The list of books relating the Arthuriad is almost endless, running into thousands of volumes, many not relevant to this present book. For the most committed students there are several bibliographies, including hundreds of entries (see below), and the International Arthurian Society (http://www.internationalarthuriansociety.com) produces a yearly online list that covers several languages and countries. What follows is, therefore, an eclectic selection of titles that have proved particularly helpful in the study of this vast topic over the years.
Bibliographies
The Arthurian Annals: The Tradition in English from 1250 to 2000 (2 vols). Nastali, Daniel, and Phillip C. Boardman. Oxford University Press, 2004.
The Arthurian Bibliography (4 vols). Edited by Cedric E. Pickford, Rex Last, and Caroline Palmer, et. al., 1970–1983.
Texts
Ancient Irish Tales, Cross, T.P. and C.H. Slover. Figgis, Dublin, 1936.
Apocryphal New Testament, ed. M. R. James. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1924.
Art of Courtly Love, Andreas Capellanus, trans. J. J. Parry. New York: Norton and Co., 1969.
Arthurian Romances of Chrétien de Troyes, trans. Carleton Carroll. Penguin Classics, 1991.
The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyn: An Edition Based on Bodleian Library MS. Douce 324, ed. R. Hanna. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1974.
Baile in Scail (The Phantom’s Frenzy), ed. and trans. Kevin Murray. Irish Text Society, 2005.
The Brut of Layamon, see: Layamon’s Arthur: The Arthurian Section of Layamon’s Brut, eds. W. R. J. Barron and S. C. Weinberg. Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies, 2005.
Chevalier de Papegau, ed. and trans. T. E. Vesce. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Complete Dialogues of Plato, ed. Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1961.
The Complete Story of the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval and Its Continuations, trans. Nigel Bryant. D. S. Brewer, 2015.
Cormac’s Glossary, ed. Whitley Stokes. 1868; Kissinger reprint, 2010.
Didot Perceval: The Romance of Perceval in Prose, trans. D. Skeels (Washington UP, 1966).
Divine Comedy, Dante Aligheri, trans. Lawrence Binyon. Agenda Editions, 1977.
Diu Crone (the Crown) Heinrich von dem Türlin, trans. J. W. Thomas. University of Nebraska, 1989.
Early Irish Myths and Sagas, trans. J. Gantz. Penguin Books, 1981.
Elucidation, trans. Gareth Knight and Caitlín Matthews in The Lost Book of the Grail, Starlight Press, 2017.
Elucidation: A Prologue to the Conte del Graal, ed. A. Thompson. New York: Institute of French Studies, 1931.
Elucidation in The Quest of the Holy Grail, S. Evans. J. M. Dent, 1892.
Elucidation in The Lost Book of the Grail, Caitlín and John Matthews and Gareth Knight. Skylight Press, 2017.
Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser. Penguin Books, 2003.
Fergus of Galloway: Knight of King Arthur, Guillaume Leclerc, trans. D. D. R. Owen. London: J. M. Dent, 1991; Rutland, VT: Charles Tuttle, 1991.
Folie Tristan in Early French Tristan Poems (vol. 1), ed. N. J. Lacy. Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer.
Four Ancient Books of Wales (2 vols), ed. W. F. Skene. New York: AMS Press, n.d.
Gawain and the Green Knight, trans. Simon Armitage. Faber, 2011.
Gesta Regum Britanniæ (Deeds of the Kings of Britain), ed. Francisque-Michel. Archaeologia Cambrensis 2 Supplement, 1862.
The Glorious Mystery, Arthur Machen. 1924. Reprinted by Literary Licensing LLC, 2012.
Golden Legend, Jacobus de Voraginie. London: Penguin Books, 1999.
History of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth, trans. Lewis Thorpe. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966.
Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin and Perceval, Robert de Boron, trans. N. Bryant as Merlin and the Grail (D.S. Brewer, 2001).
Joseph of Arimathie, ed. W. W. Skeat. London: Early English Texts Soc., 1871.
Journey Through Wales, Gerald of Wales. Penguin, 1978.
Jungere Titurel, Albrecht von Scharfenberg. Extract translated by J. and D. Meeks in The Golden Blade 33 (1981): 52–61.
Kalevala: The Land of Heroes, trans. W. F. Kirby. London: Dutton, 1907.
The Kebra Negast (Book of the Glory of Kings), trans. E. A. Wallace-Budge. Aziloth Books, 2013.
Knightly Tales of Sir Gawain, L. B. Nelson Hall. Chicago, 1976.
La Faula, Guillaume de Torroella. Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch, 2011
Lais, Marie de France, trans. G. S. Burgess and K. Busby. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1986.
