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<v Speaker 1>Weird things happened in.

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<v Speaker 2>Weird, Weird Weird. All right, welcome to the King Arthur episode.

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<v Speaker 3>Alright, alright, alright, yeah, let's where you going, dude.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's gonna be a follow up to last week's

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<v Speaker 2>episode that was that is Merlin, Right, what's coming out? Nice?

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<v Speaker 2>It's pretty positive.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, I don't know, it's been like since six.

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<v Speaker 2>Weeks since we've actually gotten together. Yeah, but I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to take a different route this time, so I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna spend like, virtually any time at all going the

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<v Speaker 2>route of the Merlin episode trying to debate was he real?

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<v Speaker 2>Did King Arthur exist? I'm going to kind of breeze

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<v Speaker 2>through the historicity of that, But I wanted to spend

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of this time focusing on the myth and

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<v Speaker 2>ritual symbolism of the allegory of the Arthur myn because

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<v Speaker 2>there is so much information about the you could say,

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<v Speaker 2>hermetic philosophy or al chemical symbolism or whatever existing in

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<v Speaker 2>the story of Arthur. Because there's like no genuine evidence

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<v Speaker 2>that he did exist as a real person. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, why spend all this time trying to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>debate that or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Yeah, I mean he's talked about in historical circles

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<v Speaker 3>and shit, but it's another thing like Merlin, like we

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<v Speaker 3>don't know for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there was like way more evidence that Merlin may

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<v Speaker 2>have actually existed more. Yes, really, yeah, there's there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more. We'll just blow through the the historicity of Arthur,

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<v Speaker 2>blow on through it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, man, you know know that was a word until

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<v Speaker 4>we started doing the show, and it's like one of

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<v Speaker 4>my favorite words. I think, historicity, historicity. Yeah, yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 4>up tongue.

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<v Speaker 2>It does.

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<v Speaker 1>So.

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<v Speaker 2>The earliest reference to King Arthur is in Welsh poetry

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<v Speaker 2>and chronicles from the sixth and seventh centuries. Like the

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<v Speaker 2>Welsh poem e god Dolden mentions a warrior named Arthur

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<v Speaker 2>Golden got it in, he got it in, he got

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<v Speaker 2>it in. My man, Arthur people that sword out of stone,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he got it in and then Ninias. In

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<v Speaker 2>the ninth century, uh, the historian wrote History of Brittonum,

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<v Speaker 2>which includes a list of twelve battles that a man

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<v Speaker 2>named Arthur supposedly fought. Then you have Jeffrey of Monmouth,

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<v Speaker 2>the really I guess he's like one of the really

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<v Speaker 2>famous writers of King Arthur. He wrote all the Merlin Stones. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>in the twelfth century Historia region Brittannier The History of Britain,

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<v Speaker 2>which significantly expanded the Arthur myth but it's like considered

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<v Speaker 2>more literary, like you know, like how he was about

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<v Speaker 2>Merlin writing just this epic story.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's like in place of the lost mythology of Britannia.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't like this is the true history, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was he was just yeah, he was like canneling.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, like a pseudo historian, right, like we talked about

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<v Speaker 3>in the other episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, there's not really any archaeological evidence. Although something really

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<v Speaker 2>cool is there actually is a genuine sword in the stone.

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<v Speaker 2>There is, yes, but it's in Tuscany, Italy, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is a real historical account of a saint named Galgano

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<v Speaker 2>who is officially sanctioned as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was like a warrior who was just this

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<v Speaker 2>vicious warrior who had so many, like obviously all victorious

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<v Speaker 2>battles and was renowned as a warrior. And then eventually

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<v Speaker 2>he became like a monk and he didn't like violence

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<v Speaker 2>and war anymore, and he wanted to be like an

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<v Speaker 2>ascetic kind of living as a hermit up in a monastery.

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<v Speaker 2>So he like proclaimed before God that he would see

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<v Speaker 2>his fighting in all this violence, and he shoved his

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<v Speaker 2>sword into a stone, and it's regarded as an actual miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>No way, yep, you can visit it in Tuscany, Italy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still there. Yeah what Yeah, it's actually there. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like a real archaeological site.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm looking at it now because I just got a

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<v Speaker 4>new favorite saint.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you show me?

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to see it. Is it on your phone?

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, let me get a good picture.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, that's cool.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to. I would love to see that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's insane.

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<v Speaker 3>I have always wondered where that myth came from and

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<v Speaker 3>if there was an actual sword in the stone. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I knew about the one in Disney World.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, have you ever tried to pull it?

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<v Speaker 3>I think when I was a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>No way, that is so crazy. Yeah, it's actually in

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<v Speaker 2>the stone. Yo. And he's like a legit Catholic saint,

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<v Speaker 2>Like this is not some like legend like, no, he

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<v Speaker 2>was a real guy. Dude.

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<v Speaker 4>I tried to pull the one at Disney. You did yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's somebody watching at all times, like randomly.

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<v Speaker 4>And they flipped the switch.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, he didn't like me. I didn't like me either. Man.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's usually like for kids, like little kids

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<v Speaker 3>and stuff, which is cool.

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<v Speaker 2>That's sweet. No, no, no, how cool would I be

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<v Speaker 2>if I got that thing?

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<v Speaker 3>You'd finally be cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Finally. I've actually never seen it like come out.

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<v Speaker 4>Does it?

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<v Speaker 2>Does it come all the way out or how does that?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so. I think it just comes out.

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<v Speaker 4>Like a little more than it already is.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would be really cool, you know. Weird synchronicity. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't even make this connection till just now, but

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<v Speaker 2>I've spent like all day and last night researching King Arthur,

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<v Speaker 2>and right before you guys came here, I was like

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<v Speaker 2>just scrolling through my social media and I randomly saw

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<v Speaker 2>this podcast. It was called like Billion Dollar Brand or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't follow this podcast. They just popped up like algorithm,

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<v Speaker 2>and I didn't even think about it in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is a little weird. And the guy was

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<v Speaker 2>talking about how Disney is like they're becoming so big

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<v Speaker 2>now that they're fading away from the magic that they

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<v Speaker 2>used to have. And he was like, for example, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>many years ago, it was this really cool thing where

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they sit around and they watch all these

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<v Speaker 2>little kids trying to pull the sword from the stone,

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<v Speaker 2>and then they let some kid at random pull it

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<v Speaker 2>and it's exciting and everybody around is, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>freaked out or whatever. And now it's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>follow this rule to enjoy this experience. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you heard this lately, but they had that

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<v Speaker 2>like Star Wars hotel. You know, it was like, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they came out in a Star Wars hotel and it

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<v Speaker 2>was like a disaster of epic proportions. What happened?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you mean I heard about the hotel?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Well, it's it's just like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>people pay like five thousand dollars and for two nights

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<v Speaker 2>or something like that. And there's this this person I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna go like into extreme detail about this, but

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<v Speaker 2>there's this person on YouTube who did like a four

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<v Speaker 2>hour vlog video showing like every single thing about this

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<v Speaker 2>experience that just absolutely sucked. And the whole reason I

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<v Speaker 2>bring it up is like it's really weird that I

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<v Speaker 2>randomly saw this video about the Sword and the Star

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<v Speaker 2>while I'm like spending all day. I didn't even think

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<v Speaker 2>about it in the moment.

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<v Speaker 4>What was one of the things that sucked?

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<v Speaker 2>Just like like absolute zero level of immersion, Like just

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<v Speaker 2>not what it was advertised to be. The experience was

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<v Speaker 2>just really like shallow and very corporate.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, will be honest, I don't really feel like

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<v Speaker 4>I'm part of the Incredibles when I go to the

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<v Speaker 4>what's it called, I don't know, the Incredible one.

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<v Speaker 3>What they have an Incredibles hotel?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah they do, Yeah, the the one that the monail

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<v Speaker 4>goes through.

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<v Speaker 2>You mean, I don't know, dude, I just don't it's

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<v Speaker 2>on the it's the I'll find out.

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<v Speaker 3>Hang, I just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to say. Yeah, but cool, cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex so a little bit about Saint Gulgano. Though he

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<v Speaker 2>was an Italian, saying from Tuscany, he was obviously like

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<v Speaker 2>a violent night and became a hermit, and and he

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<v Speaker 2>was born in choose contemporary. Sorry, that has nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do with the Incredibles, bro. So, I'm just saying all

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<v Speaker 2>of the rooms are incredible themes. All that really yes,

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<v Speaker 2>at least the one I.

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<v Speaker 3>Was okay, And because that one was incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>All the incredible contemporary is so much more than your

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<v Speaker 2>little Incredibles room. Bro, that's crazy, man. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that's that's where the sword and the Stone comes from.

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<v Speaker 2>I just I thought that was really cool. That's epic.

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<v Speaker 2>He died in eleven eighty one, and then his sanctity

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<v Speaker 2>as a saint was recognized in eleven eighty five, so.

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<v Speaker 3>Four years after his death, and that's like hundreds of

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<v Speaker 3>years after these myths of King Arthur started emerging. So

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<v Speaker 3>then they must have changed over time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's interesting. The if I'm reading this correctly, the

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<v Speaker 2>twelfth century writer, Yes, in the twelfth century, that would

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<v Speaker 2>be in the eleven hundreds, when Jeffrey of Monmouth started writing.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to look up when he actually wrote that

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<v Speaker 2>Historia Region Britannier.

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<v Speaker 3>I could have sworn when we did the Merlin episode.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny because the people watching are like, you just

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<v Speaker 3>did that last week, but it's actually been a long.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, five or six weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>I could have sworn that he wrote that in like

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<v Speaker 3>five or six, like the fifth or sixth century or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but those earlier writings about he wrote different texts,

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<v Speaker 2>and those were about Merlin and then about Arthur. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the text that we discussed in the Merlin

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<v Speaker 2>episode were written even in like the four hundreds. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>about Murden, the shitty one, Yes, the shitty one Celtic druid.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't his name like actually translate to like the shitty

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<v Speaker 3>yeah Murden.

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<v Speaker 2>So they changed it to Merlin, remember, because that's what

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<v Speaker 2>it sounded like. Yeah, So let's see Galgano died in eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>I just had it up, but I had to scroll

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<v Speaker 2>back eleven eighty five. Historia was actually so it was

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<v Speaker 2>actually written fifty years before he the Sword in the Stone. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>King Arthur's Story Wow, by Jeffrey Monmouth. So that's really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't really think too deeply about that earlier. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so this episode is going to be in three phases.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to try to break it up and keep

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<v Speaker 2>it really concise between the different phases. The first phase,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about a little bit of my

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<v Speaker 2>experience in Europe and why I was so like heated

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<v Speaker 2>to do King Arthur when I got back. And then

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<v Speaker 2>the second phase is going to be a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about this that movie I was telling you about, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the third phase is going to be about

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<v Speaker 2>the alchemical symbolism. So when I was in Germany, like

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks ago at this point, I guess we had

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<v Speaker 2>our trip to the Netherlands planned. And when we got

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<v Speaker 2>to the Netherlands, there was like two things we had

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<v Speaker 2>booked on a three day trip, and it was the

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<v Speaker 2>Vango Museum, which was really cool, and the I think

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<v Speaker 2>of Amsterdam. And we get there the first day in

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<v Speaker 2>the Netherlands and we're eating this amazing Dutch food and like,

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<v Speaker 2>the Free Mind, and it's like this hermetic museum. I

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<v Speaker 2>started looking it up and I was like, oh my god, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's a series of canals in Amsterdam, so

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<v Speaker 2>And we were here and then the museum was up

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<v Speaker 2>on that same street, so I was like, dude, we

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<v Speaker 2>I want to book this. We can do whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do this. And I started of reading

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<v Speaker 2>into it a little bit and found out that the Netherlands,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly Amsterdam, is actually the hermetic capital of the world. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, what, I didn't know that either. Amsterdam

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<v Speaker 2>is Yeah, it's the hermetic capital of the world. Why,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, does it does it tell you? Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a reason because in the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance era,

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<v Speaker 2>when the Rosicrucians were starting to spread. You obviously had

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<v Speaker 2>like templars during the Crusades, and you had all these

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<v Speaker 2>different traditions Kabbala, and then Masonry was beginning to form,

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<v Speaker 2>and obviously you had the alchemical Renaissance, and just all

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<v Speaker 2>undercurrent of philosophical thought in Europe. The Church was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh shit, and they like had this brutal oppression towards

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<v Speaker 2>it and just slaughtering people, slaughtering anybody that opposed you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the official doctrine of the Church and the Netherlands. It's

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<v Speaker 2>funny because when you think about Amsterdam, you think about like, yeah, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>you can go there to get like mushrooms, go to

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<v Speaker 2>the red light district and get weed, and it's like

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<v Speaker 2>this very free yeah, but like it's so much deeper

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<v Speaker 2>than that. It actually, for hundreds of years has been

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<v Speaker 2>like the probably most like free thought centric capital of

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<v Speaker 2>Europe in those daily so yeah, So like in the

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<v Speaker 2>Medieval Ages and in the Renaissance era when all this

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<v Speaker 2>stuff was happening, these philosophers would escape to the Netherlands

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<v Speaker 2>and they would take their scrolls in their texts and

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<v Speaker 2>they would go and they would seek refuge in the Netherlands.

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<v Speaker 2>No way, yep. And I think it was the seventeenth century.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I have to look it up because

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't prepared to talk about this, this Hermetic philosopher,

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<v Speaker 2>but there was like a really famous Hermetic philosopher from

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<v Speaker 2>Amsterdam name I think Barok de Spinoza's like a really

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<v Speaker 2>famous Hermetic philosopher in history. And he started, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>accumulating all these texts and all this knowledge, and then

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<v Speaker 2>over time there just became this large volume of texts

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<v Speaker 2>building in the Netherlands.

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<v Speaker 3>Y and.

