What is the Holly Grail and where is it?

Answer 1

The Holy Grail is in Christian mythology. It is the chalice that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. It is said to have miraculous and mysterious powers. At the Last Supper, the Bible accounts tell us that Jesus broke bread with his disciples and shared it saying that the bread represented his body that would be broken for all at his crucifixion. Similarly, they shared a goblet of wine which he informed them symbolised his blood shed for all, and that we were to remember Jesus and what he did by doing the same whenever Christians met for worship. This act marked the beginning of a new covenant between God and humanity, and as such was a turning point in the life and teaching of Jesus. Christians therefore remember Jesus Christ's death, passion and resurrection by reenacting this scene in the service of Holy Communion, The Lord's Supper, the Eucharist or the Mass, depending upon the denomination of the church where bread and wine are blessed and shared. The actual cup used at the original last supper is known as the Holy Grailand has had a great deal of legends surrounding it. One such legend was that at Jesus' crucifixion the cup was used to collect a few drops of his blood by Joseph of Arimathea, who owned the tomb where Jesus was buried before the resurrection. Legend says that Joseph, who was supposed to be a rich trader of spices, came to Glastonbury, England to trade spices for lead that was mined in the nearby Mendip Hills, and brought the Grail for safekeeping, burying it in a nearby hill. There is still a 'Chalice Gardens' there which is supposed to mark the spot where the Grail is buried. Other legends surrounding the lost chalice involved the Knights Templar, and King Arthur all of whom were supposed to seek the Grail over the years but to no avail. If Joseph did bring the cup to England then it is now lost, although many facts do tie in (eg there are Roman lead mines on the Mendips, a type of hawthorn tree supposedly brought to Glastonbury by Joseph, when he thrust his walking stick into the ground where it took root, still flourishes in the area and is closely related to other hawthorns found in the Holy Land etc). However, legend, fantasy and fact are all intertwined with regard to the Grail and so it is very likely that none of it is true, but the cup used by Christ was lost in Israel, or simply forgotten about after the Last Supper. What is certain, however, is that the Holy Grail does not represent the bloodline of Jesus Christ as suggested by Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code. Even Brown himself admits that this is pure fiction, based on another fantasy book 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' where the idea was first postulated on a 'what if?' basis, and where even the authors of that book themselves did not mean to be taken seriously.

Answer 2

The Holy Grail is a legendary cup or chalice that is said to have been used by Jesus at the Last Supper. The exact location of the Holy Grail is a subject of much speculation and legend, with some theories suggesting it is hidden in a secret location or lost to history.

Answer 3

The "Holy Grail" is the Ultimate Relic in Christian Mysticism, being the cup that Jesus used to perform the first Holy Communion referred to in in The Bible.

It is sort of like UFOs. There are people who don't believe in them, people who do, and those who have seen them. I remember my schoolteacher reading from some story about king Arthur's Knight who was so holy, he saw the Grail- then he died.

Much later in life, I learned that there are such Spiritual Power Objects that will kill you if you chanced upon them, and were not sufficiently prepared. (See: THE FIRE FROM WITHIN, by Carlos Castaneda.)

The Holly Grail is a herbal remedy for a genetic bomb. The genetic bomb is associated with "wormwood" and will kill a third of the planet . I do not expect it to save too many humans because of other side effects. The side effect of a genetic bomb is a nuclear war etc.