Chalice

The chalice is the vessel that receives and gives. Arthurian tradition gives us the Grail, the chalice that holds what cannot be held. Christian liturgy uses the chalice in the Eucharist. Jungian analysis treats chalice-dreams as images of the receptive feminine in its fullest form — not passive, but actively holding. A full chalice offered to you is a classical image of grace arriving; an empty chalice, a vessel waiting to be filled; a chalice broken, a receptivity wounded. Notice what the chalice contains, and whether you drink.