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<v Speaker 2>Next thing you know, they're just like getting it together.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Embassy of the Free Mind was formed and

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<v Speaker 2>there's like thirty thousand texts. There's thirty thousand books at

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<v Speaker 2>this institute. It's the largest ramatic library in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>That's so incredible. Have you gotten to the part in

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<v Speaker 3>I'm certain you have in one piece where it talks

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<v Speaker 3>about like where Robin came from it. Yeah, that sounds

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<v Speaker 3>exactly like that, Like all of these mystics like sought

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<v Speaker 3>refuge in this one place and they all had this

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<v Speaker 3>like place where they gathered all their findings and their scrolls,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're like and and kind of hid it there,

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<v Speaker 3>like hid it from the world because they were being

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<v Speaker 3>persecuted for that knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>Berokspinosa, not Deepinosa's Brook Spinosa. And then there was another

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<v Speaker 2>alchemist that lived that that like hoarded a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>these texts and started the embassy because it's only been

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<v Speaker 2>a museum I think for like the last seven years

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<v Speaker 2>or something, and before that it was it was just

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<v Speaker 2>a private library that was being built over time. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, well, hey, you know, you know, but in

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<v Speaker 2>this to the public, and you know, like that's that reason. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure. I mean I've I did a quick

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<v Speaker 2>little search on the history of the institute the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, it's just crazy, Like I had no

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<v Speaker 2>clue that this was the Hermitic capital of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And they have like thirty thousand books there, and they

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<v Speaker 2>have like a whole museum exhibit where you can like

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<v Speaker 2>go into different rooms and read like so many different

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<v Speaker 2>pamphlets and and uh diagrams and and literal real like

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<v Speaker 2>ancient artifacts that were magical relics and like books attributed

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<v Speaker 2>to hermist Tree's majistus and like one thing that got

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<v Speaker 2>my attention was there was this massive golden vase that

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<v Speaker 2>had I can't remember if it was twelve plates, and

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<v Speaker 2>there were two halves of this thing, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>like the top half was depicting all around different images

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<v Speaker 2>on each side of it wasn't like a pure circular base.

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<v Speaker 2>It had like faces like a like a hexagon or something,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean, And like on the top

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<v Speaker 2>half was the story of Jesus the Gospel, and then

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<v Speaker 2>on the bottom half was mirroring the story, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was showing like the esoteric version of the Gospel with

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Grail. Oh yeah, And there was like little

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<v Speaker 2>monuments to the Grail myth and the legends of King

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<v Speaker 2>Arthur and stuff. And I was like, dude, this is

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<v Speaker 2>so deep. And we've got the Merlin episode come out

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<v Speaker 2>right when I get back from Europe, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I already had mentioned on the episode we'll, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll do a King Arthur follow up, so it's like

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<v Speaker 2>this is too timely. So yeah. So like it was

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<v Speaker 2>just really mind blowing. Like I spent an hour there.

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<v Speaker 2>I only had an hour and a half because by

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<v Speaker 2>the time I got there, they closed it an hour

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<v Speaker 2>and a half and I spent an hour there just

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<v Speaker 2>reading all the pamphlets and some of their little booklets

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff. And Jenny was like, dude, they closed in

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<v Speaker 2>thirty minutes, like you need to get up and actually

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<v Speaker 2>walk around, and I'm like, oh shit, So I get up.

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<v Speaker 2>I start running around speed reading all the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff and on. In In the back courtyard, they

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<v Speaker 2>had like a massive wall with the emerald tablets of

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<v Speaker 2>Doth inscribed on it, and they had this like staircase

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<v Speaker 2>leading down to the courtyard with like the seven stages

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<v Speaker 2>of the alchemical process, which is weird. There's like four

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<v Speaker 2>steps of the alchemical process and then there's the seven

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<v Speaker 2>stages and they're separate things, but they both have significance

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. I don't know, but in this episode we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to focus on the four steps of the alchemical process.

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<v Speaker 2>So long story short, I'm gonna move on from the

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<v Speaker 2>Amsterdam thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to take pictures in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, did you take pictures? Yeah? Yeah, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>tons of them. That sounds awesome. And I took pictures

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<v Speaker 2>of a lot of the artifacts in there. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>these were like many many centuries old books, like written

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<v Speaker 2>in like I don't know, like Greek, some of them

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<v Speaker 2>maybe Latin. Just like they had a private room where

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<v Speaker 2>you had to schedule like a private access tour in

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<v Speaker 2>advance to go into a locked room with museum curators

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<v Speaker 2>to see like really really rare artifacts. Obviously I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get to see them because I didn't know that was

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<v Speaker 2>an option. Sure, you know, but they have some sweet stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>So in addition to the thirty thousand books that they have,

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<v Speaker 2>they have two thousand books that are sitting upstairs in

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<v Speaker 2>a library for public access.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you can just grab them and go and read

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<v Speaker 3>them and yeah, that's so cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and if you like them, you can buy them. Wow. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really cool, dude. It's like there can't be many

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<v Speaker 2>places like that in the world, right, So when I

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<v Speaker 2>was being there, I was like, this is so cool.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you read their presentation of this information, it

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<v Speaker 2>just like made me really you know, because first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in Europe, right, I'm not in America, which is

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<v Speaker 2>like completely different philosophically than the rest of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Europe is, I mean, it is very simple

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<v Speaker 2>minded philosophically compared to you know, places in Asia or

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<v Speaker 2>places in Europe where these alchemical movements actually happened. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. So, like the wealth of

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<v Speaker 2>information you can find there is so much deeper than

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<v Speaker 2>you know a lot of the stuff that you could

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<v Speaker 2>find in museums in America. So yeah, well those places

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<v Speaker 2>are also infinitely older, exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>America is a few hundred years old. These places are

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<v Speaker 3>thousands of years old exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So the thing that was clicking in my brain

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<v Speaker 2>was like, dude, I am in a place where this

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<v Speaker 2>alchemical hermetic thought actually was historically happening, like it.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of low key originated, not literally, but like that's

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<v Speaker 3>where people went when they knew about this stuff and

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<v Speaker 3>they were seeking refuge and like like you know, conferring

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<v Speaker 3>with one another like about this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so sick. Yeah, it was just cool. It was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like mind altering being there and like reading

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<v Speaker 2>about this stuff and yeah, and I was I was

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<v Speaker 2>honestly really shocked at like the number of people that

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<v Speaker 2>were coming into the institute and just like spending time

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<v Speaker 2>there and just reading through stuff, and it was so

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<v Speaker 2>like commonly accepted. Oh yeah, yeah, it's a hermetic place. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's you ask somebody in America. What do you know

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<v Speaker 2>about hermeticism? They're like, what's that? Yeah, nobody you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean. It's the vibe that the attitude about

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<v Speaker 2>it was so common there that I was like, this

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<v Speaker 2>is really cool. So anyway, so after leaving the Institute

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<v Speaker 2>and going back to Germany for several days and then

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<v Speaker 2>we flew home to America. In that phase where I

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<v Speaker 2>like left the Netherlands and went back to Germany, there

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<v Speaker 2>was quite a few periods of time where obviously, when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm traveling in Europe, I'm on airplane mode. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>use my signal, so I'm like, well, I mean, let

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<v Speaker 2>me look at my candle and see if I have

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<v Speaker 2>any books downloaded. Oh sweet, I have the Secret Teaching

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<v Speaker 2>of All Ages downloaded. So I just started power reading it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even close to finishing it, but I started

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<v Speaker 2>just having my mind blown constantly over and over and

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<v Speaker 2>over by the Sea Teaching of All Ages. So I

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<v Speaker 2>was just like, man, I really should like pull all

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<v Speaker 2>of the Arthurian symbolism from the Secret Teaching of All

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<v Speaker 2>Ages for the episode. So that's where we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go in phase one. So I'm gonna start We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the Manly P. Hall interpretation of the

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<v Speaker 2>Arthurian myth. So Manly P. Hall. I have a I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure where that book is because all my books

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<v Speaker 2>are still packed up for moving, but I have the book.

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<v Speaker 2>It used to sit right beside me in our old studio. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a really good book. It's it's way. I

420
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<v Speaker 2>started reading it I don't know, like seven years ago,

421
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<v Speaker 2>and I don't think I was mature enough to really

422
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<v Speaker 2>like commit to it. When I say mature, I mean

423
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<v Speaker 2>like mature enough in all of this stuff. I was

424
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<v Speaker 2>still getting my feet wet in a lot of this

425
00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:50.480
<v Speaker 2>esoteric conversation, and I don't think that I was really

426
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<v Speaker 2>ready to like commit to reading the book. But now

427
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<v Speaker 2>I'm reading it, and I'm like, holy shit, this is

428
00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:57.680
<v Speaker 2>probably the deepest thing I've ever read. And it just,

429
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<v Speaker 2>like Shotgun blasts pretty much every esoteric tradition and goes

430
00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:06.200
<v Speaker 2>really deep into what they're about, what the symbols mean,

431
00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:10.160
<v Speaker 2>and really demystifies them. And it makes this grand connection

432
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<v Speaker 2>between like all of the ancient wisdom traditions. Oh cool,

433
00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.640
<v Speaker 2>which is like what we've been trying to do on

434
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<v Speaker 2>the show. So I'm like dude, this is the book

435
00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:21.680
<v Speaker 2>for me, the Venn diagram. Yeah, and it's it's really deep, dude.

436
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<v Speaker 2>So I'm going to get into that. I'm going to

437
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<v Speaker 2>get into the secret teaching all the ages of interpretation.

438
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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to start with the Roundtable of King

439
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<v Speaker 2>Arthur from Manly p Hall and then this is in

440
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<v Speaker 2>his what he does a lot is he references a

441
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<v Speaker 2>lot of older texts. And by the way, this was

442
00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:39.039
<v Speaker 2>written in the nineteen twenties, So if that wasn't mind

443
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<v Speaker 2>blowing enough that this material has been around the whole time,

444
00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.799
<v Speaker 2>even though a lot of us are just now hearing

445
00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:50.359
<v Speaker 2>about it. Pretty crazy, Yeah. From Jennings the Rosicrucians, their

446
00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:54.000
<v Speaker 2>rights and mysteries. According to tradition, Arthur, when a boy

447
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<v Speaker 2>of fifteen, was crowned King of Britain in a d.

448
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<v Speaker 2>Five hundred and sixteen. Soon after his ascension to the throne,

449
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<v Speaker 2>he found it the order of the Knights of the

450
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<v Speaker 2>Roundtable at Windsor. Thereafter, the knights met annually at Carleon

451
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<v Speaker 2>or Carlin, I don't know how to say, at Winchester

452
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<v Speaker 2>or at Camelot to celebrate Pentecost from all parts of

453
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<v Speaker 2>Europe came the brave and the bold, seeking admission into

454
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<v Speaker 2>his noble Order of British Knighthood. Nobility, virtue, and valor

455
00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:19.119
<v Speaker 2>were its requirements. In those possessing these qualities to a

456
00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:22.799
<v Speaker 2>marked degree were welcome to King Arthur's court. Having gathered

457
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<v Speaker 2>the bravest and noblest knights of Europe about him, King

458
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<v Speaker 2>Arthur chose twenty four, who excelled all the others in

459
00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.680
<v Speaker 2>daring and integrity, informed of them his circle of the Roundtable.

460
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<v Speaker 2>According to his legend, each of these knights were so

461
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<v Speaker 2>great in dignity and power that none could occupy a

462
00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:39.279
<v Speaker 2>more exalted seat than another. So when they gathered at

463
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<v Speaker 2>the table to celebrate the anniversary of their foundation, it

464
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<v Speaker 2>was necessary to use a round table that all might

465
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<v Speaker 2>occupy chairs of equal importance. While it's probable that the

466
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<v Speaker 2>Order of the Round Table had its distinctive rituals and symbols,

467
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<v Speaker 2>the knowledge of them has not survived the ages. Elias

468
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<v Speaker 2>Ashmole and his volume on the Order of the Garter

469
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<v Speaker 2>inserted a double page plate showing the insignia of all

470
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<v Speaker 2>the orders of knighthood, the block set aside for the

471
00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.880
<v Speaker 2>symbol of the roundtable being left blank. The Chief reason

472
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<v Speaker 2>for the loss of symbolism of the Roundtable was the

473
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<v Speaker 2>untimely death of King Arthur upon the field of Camberlin

474
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<v Speaker 2>in five hundred and forty two, a d in the

475
00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.759
<v Speaker 2>forty first year of his life. While he destroyed his

476
00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:20.039
<v Speaker 2>bitter enemy Mordred. In this famous battle, it cost him

477
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<v Speaker 2>not only his own life, but the lives of nearly

478
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<v Speaker 2>all the Knights of the Roundtable who died defending their commander.

479
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<v Speaker 2>So dark, grizzly end, right, damn King Arthur, He's slaughtered

480
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<v Speaker 2>in battle. Yeah.

481
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<v Speaker 3>And also imagine being like a fifteen sixteen year old

482
00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:38.680
<v Speaker 3>kid and all of these like seasoned veteran knights, like

483
00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:43.400
<v Speaker 3>noble knights are seeking you and seeking to be at

484
00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:47.319
<v Speaker 3>your table, and like that's that's wild and forty one

485
00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.559
<v Speaker 3>forty one right, which, honestly for the time is like

486
00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.640
<v Speaker 3>that's pretty old.

487
00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:56.359
<v Speaker 2>Pretty much a full life. Yeah, that's pretty much like

488
00:24:56.440 --> 00:25:01.640
<v Speaker 2>a full life. I mean, you've survived the plague man, Yeah, yeah, wow,

489
00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.440
<v Speaker 2>might have about half teeth left.

