The Grail

The Grail is a holy cup, the vessel of life-force, it's not so much the cup itself, but the implied sacredness of the more ineffable substance it might hold. We are all on a quest. When we begin any path of healing or self-transformation, we start to engage the energies of the psyche that know all about the quest. It may have many different qualities, it may express itself in more covert or overt ways, more masculine or feminine ways, but essentially, it's the soul's drive toward wholeness, self-knowledge

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