Is San Greal synonymous with Sang Real?
The meaning of Holy Grail is taken one step further, one step beyond, in a sense. As stated earlier, the novel idea that the letter G was “esoterically” misplaced, that San Greal is a secret code for Sang Real (royal blood), has led to the popular idea that the descendants of Jesus Christ had formed a secret society. This hypothesis, which has no foundation in the original grail works, challenges the most fundamental Christian beliefs by developing from another book, The Passover Plot, that Jesus had survived the crucifixion and went on to marry Mary Magdalene who bore him a daughter. This “happy end” of Golgotha is presented quite eloquently in Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Lincoln, Baigent, Leigh), a bestseller of the 1980’s, which is well researched. Of the many sources Gerard de Sede and Arthur Zuckerman are the most interesting. The former has some tantalizing ideas about Alaric’s treasure, and the latter in regards to the Jewish roots of Guillem and Bernard. The book remains a question
