Travis Simpkins

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

M.W. Paul F. Gleason. Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. by Travis Simpkins

Paul F. Gleason. Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Paul F. Gleason

Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

33rd Degree Freemason

Scottish Rite Valley of Boston

by Travis Simpkins

based on a photo by Philip A Nowlan

Not Just a Man. A Mason

For more info, please visit:

massfreemasonry.org

Paul F. Gleason. Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. by Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

The Quest of the Holy Grail. King Arthur. Camelot. Arthurian Legend. Knights of the Round Table

Written in approximately 1225 A.D., "The Quest of the Holy Grail" shouldn't be read too lightly. There is a lot to discover beneath the surface.

Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot - the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad - as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man's perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend.

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