The Ceremony of the Grail

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I'm very pleased to announce the release of my latest book, The Ceremony of the Grail:  Ancient Mysteries, Gnostic Heresies, and the Lost Rituals of Freemasonry. This is the sequel to my earlier book The Secret of the Temple, but it breaks a great deal of new ground; the process of researching and writing it involved discoveries that I wasn't expecting at all. Here's the back cover blurb: 

"The holy grail. The Knights Templar. The Gnostics and ancient mysteries of Greece.

 

Discover the connection between them all with this phenomenal book written by 32nd-degree Freemason and celebrated author John Michael Greer. This book is a must-read for seekers of the holy grail and those who want to learn about the inner workings of occult Freemasonry. The Ceremony of the Grail delves deep into the ancient mysteries, drawing on recently translated texts and published documents that until recently were among Freemasonry's most jealously guarded secrets.

 

From the grail legends to the Picatrix to Jessie Weston's pioneering research, this book provides answers that have eluded seekers for centuries." 

One of the things the cover blurb doesn't say is that I was able to find enough information on the old Grail rite, using sources that included an essay of Jessie Weston's that has never been reprinted since its first publication, to reconstruct the initiation ceremony of the Grail as it was practiced in the early twentieth century, when it was last in use. Oh, and that Jessie Weston essay? It's one of the appendices. ;-)

Interested?  If you're in the United States, you can order it from my Bookshop store; otherwise, your local full service bookstore or your favorite online venue will be glad to get you a copy. 

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