| David Jay Jordan's Troubadours and Courtly Love To understand the Grail and its principles surely we have to understand the sexuality and the sexual equality of the genders surrounding the Grail. SEE Sexuality of the Grail, because the Grail itself is symbolic of the Cup, or the Womb and is definitely feminine in aspect, and can only be filled by the masculine in the form of the blood of the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings ... Jesus. This is why it is powerful because it combines the two, Two in One just as the Trinity is Three in One with Father and Mother and Son all being ONE. So maybe in explanation of this basic precept via an article from Templar Research Website would be helpful. As the Troubadour's were poets and story tellers and singers that passed on this principle of equality and sexuality and love and engrained it into the hearts and minds of those in King Arthur's court ..... as well as the Templars and maybe that's one more reason why they acquired the Grail. ************************************* Who were the Troubadours? They were poets of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy, who wrote in the Language of Oc (Occitain) from the end of the 11th Century to the end of the 13th. The word "troubadour" is a French derivation of the Occitanian "trobador" which basically meantpoet" and having its roots in the verb "trobar" - to find, to invent. The "troubadour" was, therefore, one who invented new poems, new verse forms for his elaborate lyrics. He might just as easily have been a wandering minstrel or a great prince like Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart) whose mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and whose sister, Marie of Champagne, were very much involved in the promotion of this new art form - Courtly Love. Around the ladies of the court the Troubadours created an atmosphere for the cultivation of true love - stripped of all hope of consummation - an atmosphere of love for its own sake. Nothing Heretofore had even vaguely approached this conception of love for its own sake. Interestingly, the cause of the ruin of the Troubadours is to be found in the struggle which erupted between the Church in Rome and the Albigensian heretics - the Cathars - who, among other philosophical divergences from Church Doctrine, also accepted women on an equal footing as men. Such anegalitarian philosophy the Church could not abide and, as a consequence, it was branded as "heresy". Because the bulk of the support for the Troubadours was to be found among the "heretics", when the Church launched its crusade against the Albigensian "heretics" in 1209, the base support for the Troubadours was likewise under siege. The Church won - the "heretics" and the Troubadours lost. ****************************************** But like the words of the Lord, these principles have carried on .... SEE Sexual Equality despite Patriarchy Inequality....and despite system church persecution. And these principles are still sung about in song lyrics today, as Love is the Lord's Law. Do see the lyrics 'Tune His Heart to Mine' ******************************************* COURTLY LOVE - THE ADORATION OF THE FEMININE ASPECTS OF DIVINITY The phenomenon known as "Courtly Love" first made its appearance in the elaborate court poetry of the Troubadours of southern France at the end of the 11th Century. The romantic nature of courtly love is such that the "lover" is always at the service of his "beloved", whom he considers it a privilege to serve. Love, whether rewarded or not, is considered to be the source of all virtue and nobility. There is reverence in courtly love because the "lover" is considered to be in the service of the "God of Love", worshipping his Lady-Saint. If we accept current views on psychological projection, then it could be safely argued that the "Lady-Saint" whom the lover worships in the name of love, is none other than the idealized female side of himself. She is that queenly representative of the Divine Mother who alone is capable of bestowing Knighthood upon the aspirant in his attempt at liberating himself from the bondage of his animal nature. Hyperlink to Templar Research ********************************************* And who taught and showed 'love for love sake, and who is our 'Beloved', and who is the Heart is worth tuning into our Heart of Love to but our Creator ... Jesus. And it is for this reason that their is power in singing about these truths...whether from the Troubadours of the past, present or future. In My Opinion David jay Jordan |
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