(3.4) “Galahad and the Grail” – The Castle and the Custom (this article is in process and incomplete at this time) Book Three: “The Achievement of the Grail“ (by “book” is meant a large section in this installment of Guite’s Arthuriad). Stave Three: “The Castle and the Custom” (a “stave” is an old-fashioned term for the …
Saved by the Well in Psalms 84 and 87. “Even when they pass through the dry Valley of Baca, the Valley of Weeping, they will make it a place of wellsprings, as if the early rain had clothed it with a blessing.” (Psalm 84:6). “Singers and dancers alike sing, ‘All my wellsprings are in you! Every …
Saved by the Well – Solomon. “You are my private paradise, my treasured sister, my lover and friend, a secluded wellspring, my bubbling fountain hidden from public view… You are a pure garden fountain, a well of fresh, living water like a mountain brook flowing into my heart.” (Song of Solomon 4:12,15). SAVED: The Hebrew word for save …
Saved by the Well – Samson. “Samson was now very thirsty, and he called out to Yahweh, ‘You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into he hands of these pagans?’ So God called water to gush forth out of a rock basin …
Saved by the Well – Moses at Be’er. “From there they went to B’er (Beer), which means the Well, where Yahweh had said to Moses, ‘Gather the people together, and I will give them water.’ On that occasion Israel sang this song: ‘Spring up, O well! Sing its praises! Sing of this well which the leaders …
Saved by the Well – Moses at Elim. “After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve wellsprings and seventy date palm trees. They camped there beside the water.” (Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9). SAVED: The Hebrew word for save is “Yasha,” which means to be set free into the wide …
Saved by the Well – Isaac. “And the Lord appeared to Isaac and said… ‘Dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the promise …
Saved by the Well – Abraham. “At that time Abimelech and the commander of the Philistine army said to Abraham, ‘God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have …
Saved by the Well – Hagar. “The Angel of the Lord found Hagar near a well in the desert, a spring of water as she headed towards Egypt.” (Genesis 16:7). SAVED: The Hebrew word for save is “Yasha,” which means to be set free into the wide open; to be delivered in a time of desperate …
(3.3) “Galahad and the Grail” – The White Hart. Book Three: “The Achievement of the Grail“ (by “book” is meant a large section in this installment of Guite’s Arthuriad). Stave Three: “The White Hart” (a “stave” is an old-fashioned term for the stanza of a poem, a verse in a song, or a chapter in a …
(3.2) “Galahad and the Grail” – On Solomon’s Ship. Book Three: “The Achievement of the Grail“ (by “book” is meant a large section in this installment of Guite’s Arthuriad). Stave Two: “On Solomon’s Ship” (a “stave” is an old-fashioned term for the stanza of a poem, a verse in a song, or a chapter in …
(3.1) “Galahad and the Grail” – The Quest of Fair Dindrane. Book Three: “The Achievement of the Grail“ (by “book” is meant a large section in this installment of Guite’s Arthuriad). Stave One: “The Quest of Fair Dindrane” (a “stave” is an old-fashioned term for the stanza of a poem, a verse in a song, or a …