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| | PREFACE | v |
| | BOOK I | |
| | THE ROOTS OF THE HOUSE OF MEANING | |
| SECT. | | |
| I. | SOME ASPECTS OF THE GRAAL LEGEND | 5 |
| II. | EPOCHS OF THE LEGEND | 12 |
| III. | THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE GRAAL LITERATURE | 17 |
| IV. | THE LITERATURE OF THE CYCLE | 47 |
| V. | THE IMPLICITS OF THE GRAAL MYSTERY | 61 |
| | BOOK II | |
| | MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY GRAAL IN MANIFESTATION AND REMOVAL | |
| I. | A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN ROOT-SECRETS INCLUDED IN THE WHOLE SUBJECT | 79 |
| II. | THE INSTITUTION OF THE HALLOWS, AND, IN THE FIRST PLACE, A GENERAL INTRODUCTION CONCERNING THEM | 84 |
| III. | THE INSTITUTION OF THE HALLOWS, AND, SECONDLY, THE VARIATIONS OF THE CUP LEGEND | 89 |
| IV. | THE GRAAL VESSEL CONSIDERED AS A BOWL OF PLENTY | 104 |
| V. | THE LESSER HALLOWS OF THE LEGEND | 114 |
| | (a) The Summary of these Matters; (b) Legends of the Sacred Lance; (c) The Broken Sword; (d) The Dish. | |
| VI. | THE CASTLE OF THE HOLY GRAAL | 128 |
| VII. | THE KEEPERS OF THE HALLOWS | 134 |
| VIII. | THE PAGEANTS IN THE QUESTS | 138 |
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| SECT. | | PAGE |
| IX. | THE ENCHANTMENTS OF BRITAIN, THE TIMES CALLED ADVENTUROUS AND THE WOUNDING OF THE KING | 144 |
| X. | THE SUPPRESSED WORD AND THE MYSTIC QUESTION | 152 |
| XI. | THE HEALING OF THE KING | 157 |
| XII. | THE REMOVAL OF THE HALLOWS | 161 |
| | BOOK III | |
| | THE EARLY EPOCHS OF THE QUEST | |
| I. | THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE LEGEND IN FOLK-LORE | 171 |
| II. | THE WELSH PERCEVAL | 181 |
| III. | THE ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCE OF SYR PERCYVELLE | 193 |
| IV. | THE CONTE DEL GRAAL | 198 |
| | (a) Preliminary to the whole Subject; (b) The Poem of Chrétien de Troyes; (c) The Extension of Gautier; (d) The Conclusion of Manessier; (e) The Alternative Sequel of Gerbert; (f) In which Sir Gawain is considered briefly as a Companion of the Holy Quest. | |
| | BOOK IV | |
| | THE LESSER CHRONICLES OF THE HOLT GRAAL | |
| I. | THE METRICAL ROMANCE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHÆA | 245 |
| II. | THE LESSER HOLY GRAAL | 255 |
| III. | THE EARLY HISTORY OF MERLIN | 258 |
| IV. | THE DIDOT PERCEVAL | 265 |
| | BOOK V | |
| | THE GREATER CHRONICLES OF THE HOLT GRAAL | |
| I. | THE BOOK OF THE HOLY GRAAL, AND, IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE PROLOGUE THERETO BELONGING | 281 |
| II. | A NEW CONSIDERATION CONCERNING THE BRANCHES OF THE CHRONICLE | 287 |
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| SECT. | | PAGE |
| III. | THE MINOR BRANCHES OF THE BOOK OF THE HOLY GRAAL | 308 |
| IV. | SOME LATER MERLIN LEGENDS | 316 |
| | (a) The Vulgate Merlin; (b) The Huth Merlin. | |
| V. | THE GREAT PROSE LANCELOT | 330 |
| VI. | A PREFACE OR INTRODUCTORY PORTION APPERTAINING TO ALL THE QUESTS | 340 |
