Parzival and the Three Drops of Blood

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY SEAMUS MAYNARD

In this dramatized poetic verse adaptation from the Parzival legend, written and performed by Séamus Maynard, two paths of initiation intersect — the Arthurian path (representing working in a group) and the Parzival path (the initiation path of the individual). Here we can experience this unexpected interaction in a dynamic exchange. The performance echoes the time of the bards when entire legends were offered via the spoken word. Through this ancient way of engaging with story, we can enter the world of imagination to find relevance for the time we live in through the wisdom that still lives on in the myths and legends of the distant past.

Benefit for the Postgraduate Student Project to Perform in Witten-Annen, Germany