p. 87
Perceval	p. 115
A prehistory of the Grail	p. 136
The Egyptian Grail	p. 163
The Protectors of the Grail	p. 184
The realms of the Grail	p. 216
The identity of the Grail	p. 246
Epilogue: The Grail Crusade?	p. 275
The Cup or Monad	p. 289
Apuleius	p. 294
References	p. 302
Chronology	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 318
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