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Updated: July 5, 2026

Here, says Mr. Burnand, there is no pretence to sacrifice. Participation in the wine is a symbol of a particular and peculiarly close intercommunion of brotherhood. To get the least offence from "Parsifal" it ought to be accepted in the spirit of the time in which Christian symbolism was grafted on the old tales of the quest of a talisman which lie at the bottom of it.

Henry Edward Krehbiel - A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music