490
00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.759
<v Speaker 3>But you know, I was talking to my coworker the

491
00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.839
<v Speaker 3>other day and I was like, dude, why do I

492
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.160
<v Speaker 3>hurt so much all of a sudden, And he was like,

493
00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.039
<v Speaker 3>you just turned thirty.

494
00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:15.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you're thirty. He was like, you just turned thirty and.

495
00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.839
<v Speaker 3>I was like so and he was like, honestly, I

496
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<v Speaker 3>don't think humans were meant to live past thirty. And

497
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<v Speaker 3>I was like, what, that's so grim, dude.

498
00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:26.559
<v Speaker 2>The change is real, bro. Yeah, for me, it was psychological.

499
00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:32.240
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's probably partially psychosomatic. But I do feel like, like, uh,

500
00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:35.680
<v Speaker 3>it's it's very likely that I will most likely have

501
00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:39.839
<v Speaker 3>or already do have rheumatoid arthritis. But like when I

502
00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:43.400
<v Speaker 3>turned thirty, I started like feeling like I have the

503
00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.400
<v Speaker 3>same feelings of it.

504
00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.119
<v Speaker 2>I feel like the way that works is like, dude,

505
00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.200
<v Speaker 2>you've already been feeling that since your late twenties. Probably

506
00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:52.000
<v Speaker 2>it's true, but now that you're thirty, you're like, oh crap,

507
00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.799
<v Speaker 2>you see it through that length. Yeah, it's psychological for sure.

508
00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:58.799
<v Speaker 3>I definitely have felt the symptoms for years, But now

509
00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:01.240
<v Speaker 3>that I'm thirty, I'm like, oh, oh my god, I'm older,

510
00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.039
<v Speaker 3>falling apart?

511
00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.519
<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, I feel that.

512
00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.480
<v Speaker 4>Man, that's tough.

513
00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.079
<v Speaker 2>Shut up. What are you like? Twenty two?

514
00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.200
<v Speaker 3>Don't gas like him?

515
00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:11.920
<v Speaker 2>What do you?

516
00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:15.960
<v Speaker 4>You're twenty six in twenty seven days, Yeah, you'll.

517
00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.160
<v Speaker 2>Be twenty six this month. Well, I actually thought I

518
00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:26.039
<v Speaker 2>was twenty five and I'm not guestling. Did I lose track?

519
00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.279
<v Speaker 3>Man?

520
00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:30.519
<v Speaker 2>Man, I should know that we're five years apart in age, Yeah,

521
00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.200
<v Speaker 2>I should know that.

522
00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:33.599
<v Speaker 3>We should also know it because we're his friend.

523
00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:37.480
<v Speaker 4>But wait, we are his friend?

524
00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.759
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're your friend.

525
00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, we are.

526
00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:44.079
<v Speaker 3>We together share the burden of being your friend because

527
00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.160
<v Speaker 3>the bond. Yeah, but I mean more so the burden.

528
00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.160
<v Speaker 3>It's a lot to carry for one person.

529
00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.160
<v Speaker 2>It's a stressful bond.

530
00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:54.359
<v Speaker 4>So we're stressed bonded but I'm distressed.

531
00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yes, exactly. We're the age and we're the two.

532
00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:03.680
<v Speaker 3>Oh you're the age and where the two I've not

533
00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.440
<v Speaker 3>even got asked.

534
00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:08.359
<v Speaker 2>I get it. Yeah, I get that part because we

535
00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.160
<v Speaker 2>are bonded with.

536
00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.119
<v Speaker 3>We are bonded with you.

537
00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:16.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what your relationship is like on the

538
00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:22.880
<v Speaker 2>other side of it, but it's nothing but gas bro. Yeah.

539
00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:26.359
<v Speaker 2>So we left with a with a dark ending of

540
00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.559
<v Speaker 2>King Arthur. But we're gonna come to a happy ending

541
00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:30.960
<v Speaker 2>with that, you know, because and and that's the thing

542
00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:33.039
<v Speaker 2>I know, I just like rapidly ships. I started back

543
00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:35.160
<v Speaker 2>into the Arthur's story. But we've got some more to

544
00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:39.839
<v Speaker 2>cover here. So virtually every version of King Arthur does

545
00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:42.559
<v Speaker 2>end with him pretty much dying, some some dark ending.

546
00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.400
<v Speaker 2>Many of them end with his wife Guinevere being in

547
00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.680
<v Speaker 2>like a love triangle with Lancelot and they betray him.

548
00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:51.200
<v Speaker 2>And Mordred by the way, and every version of King

549
00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:53.839
<v Speaker 2>Arthur is either his son or his nephew, so he

550
00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:57.359
<v Speaker 2>has this like blood feud with his rival Mordred, who

551
00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:59.680
<v Speaker 2>he kills in battle but then receives a mortal wounded

552
00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.119
<v Speaker 2>dies Mordruid. So it is always like this grim end

553
00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:05.319
<v Speaker 2>of King Arthur. But you know, maybe it's not as

554
00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:07.359
<v Speaker 2>bad as we thought. So now we're going to get

555
00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:09.720
<v Speaker 2>into the Arthurian cycle and the legend of the Holy Grail.

556
00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:11.240
<v Speaker 2>We're going to spend a little bit more time on

557
00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:15.319
<v Speaker 2>the Grail, which pretty deep. The origin of the Grail myth,

558
00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.039
<v Speaker 2>as of nearly every other element in the Great Drama,

559
00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.880
<v Speaker 2>is curiously elusive. Sufficient foundation for it may be found

560
00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.799
<v Speaker 2>in the folk lore of the British Isles, which contains

561
00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:26.799
<v Speaker 2>many accounts of magic cauldrons, kettles, cups, and drinking horns.

562
00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:30.799
<v Speaker 2>The earliest Grail legends described the cup as a veritable

563
00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.599
<v Speaker 2>horn of plenty its contents were inexhaustible, and those who

564
00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:36.079
<v Speaker 2>served it never hungered or thirsted. One account states that

565
00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:38.119
<v Speaker 2>no matter how desperately ill a person might be, he

566
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.519
<v Speaker 2>could not die within the eight days of beholding the cup.

567
00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.400
<v Speaker 2>Some authorities believe the Holy Grail to be the perpetuation

568
00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.559
<v Speaker 2>of the Holy cup used in the rights of Adonis

569
00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.920
<v Speaker 2>and Attis. A communion cupp or chalice was used in

570
00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:51.759
<v Speaker 2>several of the ancient mysteries, and the god Bacchus is

571
00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.960
<v Speaker 2>frequently symbolized in the form of a vase, cup or

572
00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:57.079
<v Speaker 2>earned and nature worship, the ever flowing grail signifies the

573
00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:59.680
<v Speaker 2>bounty of the harvest by which the life of manas sustained.

574
00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.480
<v Speaker 2>Like Mercury's bottomless picture, it is the inexhaustible fountain of

575
00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:05.720
<v Speaker 2>a natural resource. From the evidence at hand, it would

576
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:09.400
<v Speaker 2>indeed be erroneous to ascribe a purely Christian Oregon origin

577
00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:15.000
<v Speaker 2>or an Oregon to the grail symbolism, and the Arthurian

578
00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:18.480
<v Speaker 2>cycle appears a strange and mysterious figure, Merlin the Magician,

579
00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.880
<v Speaker 2>and one of the legends concerning him. It is declared

580
00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.759
<v Speaker 2>that when Jesus was sent to liberate the world from

581
00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.519
<v Speaker 2>the bondage of evil, the adversary determined to send an

582
00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:28.960
<v Speaker 2>antichrist to undo his labors. The devil, therefore, in the

583
00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:31.559
<v Speaker 2>form of a horrible dragon, overshadowed a young woman who

584
00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:34.200
<v Speaker 2>had taken refuge in sanctuary to escape the evil which

585
00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:37.240
<v Speaker 2>had destroyed her family. When Merlin, her child, was born,

586
00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.599
<v Speaker 2>he partook of the characteristics of his human mother and

587
00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:42.920
<v Speaker 2>demon father. Merlin, however, did not serve the powers of darkness, but,

588
00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.519
<v Speaker 2>being converted to the true light, retained only two of

589
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.400
<v Speaker 2>the supernatural powers inherited from his father, prophecy and miracle working.

590
00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.839
<v Speaker 2>The story of Merlin's infernal Father must really be considered. Now.

591
00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm just going to take quick pause and say, this

592
00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:58.319
<v Speaker 2>is where Manley P. Hall is genius, because for every

593
00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.240
<v Speaker 2>one of these mystery traditions, he tells you, like, here's

594
00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:03.160
<v Speaker 2>the legend, Here's what it really means.

595
00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:06.839
<v Speaker 3>You know, like the interpretation, the symbolism. Yeah, the esoteric

596
00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.079
<v Speaker 3>truth was significant.

597
00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:12.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah. The story of Merlin's infernal father must really

598
00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:15.759
<v Speaker 2>be considered as an allegorical allusion to the fact that

599
00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:19.039
<v Speaker 2>he was a philosophical son of the serpent or dragon,

600
00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:22.400
<v Speaker 2>a title applied to all initiates of the mysteries, who

601
00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.079
<v Speaker 2>thus acknowledged Nature as their mortal mother and Wisdom in

602
00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:28.960
<v Speaker 2>the form of the serpent or dragon as their immortal father.

603
00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.480
<v Speaker 2>Confusion of the dragon and spent Remember you said it

604
00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:35.599
<v Speaker 2>in the other episode that Merlin was a title given

605
00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:41.559
<v Speaker 2>to initiates will mainly be all agrees. Oh wow, let

606
00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:43.279
<v Speaker 2>me pick back up where I was. Confusion of the

607
00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:45.720
<v Speaker 2>dragon and serpent with the powers of evil has resulted

608
00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.759
<v Speaker 2>as an inevitable consequence for misinterpretation of the early chapters

609
00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:52.799
<v Speaker 2>of Genesis. Arthur, while an infant, was given into the

610
00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:56.519
<v Speaker 2>keeping of Merlin the Mage, and in his youth instructed

611
00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:59.640
<v Speaker 2>by him in the Secret Doctrine, and probably initiated into

612
00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:02.799
<v Speaker 2>the deep his secrets of natural magic. With Merlin's assistance,

613
00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.039
<v Speaker 2>Arthur became the leading general of Britain, a degree of

614
00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:08.359
<v Speaker 2>dignity which has been confused with king shit, which that's true.

615
00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:11.440
<v Speaker 2>The historicity of Arthur. They believe that if the if

616
00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:15.039
<v Speaker 2>he existed, he was probably actually a general like a warrigoin,

617
00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.640
<v Speaker 2>not like a king. King. Yes, and I'm gonna get

618
00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:20.039
<v Speaker 2>into this later, but Arthur may have also been a

619
00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:24.720
<v Speaker 2>title and not like an actual birth name. No way, yep.

620
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.240
<v Speaker 3>So these theosophists are they're they're onto something.

621
00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:31.400
<v Speaker 2>After Arthur had drawn the sort of brand stock from

622
00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:34.160
<v Speaker 2>the anvil and thus established his divine right to leadership,

623
00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:37.319
<v Speaker 2>Merlin further assisted him to secure from the Lady of

624
00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:40.000
<v Speaker 2>the Lake the sacred sword Excalibur. And that's true of

625
00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:43.240
<v Speaker 2>the myth too. It's as he actually doesn't. In some versions,

626
00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:45.960
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't pull EXCaliber. He just pulls the s brand

627
00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:49.039
<v Speaker 2>stock and then Merlin's like, all right, let's go, let's

628
00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:51.680
<v Speaker 2>go get this caliber. Yeah, you know. But in some

629
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:56.279
<v Speaker 2>versions he just pulls EXCaliber. After the establishment of the Roundtable,

630
00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.480
<v Speaker 2>having fulfilled his duty, Maryland disappears, according to one account,

631
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:03.079
<v Speaker 2>banishing in the thin air, where he still exists as

632
00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:07.039
<v Speaker 2>a shadow, communicating at will with mortals. That's just like

633
00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:11.839
<v Speaker 2>the Merlin shope, I know, dude, According to another, retiring

634
00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:14.200
<v Speaker 2>of his own accord into a great stone vault, from

635
00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.960
<v Speaker 2>which he sealed within which we also talked about that too. Yeah.

636
00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:21.119
<v Speaker 2>It is reasonably certain that many legends regarding Charlemagne were

637
00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.960
<v Speaker 2>later associated with Arthur, who was most famous for establishing

638
00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:27.000
<v Speaker 2>the Order of the Roundtable at Winchester. Reliable information is

639
00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:30.720
<v Speaker 2>not to be had concerning the ceremonies and initiatory rituals

640
00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.599
<v Speaker 2>of the round table, and one story of the table

641
00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:36.240
<v Speaker 2>was endowed with the powers of expansion and contracted to contraction,

642
00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:38.519
<v Speaker 2>so that fifteen or fifteen hundred could be seated around

643
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.440
<v Speaker 2>it according to whatever need might arise. The most common

644
00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.319
<v Speaker 2>accounts fixed the number of knights who could be seated

645
00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.880
<v Speaker 2>at one time at the roundtable at either twelve or

646
00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:52.440
<v Speaker 2>twenty four. Here we go the twelve apostles or excuse me,

647
00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:56.599
<v Speaker 2>the twelve signified the zodiac and also the apostles of Jesus.

648
00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:00.799
<v Speaker 2>The knight's names and also their heraldic arms were emblazoned

649
00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:03.160
<v Speaker 2>upon their chairs. When twenty four are shown seated at

650
00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.119
<v Speaker 2>the table, each of the twelve signs of the zodiac

651
00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.440
<v Speaker 2>is divided into two parts, a light in a dark

652
00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:11.480
<v Speaker 2>half to signify the nocturnal and diurnal phases of each

653
00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:15.000
<v Speaker 2>sign Yang exactly, and the sun and the moon the

654
00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.319
<v Speaker 2>light in the dark. As each sign of the zodiac

655
00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.759
<v Speaker 2>is ascending for two hours of every day, so the

656
00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.160
<v Speaker 2>twenty four nights represent the hours the twenty four elders

657
00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.960
<v Speaker 2>before the throne in revelation, and the twenty four Persian

658
00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:28.920
<v Speaker 2>deities who represent the spirits of the divisions of the day.