Lancelot-Grail (formerly Vulgate Cycle): The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post Vulgate in Translation (5 vols), ed. Norris J. Lacy (Garland Publishing, 1993–1999).
Lancelot of the Lake, trans. C. Corley. Oxford University Press, 1989.
Lanzalet, trans. K. G. T. Webster. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951.
Lebor Gabala Erenn, ed. and trans. R. S. Macallister. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies, 1941.
Limits of the British Empire, John Dee, ed. and trans. K. MacMillan and J. Abeles. Westport: Praeger, 2004.
Mabinogion, trans. J. Gantz. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985.
Mabinogion, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest. The Folio Society, 1980.
Merlin (3 vols), Henry Lovelich. London: Oxford University Press, 1904–1932.
Merlin, or the Early History of King Arthur (4 vols), ed. H. B. Wheatley. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Trubner, 1865–1899.
Merlin: Roman en Prose du XIII Siecle (2 vols), ed. Gaston Paris and J. Ulrich. Paris: Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1886.
Le Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory, ed. J. Matthews. Cassell, 2000.
Moralia, Plutarch, trans. F. C. Babbitt. Heinemann, 1957.
Navigato Sancti Brendani Abbatis, ed. Carl Selmer. Four Courts Press, 1989.
Of Arthour and Merlin (2 vols), ed. O. D. Macrae-Gibson. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, 1979.
On the Song of Songs, Bernard of Clairvaux. Cistercian Publications, 1976.
Parzival, Wolfram von Eschenbach, trans. A. T. Hatto. Penguin, 1980.
Perceforest, trans. N. Bryant. D. S. Brewer, 2011.
Perceval: The Story of the Grail, Chrétien de Troyes, trans. N. Bryant. D. S. Brewer, 1982.
Perlesvaus: The High Book of the Grail, trans. N. Bryant. D. S. Brewer, 1978.
Prophecies de Merlin, ed. L. A. Paton. London: Oxford University Press, 1927.
Quest of the Holy Grail (Queste del San Graal), trans. P. M. Matarasso. Penguin, 1969.
Roman De Brut: A History of the British by Wace, ed. Judith Weiss. Exeter Mediaeval English Texts and Studies, 2011.
Roman d’Ogier le Danois, a fourteenth-century prose romance (unpublished).
Romance of Tristan, Beroul, trans. A. S. Frederick. Penguin Books, 1970.
Saltair Na Rann: A Collection of Early Middle Irish Poems, ed. Whitley Stokes. D. Nutt, 1883, reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, 2010.
Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle, trans. J. L. Weston. D. Nutt, 1903.
Sir Launfal in The Middle English Breton Lays, eds. Anne Laskaya and Eve Salisbury. Medieval Institute Publications, 1995.
Story of Meriadoc, King of Cumbria, ed. and trans. M. L. Day. New York: Garland, 1988.
Shahnameh, Firdausi, ed. A. G. Warner and E. Warner. London: Routledge, 2000.
Story of Meriadoc, King of Cumbria, ed. and trans. M. L. Day. New York: Garland, 1988.
Tale of Balain, trans. D. E. Campbell. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1972.
Treatise in Praise of the New Knighthood, Bernard of Clairvaux. Cistercian Pubs., 1977.
Trioedd Ynys Prydein, ed. R. Bromwich. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978.
Tristan, Gottfried von Strasbourg, trans. A. T. Hatto. Penguin Books, 1967.
Tristan in Brittany, Thomas, trans. D. L. Sayers. 1929.
Two Lives of Gildas by a monk of Ruys and Caradoc of Llancarfan, trans. Hugh Williams. The Cymmrodorion Record Series, 1899.
Vita Merlini, Geoffrey of Monmouth, trans. J. J. Parry. University of Illinois, 1925.
Voyage of Maelduin in The Voyages of the St. Brendan the Navigator and Tales of the Irish Saints, trans. Lady Gregory. Colin Smythe, 1973.
Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnall: A Modern Spelling Edition of a Middle English Romance, John Withrington, Department of English. Lancaster University, 1991.
Zohar, trans. H. Sperting and M. Simon.
Interpretations and Further Studies
Adams, H. Mont St. Michel et Chartres. Bison/Hamlyn, 1980.
Adolf, Helen. Visio Pacis: Holy City and Grail. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1960.
———. “The Esplumoir Merlin: A Study of Its Cabalistic Sources,” Speculum 21 (1946).
Allen, P. M., ed. A Christian Rosenkreutz Anthology. New York: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1981.
Ancona, Serge Gortan. The Substance of Adam. Rider, n.d. (ca. 1948).
