ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315828060/49546f0e-ce84-4e70-9b40-7107f16ee305/content/ufig_i_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>T is impossible to give in detail the adventures of Sir Perceval, nor is it necessary, since he traversed the same territory as did the other two knights, but with this noticeable difference, he comes from the East into the Underworld, therein being similar to the Vanguard in the Hung ritual. Sir Perceval, having failed to ask the question when he saw the Holy Graal pass, had to go out into the Underworld and, as it were, make reparation by subduing the evil spirits therein and rescuing the souls who were in bondage. In short, he represents the descent of the Divine Spark from Heaven to Earth and its return whence it came. Many of his deeds call to mind Avalokitesvara’s who, in the Buddhist tradition, rescued the souls who were in bondage, and to some extent his journey can be compared with the setting out of the Abbot from his monastery to the Court at Pekin in order to overthrow the Eleuths.
