Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> The quest is everything. Remember Lancelot and the holy grail? His life was devoted to the quest, not to the grail. If he'd found the stupid grail he wouldn't have had any idea what to do with himself. He didn't really want it, he wanted to look for it. I'm sure he subscribed to "Absolute Questing" magazine rather than to "Family Grail". (Brian reid) >> Please! My friend Lancelot is one of the most misunderstood knights of the Table. In fact, when Lancelot did achieve the Quest of the Grail, he was not allowed to enter the chapel to celebrate Mass with Percivale and (I forget who - Percivale's sister? Galahad?) because of his adulterous relationship with Guinevere. This was the crushing blow to his self-esteem (and spiritual status) which was only redeemed when he restored a dead knight to life after a joust in which he had accidentally killed him. "And Lancelot cried like a little boy that hath been whipped". In fact Lancelot was not a gung-ho bully boy riding to hounds, but a deeply spiritual person; the Quest for the Grail was not a trophy hunt, but a search for the ultimate religious consummation, which led to the passing away of those who had celebrated mass (they left the world on a mysterious ship which carried them away over the waters). The Grail knights were in search of perfection, not a fox's tail, and the Quest of the Grail signalled the breaking up of the Round Table. It had no more reason to exist, and degenerated into a jousting club. (The Round Table and Scott of the Antarctic are two subjects which get me gassing). Now is this off topic, or what! Rob. Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow Via Bellentani 36 41100 Modena Italy Tel/fax [39] 059 303436