Merlin - Revision history

PeterDuffy at 13:08, 29 October 2023

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	<blockquote>Merlin knew the ancient teachings handed down from the farthest past—from Lemuria and Atlantis, from Babylon and Egypt, from Greece and Rome—and summed it up in the sublime wisdom of Glastonbury.~~</blockquote>~~		<blockquote>
			Merlin knew the ancient teachings handed down from the farthest past—from Lemuria and Atlantis, from Babylon and Egypt, from Greece and Rome—and summed it up in the sublime wisdom of Glastonbury.

	~~<blockquote>~~Born of a “human” Christian mother and an “archdemon” (a Druid High Priest) father, his name was said to signify “serpent babe” or “wondrous one”—for he possessed the wisdom of the serpent without its guile. He was a strange being in whom Celtic magic and Christian mysticism were blended.</blockquote>		Born of a “human” Christian mother and an “archdemon” (a Druid High Priest) father, his name was said to signify “serpent babe” or “wondrous one”—for he possessed the wisdom of the serpent without its guile. He was a strange being in whom Celtic magic and Christian mysticism were blended.
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	We understand that the meaning of the term serpent has to do with sacred fire and the raising of the Kundalini from the base to the crown chakra. Thus we begin to understand out of what ancient tradition emerges Merlin, who himself was embodied as a priest of the sacred fire under the order of Lord Zadkiel when on Atlantis.		We understand that the meaning of the term serpent has to do with sacred fire and the raising of the Kundalini from the base to the crown chakra. Thus we begin to understand out of what ancient tradition emerges Merlin, who himself was embodied as a priest of the sacred fire under the order of Lord Zadkiel when on Atlantis.

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	He explained to the astonished Vortigern that the portent of these two dragons fighting meant that the British (the red dragon) would be hard-pressed by the Saxons (the white dragon) until the coming of the Boar of Cornwall (the Boar of Cornwall would be none other than King Arthur), who would trample the Saxons beneath his feet. Merlin went on to deliver a long string of prophecies in obscure symbolic language, and Vortigern was vastly impressed.		He explained to the astonished Vortigern that the portent of these two dragons fighting meant that the British (the red dragon) would be hard-pressed by the Saxons (the white dragon) until the coming of the Boar of Cornwall (the Boar of Cornwall would be none other than King Arthur), who would trample the Saxons beneath his feet. Merlin went on to deliver a long string of prophecies in obscure symbolic language, and Vortigern was vastly impressed.

	[[File:Arthurbirth.jpg\|thumb\|Merlin ~~with~~ the ~~child~~ Arthur, illustration by N. C. Wyeth from ''The Boy’s King Arthur'', by Sidney Lanier (1917)]]		[[File:Arthurbirth.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|''The Wizard Merlin Taking Away the Infant Arthur'', illustration by N. C. Wyeth from ''The Boy’s King Arthur'', by Sidney Lanier (1917)]]

	== Merlin and Arthur ==		== Merlin and Arthur ==
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	Merlin revealed the mystery of the blessed Sangreal ([[Holy Grail]]) to king and queen, knights and ladies at Camelot and, early in Arthur’s reign, prophesied the day of the “great battle beside Salisbury and Modred his own son would be against him.”		Merlin revealed the mystery of the blessed Sangreal ([[Holy Grail]]) to king and queen, knights and ladies at Camelot and, early in Arthur’s reign, prophesied the day of the “great battle beside Salisbury and Modred his own son would be against him.”

			[[File:Merlin and Vivien resting in the forest Gustave Dore.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|''Merlin and Vivien Resting in the Forest'', Gustave Dore]]

	== Merlin’s passing ==		== Merlin’s passing ==

	~~[[File:BURNE~~-~~Jones, Edward Beguiling of~~ Merlin, ~~1874~~.~~jpg\|thumb\|''~~The ~~Beguiling~~ of Merlin~~'', Edward Burne-Jones (1874)]]~~		There are a number of accounts of Merlin’s demise. One story says that he disappeared into the House of Glass on Bardsey Island off the coast of Wales—having taken the Thirteen Treasures of Britain with him. It is said that he is there to this day, unseen by human eyes.

