Speculative Grail Lore
This study, by Walter Johannes Stein, was the quintessential Stein. He was a life-long adventurer into the subject of the Grail. This study is an attempt to provide an historical setting for the characters of the Grail and suggests that the mythology was more than fiction. This is a bumpy path, the shadow-land of mystical societies and initiatic wisdom. Stein manages to realize a vision of the Grail as a source for European culture, particularly the German people, as he presents the world of the Grail as something far beyond a Christian legend. In fact, he suggests that the Grail is not Christian a mythology that belongs instead to a gnosticism. The book is fascinating, if you have an interest in the Grail.
