The Fall of Camelot and the Rise of Morgana
A Tale of Our Times
We look to myths and legends for truths that are hard to articulate but easy to understand. This makes them relatively fundamental to how our civilization develops and how we then live our lives. The Arthurian legend, in its manifestation, marks a complex process of transformation of personal and, by association, social values that move us away from the sensual and instinctive (i.e. might is right, lust is ok,) to more abstract values (justice, restraint, self-discipline) that come at a personal cost to those who practice them.
The Arthurian legend is multi-layered and every time you care to dig, you will find a rich seam to mine. From the Fisher King and the Holy Grail to the concept of the knight errant and the equality inherent in sitting at a Round Table.
“Freud points out that the oath of chastity represents a personal struggle”
Camelot itself stood as a concept that overturned the traditional notions of the role of castles and fortified cities and what they were supposed to do. The idea that with great power, comes great responsibility predated Spiderman by over 800 years and delivered the very notion that justice and truth needed to be championed by the strong in the form of a chivalrous knight bound by an…
