by
Amitakh Stanford
14th August 2008
The legends and myths surrounding King Arthur and
Camelot are numerous, varied, astonishing, and, partially true. Over time,
the story of Arthur and Camelot developed into a fantastic fable, with all kinds
of fanciful inventions woven into the factual fabric. What remains is a
very distorted history, so veiled in mystery and clouded with fiction, that many
have reasonably pondered whether Arthur and Camelot ever
existed.
Historians have been extraordinarily kind to Arthur; there is
wide acceptance of him and many have elevated him to a godlike status by
mistakenly accrediting him with altruistic, just, mystical, magical, visionary
and spiritual characteristics. However, he was indeed a king of England
and a conqueror. He expanded his kingdom into a huge empire centred around
Camelot - and he decimated that kingdom himself.
First, I will dismiss
some of the ludicrous myths surrounding him. He had no real clairvoyant
power - he was a very physical-minded person. He trusted in what he could
touch and see. He was very much a five-sense oriented person who greatly
doubted esoteric things and was a tremendous sceptic in regard to supernatural
occurrences.
Arthur's scepticism was shaken when he met Merlin, who
tutored him on many esoteric matters. However, Arthur lacked the inner
experiences and connections with the Divine that Merlin had. In other
words, Arthur had to take esoteric matters on faith because he had limited
first-hand experiences with spiritual things. Hence, he ultimately lacked
inner strength and relied greatly on Merlin. This made him vulnerable, and
his faith could easily be shaken. No matter how much Merlin showed him,
without the inner nous, Arthur could not hold it. Arthur was envious of
Merlin's spiritual powers, but he was opportunistic and recognised the benefits
to be gained from Merlin's advice and assistance on various things, including
political, military and other personal issues. Thus, Merlin became an
important advisor at Camelot.
Due to Arthur's enormous scepticism, he
would never have pursued anything remotely resembling a Holy Grail or a
spiritual quest. He was very physically orientated and used brute force to
take what he could. With Merlin's guidance, Arthur became an opportunistic
conqueror who built his dream empire.
Arthur had moments of aspiring to
spiritual pursuits, but he lacked the inner strength and discipline to
persevere. Therefore, he was vulnerable to external distractions and
temptations, which blocked him from awakening.
Arthur never pulled a
sword from a stone, despite the widespread acceptance of this fanciful
incident. "Excalibur" is symbolic - it represents Gwenevere - who joined
Arthur in a pre-arranged marriage. Once Arthur had Gwenevere at his side,
his power increased greatly. Gwenevere was an "incarnation" of the Divine
Mother. She attended to Arthur and showered him with Divine Love, as did
Merlin and Lancelot. Merlin and Lancelot were both aspects of the Divine
Mother, who were on Earth to help Arthur pull himself from the mire of
Darkness. Arthur had yet another friend who was also an aspect of the
Divine Mother nicknamed "Thomas", who assisted him in many ways and cheered him
up when he felt down and depressed. Moreover, Lancelot's cousin, Benevere,
also befriended Arthur. Never before had anyone had such a core of Divine
aspects of the Mother surrounding him.
Merlin was with Arthur as his
kingdom grew in size and power. His subjects were proud to be a part of
this very famous empire and were extraordinarily loyal to him. The call of
this growing empire crossed the English Channel and attracted many knights from
the European continent to become a part of this glorious endeavour. Some
were drawn by ambition, whilst others came for altruistic and spiritual
reasons.
With the influx of foreign knights, Arthur's fame grew far and
wide. Lancelot was spiritually guided to leave his homeland to join Arthur
and become a member of what later became known as the Knights of the Round
Table. Lancelot was a prince in his own right, who chose to serve Arthur
for spiritual reasons.
Lancelot was very much a loner who had few real
friends in England. Benevere and Merlin were amongst his closest
companions in the early days of Camelot. Lancelot was so different from
the others that he was initially ostracized by most of the knights, who were
mostly hedonistic. Lancelot had a gentleness about him and he strove for
spiritual purity, which intimidated and annoyed many. However, his prowess
in battle earned him the respect of Arthur, who eventually made him the first
knight of the Round Table. This led to his acceptance by many of the
knights.
Merlin advised Arthur to seek the hand of Gwenevere, a foreign
princess. A marriage with her was negotiated and pre-arranged.
Arthur sent a party led by Lancelot and Benevere to bring Gwenevere to Camelot
for the wedding.
When Lancelot first saw Gwenevere, he was awestruck by
her presence and dumbfounded because he recognized her as the woman in his
visions over the years. He was broken-hearted because he had always loved
the woman in his visions, and believed that he would be led to her one day, and
that they would wed. Instead, he realized that she was to be Arthur's
queen, and he dutifully vowed loyal service to her and Arthur, even though it
tore his heart and he never stopped loving her.
Gwenevere arrived in
Camelot with mixed feelings. She missed her parents and her homeland, and
was apprehensive about the future because she could sense that there would be
turmoil and betrayal in her new life. Gwenevere loved her mother and her
"long-time" father dearly. She married Arthur on her parents' orders, who
knew that the marriage would benefit their nation.
