"And lo, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Sir Galahad, Bearing the Grail’s light to guide his quest."
- Attributed to Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485, adapted)
"The angels of the Sangreal stood above the knights, Their wings a shield against the dark enchantments."
- The Quest of the Holy Grail (13th-century Vulgate Cycle, translated by Pauline Matarasso, 1969)
"By the grace of angels, Sir Percival beheld the vision, And his soul was lifted to the heavenly court."
- Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1200, adapted)
The Angel of the Grail
”On another level, the Grail can be seen as the bloodline reaching from Mary Magdalene down to the present day, a lineage which has provided physical vehicles for a number of Workers in the Light, especially those souls who had experienced lives as Priestesses of Isis. Through Mary, the energy and wisdom of the Isis tradition of Love and Light did not disappear when the temple of Isis faded into history, but continued in the life and work of all those who have been inspired by it over the centuries. For this reason, we regard Mary Magdalene as the overlighting presence sustaining the Grail, and in a symbolic sense, her higher self can be seen as the Angel of the Grail.” - Alariel, from Joanna Prentis and Stewart Wilson book