659
00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.960
<v Speaker 2>In the center of the table was the symbolic rose

660
00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.680
<v Speaker 2>of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, the symbol

661
00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:38.240
<v Speaker 2>of resurrection, and that he rose from the dead. Oh damn,

662
00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:42.119
<v Speaker 2>they're doing wordplay. There was also a mysterious empty seat

663
00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.279
<v Speaker 2>called the siege Perilous, in which none might sit except

664
00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:48.839
<v Speaker 2>he was, except he who was successful in his quest

665
00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.759
<v Speaker 2>for the Holy Grail. And the personality of Arthur is

666
00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:54.079
<v Speaker 2>to be found. Now, this is where I really want

667
00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:56.559
<v Speaker 2>people to pay attention. I love looking up and seeing

668
00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:58.839
<v Speaker 2>us in thirty three minutes too. You know, it might

669
00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.440
<v Speaker 2>not be to them, but it is to y because

670
00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.839
<v Speaker 2>we cut a little bit before we actually start recording.

671
00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:07.680
<v Speaker 2>I love that, Okay. In the personality of Arthur, this

672
00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.280
<v Speaker 2>is the most important part of all of it. And

673
00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:12.239
<v Speaker 2>the rest of the conversation is gonna kind of piggyback

674
00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:15.159
<v Speaker 2>on this, okay. So in the personality of Arthur is

675
00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:18.000
<v Speaker 2>to be found a new form of the ever recurrent

676
00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:22.800
<v Speaker 2>cosmic myth. The Prince of Britain is the Sun, his

677
00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:25.599
<v Speaker 2>knights are the Zodiac, and his flashing sword may be

678
00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:29.480
<v Speaker 2>the Sun's ray. With which he fights and vanquishes the

679
00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:33.159
<v Speaker 2>dragons of darkness, or it may represent the Earth's axis.

680
00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Arthur's roundtable is the universe, the siege, perilous, the throne

681
00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:41.920
<v Speaker 2>of the perfect man. In its terrestrial sense, Arthur was

682
00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.159
<v Speaker 2>the grand master of a secret Christian masonic brotherhood of

683
00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:49.920
<v Speaker 2>philosophic mystics who turned themselves knights. Arthur received the exalted

684
00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:52.719
<v Speaker 2>position of Grand Master of these knights because he had

685
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:57.159
<v Speaker 2>faithfully accomplished the withdrawal of the sword or the spirit

686
00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.880
<v Speaker 2>from the anvil of the base metals his lower nature.

687
00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:06.760
<v Speaker 2>As invariably happens, the historical Arthur soon was confused with

688
00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.599
<v Speaker 2>the allegories and myths of his order. Until now the

689
00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:13.159
<v Speaker 2>tour inseparable. So he dies in the field of Camberlin,

690
00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:16.760
<v Speaker 2>the mystery cease, and esoterically he's taken away on a

691
00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:20.159
<v Speaker 2>black barge, as is so beautifully described by Tennyson in

692
00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:23.719
<v Speaker 2>his mort d Arthur. The great sword Excalibur was also

693
00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:26.440
<v Speaker 2>cast back into the waters of eternity, all of which

694
00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:29.760
<v Speaker 2>is a vivid portrayal of the descent of cosmic night

695
00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:33.719
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day of universal manifestation. The

696
00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:38.599
<v Speaker 2>body of the historical Arthur probably interred at Glastonbury Abbey,

697
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.480
<v Speaker 2>a building closely identified with the mystic rights of both

698
00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:44.920
<v Speaker 2>the Grail and the Arthurian Cycle. The medieval Rosicrucians were

699
00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.639
<v Speaker 2>undoubtedly in possession of the true secret of the Arthurian

700
00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:50.800
<v Speaker 2>Cycle and the Grail legend, much of their symbolism having

701
00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:53.920
<v Speaker 2>been incorporated into that order which is true, is true.

702
00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:57.679
<v Speaker 2>When I studied briefly with Robert Gilbert, doctor Robert Gilbert

703
00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.840
<v Speaker 2>and amazing, and people should look him up. He's like

704
00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:02.320
<v Speaker 2>lowing up on the internet now he's really Oh yeah, dude,

705
00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.599
<v Speaker 2>he's he's making the rounds.

706
00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.840
<v Speaker 3>Dude.

707
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:08.119
<v Speaker 2>He's getting the recognition that he deserves. And when I

708
00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:11.039
<v Speaker 2>when I first was introduced to doctor Robert Gilbert, and

709
00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:15.400
<v Speaker 2>he like gave me some of his courses and and

710
00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:19.920
<v Speaker 2>let me go through his material. He he has entire

711
00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:25.400
<v Speaker 2>courses on like uh Rosicrucian Rosicrucianism and UH Grail traditions.

712
00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:28.440
<v Speaker 2>There's a connection between the Grail myth.

713
00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.400
<v Speaker 3>And oh dude, yeah, they had a rose in the

714
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:33.760
<v Speaker 3>middle of the table right like yeah, wow, dude, that's

715
00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:38.960
<v Speaker 3>so incredible. That's like very archetypal, like like an alchemical

716
00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:41.840
<v Speaker 3>like the symbolism of the round table and the knights

717
00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.840
<v Speaker 3>and Arthur.

718
00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.920
<v Speaker 2>The next section we're going to talk about the rose

719
00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:48.800
<v Speaker 2>a little bit too. But yeah, so the medieval Rosicrucians

720
00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:50.960
<v Speaker 2>were undoubtedly in possession of the true secret of the

721
00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.880
<v Speaker 2>Arthurian cycle and the Grail legend, much of their symbolism

722
00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:57.679
<v Speaker 2>having been incorporated into that order. Though the most obvious

723
00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.840
<v Speaker 2>of all keys to the Christos mystery, the Grail legend

724
00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:06.000
<v Speaker 2>has received the least consideration. So we're, yeah, we're getting

725
00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:08.679
<v Speaker 2>to the end of phase one here and then we

726
00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:12.840
<v Speaker 2>we'll like, uh, we'll kind of process some of this stuff,

727
00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.039
<v Speaker 2>but I'm just going to blow through and finish this part.

728
00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:18.599
<v Speaker 2>So the crucified rose the original, and again this is

729
00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:21.920
<v Speaker 2>still all from secret teaching, these different segments of the

730
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.880
<v Speaker 2>secret Teaching of all ages. The original symbol of the

731
00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:29.159
<v Speaker 2>Rosicrucian fraternity was a hieroglyphic rose crucified upon a cross.

732
00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:33.880
<v Speaker 2>The cross was often raised upon a three step cavalry. Occasionally,

733
00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:36.360
<v Speaker 2>the symbol of a cross rising from a rose was

734
00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:40.440
<v Speaker 2>used in connection with their activities. The Rosicrucian raw rose

735
00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:43.519
<v Speaker 2>was drawn upon the roundtable of King Arthur and is

736
00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:47.199
<v Speaker 2>the central motif for the links forming the chain from

737
00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:50.480
<v Speaker 2>which the Great George is suspended among the jewels of

738
00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:54.199
<v Speaker 2>the Order of the Garter. Hargrave Jennings suspects this order

739
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.639
<v Speaker 2>of having some connection with the Rosicrucians. The Holy Grail.

740
00:37:57.840 --> 00:38:00.480
<v Speaker 2>This is the last part of this phase of the episode.

741
00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.679
<v Speaker 2>This part's pretty deep. The Holy Grail, like the sapphire,

742
00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.440
<v Speaker 2>This is a Greek word, I believe. I don't know

743
00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.880
<v Speaker 2>how to pronounce it, but shathilla, I think it's a

744
00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:16.199
<v Speaker 2>Greek word. The Lapis Exalis, crown jewel of the archangel Lucifer,

745
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.760
<v Speaker 2>fell from heaven. Michael, the Archangel of the Sun and

746
00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:21.519
<v Speaker 2>the hidden God of Israel, at the head of the

747
00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:24.159
<v Speaker 2>angelic host, swooped down upon Lucifer and his legions of

748
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.880
<v Speaker 2>rebellious spirits. During the conflict. Michael, with his flaming sword,

749
00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:32.440
<v Speaker 2>struck the flashing Lapiece Exalis from the coronet of his adversary,

750
00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:36.000
<v Speaker 2>and the green stone fell through all the celestial rings

751
00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:39.320
<v Speaker 2>into the dark immeasurable abyss. I want to pause there,

752
00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Centomani Stone, the wishing stone, remember that, Yeah, the green

753
00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.679
<v Speaker 2>stone that falls and you know it's the wishing stone.

754
00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:50.480
<v Speaker 2>Eastern philosophy. Oh my god, how about this moldivite, the

755
00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:54.519
<v Speaker 2>crystal that's a multi billion year old meteorite that's found

756
00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:57.639
<v Speaker 2>in places and I believe Asia and Europe that people

757
00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:03.280
<v Speaker 2>think might be this stone. It's green. That's so wild too,

758
00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:06.280
<v Speaker 2>because Lapis is usually blue. This is this is not

759
00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:10.000
<v Speaker 2>Lapis lazuli. This is a different stone, the Lapis excellis.

760
00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:13.239
<v Speaker 2>Many people in modern times believe that this actual stone

761
00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:15.800
<v Speaker 2>may have been the moldivite meteorite.

762
00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.400
<v Speaker 4>Oh no way.

763
00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:20.639
<v Speaker 2>And if you look in the moltivite folks at home. Uh,

764
00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:23.760
<v Speaker 2>it is one of the most powerful crystals. Is regarded

765
00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:26.000
<v Speaker 2>as like a very very powerful Christal.

766
00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:28.960
<v Speaker 3>See everybody like I see it everywhere. I've seen it

767
00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.719
<v Speaker 3>on some huge they talked about it. They talked about

768
00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.519
<v Speaker 3>it on Joe Rogan.

769
00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:34.239
<v Speaker 2>And it's super expensive. Yeah, and a lot of crystal

770
00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:37.480
<v Speaker 2>shops won't even let you bring it inside. Why because

771
00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:39.079
<v Speaker 2>they're like, I don't want to fuck them with our energy.

772
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:42.960
<v Speaker 2>I've had that happen. I bought it. I'm serious. Somebody

773
00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.199
<v Speaker 2>told you that. Somebody told me that. I was like, hey,

774
00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:47.199
<v Speaker 2>I bought a piece of moltifie at a different store

775
00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:50.280
<v Speaker 2>and This was a gym shop downtown that does like wrappings,

776
00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.800
<v Speaker 2>and I was like, if I brought it in, would

777
00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.199
<v Speaker 2>you guys like wire wrap it for me so I

778
00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:55.159
<v Speaker 2>could make a necklace. And they're like, sorry, you can't

779
00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:57.320
<v Speaker 2>bring that in here. We don't want it messing with

780
00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:00.400
<v Speaker 2>our I'm serious, dude, what. Yeah, there was like a

781
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:03.760
<v Speaker 2>serious belief around mouldabite. Yeah, so I just thought that

782
00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:06.440
<v Speaker 2>was interesting. You know, I have actually read before. I

783
00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:08.159
<v Speaker 2>might have talked about it on the episode one time

784
00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.719
<v Speaker 2>a long time ago, but there is a belief that

785
00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:11.320
<v Speaker 2>moldivite may have been the crystal that was on the

786
00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:13.480
<v Speaker 2>Holy Grill. And then in the Saintient myth, you see

787
00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:16.039
<v Speaker 2>this stone that was on the Archangelucifer, and you know

788
00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:18.400
<v Speaker 2>he's cast out and the stone falls to the earth

789
00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.920
<v Speaker 2>and then it's put in the grail. I just I

790
00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.000
<v Speaker 2>love the connection there.

791
00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.519
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that would explain some of the suspicion and the

792
00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:27.239
<v Speaker 3>significance why this stone is like supposedly so powerful.

793
00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:29.719
<v Speaker 2>And then I think it's In Tibetan Buddhism they have

794
00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:32.039
<v Speaker 2>the Gentamani Stone, which is a similar myth, and it's

795
00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:34.719
<v Speaker 2>like this green gem that is like the wishing stone

796
00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.559
<v Speaker 2>like it's it's like the Philosopher's stone, you know. Yeah, So,

797
00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:41.360
<v Speaker 2>picking up where I left off, out of Lucifer's radiant

798
00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:44.159
<v Speaker 2>gym was fashioned the Sangreal or the Holy Grail, from

799
00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:46.360
<v Speaker 2>which Christ is said to have drunk at the Last Supper.

800
00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:49.119
<v Speaker 2>Though some controversy exists as to whether the grail was

801
00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:52.079
<v Speaker 2>a cup or a platter, it is generally depicted in

802
00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:55.519
<v Speaker 2>art as a chalice of considerable size and unusual beauty.

803
00:40:56.039 --> 00:41:00.360
<v Speaker 2>According to the legend, Joseph of Arimathea brought the Grail

804
00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:03.480
<v Speaker 2>or Arimathea whatever brought the grail cup to the place

805
00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:06.000
<v Speaker 2>of the crucifixion, and in it caught the blood pouring

806
00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:09.559
<v Speaker 2>from the wounds of the dying Nazarene. Later, Joseph, who

807
00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:12.880
<v Speaker 2>had become custodian of the sacred relics, the Sangreal and

808
00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:15.840
<v Speaker 2>the Spirit of Loungeness, which I guess is the spirit

809
00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:19.239
<v Speaker 2>of destinated stabbed Jesus, carried them into a distant country.