Accompanied by her
closest ladies-in-waiting, Gwenevere set sail for Camelot with Arthur's
escorts. When she arrived, she was excited to find Camelot even more
glorious than the stories she had heard about it.
Although Arthur was
attracted to Gwenevere, he was unable to recognize her Divine Energy.
Merlin had hoped Arthur would recognize this in time, but he never did.
Hence, he treated Excalibur like any ordinary human.
Life in Camelot was
a challenge for Gwenevere, with fleeting moments of happiness interspersed with
much sorrow. Arthur's half-sister, Morgana, was running the castle as if
it were hers. Arthur encouraged this because before he had married
Gwenevere, Morgana had mothered his illegitimate son, Mordred, who was raised in
the castle as a potential prince. This caused undue tension between
Gwenevere and Arthur.
After the wedding, Morgana continued as Arthur's
mistress, but more discreetly at times. She was always in competition with
Gwenevere and felt insecure because she was so much older than Gwenevere.
Besides, everyone was enamoured with Gwenevere's beauty and kindness, which
infuriated Morgana. Arthur always defended Morgana whenever Gwenevere
expressed concerns about her. Morgana was a scheming, manipulative,
two-faced intruder in the castle. She was always concerned that Gwenevere
might give birth to a male child who would displace Mordred in the royal
line.
Arthur had a weakness for women. He needed many different
partners to satisfy his ego. For a while after marrying Gwenevere, he
stopped his carousing, but it soon commenced again. The knights and others
knew about his infidelity. Morgana did not care about it because it suited
her scheme to put Mordred on the throne.
Mordred was lustful and
ambitious. He had designs on everything that Arthur possessed, including
Gwenevere. One day he was angry with his father, so he raped
Gwenevere. This horrible deed went unpunished.
Although it had been
a pre-arranged marriage (which was common in those days), Gwenevere did her best
as wife and queen for Arthur and her newly adopted country. Though Arthur
appeared to love her and admired her qualities, he was soon influenced by
Morgana, Mordred and their conspirators.
Merlin encouraged Gwenevere,
Lancelot, Benevere and Arthur to work together as a team. The four of them
were close to Merlin in their own ways. They formed a unique circle of
friends. Merlin was hoping that Gwenevere would be the catalyst to help
Arthur lift himself out of the mire which Darkness had engulfed him in.
Esoterically speaking, Gwenevere, Lancelot, Benevere and Merlin worked together
to try to assist Arthur. The four of them, with the aid of Thomas, poured
love into Arthur to help him try to overcome Darkness.
Gwenevere bore
Arthur twin sons. Morgana had planned to have the newborn killed if it was
a male. To her consternation, there were twin boys, which made it even
more complicated to dispose of them. Morgana ordered the nurse to secretly
kill the twins and tell Gwenevere that the twins had died. Arthur was away
in battle at the time of the birth of the twins and was ignorant of the plot to
kill them. The nurse took pity on the twins and risked her life to save
them by hiding them in separate foster homes, but led Gwenevere, Arthur and
Morgana to believe that they were both dead. The apparent loss of the
twins caused great pain and many more problems in the marriage, which, along
with the prodding from Morgana, Mordred and others, eventually resulted in a
rift between Gwenevere and Arthur.
Arthur had worldly power and fame,
which attracted lots of temptations and enemies. He succumbed to the
temptations, and indulged in womanizing behaviour. He fell in with the
wrong crowd, who were threatened by his queen and his friendship with Merlin and
Lancelot. They plotted against Gwenevere, Lancelot and Merlin by spreading
slander about them to cause Arthur to doubt them. Arthur was unaware that
the evil ones were plotting against him, and could not see through their
insincere flatteries and fraud. Ultimately, Arthur chose to believe the
evil ones and reject his real friends, who loved him without ulterior
motives. This ultimately led to Arthur's downfall and the collapse of his
kingdom.
Arthur listened to the lies of his supposed friends and came to
believe that Gwenevere and Lancelot were lovers and that Merlin was not on his
side either. Arthur's mind was "poisoned" by the evil plotters, and he
soon became jealous of Lancelot, angry with Gwenevere, and doubtful of
Merlin. His emotional love for them turned to hate.
Arthur became
so consumed with jealousy, anger, doubts and hatred that he began plotting
against all three. Before Arthur enacted his plans to punish Gwenevere and
Lancelot, Morgana killed Merlin with poison to get him out of the
way.
Arthur was encouraged by Mordred's supporters to frame Gwenevere and
Lancelot, and a plot was hatched to make it appear that they were lovers.
Even though Gwenevere knew how deeply Lancelot loved her, they never crossed the
line. Even though Gwenevere also loved Lancelot, she remained faithful to
Arthur as long as she was the queen at Camelot.
Gwenevere was arrested,
but Lancelot escaped from the conspiring mob. After the arrest, Arthur
taunted Gwenevere and repeatedly told her, "See what a coward Lancelot is!
He ran away and left you to face the charges!"