			One 13th-century legend says Merlin survived Arthur and his knights. When Arthur was defeated in battle by Mordred, he retreated into a bird cage.

			The most popular version of the story of Merlin’s demise is that a beautiful maiden named Vivien, Niviene, Nimue, or a variation thereof—who is in some legends identified as the Lady of the Lake—uses the magic she learned from Merlin himself to imprison him for life.

	It is told by ~~Malory that~~ in the ~~end~~ Merlin was ~~“bewitched”~~ and ~~shut under~~ a ~~stone by one~~ to ~~whom he had entrusted his alchemical secrets~~.		Finally, another story of Merlin’s mysterious disappearance from Arthur’s court is told in ''The High History of the Holy Grail'', an Arthurian romance written by an unknown author in old French prose somewhere around 1200: One day, Arthur, Launcelot, and Gawain come across the ruined castle of Tintagel with a chapel next to it. The priest tells the three about the sepulchre inside the chapel:

			“Lords, in this sepulchre was placed the body of Merlin, but never mought it be set inside the chapel, wherefore perforce it remained outside.

			“And know of a very truth that the body lieth not within the sepulchre; for, so soon as it was set therein, it was taken out and snatched away—either on God’s behalf or the Enemy’s, but which we know not.”

			So one can consider this to be the resurrection or the drawing up into this Cloud of the Law of the disciple, taken up by God almost as a babe in arms at that final moment prior to being reborn in the Spirit.

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	Elizabeth Clare Prophet, April 21, 1984.		Elizabeth Clare Prophet, April 21, 1984.

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	He explained to the astonished Vortigern that the portent of these two dragons fighting meant that the British (the red dragon) would be hard-pressed by the Saxons (the white dragon) until the coming of the Boar of Cornwall (the Boar of Cornwall would be none other than King Arthur), who would trample the Saxons beneath his feet. Merlin went on to deliver a long string of prophecies in obscure symbolic language, and Vortigern was vastly impressed.		He explained to the astonished Vortigern that the portent of these two dragons fighting meant that the British (the red dragon) would be hard-pressed by the Saxons (the white dragon) until the coming of the Boar of Cornwall (the Boar of Cornwall would be none other than King Arthur), who would trample the Saxons beneath his feet. Merlin went on to deliver a long string of prophecies in obscure symbolic language, and Vortigern was vastly impressed.

			[[File:Arthurbirth.jpg\|thumb\|Merlin with the child Arthur, illustration by N. C. Wyeth from ''The Boy’s King Arthur'', by Sidney Lanier (1917)]]

	== Merlin and Arthur ==		== Merlin and Arthur ==

Pduffy at 04:58, 11 May 2021

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 In the fifth century, [[Saint Germain]] was embodied as '''Merlin'''—alchemist, prophet and counsellor at the court of [[King Arthur]].
-Merlin first appears in the history of England prior to the birth of Arthur as mediator among barons and war lords during the sixth century. Like those of Arthur, [[Launcelot]]and [[Guinevere]], his story is recorded in the folk tales of nearly every European nation. According to Thomas Malory’s account ''Le Morte d’Arthur'', Merlin stands highly revered as the king’s counselor, at times appearing disguised—once “all befurred in black sheepskins and a great pair of boots”—in order to convey the imminent message, warning, or initiation.
+Merlin first appears in the history of England prior to the birth of Arthur as mediator among barons and war lords during the sixth century. Like those of Arthur, [[Launcelot]] and [[Guinevere]], his story is recorded in the folk tales of nearly every European nation.
 According to Malory, Arthur was born to Uther Pendragon, “king of all England,” and noble Queen Igraine at Merlin’s own bidding with the understanding that the child would be delivered to Merlin as soon as he was born. And so the tiny newborn babe bound in a cloth of gold was brought to the “poor man” at the postern gate of the castle and taken to Sir Ector whose wife nourished him at her own breast. Merlin called a holy man to christen him and named the child Arthur.
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 Thus, we see Merlin in the role of the one who anointed the king of the Britons. And this was also his role in his incarnation as the prophet Samuel—the anointer of kings. So too, our Saint Germain, as the sponsor of America today, did anoint our first president, [[George Washington]].
 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.
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 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.
 Merlin revealed the mystery of the blessed Sangreal ([[Holy Grail]]) to king and queen, knights and ladies at Camelot and, early in Arthur’s reign, prophesied the day of the “great battle beside Salisbury and Modred his own son would be against him.”
 It is told by Malory that in the end Merlin was “bewitched” and shut under a stone by one to whom he had entrusted his alchemical secrets.
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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Saint Germain]]		In the fifth century, [[Saint Germain]] was embodied as '''Merlin'''—alchemist, prophet and counsellor at the court of [[King Arthur]].

