…god it's the miracle of a devil, and the devils are simply the earlier deities. So you have the old story of a virgin birth. Merlin could appear either as a boy or as an old wise man. He, as a little boy, uttered a prophecy to King Vortigern, the…

…to be from the house of a certain queen, igraine. His father was to be uthopendragon, who was not igraine's husband. Merlin arranged that uthopendragon should assume the form of igraine's husband and while the husband was away, have intercourse with her,…

…and while the husband was away, have intercourse with her, she thinking it was her husband. Thus Arthur is forgotten in extramarital magic. Merlin next has this whole theme of the sword in the stone. The sword is the sword of destiny. One of the great…

…this legend of the stone with the sword in it that could be drawn only by the one to whom it 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…

…British Kings and Arthur. Now the story of Arthur as it was developed in England is as follows: that he was the protégé of merlin. Merlin is an old kind of English poet who was a kind of druid master, a kind of guru, and he can appear either as an…

…okay so if we can have the machine begin to illuminate the screen here, here is a 14th century representation of merlin and Arthur. Merlin is the great guru of the arthurian world. He had the whole program for this in his mind and the world of the…