Crusade Against the Grail

The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome

Otto Rahn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2006
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
978-1-59477-135-4 (ISBN)

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The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montségur to be the repository of the Holy Grail.

Crusade Against the Grailis the daring book that popularized the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. The first edition appeared in Germany in 1933 and drew upon Rahn’s account of his explorations of the Pyrenean caves where the heretical Cathar sect sought refuge during the 13th century. Over the years the book has been translated into many languages and exerted a large influence on such authors as Trevor Ravenscroft and Jean-Michel Angebert, but it has never appeared in English until now. Much as German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann used Homer’s Iliadto locate ancient Troy, Rahn believed that Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic Parzival held the keys to the mysteries of the Cathars and the secret location of the Holy Grail. Rahn saw Parzivalnot as a work of fiction, but as a historical account of the Cathars and the Knights Templar and their guardianship of the Grail, a “stone from the stars.” The Crusade that the Vatican led against the Cathars became a war pitting Roma (Rome) against Amor (love), in which the Church triumphed with flame and sword over the pure faith of the Cathars.

Otto Rahn was born in Michelstadt, Germany, in 1904. After earning his degree in philology in 1924, he traveled extensively to the caves and castles of southern France, researching his belief that the Cathars were the last custodians of the Grail. Induced by Himmler to become a member of the SS as a civilian archaeologist and historian, Rahn quickly grew disillusioned with the direction his country was taking and resigned in 1939. He died, an alleged suicide, on March 13, 1939, in the snows of the Tyrolean Mountains.

Translator’s Foreword

Map of Southern France

Prologue

Part One
Parsifal

Part Two
The Grail
The Golden Fleece
Gwion’s Cup
How the Bard Taliesin Came to the World
The Legend of the Bard Cervorix
The “Pure Ones” and Their Doctrine
The Caves of Trevrizent Close to the
Fountain Called La Salvaesche
Monmur, the Enchanted Castle of Oberon
Muntsalvaesche and Montségur
Repanse de Schoye

Part Three
The Crusade

Part Four
The Apotheosis of the Grail

Appendix: Observations on the Theoretical Part

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.10.2006
Verlagsort	Rochester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-59477-135-9 / 1594771359
ISBN-13	978-1-59477-135-4 / 9781594771354
Zustand	Neuware