Anderson, Flavia. Ancient Secret: In Search of the Holy Grail. Gollancz, 1955.
Anderson, Graham. King Arthur in Antiquity. Routledge, 2004.
———. The Earliest Arthurian Texts. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.
Annet, S. F. Grail Lectures. Jersey: Servants of the Light, 1986.
Ashe, Geoffrey. King Arthur’s Avalon. Fontana, 1973.
———. “Merlin in the Earliest Records” in The Book of Merlin, ed. R. J. Stewart. Poole: Blandford Press, 1987.
———. Merlin. Stroud: Tempus Books, 2007.
Baigent, M., R. Leigh, and H. Lincoln. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
Baillie, Mike. Exodus to Arthur. London: Batsford, 1999.
Barber, Richard. The Figure of Arthur. London: Longman, 1972.
———, ed. King Arthur in Music. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2004.
———. The Reign of Chivalry. David and Charles, 1980.
Barto, P. S. Tannhauser and the Mountain of Venus. OUP, 1916.
Beckett, M. The Pyramid and the Grail. Lailoken Press, 1984.
Birks, Walter, and R. A. Gilbert. The Treasure of Montségur: Study of the Cathar Heresy and the Nature of the Cathar Secret. Aquarian Press, 1987.
Bly, Robert. Iron John: A Book About Men. Rider, 2001.
Bond, F. Bligh. The Company of Avalon. Blackwell, 1924.
Bothwell-Gosse, A. The Rose Immortal. London: Watkins, 1958.
Bowditch, Harold. “Another Printed Version of the Arms of the Knights of the Round Table,” Speculum xxi (1946), 490–92.
Brock, S. St. Ephraem: The Harp of the Spirit. London: Fellowship of SS Alban and Sergius, 1975.
Bromwich, Rachel, A. O. H. Jarman, and B. F. Roberts, eds. The Arthur of the Welsh. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1993.
Brown, A. C. L. Origin of the Grail Legend. Harvard University Press, 1943.
Bruce, J. D. The Evolution of Arthurian Romance (2 vols).
Bryant, Nigel. The Legend of the Grail. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2004.
Burnham, Robert Jr. Burnham’s Celestial Handbook. New York: Dover Publications, 1978; Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1958.
Brault, Gerard J. Early Blazon. Oxford University Press, 1972.
Bryce, Derek. Three Arthurs. Lampeter: Llanerch Press, 2006.
———. The Mystical Way and the Arthurian Quest. Llanerch, Dyfed: Llanerch Enterprises, 1986.
Burkhardt, T. Alchemy. Dorset: Element Books, 1987.
Campbell, J. The Inner Reaches of Outer Space. New York: Alfred van der Marck Editions, 1985.
———. Myths to Live By. Souvenir Press, 1973.
———. Flight of the Wild Gander. Gateway Editions, 1960.
Cambi, N. and J. Matthews, eds. Lucius Artorius Castus and the King Arthur Legend. Split: Knjizevni Krug/Ogranak Matice Hrvatske, 2014.
Carle, James P. Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous. Gothic Image, 1996.
Chadwick, N. K. “Dreams in Early European Literature” in Celtic Studies, ed. J. Carney and D. Greene. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1968.
Chambers, E. K. Arthur of Britain. Cambridge: Speculum Historiale, 1964.
Chandler, John, ed. John Leland’s Itinerary: Travels in Tudor England. Gloucester: Sutton, 1993.
Clouter, Gregory A. The Lost Zodiac of the Druids. Vega, 2003.
Coe, John B., and Simon Young. The Celtic Sources for the Arthurian Legend. Felinfach: Llanerch Publishers, 1995.
Cooke, Brian Kennedy. The Quest of the Beast. Edmund Ward, 1957.
Cooper, J. C. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames and Hudson, 1978.
Cooper-Oakley, I. Masonry and Medieval Mysticism. Theosophical Publishing House, 1977.
Cross, F. L. Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press, 1978.
Currer-Briggs, N. The Shroud and the Grail. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1987.
DaCosta, Benjamin Franklin, “Inventio Fortunata: Arctic Exploration, with an account of Nicholas of Lynn” in The Bulletin of the American Geographic Society. New York, 1881.
Darcy, A. M. Wisdom and the Grail. Four Courts Press, 2000.
Darrah, John. Paganism in Arthurian Romance. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1994.
De Rougemont, D. Love in the Western World. New York: Pantheon, 1969.
De Sede, G. La Rose Croix. Paris: J’ai Lu, 1978.
———. Les Templiers. Paris: J’ai Lu, 1969.
Deleforge, G. The Templar Tradition in the Age of Aquarius. Threshold Books, 1987.