| VII. | THE LONGER PROSE PERCEVAL | 344 |
| VIII. | THE QUEST OF THE HIGH PRINCE | 352 |
| IX. | THE WELSH QUEST OF GALAHAD | 365 |
| | BOOK VI | |
| | THE GERMAN CYCLE OF THE HOLY GRAAL | |
| I. | THE PARSIFAL OF WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH | 375 |
| II. | GLEANINGS CONCERNING THE LOST QUEST OF GUIOT DE PROVENCE | 397 |
| III. | SIDELIGHTS FROM THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE QUESTS | 404 |
| IV. | THE CROWN OF ALL ADVENTURES | 407 |
| V. | THE TITUREL OF ALBRECHT VON SCHARFENBERG | 415 |
| VI. | THE DUTCH LANCELOT | 421 |
| | BOOK VII | |
| | THE HOLY GRAAL IN THE LIGHT OF THE CELTIC CHURCH | |
| I. | STATEMENT OF A POSSIBLE IMPLICIT ACCOUNTING FOR ALL CLAIMS | 433 |
| II. | THE FORMULÆ OF THE HYPOTHESIS SCHEDULED | 436 |
| III. | IN WHAT SENSE THE PLEA MUST BE HELD TO FAIL | 446 |
| IV. | THE VICTORY OF THE LATIN RITE | 459 |
| | p. xviii | |
| | BOOK VIII | |
| | MYSTIC ASPECTS OF THE GRAAL LEGEND | |
| SECT. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE INTRODUCTORY WORDS | 469 |
| II. | THE POSITION OF THE LITERATURE DEFINED | 476 |
| III. | CONCERNING THE GREAT EXPERIMENT | 481 |
| IV. | THE MYSTERY OF INITIATION | 488 |
| V. | THE MYSTERY OF FAITH | 493 |
| VI. | THE LOST BOOK OF THE GRAAL | 498 |
| VII. | THE DECLARED MYSTERY OF QUEST | 507 |
| | BOOK IX | |
| | SECRET TRADITION IN CHRISTIAN TIMES | |
| I. | PRELIMINARY TO THE WHOLE SUBJECT | 521 |
| II. | SOME ALLEGED SECRET SCHOOLS OF THE MIDDLE AGES | 524 |
| III. | THE LATIN LITERATURE OF ALCHEMY AND THE HERMETIC SECRET IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUCHARISTIC MYSTERY | 533 |
| IV. | THE KABALISTIC ACADEMIES | 550 |
| V. | THE CLAIM IN RESPECT Of TEMPLAR INFLUENCE | 555 |
| VI. | THE GRAAL FORMULA IN THE LIGHT OF OTHER GLEANINGS FROM THE CATHOLIC SACRAMENTARY | 566 |
| VII. | THE Lapis Exilis | 571 |
| VIII. | THE ANALOGIES OF MASONRY | 576 |
| | (a) The Assumption of the Building Guild; (b) Masonry and Moral Science; (c) A Theory of Hermetic Interference; (d) One Key to the Sanctuary. | |
| IX. | THE HALLOWS OF THE GRAAL MYSTERY RE-DISCOVERED IN THE TALISMANS OF THE TAROT | 600 |
| | BOOK X | |
| | THE SECRET CHURCH | |
| I. | THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE HOLY GRAAL | 615 |
| II. | THE GOOD HUSBANDMAN | 620 |
| III. | THE CATHOLIC SECRET OF THE LITERATURE | 626 |
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| SECT. | | PAGE |
| IV. | THE MYSTERY WHICH IS WITHIN | 639 |
| V. | THE SECLUDED AND UNKNOWN SANCTUARY | 642 |
| VI. | THE TRADITION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE AND OTHER TRACES OF A HIGHER MIND OF THE CHURCH | 661 |
| VII. | THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HOLY QUEST | 668 |
| | APPENDIX | |
| | THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY GRAAL | |
| | PART I | |
| | THE TEXTS | |
| | PART II | |
| | SOME CRITICAL WORKS | |
| | PART III | |
| | PHASES OF INTERPRETATION | |