http://www.grailcode.com/archives/magic-flutes-and-funny-hats The Holy Grail in history and in modern culture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/magic-flutes-and-funny-hats#comment-15944 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:46:27 +0000 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/magic-flutes-and-funny-hats#comment-15944 [...] I’ll try to keep this brief, because I’ve already blithered on about The Magic Flute far too long, and you must be getting pretty sick of it. So instead of coyly easing up to it in my usual insufferable manner, I’ll state the main question right here at the beginning: Why have the stories of the Holy Grail inspired countless works of literature and art through the ages, whereas the Masonic fairy tale of The Magic Flute has no life outside the opera? [...] […] I’ll try to keep this brief, because I’ve already blithered on about The Magic Flute far too long, and you must be getting pretty sick of it. So instead of coyly easing up to it in my usual insufferable manner, I’ll state the main question right here at the beginning: Why have the stories of the Holy Grail inspired countless works of literature and art through the ages, whereas the Masonic fairy tale of The Magic Flute has no life outside the opera? […]

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