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Thereafter, Merlin remained at Arthur’s side as counselor and friend. The young king once would have died by the sword of mighty Pellinore had not Merlin appeared and “cast an enchantment” upon the knight. It was because Arthur’s sword was smitten in two during that fierce joust that Merlin and Arthur rode to the lake where they miraculously beheld rising from the water the arm of the Lady of the Lake holding the magnificent sword [[Excalibur]]. Merlin later counseled him, “Look ye keep well the scabbard of Excalibur for ye shall lose no blood while ye have the scabbard upon you”—a prediction well fulfilled in future years. | Thereafter, Merlin remained at Arthur’s side as counselor and friend. The young king once would have died by the sword of mighty Pellinore had not Merlin appeared and “cast an enchantment” upon the knight. It was because Arthur’s sword was smitten in two during that fierce joust that Merlin and Arthur rode to the lake where they miraculously beheld rising from the water the arm of the Lady of the Lake holding the magnificent sword [[Excalibur]]. Merlin later counseled him, “Look ye keep well the scabbard of Excalibur for ye shall lose no blood while ye have the scabbard upon you”—a prediction well fulfilled in future years. | ||
It was Merlin who went before King Leodegrance to announce the desire of Arthur to wed his daughter Guinevere. He returned triumphantly to Camelot with Lady Guinevere and the Round Table, a gift to Leodegrance from Arthur’s father, Uther Pendragon. | It was Merlin who went before King Leodegrance to announce the desire of Arthur to wed his daughter Guinevere. He returned triumphantly to Camelot with Lady Guinevere and the Round Table, a gift to Leodegrance from Arthur’s father, Uther Pendragon. | ||
[[File:The marriage of king arthur by lancelot speed.jpg|thumb|''The Marriage of King Arthur'', Lancelot Speed]] | |||
== Camelot == | == Camelot == | ||
At Camelot, King Arthur called together men and women of the highest attainment from throughout the realm and formed the Order of the Knights of the Round Table. Their raison d’être: the quest for the Holy Grail, the defense of the Mother principle, eternal brotherhood under the Eternal Father, the restoration of Christ’s kingdom on earth, the protection of the flame of the Holy Spirit in the community of Arthur’s court and its extension throughout Britain, and the ennoblement of the soul through devotion to the Christ in individualized community action. | At Camelot, King Arthur called together men and women of the highest attainment from throughout the realm and formed the Order of the Knights of the Round Table. Their raison d’être: the quest for the [[Holy Grail]], the defense of the Mother principle, eternal brotherhood under the Eternal Father, the restoration of Christ’s kingdom on earth, the protection of the flame of the Holy Spirit in the community of Arthur’s court and its extension throughout Britain, and the ennoblement of the soul through devotion to the Christ in individualized community action. | ||
The knights of the Round Table and the ladies of the court at Camelot were initiates of a mystery school of the [[Great White Brotherhood]]. In the tradition of the Pythagorean school at [[Crotona]], the [[Essene community]] at Qumran, the mandala of Christ and his apostles, as well as the guilds of medieval Europe that would succeed them, the knights and ladies guarded the inner truths of the Brotherhood revealed to them by Merlin. The jousting and competition of the knights in their tournaments was the measuring of levels of inner soul attainment. | The knights of the Round Table and the ladies of the court at Camelot were initiates of a mystery school of the [[Great White Brotherhood]]. In the tradition of the Pythagorean school at [[Crotona]], the [[Essene community]] at Qumran, the mandala of Christ and his apostles, as well as the guilds of medieval Europe that would succeed them, the knights and ladies guarded the inner truths of the Brotherhood revealed to them by Merlin. The jousting and competition of the knights in their tournaments was the measuring of levels of inner soul attainment. | ||