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Hidden Manna and the Holy Grail: The Psychedelic Sacrament in Arthurian Romance Dan Merkur In 1136, Geoffrey of Monmouth published Historia Regum Britanniae, “History of the Kings of Britain,” a Latin text that retailed for an international audience the Welsh legend of King Arthur.1 Historically, Arthur may have lived in the fifth or early sixth century and been involved with the British resistance to invading Saxons.2 Over the centuries, Welsh poets and story-tellers elaborated his legend into wonder stories.

• parzival as an account of a historical parzival
• perceval quest
• terrestrial paradise tradition
• manna
• celtic folklore
• grail
• irish
• salmon
• eucharist
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