810
00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:22.119
<v Speaker 2>According to one version, his descendants finally placed these relics

811
00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:24.760
<v Speaker 2>in Glastonbury Abbey in England. According to another, in a

812
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:28.440
<v Speaker 2>wonderful castle a Mount Salvet Spain built by angels in

813
00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:31.079
<v Speaker 2>a single night under the name of Preston John Parsifald,

814
00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:33.599
<v Speaker 2>the last of the Grail Kings, carried the Holy Cup

815
00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:36.559
<v Speaker 2>with him into India, and it disappeared forever from the

816
00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:40.719
<v Speaker 2>Western world. Subsequent search for the Sangreal was the motif

817
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:43.880
<v Speaker 2>for much of the knight errantry of the Arthurian legends

818
00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:47.400
<v Speaker 2>and the ceremonials of the Round Table see the Morte

819
00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:51.280
<v Speaker 2>de artur. No adequate interpretation that has ever been given

820
00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.639
<v Speaker 2>to the Grail mysteries, or has ever been given to

821
00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:56.480
<v Speaker 2>the Grail mysteries. Some believe the Knights of the Holy Grail,

822
00:41:56.519 --> 00:42:00.559
<v Speaker 2>who have been a powerful organization of Christian mystics perpetuating

823
00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:03.119
<v Speaker 2>the ancient wisdom under the rituals and sacraments of the

824
00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:05.679
<v Speaker 2>Oracular Cup. The quest for the Holy Grail is the

825
00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:08.119
<v Speaker 2>eternal search for truth, and Albert G. Mackie sees it

826
00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:10.639
<v Speaker 2>in a variation of the Masonic legend of the Lost Word,

827
00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:13.800
<v Speaker 2>so long sought by the brethren of the Craft. There's

828
00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:15.840
<v Speaker 2>also evidence to support the claim that the story of

829
00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.360
<v Speaker 2>the Grail is an elaboration of an early pagan nature

830
00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:20.800
<v Speaker 2>myth which has been preserved by reason of the subtle

831
00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.840
<v Speaker 2>manner in which was engrafted upon the cult of Christianity,

832
00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:26.280
<v Speaker 2>which for anybody who was offended by that, and in

833
00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:31.320
<v Speaker 2>ancient times Christianity was literally the cult it was, yeah,

834
00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:34.920
<v Speaker 2>because they practiced in underground sepolchers and temples and they

835
00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.159
<v Speaker 2>had to like hide from you know, the Romans at

836
00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:39.039
<v Speaker 2>the time. So like it, it actually was a cult.

837
00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.920
<v Speaker 2>This is not this is not trying to like smear,

838
00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.400
<v Speaker 2>it's not.

839
00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:43.159
<v Speaker 3>Saying modern Christianity as a cult.

840
00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's saying that. Literally, at one point it was

841
00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:48.039
<v Speaker 2>a cult, right. I just wanted to clarify that for

842
00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:50.920
<v Speaker 2>people who might not like out of necessity, right, so

843
00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.800
<v Speaker 2>that they wouldn't survive killed. Yeah.

844
00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.159
<v Speaker 1>Right.

845
00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:58.440
<v Speaker 2>From this particular viewpoint, the Holy Grail is undoubtedly a

846
00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:01.079
<v Speaker 2>type of the arc or vest in which the life

847
00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:05.480
<v Speaker 2>of the world and is preserved and therefore is significant

848
00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:09.079
<v Speaker 2>of the body of the great Mother Nature. It's green

849
00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:12.039
<v Speaker 2>color relates it to Venus and to the mystery of generation,

850
00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:15.440
<v Speaker 2>also to the Islamic faith, whose sacred color is green

851
00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:18.119
<v Speaker 2>and whose sabbath is Friday, the day of Venus and

852
00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:20.800
<v Speaker 2>witchcraft they call it the witch's Sabbath or the day

853
00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.239
<v Speaker 2>of Friga.

854
00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:21.840
<v Speaker 3>You know.

855
00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:28.119
<v Speaker 2>Uh. The Holy Grail is a symbol of both. I

856
00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:30.519
<v Speaker 2>was I was thinking should I make I was thinking,

857
00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:32.840
<v Speaker 2>should I make a joke about like I better not?

858
00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.119
<v Speaker 1>Well.

859
00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:35.079
<v Speaker 3>I looked at Alex and he was lean back. You

860
00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:37.360
<v Speaker 3>should show yourself right now, it'd be really funny. He

861
00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:40.400
<v Speaker 3>was lean back like that, and he just just nodding

862
00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:42.840
<v Speaker 3>at me and smiling. When you said, he don't.

863
00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:45.639
<v Speaker 2>He don't even want to be here. He don't give

864
00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:49.719
<v Speaker 2>a frigga. I was debating it.

865
00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.599
<v Speaker 3>You don't give not one.

866
00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, literally, bro. The Holy Grail is a symbol both

867
00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:02.280
<v Speaker 2>of the lower or irrational world and of the bodily

868
00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:05.880
<v Speaker 2>nature of man, because both are receptacles for the living

869
00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:09.599
<v Speaker 2>essences of the superior worlds. Such is the mystery of

870
00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:12.480
<v Speaker 2>the redeeming Blood, which, descending into the condition of death,

871
00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:15.679
<v Speaker 2>overcomes the last enemy by insoling all substance with its

872
00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:20.079
<v Speaker 2>own immortality. To the Christian, whose mystic faith especially emphasizes

873
00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:22.960
<v Speaker 2>the love element, the Holy Grail typifies the heart in

874
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:26.320
<v Speaker 2>which continually swirls the living water of eternal life. Moreover,

875
00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:28.239
<v Speaker 2>to the Christian, the search for the Holy Grail is

876
00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:31.000
<v Speaker 2>the search for the real self. When found is the

877
00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:34.280
<v Speaker 2>consummation of the magnum opus, or in alchemy, this is

878
00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:36.920
<v Speaker 2>known as the great work, that the turning of the

879
00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:38.679
<v Speaker 2>lead into gold, which we're going to go way more

880
00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:40.559
<v Speaker 2>into that later. The Holy Cup can.

881
00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:42.679
<v Speaker 4>Beis you get to sit at that chair where that

882
00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.960
<v Speaker 4>nobody gets to sit in right?

883
00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:51.199
<v Speaker 2>Exactly? Yes. In his mystic poem oh Oh I skipped One,

884
00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:53.400
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Cup can be discovered only by those who

885
00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:59.559
<v Speaker 2>have raised themselves above the limitations of sensuous existence, ascending

886
00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:04.639
<v Speaker 2>from our our animalistic nature, conquering our our material self,

887
00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:08.599
<v Speaker 2>and rising into spiritual self. Remember, just like you just said,

888
00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:10.920
<v Speaker 2>the ones who sit at this chair are the ones

889
00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:13.320
<v Speaker 2>who found the Holy Grail. Well, it's a metaphor. Finding

890
00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:17.239
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Grail is about performing the alchemical great work.

891
00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:21.360
<v Speaker 2>In his mystic poem The Vision of Sir Lonfall, James

892
00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:24.400
<v Speaker 2>Russell Lowell disclosed discloses the true nature of the Holy

893
00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:26.119
<v Speaker 2>Grail by showing that it is visible only to a

894
00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:29.719
<v Speaker 2>certain state of spiritual consciousness. Only upon returning from the

895
00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:32.239
<v Speaker 2>vain pursuit of haughty ambition did the aged and broken

896
00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:35.840
<v Speaker 2>Night see in the transformed Leper's cup, the glowing chalice

897
00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.360
<v Speaker 2>of his lifelong dream Some writers trace a similarity between

898
00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:42.400
<v Speaker 2>the grail legend and the stories of the martyred sun gods,

899
00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:45.079
<v Speaker 2>whose blood, descending from heaven into the earth, was caught

900
00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:50.400
<v Speaker 2>in the cup of matter and liberated therefrom by the

901
00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:54.719
<v Speaker 2>initiatory rites. It's called the cup of Matter. M. A. T. T. E.

902
00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.039
<v Speaker 2>Er Well, the point here is that he's making a

903
00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:02.199
<v Speaker 2>connection that between in all and there's way more context

904
00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:04.880
<v Speaker 2>of this book, and this is one little segment, and

905
00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.360
<v Speaker 2>the point that he's making in this entire book that

906
00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:12.760
<v Speaker 2>there is one secret primordial tradition between all of these

907
00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:16.000
<v Speaker 2>ancient wisdom traditions, and it's that we have descended here

908
00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:19.719
<v Speaker 2>into matter as parts of the you know, the the

909
00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:23.519
<v Speaker 2>true spiritual reality, and that our whole game here is

910
00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:27.000
<v Speaker 2>to go through the initiations which served to wake us

911
00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:31.840
<v Speaker 2>up to our true nature. So he's saying that that's

912
00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:34.639
<v Speaker 2>what he's saying, the cup of the worldly, cup of matter.

913
00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:37.480
<v Speaker 2>You know that the grail is symbolic of us being

914
00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:41.360
<v Speaker 2>in matter, and that we are liberated from matter by

915
00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:45.559
<v Speaker 2>the initiatory rights going through the awakening process. The Holy

916
00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.519
<v Speaker 2>Grail may also be the seed pods so frequently employed

917
00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:51.239
<v Speaker 2>in the ancient mysteries as an emblem of German nation

918
00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:54.559
<v Speaker 2>and resurrection. And if the cup like shape of the

919
00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:58.159
<v Speaker 2>grail be derived from the flower, it signifies the regeneration

920
00:46:58.360 --> 00:47:03.000
<v Speaker 2>and spiritualization of the generative forces of men. So that's

921
00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:07.800
<v Speaker 2>that's all the Manley P. Hall stuff. But would you

922
00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.480
<v Speaker 2>guys think about that?

923
00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:11.599
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I wouldn't expect anything less from Manley P.

924
00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Hall.

925
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:16.360
<v Speaker 3>I mean that, like it's always about the pursuit of

926
00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:20.000
<v Speaker 3>finding the overlap and the truth in the overlap, and

927
00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:25.639
<v Speaker 3>like it's yet another allegory of ascension of enlightenment, the

928
00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:29.000
<v Speaker 3>path of enlightenment. Like whoever sits at that chair is

929
00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:32.639
<v Speaker 3>someone who reached enlightenment through the alchemical process of like

930
00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:37.719
<v Speaker 3>transfiguring the matter into spirit, the lead into gold. It's beautiful,

931
00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:40.159
<v Speaker 3>It's deep, dude, absolutely.

932
00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:42.800
<v Speaker 2>I didn't, like I knew that. Here's the thing, for

933
00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:46.360
<v Speaker 2>many years, I've known that the Arthurian legend was like

934
00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:50.679
<v Speaker 2>esoteric or whatever, but I never really figured that I

935
00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:54.480
<v Speaker 2>would like get to decipher that, Yeah, like dissect it.

936
00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:57.840
<v Speaker 2>Because here's the thing, dude, Like when you're dabbling into

937
00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:02.639
<v Speaker 2>this world of like esochit traditions and you know, alchemy

938
00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:05.559
<v Speaker 2>and all this stuff, it's it's really hard at first

939
00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:10.800
<v Speaker 2>when you're new to be like, is this an accurate source? Sure?

940
00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:12.920
<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean, Yeah, it's what I'm reading.

941
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:18.119
<v Speaker 2>Even true is as accurate, And you know, it's really

942
00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:20.639
<v Speaker 2>cool to read this stuff from the lens of somebody who,

943
00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:23.119
<v Speaker 2>by the way, I mean, Manly P. Hall was brilliant, dude.

944
00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:25.760
<v Speaker 2>We've talked about him before. He's he like was so

945
00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:29.400
<v Speaker 2>spot on with his knowledge that the Freemasons in America.

946
00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:31.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what loge it was. Maybe it was

947
00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:34.000
<v Speaker 2>Blue logic. If I'm not mistaken, I really don't know.

948
00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:37.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm not a Mason. I don't intimately know what chapters

949
00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:41.239
<v Speaker 2>are here and there, but they they initiated him as

950
00:48:41.239 --> 00:48:43.840
<v Speaker 2>an honorary thirty third degree if you remember, because he

951
00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:45.599
<v Speaker 2>was so spot on with his material.

952
00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:49.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he was obviously very well researched and cross referenced

953
00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:52.639
<v Speaker 3>all of his sources, and like, like you cross reference

954
00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:55.840
<v Speaker 3>his sources, they're all legitimate. That's really like the first

955
00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:58.480
<v Speaker 3>step of figuring out the sources that you can trust

956
00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:02.440
<v Speaker 3>is you look into they are cited sources, and you know,

957
00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:05.239
<v Speaker 3>double check the stuff that they're claiming and if it's

958
00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:07.239
<v Speaker 3>legit then you know you can trust this person.

959
00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:10.480
<v Speaker 2>And Manly p. Hall is very much somebody who.

960
00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:15.119
<v Speaker 3>Cites the sources, only references legitimate sources, like it's it's

961
00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:20.159
<v Speaker 3>real stuff. It's still mind blowing that someone could even

962
00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:26.239
<v Speaker 3>like conceive of these archetypal energies and like the poetry

963
00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:28.559
<v Speaker 3>of it all, like the symbolism of it all, because

964
00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:31.079
<v Speaker 3>it is like poetry, absolutely, yeah. I mean, look at

965
00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:35.440
<v Speaker 3>what's his name, the Geoffrey of Monmouth. He's literally writing poetry,

966
00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:39.199
<v Speaker 3>like actual poetry, but telling a myth, and in reality,

967
00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:42.079
<v Speaker 3>the myth that he's telling is an allegory. It's like,

968
00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:46.400
<v Speaker 3>it's hard for me to even conceive of doing something

969
00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:49.320
<v Speaker 3>like that. Now, this is Star Wars.

