c/joseph-campbell
Mythologist and guide to the hero's journey. Campbell revealed the universal patterns in every culture's greatest stories - and how to live our own.
…ropes. So the whole camp wakes up in commotion and one young man the nephew, one of the nephews of King Arthur and queen Guinevere goes rushing into that tent, pulls the bedclothes off the King and queen who are lying there in bed, and says: let me be…
…stops and asks: how did you come to this? Francesca very politely answers, tells him how they were reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere and at a certain moment in the story looked at each other and read no more in the book that day and he…
…was destined. Merlin produces Arthur who draws the sword. So there's the beginning of a whole context of imperial story and development. Guinevere becomes the wife of Arthur the King of Rome the emperor of Rome sends a challenge to Arthur to submit to the…
…Arthur arranges an expedition to go against Rome and while Arthur is on expedition against Rome, his nephew Mordred Seduces Guinevere and attempts to take over the throne before conquering Rome. Therefore, Arthur is called back, gives battle to Mordred.…
…something even more well I'm going ahead of the story even more important and sacred than marriage itself. In this earlier view, Guinevere is cursed, Guinevere is downgraded and the female does not have the celebration and value that she has in the later…
…well I'm going ahead of the story even more important and sacred than marriage itself. In this earlier view, Guinevere is cursed, Guinevere is downgraded and the female does not have the celebration and value that she has in the later stories. So much for…
…red horse with a brilliant red lance and he's holding in his hand a golden cup 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…
…of the one who has died coming back, and King Arthur is going to come back too, and I think probably Hiawatha, Huh, Guinevere the whole shebang, that isn't what's surprising to me. Or that the one from the east should be white that doesn't really…
…result coming to heal him at the end. So that's a little review of that story. This is the first kiss of Lancelot and Guinevere and the night who introduced them to each other, the night of the cart. Lancelot riding in the cart, he's going across the…
…now this is the 12th century. Well what gets abandoned are the women? Are Arthur's Whole court destroyed by Courtney Brown, by Guinevere and by Lancelot? In what of the romances? Well I don't know if the romances those aren't the ones I've been talking…
…what happened with Tennyson. Tennyson got the point of view that you're rendering, you see, and the love of Lancelot and Guinevere destroyed the court. You don't find these things I'm talking about the 12th century romances, okay so the question is this:…
…the story. He is interested in the political conquest but then in the spiritual adventures that are to follow. Arthur marries Guinevere and shortly after marrying Guinevere he gets the idea of conquering Rome. So he gets an army together and sails for…
…interested in the political conquest but then in the spiritual adventures that are to follow. Arthur marries Guinevere and shortly after marrying Guinevere he gets the idea of conquering Rome. So he gets an army together and sails for Rome, but on the way…
…sails for Rome, but on the way he hears that either his illegitimate son or his nephew, a Mordred, has seduced his wife Guinevere. He kills Mordred and Mordred Sorely wounds him, so he's about to die. Sir bedivere one of his knights, comes and Arthur…
…I don't know, and anyhow it wasn't a very popular story. But next comes the great one and it's kraitian's best: Lancelot and Guinevere. Now the ladies were a bit unhappy about the Tristan story because all the love was out there in the woods, the…
…in the living room so that love should inspire the society 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…
…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 knows also…
…knows also that love is higher than marriage, and so he in a very gracious way, allows this thing to go on. Now Guinevere, like a good many of these Queens who originally were goddesses, has a habit of being abducted, and on this particular occasion a…
…a churl, just a yeoman or some old serf as the cart. Passes him he thinks: well in that cart I would get to Guinevere Faster than walking this way. But he hesitates three steps. Why? Because that would be a dishonor to his armor. Carts were used for…
…into the room and rescue him and he was struck down because he was unworthy to be present. Why? Because of his love for Guinevere now to be healed of a sin you have to have true contrition. He could not experience contrition for his love for Guinevere…
…Guinevere now to be healed of a sin you have to have true contrition. He could not experience contrition for his love for Guinevere That's beautiful I mean that a monk could get that one in speaks very well for him. The story however, was developed to…
…King Arthur and he does it by riding into the court, going right to the table where Arthur and his knights are sitting and Guinevere by Arthur's side and he takes the wine glass from Guinevere and throws the wine in her Face and says: anyone who wants…
…going right to the table where Arthur and his knights are sitting and Guinevere by Arthur's side and he takes the wine glass from Guinevere and throws the wine in her Face and says: anyone who wants to avenge this meet me out in the yard. Just at that…
…this knight sitting on his horse just gazing at the snow and he runs into Arthur's Tent, pulls the covers off Arthur and Guinevere. There they are stark naked and he says there's a knight out there. Well Arthur says: send someone out for him. So they…
…the Lancelot. Here you have the Mordred story translated to Lancelot. Lancelot was Arthur's Greatest knight and he falls in love with Guinevere and he goes through the whole ordeal. He becomes Le Fou, the one who's absolutely mad for love, the two of them…
…real lesson. So having survived the perilous bed Lancelot survives the sword bridge. And then he has disenchanted the castle in which Guinevere is a captive. He comes in to receive her great greeting and gratitude and she's as cold as ice. Why? Because he…
…battle each for his lady, wearing her little sleeve and his helmet and so forth. There's a wonderful period where a story of Guinevere with Lancelot as her lover. She wants to show her power and she tells him: go into this jousting as a fool, lose,…
…King Arthur and he does it by riding into the court, going right to the table where Arthur and his knights are sitting and Guinevere by Arthur's side, and he takes the wine glass from Guinevere and throws the wine in her Face and says: anyone who wants…
…going right to the table where Arthur and his knights are sitting and Guinevere by Arthur's side, and he takes the wine glass from Guinevere and throws the wine in her Face and says: anyone who wants to avenge this, meet me out in the yard. Just at…
…this knight sitting on his horse just gazing at the snow and he runs into Arthur's Tent, pulls the covers off Arthur and Guinevere there they are stark naked and he says: there's a knight out there. Well Arthur says: send someone out for him so. They…
…is the Lancelot. Here you have the Mordred story translated to Lancelot. Lancelot was Arthur's Greatest knight and he falls in love with Guinevere and he goes through the whole ordeal. He becomes Le Fou, the one who is absolutely mad for love the two of…
…real lesson. So having survived the perilous bed, Lancelot survives the sword bridge and then he has disenchanted the castle in which Guinevere is a captive. He comes in to receive her greeting and gratitude and she's as cold as ice. Why? Because he…
…your own bliss, not the rules of society. That's it. Lancelot was following the dynamic of his own personal relationship to Guinevere which was outside the ropes. There are two kinds of mythology. There's the mythology of the village compound you might say…
…danger is being overtaken by passion and swept away. It's a control situation. So Lancelot goes across the sword bridge and that rescues Guinevere. But when he comes into the room where she is and expects her to say, aha mon Lancelot, She's cool as a…
…He's going in now to reclaim the property, and he does it by insulting the court. He rides in, takes the cup of wine that Guinevere is about to drink and flashes it in their Face and says: anybody want to avenge this? Meet me out in the yard. Well…
…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 Arthur says:…