…He arrives in the court and he sees a knight in red armor with a golden goblet riding out and the knight says: you tell Arthur when you go in when he sees this silly fellow that I'm waiting out in the field. Well what had happened had been: this was…

…this silly fellow that I'm waiting out in the field. Well what had happened had been: this was a knight who had felt that Arthur owed him some land. Arthur had taken some land so he'd gone in and insulted the court by taking the queen's cup and…

…waiting out in the field. Well what had happened had been: this was a knight who had felt that Arthur owed him some land. Arthur had taken some land so he'd gone in and insulted the court by taking the queen's cup and dashing the wine in her Face,…

…Knightly combat is always engaged in according to the rules. So in goes this lout, he rides into the court and he sees Arthur. He says: who's Arthur? He finds Arthur and he says: make me a knight. Arthur said Arthur's baffled. And kay who's a tough…

…always engaged in according to the rules. So in goes this lout, he rides into the court and he sees Arthur. He says: who's Arthur? He finds Arthur and he says: make me a knight. Arthur said Arthur's baffled. And kay who's a tough guy in the court he…

…in according to the rules. So in goes this lout, he rides into the court and he sees Arthur. He says: who's Arthur? He finds Arthur and he says: make me a knight. Arthur said Arthur's baffled. And kay who's a tough guy in the court he says: send him…

…this lout, he rides into the court and he sees Arthur. He says: who's Arthur? He finds Arthur and he says: make me a knight. Arthur said Arthur's baffled. And kay who's a tough guy in the court he says: send him out to deal with the red knight. All…

…1215. The galahad story is about 1230. That's the story that was taken over by Mallory Two centuries later for the Morte D Arthur and that's the one that most of us know. According to this tradition, the aim is not integrity in heterosexual love and…

…this talk with just the kickoff to the quest of the galahad. Arthur's court is seated at table. There's a rule of Arthur: never to start a meal until an adventure has occurred. So they're all waiting for an adventure and suddenly the grail appears,…

…which he has just snatched from queen Guinevere. He has walked into the court and he is claiming certain lands which he declares Arthur has taken from him and in claiming his lands he simply takes this cup, insults the court and says I'll wait for you…

…you. So this very famous knight arrives. But you can imagine what's happening in Arthur's court now with all these people coming. Arthur Finally says: say we've got to go find that fellow. So the whole court packs up, camelot packs up and they're out.…

…essence of what I would call a European or western spirituality. The knights of King Arthur's court were seated at table and Arthur would not let the meal be served until an adventure had occurred. And indeed an adventure did occur. The grail itself…

…essence of what I would call a European or western spirituality. The knights of King Arthur's court were seated at table and Arthur would not let the meal be served until an adventure had occurred. And indeed an adventure did occur the grail itself…

…strikes me as being so pertinent to us all today is this one: the knights of Arthur's court were seated at table and Arthur had a wonderful thought it was: we should never eat until an adventure has occurred. Well in those days adventures occurred every…

…my whole notion of what the west is. Arthurian court were in the dining room and they were about to have a meal, but Arthur would not let a meal be served until an adventure had occurred. Well in those days adventures occurred so people didn't have to…

…we don't know who it was and there's a moment there in Arthur's Banquet hall where all the knights are assembled and Arthur would not let people start to eat until an adventure had occurred. Well in those days adventures were rather normal, and so…

…me to be the most important statement in the book. The knights were seated in the great dining hall of Arthur's Palace and Arthur would not let the meal be served until an adventure had occurred. An adventure did occur. The grail was brought in by…

…and it occurred in a manuscript in late Medieval English, Together with two other works: gawain, patience and the pearl. Here we have Arthur S cart and it was while they were at dinner like that one day that a green knight a knight of green color,…

…to Marie, unless you can now give the same message to me? It's nice there they set forth and they're going to separate. That's Arthur in front and each will enter the forest at the point that he had chosen where it was darkest and there was no way…

…when the knight gets up and says: I propose a quest and you can find the grail. And the next time you see it unveiled, Arthur says to this knight: you have mortally wounded me it will take more than a year and a day and you have destroyed the round…

…of the chapter I'm quoting. The chapter is in the old French Romance of the quest of st graal Mallory in the mort d Arthur, which is a 15th century work and is based on his translation into 15th century English of the French text. Mallory omits the…

…you know. So kraitian finds another story, that of Lancelot and Guinevere. Now Lancelot is the nephew, or rather close friend of Arthur, and Guinevere is his lady his beloved. There's a very nice quality here. Arthur really knows what's going on, but he…

…Lancelot is the nephew, or rather close friend of Arthur, and Guinevere is his lady his beloved. There's a very nice quality here. Arthur really knows what's going on, but he knows also that love is higher than marriage, and so he in a very gracious…

…goblet in his hand and he just pulls off to the side. What has happened? This is a Great, Great King who thinks that Arthur has appropriated some of his property. He's going in now to reclaim the property, and he does it by insulting the court. He…

…into his eye, and the knight is dead. Now that's not the right way to kill a knight. So Arthur's court is twice disgraced. Meanwhile Arthur has more or less recovered and he says to one of the young pages: go out and see what's going on there in the…

…morning and sees this lone knight out there on a horse staring at the ground. He runs into Arthur's Tent, pulls the covers off Arthur and Guinevere lying naked there. And this was in the middle ages, I mean this was not a matter of great concern. And…