970
00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:50.360
<v Speaker 1>You know.

971
00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:53.639
<v Speaker 2>That's why we talk about movies all the time, you know.

972
00:49:53.760 --> 00:49:56.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because people still are doing it now, there are

973
00:49:57.079 --> 00:49:59.199
<v Speaker 3>this is something that's always been around. We're talking about

974
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:04.840
<v Speaker 3>the four fifth century, like, yeah, what to even conceive

975
00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:07.840
<v Speaker 3>of this stuff? And you know, they didn't have the

976
00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:11.119
<v Speaker 3>same resources that we have so readily available today. Right,

977
00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:13.960
<v Speaker 3>they're figuring this stuff out the old fashioned way for

978
00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:18.360
<v Speaker 3>themselves and decoding the poetry and symbolism of it all.

979
00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.239
<v Speaker 3>It's mind blowing.

980
00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:21.239
<v Speaker 2>I can't stop thinking about how many thousands of hours

981
00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:23.679
<v Speaker 2>these people back then in these time spent in libraries.

982
00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:27.119
<v Speaker 2>That's what humulated, you know, it's crazy, dude. Manley P.

983
00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:30.320
<v Speaker 2>Hall published this book in the nineteen twenties. He was

984
00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:37.360
<v Speaker 2>like twenty one. No way, yeah, way, Oh my god,

985
00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:39.320
<v Speaker 2>on god, I'm gonna look it up right now. I

986
00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:42.800
<v Speaker 2>had fully assumed like this this man, like an old man.

987
00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:47.639
<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, like at very least in his sixties, devoted

988
00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:49.280
<v Speaker 3>his life to learning all of this stuff.

989
00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:51.639
<v Speaker 2>But this is obviously somebody who like got.

990
00:50:51.599 --> 00:50:55.159
<v Speaker 3>The bug for it really early and just devoted all

991
00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:55.920
<v Speaker 3>of their time.

992
00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:59.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, dude, I just googled the book. It's on

993
00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:05.280
<v Speaker 2>CIA GOV. It's so good. No way, yeah he was

994
00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:09.880
<v Speaker 2>a Oh he was Canadian. I didn't know that, Alex.

995
00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:11.320
<v Speaker 2>Can you look up what age was when he I

996
00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:12.679
<v Speaker 2>don't want to spend too much time on it, but

997
00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:14.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty sure he was like twenty one, and I'm

998
00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:16.519
<v Speaker 2>pretty sure it came out in nineteen twenty two. That's

999
00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:17.000
<v Speaker 2>just based on.

1000
00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:23.199
<v Speaker 3>When he wrote The Secret Right Secret Teaching of All Ages.

1001
00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:24.880
<v Speaker 3>Yea with secret.

1002
00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:27.159
<v Speaker 2>Teachings anyway, So yeah, it's just mind blowing man and

1003
00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:30.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm really like, especially after going to the Institute, because

1004
00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:33.239
<v Speaker 2>the Embassy of the FreeMind, I mean, yeah, and again

1005
00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:35.440
<v Speaker 2>this is not like you know my experience at the

1006
00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:37.719
<v Speaker 2>been Row Institute. This is not like that at all.

1007
00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:40.719
<v Speaker 2>The Embassy of the Free Mind is a public library

1008
00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:44.360
<v Speaker 2>with with like museum elements. I'm not like in touch

1009
00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:44.880
<v Speaker 2>with these people.

1010
00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:45.239
<v Speaker 4>I don't know.

1011
00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:47.079
<v Speaker 2>I just went there and I nerd it out and

1012
00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:50.719
<v Speaker 2>read all the connections, and it really inspired me. I

1013
00:51:50.719 --> 00:51:53.159
<v Speaker 2>don't want people to think that you know something that

1014
00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:58.239
<v Speaker 2>it's not. But they had so much material available and

1015
00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:03.320
<v Speaker 2>the connections that had between like Hermetic philosophy and Hermeistru's

1016
00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:08.519
<v Speaker 2>Majistice and Rosicrucianism and like giving like very detailed historical

1017
00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:11.840
<v Speaker 2>descriptions of these orders, and like I don't remember seeing

1018
00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:15.239
<v Speaker 2>much on Freemasonry, but I I don't remember coming across

1019
00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:17.519
<v Speaker 2>that much. They talked a little bit about like the

1020
00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:20.119
<v Speaker 2>Illuminati and the historical version of that, and it was

1021
00:52:20.199 --> 00:52:23.000
<v Speaker 2>really cool reading this stuff and then reading The Secret

1022
00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:25.280
<v Speaker 2>Teaching of All Ages. There's such an overlap between the

1023
00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:27.360
<v Speaker 2>material and his book and the material I was reading there.

1024
00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:30.440
<v Speaker 2>So he was born in nineteen oh one and my god.

1025
00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:31.119
<v Speaker 2>He's twenty one.

1026
00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:33.719
<v Speaker 4>The book came out in nineteen twenty eight, so he

1027
00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:34.480
<v Speaker 4>was twenty seven.

1028
00:52:34.679 --> 00:52:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, it's still crazy. That's younger than us.

1029
00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.239
<v Speaker 1>I know.

1030
00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:42.039
<v Speaker 3>I couldn't imagine doing something like that right now, right.

1031
00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:44.880
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'd basically have to start writing that book now

1032
00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:45.480
<v Speaker 4>to get it out.

1033
00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:50.719
<v Speaker 2>Let alone have all of the cross referenced knowledge.

1034
00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:53.320
<v Speaker 4>That is, well, if I combine you two, I have

1035
00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:54.679
<v Speaker 4>one friend and I think.

1036
00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:57.239
<v Speaker 2>That might help me, which is true, And don't you

1037
00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:57.920
<v Speaker 2>ever forget it?

1038
00:52:58.079 --> 00:52:59.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Yeah, dude.

1039
00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:01.679
<v Speaker 2>It is a big boo book. Man. The addition I

1040
00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:04.599
<v Speaker 2>have is like seven hundred plus pages and it just

1041
00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:08.519
<v Speaker 2>keeps hitting. The introduction of the book before chapter one

1042
00:53:08.840 --> 00:53:15.079
<v Speaker 2>is like thousand year history of every philosopher system. It's crazy.

1043
00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:20.039
<v Speaker 4>It takes mewenty The initiates of the Flame, I want

1044
00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:22.719
<v Speaker 4>to read that one that was published in nineteen twenty two,

1045
00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.159
<v Speaker 4>so he was twenty one for that, but he published

1046
00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:29.280
<v Speaker 4>two books that year in nineteen twenty two, and then

1047
00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:31.880
<v Speaker 4>he's writing them both at the same time. Then nineteen

1048
00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:36.559
<v Speaker 4>twenty eight, nineteen thirty one, nineteen forty four, nineteen forty two,

1049
00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:37.519
<v Speaker 4>and that's it.

1050
00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:40.519
<v Speaker 2>He had a very mysterious death. If you guys recall,

1051
00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:44.559
<v Speaker 2>I know, I wasn't there and several of his Yeah,

1052
00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:45.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, but.

1053
00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:48.719
<v Speaker 3>I googled it, that's the thing.

1054
00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:52.280
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't there either, but apparently, like several he was

1055
00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:55.480
<v Speaker 2>murdered and dude, it was the day after my birthday.

1056
00:53:55.920 --> 00:53:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Well when he was murdered August twenty ninth, Yeah, nineteen ninety,

1057
00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:03.199
<v Speaker 2>so like a day and eight years before I was born.

1058
00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:08.119
<v Speaker 2>Whoa dude, the way he died in nineteen ninety Yeah, wow,

1059
00:54:08.519 --> 00:54:09.039
<v Speaker 2>I didn't know that.

1060
00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:09.760
<v Speaker 3>Damn.

1061
00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:11.239
<v Speaker 2>He's pretty cool.

1062
00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:14.559
<v Speaker 4>He's like intense looking, dude, let me see, he's got

1063
00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:16.960
<v Speaker 4>like bro he's like the hpeople of the occult.

1064
00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:19.519
<v Speaker 2>When your name is Manly, I would assume you have

1065
00:54:19.639 --> 00:54:26.079
<v Speaker 2>beautiful eyes. Yeah wow, I mean this is like a drawing.

1066
00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:30.360
<v Speaker 2>They just put emphasis on that.

1067
00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:31.440
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

1068
00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:36.280
<v Speaker 2>So anyway, so yeah, I just I thought all that

1069
00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:38.280
<v Speaker 2>stuff at Manly p Hall was super cool about King Arthur.

1070
00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:39.719
<v Speaker 2>Now I'm gonna move to the movie. This won't take

1071
00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:42.519
<v Speaker 2>nearly as long, and then we're gonna wrap it up

1072
00:54:42.519 --> 00:54:48.119
<v Speaker 2>with the like actual kind of like detailed alchemical process

1073
00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:51.559
<v Speaker 2>of the Arthur myth, which is really cool. So I

1074
00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:53.920
<v Speaker 2>saw the movie. I started it last night or like

1075
00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:55.599
<v Speaker 2>sometime yesterday, and then I had a bunch of other

1076
00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:56.960
<v Speaker 2>stuff I had to get around to and I couldn't

1077
00:54:56.960 --> 00:54:59.360
<v Speaker 2>finish it till today. It was really cool. It's the

1078
00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:02.519
<v Speaker 2>movie is I think it's called King Arthur The Legend

1079
00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:04.119
<v Speaker 2>of the Sword. It's the one that came out in

1080
00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:06.719
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen. And I remember when that movie came out.

1081
00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:10.119
<v Speaker 2>I was really interested watching it, but for whatever reason,

1082
00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:10.880
<v Speaker 2>I just I didn't.

1083
00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:11.199
<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

1084
00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:12.840
<v Speaker 2>I guess I moved to Wilmington at the time with

1085
00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:14.480
<v Speaker 2>Jenny and it was just like me and her, and

1086
00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:16.159
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I don't feel like spending the money

1087
00:55:16.199 --> 00:55:17.880
<v Speaker 2>to go to the theater and watch it. And the

1088
00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:20.800
<v Speaker 2>critics said it was terrible. It got like super bomb reviews,

1089
00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:24.119
<v Speaker 2>which I could see why because it does have like

1090
00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:27.320
<v Speaker 2>some somewhat cheesy parts. But I just tend to look

1091
00:55:27.360 --> 00:55:29.800
<v Speaker 2>past that, like if the if the like the heroic

1092
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:31.880
<v Speaker 2>journey of a movie is cool and the action is

1093
00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:33.360
<v Speaker 2>cool and it's got some heart to it, I'm like,

1094
00:55:33.400 --> 00:55:35.800
<v Speaker 2>it's okay to be cheesy a little bit. Yeah, I agree,

1095
00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:41.840
<v Speaker 2>And it was honestly very occult. Really, yes, it was

1096
00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:45.400
<v Speaker 2>very very occult, and right from the jump it was

1097
00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:48.440
<v Speaker 2>just you know, showing the symbolism. I was like, okay,

1098
00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:50.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm in for it, and I started taking notes. So

1099
00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:56.559
<v Speaker 2>the basic premise of the movie was obviously just like

1100
00:55:56.679 --> 00:56:00.519
<v Speaker 2>in pretty much every single King Arthur myth, pretty much

1101
00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:04.239
<v Speaker 2>like all of them agree that he had a secret birth.

1102
00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:06.800
<v Speaker 2>Just like remember in the Merlin story when he goes

1103
00:56:06.840 --> 00:56:10.679
<v Speaker 2>in he appears as I can't remember her name, Bridget

1104
00:56:10.719 --> 00:56:12.719
<v Speaker 2>of Cornwall or something like that. It's it's different in

1105
00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:17.400
<v Speaker 2>every myth. Who he's like, born to Yea or Uther

1106
00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Pendragon is the dad, right, but the mother is like,

1107
00:56:20.920 --> 00:56:23.119
<v Speaker 2>who it's this guy's wife. It's this guy. I can't

1108
00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:25.840
<v Speaker 2>remember the name. I think it's Bridget of Cornwall. But anyway,

1109
00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:29.079
<v Speaker 2>so they all agree that he had this secret birth

1110
00:56:29.159 --> 00:56:32.199
<v Speaker 2>and then he's like tucked away, you know, while he's uh,

1111
00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:35.480
<v Speaker 2>until he grows up to be about like fifteen or whatever.

1112
00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:37.519
<v Speaker 2>What what'd you find?

1113
00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:42.360
<v Speaker 4>I'm on manly p hall dot info reading about the

1114
00:56:42.480 --> 00:56:49.159
<v Speaker 4>death his death by written by his wife who believes

1115
00:56:49.199 --> 00:56:51.159
<v Speaker 4>he actually died on August twenty eighth.

1116
00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:54.760
<v Speaker 2>Your birthday? Are you the reincarnation? Dude?

1117
00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:57.119
<v Speaker 4>I'm going to keep reading.

1118
00:56:58.239 --> 00:57:02.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh, that that was the keep reporting man. Yeah, that's crazy.

1119
00:57:02.760 --> 00:57:06.239
<v Speaker 4>Sorry for the premature pop off.

1120
00:57:06.840 --> 00:57:10.239
<v Speaker 2>No, it's good. That's that's really it's a very strange synchronicity.

1121
00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:13.559
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, So the movie starts, it's like Uther Pendragon

1122
00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:16.840
<v Speaker 2>he already has Excalibur and that's his father, right, and

1123
00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:19.920
<v Speaker 2>he goes to fight war with I think in the

1124
00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:22.679
<v Speaker 2>movie it was Mordred, if I'm not wrong. It wasn't

1125
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:25.360
<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent accurate to the like the actual characters

1126
00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:28.199
<v Speaker 2>and like the literal story of King Arthur, but like

1127
00:57:28.320 --> 00:57:31.159
<v Speaker 2>all the elements of it, we were there and his

1128
00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:34.599
<v Speaker 2>father Uther, he's like wielding EXCaliber. It's badass, dude. It's

1129
00:57:34.639 --> 00:57:38.039
<v Speaker 2>like very anime like he when he when they willed Excalibur.

