Wolfram's Parzival: The Esoteric Metaphysics of the Grail

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In this video I examine the esoteric philosophy of the grail set forth in Wolfram's Parzival. Wolfram from Eschenbach was a prominent 13th century German poet, and his account of the holy grail is the most intricate and intriguing available. His Parzival is not only an account of the mystical theology of the grail, but also an early Bildungsroman, a story of a young man's education. In this video, I argue for the esoteric context of Wolfram's tale by appealing to his own explicit statements, his background sources, and his central narrative metaphor of the bow. I then explain his account by drawing on the background contexts of Alchemy, with its black, white, and red works, and the Bible. I then sketch the development of Parzival's theological education throughout the story and conclude by drawing three important lessons Wolfram's poem can teach us.

The images used in this video are either in the public domain, memes generated on imgflip.com, or were created by me. The image used in the thumbnail of this video is a set design for act III of Wagner's Parsifal by Paul von Joukowsky and is in the public domain. It can be found here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parsifal_1882_Act3_Joukowsky_NGO4p119.jpg