Arthur held a trial and
convicted Gwenevere of treason and ordered her burned at the stake. Some
have said that Arthur was trapped by his own legal system and forced to follow
the strict example of the law and burn the queen. However, being the king,
Arthur could have pardoned the queen, especially since Gwenevere was innocent of
the charge. Arthur set the execution date several days after the
conviction in an attempt to trap Lancelot, whom he suspected might try to rescue
Gwenevere. The execution site was swarming with armed guards, who
disguised themselves as ordinary onlookers to try to make it appear that it
would be easy to rescue the queen from the pyre. The trap for Lancelot was
set.
Arthur, Mordred and Morgana had severely underestimated how many
people in the kingdom truly loved Gwenevere, or else they would have had more
guards at the execution site. When Lancelot started raising a rescue
party, even he was astonished by how many knights loyal to Gwenevere came
forward. Due to the undying love and loyalty of so many knights, Lancelot
was able to muster a huge rescue party that far outnumbered Arthur's
guards. Nobody at the castle had anticipated the size of the rescue
party. The trapper was about to become the trapped.
The rescue
party stormed the castle gates and charged into the courtyard where Gwenevere
was tied to a stake. When Arthur heard the hooves of the huge army
approaching, he shouted, "Burn the Queen now!" A violent and bloody battle
ensued. Nobody dared light the pyre under the circumstances. Arthur
was so consumed with anger and hatred that he grabbed a torch and ran for the
pyre to light it himself. Lancelot came crashing down upon Arthur and the
two tumbled on the ground. Both drew swords and a fierce fight
ensued. Arthur realized all was lost and he ran away in fear.
Although Lancelot really wanted to run Arthur down and run him through, he
instead cut Gwenevere free and the two of them galloped to
safety.
Arthur's kingdom suffered a serious blow during the rescue and it
was forever divided thereafter. Once he lost Excalibur, he was totally
swamped by evil and Mordred's supporters. Benevere and Thomas lamented how
far Arthur had fallen. Thomas cried many tears of sadness and
disappointment over Arthur's deeds and downfall into Evil's trap. Arthur
never took responsibility for his actions that led to the rift in his kingdom,
even though he was an active conspirator in the framing and attempted murders of
Gwenevere and Lancelot.
Gwenevere and Lancelot moved their forces to a
retreat and eventually expressed their love for each other. After being
together for about two years, Gwenevere was carrying Lancelot's child, which
both were unaware of. Due to the complexity of the situation, Gwenevere
and Lancelot realized that they would have to either fight Arthur or
separate. They reluctantly accepted that they would have to separate
rather than destroy Arthur's remaining kingdom, although it was extremely
painful for both of them. Gwenevere went to live in a convent. She
and Lancelot planned on seeing each other before he left for
France.
Lancelot went to Arthur and told him that Gwenevere was living in
a convent and refused to ever see Arthur again, and that Lancelot would be
returning to France. However, he gave Arthur an ultimatum that if ever
Gwenevere was harmed, he would raise an army in her name and sack all of
England. Arthur realized the seriousness of the situation, and knew that
Lancelot could easily raise an army in Gwenevere's name that would take over his
ailing kingdom.
Arthur, in his dilemma, agreed to these terms, but added
the condition that Lancelot would leave England immediately, without ever
contacting Gwenevere again. Lancelot sent a trusted messenger to Gwenevere
with the terms of the truce, but the message never arrived. Unbeknownst to
Lancelot, the messenger was killed on his way to the convent. Lancelot
very reluctantly agreed to Arthur's demand that he not contact Gwenevere again
in order to keep her safe, and the two never had a chance to say
"good-bye".
Although Arthur's kingdom was crumbling, he wanted to hold
onto its remnants. Therefore, he made sure that no harm came to Gwenevere
for the rest of her life. By this time, without Excalibur, Merlin,
Lancelot and others who truly loved him, his enemies became more and more bold,
and fought Arthur for power and his kingdom.
Gwenevere soon realized she
was carrying Lancelot's baby and later delivered his son, Jeffery.
Gwenevere kept knowledge of Jeffery's existence secret to protect him from
Morgana, who had already plotted to murder her twin sons. Thus, Jeffery
was secreted with a kindly and trusted couple, who were brother and
sister. They raised Jeffery in a loving home in the country.
Lancelot remained single in France and was oblivious to the birth of
Jeffery. Many years later, after the boy grew up, he was told who his
parents really were. By then, Gwenevere had passed away. Jeffery
immediately visited his father in France, much to Lancelot's joy and
surprise. Finally, father and son were united.
The esoteric story
of Camelot is far deeper than the physical history of it. It is about the
rescuing of trapped True-Light beings and the battle between Light and
Darkness. Sadly, many have been lost to Darkness. The battle to
separate Light from Darkness continues to this day, but the ultimate removal of
all viable True-Light beings from Darkness will soon be accomplished. All
those who hold onto their Divine Will can resist Darkness until they are
retrieved and safely returned to their True-Light Home.
The joyous day of
freedom from Darkness is fast approaching.
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