Denning, M., and O. Phillips. Magical Philosophy (5 vols). St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1974–9.
Durrell, Shelly. Healing the Fisher King. Miami, FL: Art Tao Press, 2002.
Eisner, S. The Tristan Legend. Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1969.
———. A Tale of Wonder. Wexford: John English, 1957.
Elkington, David. The Holy Grail: The Quest for the Glory and the Face of God. Forthcoming, 2017.
Ettlinger, Ellen. “Precognitive Dreams in Celtic Legend,” Folk-Lore LIX (1948), 97–11.
Evans, D. Sylvan. Celtic Remains. London: Alfred Nutt, 1878.
Evans, Robert F. Pelagius: Inquiries and Reappraisals. Wipf and Stock, 2010.
Evans, Sebastian. In Quest of the Holy Graal. London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1898.
Evola, J. The Mystery of the Grail. Inner Traditions, 1994.
Fairbairn, N. Kingdoms of Arthur. Evans Bros, 1983.
Fisher, L. The Mystic Vision. AMS Press, 1966.
Ford, P. K. “The Death of Merlin in the Chronicle of Elis Gruffydd” in Viator no. 7, 1976.
Fortune, Dion. The Avalon of the Heart. Aquarian Press, 1971
Fortune, Dion, Margaret Lumley Brown, and Gareth Knight. The Arthurian Formula. Thoth Publications, 2006.
Frappier, Jean. “Chrétien de Troyes et le Mythe du Graal Etude sur Perceval ou le Conte du Graal,” Societe d’edition d’enseignement Superieur, 1972.
Gadal, A. Sur Le Chemin de San Grail. Harlaam: Rosencruis-Pers, 1979.
Gallais, Pierre, Perceval et l’initiation. Essais sur le dernier roman, de Chrétien de Troyes, ses correspondances orientales et se signification anthropologique, Paradigme Publications Universitaires, 1998.
Gardner, J. The Complete Works of the Gawain Poet. Southern Illinois University Press, 1965.
Gardner, E. Arthurian Legends in Italian Literature. New York: Octagon Books, 1971.
Gaster, M. “The Legend of Merlin” in Folklore 16 (1905).
Gidlow, Christopher. The Reign of Arthur: From History to Legend. Thrupp: Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Ginsberg, A. Legends of the Jews (5 vols). Create Space, 2015.
Goglan, L. S. The Ardagh Chalice. Dublin: Brown and Nolan, 1932.
Goodrich, Peter, ed. The Romance of Merlin. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1990.
Graddon, Nigel, Otto Rahn and the Quest for the Holy Grail: The Amazing Life of the Real “Indiana Jones.” Adventures Unlimited, 2008.
Gray, W. G. The San Grail Sacrament. ME: Weiser, 1986.
Green, Caitlin R. “John Dee, King Arthur, and the Conquest of the Arctic” on Academia.edu.
Green, Miranda. Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art. London: Routledge, 1989.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Princeton University Press, 2014.
Grossinger, R., ed. The Alchemical Tradition. CA: North Atlantic Books, 1983.
Gryffydd, W. J. Math vab Mathonwy. University of Wales Press, 1928.
———. Rhiannon. University of Wales Press, 1953.
Haag, Michael. Templars: History and Myth—From Solomon’s Temple to the Freemasons. Profile Books, 2009.
Hall, M. P. Orders of the Quest: The Holy Grail. Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Soc., 1976.
Harding, Carol E. Merlin and Legendary Romance. New York: Garland, 1988.
Hardyment, Christina. Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur’s Chronicler. D. S Brewer, 2011; London: Harper Collins, 2005.
Harty, Kevin J., ed. King Arthur on Film. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co. Inc., 1999.
Heline, Corinne. Mysteries of the Holy Grail. New Age Press, 1977.
Higham, N. J. King Arthur: Myth-Making and History. London: Routledge, 2002.
Houghton, Rosemary. Tales from Eternity. Allen and Unwin, 1973.
Hughes, Jonathan. Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2002.
Jaffray, R. King Arthur and the Holy Grail. Putnam, 1928.
Johnson, Kenneth, and Marguerite Elspeth. The Grail Castle: Male Myths and Mysteries in the Celtic Tradition. St Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
Johnson, P. The History of Christianity. Peregrine, 1978.
Johnson, Robert A. The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden. New York: Harper San Francisco, 1993.
———. He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. New York and London: Harper and Row, 1989.
Jung, C. G. Memories, Dreams and Reflections. London: 1989.
Jung, E., and M-L. Von Franz. The Grail Legends. Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
Kahane, H. and R. The Krater and The Grail: Hermetic Sources of The Parzival. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1954.