			Merlin first appears in the history of England prior to the birth of Arthur as mediator among barons and war lords during the sixth century. Like those of Arthur, [[Launcelot]]and [[Guinevere]], his story is recorded in the folk tales of nearly every European nation. According to Thomas Malory’s account ''Le Morte d’Arthur'', Merlin stands highly revered as the king’s counselor, at times appearing disguised—once “all befurred in black sheepskins and a great pair of boots”—in order to convey the imminent message, warning, or initiation.

			According to Malory, Arthur was born to Uther Pendragon, “king of all England,” and noble Queen Igraine at Merlin’s own bidding with the understanding that the child would be delivered to Merlin as soon as he was born. And so the tiny newborn babe bound in a cloth of gold was brought to the “poor man” at the postern gate of the castle and taken to Sir Ector whose wife nourished him at her own breast. Merlin called a holy man to christen him and named the child Arthur.

			Within two years, while King Uther lay mortally ill, his enemies “did a great battle upon his men and slew many of his people.” Merlin bade the king to ride into the battlefield on a stretcher, for “if your person be there ... then shall ye have the victory.” So it was at St. Albans that Uther’s men overcame the “great host of the North.”

			The dying king returned to London where Merlin called together all the barons of Uther’s realm in order that the king might name his heir. And Merlin said aloud, “‘Shall your son Arthur be king after your days?’” And Uther answered, “‘I give him God’s blessing and mine’ ... wherewith he yielded up the ghost.”

			The land of England stood then “in jeopardy a long while,” for many rose up attempting to capture the crown by force. So Merlin went before the Archbishop of Canterbury and counseled him to call all the lords of the realm to London at Christmas in order that Jesus, born King of Kings, might come to show who should rule England.

			By the alchemy of the Christ consciousness, Merlin caused the sword and the stone to appear in the churchyard of Canterbury cathedral with these words: “Whosoever pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England.” By the trial of the sword—representing the power of the soul that is free from the bondage of attachment to things material symbolized by the stone and anvil—Arthur proved his kingship.

			Thus, we see Merlin in the role of the one who anointed the king of the Britons. And this was also his role in his incarnation as the prophet Samuel—the anointer of kings. So too, our Saint Germain, as the sponsor of America today, did anoint our first president, [[George Washington]].

			[[File:Boyskingarthur-wyeth-excalibur-lady-of-the-lake.jpg\|thumb\|Merlin with King Arthur as Arthur receives the sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake. (N. C. Wyeth)]]

			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.

			Merlin revealed the mystery of the blessed Sangreal ([[Holy Grail]]) to king and queen, knights and ladies at Camelot and, early in Arthur’s reign, prophesied the day of the “great battle beside Salisbury and Modred his own son would be against him.”

			It is told by Malory that in the end Merlin was “bewitched” and shut under a stone by one to whom he had entrusted his alchemical secrets.

			== See also ==

			[[Saint Germain]]

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