The Quest for the Grail:

Joseph of Arimathea and Sir Galahad

Arthurian legends

Arthurian stories preserve values that align the mind with the Will of God, offering a path of ascension through noble ideals. These myths, often depicted in books and films, show Camelot as a union of humanity with archetypal figures such as the righteous emperor and his queen, who continue to influence our collective consciousness.

Origins of the Arthurian Legends

The roots of the myths of Arthur and Merlin are to be found in "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century). The Lancelot-Grail cycle (13th century), based on medieval tales, tells the legend of Arthur focusing on the love between Lancelot and Guinevere, the search for the Holy Grail and the life of Merlin.

Robert de Boron was the first to give a Christian dimension to the Grail myth, relating that Joseph of Arimathea used the cup of the Last Supper to collect the blood of Jesus and took it to Avalon.

**Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail**

In the Lancelot-Grail cycle, Galahad, son of Lancelot and Elaine de Corbenic, is presented as the purest and most perfect knight. Raised in a convent by nuns after being rejected by his father, Lancelot.

Galahad is known for its bravery and purity. His mother, Elaine, also known as "The Lady of Shalott", has a tragic end narrated in the ballad of Alfred Tennyson.

Elaine, a young noblewoman locked in a tower upstream from Camelot, sees Lancelot reflected in her mirror, falls into his seduction, and gives birth to Galahad. Finally, she dies of abandonment floating adrift in a lake.

**The Elaine Tragedy**

The Lady of Shalott, protected from external deceptions, could only see the world through a mirror and weave what she saw into a tapestry. After seeing Lancelot, she breaks her isolation, sings a farewell song while sailing in a boat to Camelot, and dies of heartbreak. Her tragic end is watched by the knights and ladies of Camelot, who come out to see her boat float gently down the river.

**The Quest for the Grail**

Galahad, one of the three knights who manage to reach the Holy Grail, replaces Percival as a hero in later works such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur". According to channeled messages from Ascended Masters, Galahad is a reincarnation of Joseph of Arimathea, who founded Glastonbury Abbey and created a Christian community in England and France.

These legends have inspired later works such as "The Da Vinci Code", keeping Arthurian Magic alive.

Arthurian legends, replete with Christian symbolism and values, continue to be a source of inspiration, showing the eternal quest for the Grail as a path to purity and union with the divine.

I include a link to the Youtube video in the image of Elaine, the mother of Sir Galahad