Karr. P. A. The King Arthur Companion. Albany: Chaosium Inc., 1983.
Kennedy, B. Knighthood in the Morte d’Arthur. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1986.
Knappert, J. The Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern Mythology and Religion. Shaftsbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1993.
Knight, Gareth. Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism. Red Wheel/Weiser, 2001.
———. “The Archetype of Merlin” in The Book of Merlin, ed. R. J. Stewart. Blandford Press, 1987.
———. The Magical World of the Inklings. Aquarian Press, 1991.
———. The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend. Aquarian Press, 1983.
Lacy, N. J., and G. Ashe. The Arthurian Handbook. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Lacy, N. J., et. al. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. Chicago: St. James Press, 1991.
LaGravenese, Richard. The Fisher King: The Book of the Film. NY: Applause Books, 1991.
Lambert, M. D. Medieval Heresy. Arnold, 1977.
Lang-Simms, L. The Christian Mystery. Allen and Unwin, 1981.
Lecarrier, J. The Gnostics. London: Peter Owen, 1973.
Levy, G. R. The Sword from the Rock. London: Faber and Faber, 1953.
Lewis, C. B. Classical Mythology and Arthurian Romance. Oxford University Press, 1932.
Lievergood, B. C. J. Mystery Streams in Europe and the New Mysteries. NY: The Anthroposophic Press, 1982.
Lindsay, J. The Troubadours and Their World. Frederick Muller, 1982.
Littleton, C. S., and L. A. Malcor. From Scythia to Camelot. London and New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
Loffler, C. M. The Voyage to the Otherworld Island in Early Irish Literature (2 vols). Universitat Salzburg, 1983.
Loomis, R. S. Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance. NY: Columbia University Press, 1927.
———. The Development of Arthurian Romance. NY: Norton, 1963.
———. The Grail from Celtic Myth to Christian Symbolism. University of Wales Press/Columbia University Press, 1963.
———. Wales and the Arthurian Legend. Folcroft Library Editions, 1977.
MacDonald, Aileen. The Figure of Merlin in Thirteenth-Century French Romance. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen, 1990.
Machen, Arthur. Selected Letters, ed. Roger Dobson, Godfrey Brangham, and R. A. Gilbert. London: Aquarian Press, 1988.
MacMillan, K. “John Dee’s Brytanici Imperii Limites” in The Huntington Library Quarterly 64 (2001), 151–59.
Magre, M. The Return of the Magi. Sphere Books, 1957.
Maltwood, K. Enchantments of Britain. Cambridge: James Clark, 1982.
———. Glastonbury’s Temple of the Stars. Cambridge: James Clark, 1982.
Mann, William F. The Labyrinth of the Grail. Laughing Owl Publishing, 1999.
Markale, Jean. King Arthur: King of Kings. Gordon Cremonesi, 1977.
———. Women of the Celts. Gordon Cremonesi, 1975.
———. Merlin, Priest of Nature. 1995.
Matchett, E. and G. Trevelyan. Twelve Seats at the Round Table. N. Spearman, 1971.
Matthews, Caitlín. “An Awesome and Splendid Thing That We Did” in Quadriga 19 (Autumn 1981).
———. Elements of Celtic Tradition. Element Books, 1994.
———. King Arthur and the Goddess of the Land. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2002.
———. Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2002.
———. Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, Bride of God. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2003.
Matthews, John, and Caitlín Matthews. The Complete Arthurian Tarot. Connections, 2015.
———. Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom. Shaftesbury: Element, 1994.
———. King Arthur’s Raid on the Underworld. Gothic Image Publications, 2008.
———. Ladies of the Lake. London: Aquarian Press, 1992.
———. Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman. Rochester, VT., Inner Traditions, 2000.
———. Walkers Between the Worlds. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2003.
——— and Gareth Knight. The Lost Book of the Grail. Starlight Press, 2017.
Matthews, John. An Arthurian Reader. Aquarian Press, 1988.
———. Gawain: Knight of the Goddess. Aquarian Press, 1990.
———. Healing the Wounded King: Soul Work and the Quest for the Grail. Shaftsbury: Element Books, 1997; Mythwood Books, 2014.
———. King Arthur. London: Carlton, 2004.
———. Merlin: Shaman, Prophet, Magician. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2004.
———. Quest for the Green Man. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2001.
Matthews, John, and Caroline Wise. The Secret Lore of London. Coronet, 2016.
———. Song of Arthur. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2002.
———. Song of Taliesin. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2001.
———. Sources of the Grail. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1997.
———. The Grail: Quest for Eternal Life. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981.
Matthews, John, and M. Green. The Grail Seekers Companion. Aquarian Press, 1988.