1130
00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:41.280
<v Speaker 2>They have these like incredible like powers and like this

1131
00:57:41.760 --> 00:57:44.320
<v Speaker 2>magical strength and like nobody can stand against him and

1132
00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:47.800
<v Speaker 2>super sick and they're being sieged at Camelot by Like

1133
00:57:48.079 --> 00:57:50.880
<v Speaker 2>I think it was Mordred, if I'm not mistaken. This

1134
00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:53.639
<v Speaker 2>one of the mages of the Order who turned evil,

1135
00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:56.880
<v Speaker 2>and he's like attacking them and then Pendragon whips out

1136
00:57:56.920 --> 00:57:59.800
<v Speaker 2>the sword, gets up in his base or whatever, lops

1137
00:57:59.840 --> 00:58:01.639
<v Speaker 2>his that off, and he brings it back to Camelot,

1138
00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:06.280
<v Speaker 2>and he's like everybody in Camelot king is almighty, but

1139
00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:10.519
<v Speaker 2>in this story it's his brother. It's Uther Pendragon's brother, Vordigern,

1140
00:58:11.679 --> 00:58:14.480
<v Speaker 2>who is I guess he's like a prince or whatever

1141
00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:17.039
<v Speaker 2>because he's the king's brother. Yeah, he's like jealous of

1142
00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:19.400
<v Speaker 2>his power. He's kind of acting weird. He starts crying

1143
00:58:19.480 --> 00:58:22.599
<v Speaker 2>when he sees that his brother killed again. I'm pretty

1144
00:58:22.599 --> 00:58:24.519
<v Speaker 2>sure it was Mordride. I didn't pay super attention to that.

1145
00:58:24.760 --> 00:58:26.519
<v Speaker 2>It was like two minutes of the movie this character,

1146
00:58:26.639 --> 00:58:33.159
<v Speaker 2>wasn't it. And you know, and Vordigern is like obviously scheming, right,

1147
00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:35.159
<v Speaker 2>and then it kind of reveals a little bit dialogue

1148
00:58:35.199 --> 00:58:37.719
<v Speaker 2>that he was sent by his brother Uther to study

1149
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:42.079
<v Speaker 2>with the mages, so you're like, oh oh. And then Vordigern,

1150
00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:44.760
<v Speaker 2>the brother, is acting really weird when they're all having

1151
00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:48.199
<v Speaker 2>the like the chat after defeating this this evil mage

1152
00:58:48.239 --> 00:58:50.960
<v Speaker 2>and like ending this war that literally the movie starts

1153
00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:55.559
<v Speaker 2>with and he's, you know, Uther's like hey to Vortigern's wife.

1154
00:58:55.599 --> 00:58:58.239
<v Speaker 2>He's like, take you know, keep an eye on Vortigern today.

1155
00:58:58.239 --> 00:59:01.079
<v Speaker 2>He's acting weird, and he away, and then you see

1156
00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:04.159
<v Speaker 2>Vorderger and go into this castle and he's like crying

1157
00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:06.599
<v Speaker 2>or whatever. He's ringing this bell and then next thing

1158
00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:11.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, he just straight up sacrifices his wife throws

1159
00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:14.920
<v Speaker 2>her in the water. Dude, he just he just he

1160
00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:18.639
<v Speaker 2>just rips a dagger. Dude, Bro, he straight up got

1161
00:59:18.679 --> 00:59:23.559
<v Speaker 2>it in. Yeah, he just straight up just shanked her.

1162
00:59:23.639 --> 00:59:25.760
<v Speaker 2>Bro whoa And he throws her in the water and

1163
00:59:25.840 --> 00:59:28.320
<v Speaker 2>you're like, what the hell? And then you see something

1164
00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:30.599
<v Speaker 2>mysterious like coming at him through the water and you're like,

1165
00:59:30.679 --> 00:59:32.440
<v Speaker 2>what is it? Is it a serpent? I don't know

1166
00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:34.320
<v Speaker 2>what it is? And then the camera like flashes away,

1167
00:59:34.719 --> 00:59:37.440
<v Speaker 2>and then like Uther goes to his wife. Arthur's a

1168
00:59:37.519 --> 00:59:39.880
<v Speaker 2>little kid, he's a lot. He's like probably like five

1169
00:59:39.960 --> 00:59:44.199
<v Speaker 2>years old. And Uther wakes up Arthur's mother in the

1170
00:59:44.199 --> 00:59:45.400
<v Speaker 2>middle of the night. He's like, we got to get

1171
00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:47.159
<v Speaker 2>the hell out of here. Something's happening. You need to run,

1172
00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:49.159
<v Speaker 2>and he whips out EXCaliber. He goes and he's like

1173
00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:51.920
<v Speaker 2>fighting off the legions of like bad soldiers whatever, and

1174
00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:55.880
<v Speaker 2>then basically, uh, he fights this like giant demonic figure

1175
00:59:56.039 --> 00:59:58.320
<v Speaker 2>that's like it kind of looked like the dude from

1176
00:59:58.360 --> 01:00:01.639
<v Speaker 2>Mortal Kombat. With the skull mask what's his name? Shall

1177
01:00:01.719 --> 01:00:05.320
<v Speaker 2>Khan kind of look like him but like full black

1178
01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:08.119
<v Speaker 2>plate armor and like the kind of like the ram

1179
01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:10.400
<v Speaker 2>horns and a skull mask. And he's like fucking like

1180
01:00:10.639 --> 01:00:13.039
<v Speaker 2>that a demon. Yeah, And he's like ten feet tall

1181
01:00:13.119 --> 01:00:15.199
<v Speaker 2>and he's got this like double bladed scythe is that

1182
01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:16.039
<v Speaker 2>what was in the water?

1183
01:00:16.480 --> 01:00:16.519
<v Speaker 1>No?

1184
01:00:17.480 --> 01:00:20.440
<v Speaker 2>And he just like Uther is taking his wife and

1185
01:00:20.639 --> 01:00:22.519
<v Speaker 2>Arthur to this ramp to like get them out of

1186
01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:26.039
<v Speaker 2>there on a boat, and that the demonic figures like

1187
01:00:26.079 --> 01:00:29.000
<v Speaker 2>across the lake and he just like magically throws the

1188
01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:33.280
<v Speaker 2>spear like way beyond human strength, kills the mom. Arthur

1189
01:00:33.400 --> 01:00:35.159
<v Speaker 2>sees it all, so you have this theme of him

1190
01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:37.760
<v Speaker 2>witnessing the trauma of his parents' death. That's a major

1191
01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:41.639
<v Speaker 2>part of the movie. And he sees his mother killed

1192
01:00:41.639 --> 01:00:44.280
<v Speaker 2>and then Uther's like, oh shit, Arthur run and he

1193
01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:47.760
<v Speaker 2>starts fighting the demon and he's wielding EXCaliber. His eyes

1194
01:00:47.800 --> 01:00:49.760
<v Speaker 2>are glowing, the sword is glowing like all the powers

1195
01:00:49.840 --> 01:00:51.400
<v Speaker 2>or whatever. But it's not enough and he gets his

1196
01:00:51.480 --> 01:00:53.920
<v Speaker 2>ass whip by the demon. So Uther takes the sword

1197
01:00:53.960 --> 01:00:55.679
<v Speaker 2>and he throws it up in the air and then

1198
01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:57.280
<v Speaker 2>it spends and it stabs him in the back and

1199
01:00:57.360 --> 01:00:59.639
<v Speaker 2>then it turns into the sword and the stone and

1200
01:00:59.840 --> 01:01:01.760
<v Speaker 2>Arthur the floats away on a boat. And thus we

1201
01:01:02.000 --> 01:01:05.599
<v Speaker 2>have Arthur growing up in secret, right, like every version

1202
01:01:05.639 --> 01:01:07.559
<v Speaker 2>of the myth, He's growing up at a brothel. He's

1203
01:01:07.639 --> 01:01:10.119
<v Speaker 2>kind of like training kung fu with the Chinese guy George.

1204
01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:12.639
<v Speaker 2>He's like actually, like they make jokes about it, like

1205
01:01:12.719 --> 01:01:16.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, he trains all the British soldiers in kung fu.

1206
01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:19.960
<v Speaker 2>And not soldiers, not soldiers, the rebels. He's like teaching

1207
01:01:19.960 --> 01:01:22.440
<v Speaker 2>them kung Fu. So Arthur's like training kung Fu his

1208
01:01:22.519 --> 01:01:26.599
<v Speaker 2>whole life, which was like really cool. And he grows

1209
01:01:26.679 --> 01:01:29.960
<v Speaker 2>up and I'm just like skipping a lot of the

1210
01:01:30.079 --> 01:01:32.159
<v Speaker 2>fluff and keeping it about the Arthur myth, right, So

1211
01:01:32.239 --> 01:01:34.320
<v Speaker 2>then he grows up and you find out that every

1212
01:01:35.800 --> 01:01:40.159
<v Speaker 2>the sword reveals itself and obviously you as the viewer,

1213
01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:43.239
<v Speaker 2>know that Vordigren he becomes king, he betrayed his brother,

1214
01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:46.159
<v Speaker 2>he had the demonic figure like do all that when

1215
01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:49.880
<v Speaker 2>he sacrificed his wife, he Vortigern like became the stone.

1216
01:01:50.679 --> 01:01:51.519
<v Speaker 2>No Uther did?

1217
01:01:51.679 --> 01:01:55.159
<v Speaker 3>Oh the sword stabbed Uther and he became the stone.

1218
01:01:55.239 --> 01:01:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Vortigern was the demon Oh damn yeah, when he sacrificed

1219
01:01:59.880 --> 01:02:03.760
<v Speaker 2>his wife, damn to this demonic force. He was given

1220
01:02:03.840 --> 01:02:08.800
<v Speaker 2>this incredible power to like overcomic scalibers, and he became king.

1221
01:02:08.920 --> 01:02:12.400
<v Speaker 2>And then it's like a long period of darkness where

1222
01:02:12.400 --> 01:02:14.960
<v Speaker 2>he's like ruling with a fucking iron fist like Zauron,

1223
01:02:15.119 --> 01:02:18.280
<v Speaker 2>and it's like everybody's all the soldiers and these black plates,

1224
01:02:18.360 --> 01:02:22.400
<v Speaker 2>and you know, the sword reveals itself. So about a

1225
01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:24.320
<v Speaker 2>quarter of the movie, you see Vordigren go down to

1226
01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:26.760
<v Speaker 2>that place where he sacrifices his wife, and these sirens

1227
01:02:26.840 --> 01:02:30.239
<v Speaker 2>come out of the water, these ugly, disgusting sirens, and

1228
01:02:30.360 --> 01:02:32.199
<v Speaker 2>he's talking to him, and I'm gonna read the quote.

1229
01:02:33.639 --> 01:02:36.880
<v Speaker 2>He says, why has the water dropped? Why does the

1230
01:02:36.960 --> 01:02:40.800
<v Speaker 2>sword reveal itself now? And the sirens said, as your

1231
01:02:40.840 --> 01:02:44.800
<v Speaker 2>power increases, so too do the forces that will oppose you.

1232
01:02:45.760 --> 01:02:49.800
<v Speaker 2>Balance is a law that cannot be transgressed. Transgressed, the

1233
01:02:49.880 --> 01:02:54.360
<v Speaker 2>born king will come. It is inevitable. So moving forward

1234
01:02:54.360 --> 01:02:56.559
<v Speaker 2>a little bit, you find out they're testing everybody alive

1235
01:02:56.679 --> 01:02:59.159
<v Speaker 2>basically in England to like come and like it's like

1236
01:02:59.519 --> 01:03:02.280
<v Speaker 2>like thousands of people in all they'll go to cities

1237
01:03:02.320 --> 01:03:03.920
<v Speaker 2>and they'll take them in boats to the sword and

1238
01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:07.360
<v Speaker 2>like make them up. Next next, everybody try to pull

1239
01:03:07.400 --> 01:03:09.920
<v Speaker 2>it because he knows that he knows it's Arthur. He's

1240
01:03:09.920 --> 01:03:13.639
<v Speaker 2>his uncle, right, he's trying to find him. Yeah, And

1241
01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:17.360
<v Speaker 2>next next, so a sequence of events happen. I'm skipping

1242
01:03:17.400 --> 01:03:21.800
<v Speaker 2>over really a lot, right, and Arthur shows up whips

1243
01:03:21.800 --> 01:03:24.159
<v Speaker 2>that bitch out and they're like, oh shit, it's the

1244
01:03:24.239 --> 01:03:27.519
<v Speaker 2>born King, right, and he starts becoming a myth. He

1245
01:03:27.599 --> 01:03:31.360
<v Speaker 2>wields Excalibur, there's like a storm or some shit happens supernaturally,

1246
01:03:31.440 --> 01:03:34.000
<v Speaker 2>and everybody around is like, it's the born King. So

1247
01:03:34.079 --> 01:03:36.360
<v Speaker 2>there starts to be this force growing where his legend

1248
01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:40.800
<v Speaker 2>is spreading throughout the land. And finally Vortigern and again

1249
01:03:40.880 --> 01:03:43.480
<v Speaker 2>this is not even probably halfway through the movie. Vordigran

1250
01:03:43.599 --> 01:03:45.840
<v Speaker 2>captures Arthur right then, because he passes out when he

1251
01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:49.199
<v Speaker 2>first wilds EXCaliber. He starts seeing visions of witnessing his

1252
01:03:49.320 --> 01:03:53.599
<v Speaker 2>mother and father gets slaughtered. Granted, this is going somewhere.