Merry, E. The Flaming Door. Edinburgh: Floris, 1983.
———. I Am—The Ascent of Mankind. Rider, 1944.
Michell, M. “Tears and Threads of Enchantment” in The Green Book 5 (1981).
Millican, Charles B. Spenser and the Table Round. London: Frank Cass and Co., 1967.
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Myss, Caroline. Why People Don’t Heal (Audio Tapes). Boulder, CO: Sounds True Recordings, 1995.
Nagy, Joseph Falaky. The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition. Berkley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.
Neitz, W. A. “The Esplumoir Merlin” in Speculum XVIII (1943).
Nelson, Gertrude Mueller. Here All Dwell Free: Stories to Heal the Wounded Feminine. New York and London: Doubleday, 1991.
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Nickel, Helmut. An Armorial of the Arthurian Legends. Edited by John and Caitlín Matthews. Nocturnal Media, 2018.
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Oldenbourg, Z. Massacre at Montségur. Weidenfeld, 1961.
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———. Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian Romance. NY: Franklin, 1959.
Panikkar, R. The Vedic Experience. Mamtramanjan, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1977.
Pearsall, L. B. The Art of Narration in Wolfram’s Parzival and Albrecht’s Jungerer Titurel. Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Phillips, Osborne, and Melita Denning. The Magical Philosophy; The Philosophy of the Magical Art; The Ethics of Western Occultism (5 vols). Llewellyn, 1975.
Quispel, G. Tatian and the Gospel of Thomas. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1975.
Rahn, Otto. Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome. Inner Traditions, 2010.
Ralls, Karen. The Templars and the Grail. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2003.
Ravenscroft, T. The Cup of Destiny. London: Rider, 1981.
———. The Spear of Destiny. London: Neville Spearman, 1972.
Reid, Howard. Arthur the Dragon King. London: Headline, 2001.
Rey H. A. The Stars: A New Way to See Them. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.
Rhys, John. Celtic Folklore, Welsh and Manx. London: Wildwood House, 1980.
———. Studies in the Arthurian Legend. Oxford University Press, 1891.
Richardson, Alan. Dancers to the Gods. Thorsons, 1985.
———. Magical Kabbalah. Thoth Publications, 2006.
———. The Gate of the Moon. Aquarian Press, 1981.
Richardson A, and G. Hughes. Ancient Magics for a New Age. Llewellyn, 1989.
Roberts, A., ed. Glastonbury. Rider, 1978.
Robinson, J. M., ed. Nag Hamadi Library. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977.
Rolt-Wheeler, F. Mystic Gleams from the Holy Grail. Rider, 1948.
Rouse, Robert, and Cory Rushton. The Medieval Quest for Arthur. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd., 2005.
Rowlands, Jenny. Early Welsh Saga Poetry. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990.
Rowley, William, and William Shakespeare. The Birth of Merlin (with additional chapters by R. J. Stewart, Denise Coffey, and Roy Hudd). Shaftsbury: Element Books, 1998.
Runciman, S. The Medieval Manichee. Cambridge University Press, 1969.
Sandoz, Eduard. “Tourneys in the Arthurian Tradition” in Speculum XIX (1994), 389–420.
Scott-Giles, C. W. “Some Arthurian Coates of Arms” in The Coat of Arms 64 and 65 (October 1965 and Jan 1966).
Schlauch, M. Medieval Narrative. Gordian Press, 1969.
Shaver, A. Tristan and the Round Table. New York: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1983.
Sevilla, Margarita Torres, and Jose Miguel Ortega del Rio. Kings of the Grail: Tracing the Historic Journey of the Holy Grail from Jerusalem to Spain. Michael O’Mara, 2015.
Slessarev, V. Prester John: The Letter. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 1959.
Smith, Andrew Philip. The Lost Teachings of the Cathars: Their Beliefs and Practices. Duncan Baird, 2015.
Stein, W. J. The Ninth Century and the Holy Grail. Temple Lodge Press, 1989.
Steiner, R. Christ and the Spiritual World and the Search for the Holy Grail. Rudolph Steiner Press, 1963.
———. Occult Science: An Outline. London: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1979.
Stewart, R. J., ed. The Book of Merlin. Blandford Press, 1987.
———, ed. Merlin and Woman. Blandford Press, 1988.
———. The Miracle Tree: Demystifying the Qabalah. New Page Books, 2003.
———. The Mystic Life of Merlin. Arkana, 1986.
———. The Prophetic Vision of Merlin. Arkana, 1986.
Stone, Alby. The Bleeding Lance: Myth, Ritual and the Grail Legend. Loughborough: Heart of Albion Press, 1992.
———. “Bran, Odin, and the Fisher King: Norse Tradition and the Grail Legends” in Folk-Lore 100, no. 1 (1989), 106–115.
———. “The Perilous Bridge” in At the Edge, no. 1 (March 1996), 7–10.
———. The Questing Beast. Heart of Albion Press, 1993.
Sussman, Linda. The Speech of the Grail. NY: Lindisfarne Press, 1995.
Tatlock, J. S. P. The Legendary History of Britain. NY: Gordian Press, 1974.
Tennant, Catherine. The Lost Zodiac. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1995.
Tolstoy, N. The Quest for Merlin. Hamish Hamilton, 1986.
Topsfield, L. T. Chrétien de Troyes: A Study of Arthurian Romance. Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Travers, P. L. What the Bee Knows. Aquarian Press, 1989.
Walker, G. B. Diffusions. The Research Publishing Co., 1976.
Waite, A. E. The Holy Grail: Its Legends and Symbolism. Rider, 1933.
———. The Hidden Church of the Holy Grail. London: Redman, 1909.
———. The Holy Kabbalah. NY: University Books, 1972.
Ware, K. The Orthodox Church. Penguin Books, 1963.
Weston, J. L. From Ritual to Romance. NY: Doubleday, 1957.
———. “The Grail and the Rites of Adonis” in Sources of the Grail, ed. J. Matthews. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1996.
———. “The Esplumoir Merlin” in Speculum (1946).
———. The Legend of Sir Perceval. David Nutt, 1909.
Weinraub, Eugene J. Chrétien’s Jewish Grail. Chapel Hill, 1976.
Whitaker, Muriel. The Legends of King Arthur in Art. D. S. Brewer, 1990.
Whitmont, Edward. Return of the Goddess: Femininity, Aggression and the Modern Grail Quest. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1983.
Wieland, Friedmann. The Journey of the Hero. Bridport, Devon: Prism Press, 1991.
Williams, Charles. The Descent of the Dove. Faber and Faber, 1939.
——— and C. S. Lewis. Arthurian Torso. Oxford University Press, 1948.
Wilson, Ian. The Turin Shroud. Gollancz, 1979.
Wilson, P. L. Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma. San Francisco: City Lights, 1999.
Woolger, Roger J. “The Holy Grail: Healing the Sexual Wound in the Western Psyche” in Pilgrimage II, no. 2 (Summer 1983).
Fiction and Poetry
There are literally hundreds of books of fiction concerning Arthur and his knights, the Grail, and Celtic or Arthurian themes, some rewritten as science fiction or fantasy tales, all based on this material. New ones are constantly becoming available, and the list could be extended indefinitely. Here is a brief list of the most relevant works, many of which make excellent material for meditation.
Ashley, M. (ed.) The Chronicles of the Holy Grail (Carrol and Graf, 1996).
Attanasio, A. A. Kingdom of the Grail (Harper Collins, 1997).
———. The Dragon and The Unicorn (London: Hodder, 1994).
———. The Eagle and the Sword (New York: Harper Prism, 1997).
———. The Wolf and the Crown (New York: Harper Prism, 1998).
———. The Serpent and the Grail (New York: Harper Prism, 1999).
Berger, Thomas. Arthur Rex (New York: Dell, 1985).
Bradley, M. Z. The Mists of Avalon (Michael Joseph, 1983).
Bradley, G. Down the Long Wind (Methuen, 1988).
Brown, D. The Da Vinci Code (New York and London: Doubleday, 2003).
Canning, Victor. The Crimson Chalice (Heinemann, 1976).
Chandler, Virginia. The Green Knight’s Apprentice (Double Dragon eBooks, 2012).
Chapman, Vera. The Three Damosels (Methuen, 1978).
Clarke, Lindsay. Parzival and the Stone from Heaven (Harper Collins, 2001).
Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising (Chatto, 1973).
Cornwell, Bernard. The Grail Quest I: Harlequin, 2: Vagabond (Harper Collins, 2000–2002).
Eliot, T. S. The Waste Land and Other Poems (Faber, 1920).
Erskine, John. Galahad (Nash and Grayson, 1926).
Fisher, Catherine. Corbenic (London: Red Fox, 2002).
Godwin, P. Firelord (Doubleday, 1980).
Haldeman, L. The Lastborn of Elvinwood (London: Souvenir Press, 1980).
Hildebrandt, R. and T. Merlin and the Dragons of Atlantis (Bobbs Merrill, 1983).
Holdstock, Robert. Celtika (Simon and Schuster, 2001).
———. The Iron Grail (Simon and Schuster, 2002).
Hunter, Jim. Perceval and the Presence of God (Faber, 1978).
James, John. The Fourth Gwenevere, completed by J. and C. Matthews (Jo Fletcher Books, 2015).
Jones, David. The Anathemata (Faber, 1952).
———. In Parenthesis (Faber, 1937).
———. The Sleeping Lord (Faber, 1974).
Kane, G., and J. Jakes, Excalibur (Dell, 1983).
Lawhead, S. Arthur (Lion Books, 1989).
———. Merlin (Lion Books, 1988).
———. Taliesin (Lion Books, 1988).
Lewis, C. S. The Hideous Strength (Bodley Head, 1945).
Machen, Arthur. The Secret Glory (Secker and Warburg, 1922).
———. The Glorious Mystery, 1924. Reprinted by Literary Licensing LLC, 2012.
Matthews, John. “The Story of Grisandole” in The Round Table 4.1 and 2 (1987).
Mitchison, Naomi. To the Chapel Perilous (Green Knight Publishing, 2000).
Monarco, Richard. Parsifal (Macdonald, 1977).
———. The Grail War (Sphere Books, 1981).
———. The Final Quest (Sphere Books, 1982).
———. Blood and Dreams (Berkeley, 1985).
Moorcock, M. The War Hound of the World’s Pain (London: New English Library, 1982).
Norton, Andre. Merlin’s Mirror (New York: Daw, 1975).
Nye, Robert. Merlin (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983).
Paxson, D. L. The White Raven (William Morrow, 1988).
Percy, W. Lancelot (London: Heinemann, 1979).
Powers, T. The Drawing of the Dark (Ballantine, 1977).
Powys, John Cowper. A Glastonbury Romance (Bodley Head, 1933).
———. Porius (Village Press, 1974).
Saberhagen, Fred. Dominion (Tor, 1982).
Steinbeck, John. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Hodder and Stoughton, 1977).
Stewart, M. The Crystal Cave (Hodder and Stoughton, 1970).
———. The Hollow Hills (Hodder and Stoughton, 1973).
———. The Last Enchantment (Hodder and Stoughton, 1979).
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Sword at Sunset (Hodder and Stoughton, 1963).
———. Light Beyond the Forest (Bodley Head, 1979).
Tarr, Judith. Kingdom of the Grail (Roc, 2000).
Tennyson, A. Idylls of the King (Penguin Books, 1983).
Treece, H. The Great Captains (Savoy Books, 1980).
Trevor, Meriol. Merlin’s Ring (London: Collins, 1957).
White, T. H. The Once and Future King (Collins, 1958).
———. The Book of Merlyn (Collins, 1978).
Williams, Charles. The Arthurian Poems of Charles Williams, ed. Grevel Lindop and John Matthews (Mythwood Books, 2017).
———. Taliesin Through Logres, The Region of the Summer Stars, and Arthurian Torso (Eerdmans, 1974).
———. War in Heaven (Faber and Faber, 1952).
Yolen, Jane. Merlin’s Booke (New York: Ace, 1986).
Zelazney, R. Last Defender of Camelot (London: Sphere, 1986).
Websites, Journals, and Societies
Not surprisingly there are many online references to Arthur—many are peripheral and at best of slight interest. The following are all recommended for their scholarship and accuracy, and especially for the access to texts they provide.
- ArthurNet, an Arthurian discussion list: web.clas.ufl.edu/users/jshoef/Arthurnet.htm.
- The International Arthurian Society, http://www.internationalarthuriansociety.com, publishes the quarterly journal Arthuriana and an annual bibliography of new publication in the field of worldwide Arthurian studies.
- Dr. Caitlin Green’s Arthurian resources website (scholarly site includes pages on historicity, literature, and concepts): http://www.arthuriana.co.uk.
- David Nash Ford King Arthur Basics: http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/arthur/basics/index.html.
- The Camelot Project (Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information)(Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack, U. Rochester): d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot-project.
- Dell Skeels Continental Arthurian Literature (modern English translations of Anglo-Norman, Breton, Dutch, French, and German sources), The Celtic Literature Collective: www.maryjones.us/ctexts/.
- Labyrinth Arthurian Studies pages (extensive links to texts and topics, medieval to modern; Georgetown U): https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/categories/arthurian-studies/.
- Vortigern Studies by Robert Vermaat (“an initiative based in the Netherlands, dedicated to the study of the period between the Roman occupation of Britain and the Early Middle Ages; focuses primarily on the person of Vortigern; includes histories, source documents, bibliographies and maps”): http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/vortigernhomepage.htm.
- Hallowquest: the twice-yearly newsletter of John and Caitlín Matthews, including new books, courses, talks, and events. Visit us at www.hallowquest.org.uk.