1253
01:03:53.719 --> 01:03:55.679
<v Speaker 2>This is going somewhere al chemical. And then I'm gonna

1254
01:03:55.679 --> 01:03:58.400
<v Speaker 2>spring fourth into the alchemical if you guys just stay

1255
01:03:58.440 --> 01:04:00.800
<v Speaker 2>with me a little longer. So he every time he

1256
01:04:01.079 --> 01:04:04.079
<v Speaker 2>tries to wield a galliber. Initially he sees visions of

1257
01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:06.000
<v Speaker 2>his mother and father being slaughtered by this demon, right,

1258
01:04:06.079 --> 01:04:08.679
<v Speaker 2>and then he passes out from the trauma. He can't

1259
01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:12.800
<v Speaker 2>activate the power. His mind is in chaos. He's traumatized,

1260
01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:17.079
<v Speaker 2>it's blocked, right, and Vordigern ties him up, calls the

1261
01:04:17.119 --> 01:04:19.599
<v Speaker 2>whole freaking country. There's tens of thousands of people out

1262
01:04:19.599 --> 01:04:21.519
<v Speaker 2>in the crowd below the castle, and he's like going

1263
01:04:21.559 --> 01:04:27.760
<v Speaker 2>to execute him. And basically a sequence of events happened

1264
01:04:27.760 --> 01:04:30.400
<v Speaker 2>where like the rebels, who we at the time didn't

1265
01:04:30.440 --> 01:04:34.880
<v Speaker 2>know about yet, some of the older people from like

1266
01:04:35.119 --> 01:04:38.039
<v Speaker 2>Uther's rule, I guess escaped Vortigern and like started a

1267
01:04:38.119 --> 01:04:42.880
<v Speaker 2>rebellion loyal to Uther in the Pendragon line. And this mage,

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01:04:43.119 --> 01:04:45.760
<v Speaker 2>it's like a Merlin's not really in the movie. You

1269
01:04:45.800 --> 01:04:48.159
<v Speaker 2>see him one time, you hear about him the whole movie,

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01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:50.119
<v Speaker 2>but he's not the main mage. It's actually a girl

1271
01:04:50.280 --> 01:04:54.320
<v Speaker 2>and I can't remember her name, it's not important, but

1272
01:04:54.360 --> 01:04:57.800
<v Speaker 2>she was badass, and she had orders for Merlin basically

1273
01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.280
<v Speaker 2>to like kind of help him out. She pulled off

1274
01:05:00.320 --> 01:05:02.800
<v Speaker 2>some magical stuff and like helps Arthur escape. But right

1275
01:05:02.840 --> 01:05:07.079
<v Speaker 2>before that, Vordegren says this he says to Arthur, is

1276
01:05:07.079 --> 01:05:08.400
<v Speaker 2>he's about to cut his head off. He says, I

1277
01:05:08.400 --> 01:05:10.880
<v Speaker 2>will let them hate me as long as they fear me.

1278
01:05:11.639 --> 01:05:14.599
<v Speaker 2>When people fear you, and I mean really fear you,

1279
01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:18.719
<v Speaker 2>it is the most intoxicating sensation a man can possess.

1280
01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:23.480
<v Speaker 2>A force of something almost indescribable, moves through your blood

1281
01:05:23.599 --> 01:05:27.800
<v Speaker 2>and takes over you completely. Which I was like, damn, Hollywood, there,

1282
01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:33.280
<v Speaker 2>possession type Yeah, possession, human sacrifice. There's there's multiple parts

1283
01:05:33.320 --> 01:05:35.719
<v Speaker 2>of like human sacrifice in this movie. And you know,

1284
01:05:35.800 --> 01:05:38.239
<v Speaker 2>they were really kind of revealing some stuff. I mean,

1285
01:05:38.280 --> 01:05:40.199
<v Speaker 2>that is how the Dark Force works. It's all fear.

1286
01:05:40.239 --> 01:05:42.280
<v Speaker 2>It's all trying to rule through fear. And I thought

1287
01:05:42.320 --> 01:05:43.960
<v Speaker 2>that was really interesting how he was like, it's so

1288
01:05:44.119 --> 01:05:46.599
<v Speaker 2>intoxicating and it moves through your blood and it just

1289
01:05:47.000 --> 01:05:48.760
<v Speaker 2>you become consumed with the feeling.

1290
01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:52.159
<v Speaker 3>And yeah, it sounds like possession the way described.

1291
01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:55.480
<v Speaker 2>And he basically was possessed, I mean he yeah, yeah.

1292
01:05:56.159 --> 01:05:59.400
<v Speaker 2>But and then he escapes because like I said, the

1293
01:05:59.440 --> 01:06:02.159
<v Speaker 2>Mage helped him, takes him to the rebels, and I'm

1294
01:06:02.159 --> 01:06:04.519
<v Speaker 2>gonna move a little quicker now, So she takes him

1295
01:06:04.519 --> 01:06:07.559
<v Speaker 2>to the rebels, and he like kind of like, you know,

1296
01:06:07.679 --> 01:06:09.360
<v Speaker 2>fuck you guys, I'm not a rebel. I don't want

1297
01:06:09.360 --> 01:06:10.840
<v Speaker 2>anything to do with this. I want to go back

1298
01:06:10.840 --> 01:06:13.119
<v Speaker 2>to my old life. And they're like, nah, you know,

1299
01:06:13.239 --> 01:06:15.079
<v Speaker 2>you you kind of you're the born king.

1300
01:06:15.360 --> 01:06:15.519
<v Speaker 3>You know.

1301
01:06:16.119 --> 01:06:20.000
<v Speaker 2>And he again wields Excalibur, and then he passes out.

1302
01:06:20.039 --> 01:06:22.199
<v Speaker 2>Every time he wields it, he just literally passes out.

1303
01:06:22.239 --> 01:06:24.559
<v Speaker 2>He can't do anything. So the mage is like, all right,

1304
01:06:24.599 --> 01:06:27.079
<v Speaker 2>we gotta take him to the dark Lands and his

1305
01:06:27.519 --> 01:06:29.760
<v Speaker 2>his the leader of the rebels is like, no, we

1306
01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:31.719
<v Speaker 2>can't take him to the dark Lands. There has to

1307
01:06:31.800 --> 01:06:34.760
<v Speaker 2>be another way, and she's like, this is the only way.

1308
01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:38.280
<v Speaker 2>He won't survive. Yeah, basically, he's he can't do it alone.

1309
01:06:38.360 --> 01:06:40.440
<v Speaker 2>And she's like, there's no other way. Oh shit, we

1310
01:06:40.440 --> 01:06:43.519
<v Speaker 2>gotta take him to darklands. So she goes to take

1311
01:06:43.559 --> 01:06:48.039
<v Speaker 2>him to the dark Lands and kids. So in the movie,

1312
01:06:48.719 --> 01:06:52.920
<v Speaker 2>she takes him to a ritual stone site that looks

1313
01:06:53.000 --> 01:06:57.039
<v Speaker 2>like a Druid circle that it looks like Stonehengeay, it's

1314
01:06:57.159 --> 01:06:59.360
<v Speaker 2>very druidic this movie. In the magees and how they

1315
01:06:59.440 --> 01:07:01.360
<v Speaker 2>work and it's you know, like the Wargs and Game

1316
01:07:01.360 --> 01:07:03.760
<v Speaker 2>of Thrones. Yeah, how they like possess the animals and

1317
01:07:03.960 --> 01:07:06.440
<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of that in the movie. Cool, the

1318
01:07:06.519 --> 01:07:08.559
<v Speaker 2>Good Majes do that, and then the dark ones, you know,

1319
01:07:08.639 --> 01:07:11.639
<v Speaker 2>they work with demons and stuff. She takes him to

1320
01:07:11.679 --> 01:07:14.119
<v Speaker 2>the dark Lands and he gets to this like ritual

1321
01:07:14.760 --> 01:07:18.280
<v Speaker 2>kind of stone hingesk Druid Circle, and she's like, all right,

1322
01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:19.639
<v Speaker 2>when you go in there, you know, you got to

1323
01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:22.960
<v Speaker 2>touch your sword to the altar at the tower. So

1324
01:07:23.519 --> 01:07:25.920
<v Speaker 2>this kind of like portal opens up and he's like

1325
01:07:26.159 --> 01:07:30.239
<v Speaker 2>whisked into this dark dimension where there's like giant monstrous

1326
01:07:30.719 --> 01:07:34.440
<v Speaker 2>creatures like snakes and rats and bats. It's not like monsters,

1327
01:07:34.480 --> 01:07:37.920
<v Speaker 2>it's like animals but massive, yeah, like skull Island or something.

1328
01:07:38.360 --> 01:07:40.239
<v Speaker 2>And they're trying to kill him and it's like hellish

1329
01:07:40.280 --> 01:07:43.480
<v Speaker 2>and he's like barely surviving. He's like limping at the end,

1330
01:07:43.559 --> 01:07:45.599
<v Speaker 2>and he's like cutting up all these giant snakes and

1331
01:07:45.760 --> 01:07:49.519
<v Speaker 2>rats and just like literally just trying to survive. He

1332
01:07:49.599 --> 01:07:54.519
<v Speaker 2>gets to the temple, he puts his sword on the

1333
01:07:54.760 --> 01:07:58.320
<v Speaker 2>altar and he's because he can hold Excalibur with one

1334
01:07:58.360 --> 01:08:00.800
<v Speaker 2>hand and he can like carry it around, but when

1335
01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:03.000
<v Speaker 2>he would try to like wield it, then you know,

1336
01:08:03.119 --> 01:08:05.440
<v Speaker 2>the power would start to grow and he pass out, right,

1337
01:08:05.639 --> 01:08:07.239
<v Speaker 2>so he has the with them the whole time. He

1338
01:08:07.320 --> 01:08:09.400
<v Speaker 2>puts it on the stone and he starts to see

1339
01:08:10.079 --> 01:08:12.519
<v Speaker 2>more of the memories of his mother and father, and

1340
01:08:12.559 --> 01:08:15.239
<v Speaker 2>it's too traumatic, and he starts like, he sees his

1341
01:08:15.360 --> 01:08:18.119
<v Speaker 2>mother get killed. Then he sees more of the version

1342
01:08:18.159 --> 01:08:20.079
<v Speaker 2>of what happened when his father dies. He sees the

1343
01:08:20.159 --> 01:08:23.119
<v Speaker 2>sword toss and then you know, become the stone, which

1344
01:08:23.680 --> 01:08:25.960
<v Speaker 2>originally he didn't have access to. All of these memories.

1345
01:08:26.079 --> 01:08:28.079
<v Speaker 2>He starts unfolding to him and then he looks away

1346
01:08:28.119 --> 01:08:30.359
<v Speaker 2>and he takes the sword from the altar. He doesn't

1347
01:08:30.399 --> 01:08:33.520
<v Speaker 2>complete vision, and then they pull him out of the

1348
01:08:33.600 --> 01:08:35.800
<v Speaker 2>dark Lands and lo and behold, he was just sitting

1349
01:08:35.880 --> 01:08:39.840
<v Speaker 2>there right there at the same spot. And I, you know,

1350
01:08:40.239 --> 01:08:42.640
<v Speaker 2>tend to think subconscious, damn.

1351
01:08:43.119 --> 01:08:45.039
<v Speaker 3>So they really did just take him into his own

1352
01:08:45.119 --> 01:08:48.399
<v Speaker 3>subconscious Yes, the dark lands. Yeah, he's like fighting his

1353
01:08:48.560 --> 01:08:50.119
<v Speaker 3>dark side, his darkness.

1354
01:08:49.880 --> 01:08:50.880
<v Speaker 2>And his trauma. Yeah.

1355
01:08:51.079 --> 01:08:51.279
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

1356
01:08:51.720 --> 01:08:57.439
<v Speaker 2>And she actually says, she tells him the sword is

1357
01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:01.600
<v Speaker 2>not resisting you. You are resistant the sword. And then

1358
01:09:01.640 --> 01:09:03.359
<v Speaker 2>I wrote this down as I was watching the movie.

1359
01:09:03.399 --> 01:09:05.560
<v Speaker 2>His traumas holding him back from fulfilling his destiny. They

1360
01:09:05.600 --> 01:09:07.359
<v Speaker 2>sent him too the dark Lands which is an alternate

1361
01:09:07.399 --> 01:09:11.199
<v Speaker 2>dimension with giant creatures attacking him. They explained that they Okay,

1362
01:09:11.279 --> 01:09:13.760
<v Speaker 2>so when he's in the dark Lands, the leader of

1363
01:09:13.800 --> 01:09:16.119
<v Speaker 2>the rebels and the Mage are talking and he's like,

1364
01:09:16.920 --> 01:09:18.399
<v Speaker 2>he's got to make it out alive, and the Mage

1365
01:09:18.479 --> 01:09:20.399
<v Speaker 2>is like, no, we don't want all of him to

1366
01:09:20.479 --> 01:09:23.159
<v Speaker 2>make it out alive. We want his old self to

1367
01:09:23.279 --> 01:09:26.079
<v Speaker 2>completely die. We want him to be broken down so

1368
01:09:26.199 --> 01:09:28.960
<v Speaker 2>that he will come from the dark Lands born again,

1369
01:09:29.279 --> 01:09:33.399
<v Speaker 2>anew right, born again. Basically, she didn't say born again yet.

1370
01:09:33.279 --> 01:09:36.039
<v Speaker 3>To the underworld and re emerging born again.

1371
01:09:36.399 --> 01:09:38.720
<v Speaker 2>She said, we want his old self to be completely

1372
01:09:38.840 --> 01:09:41.479
<v Speaker 2>broken down. You want him to think big, give him

1373
01:09:41.520 --> 01:09:45.760
<v Speaker 2>something big to think about. So I interpreted that, just

1374
01:09:45.840 --> 01:09:47.359
<v Speaker 2>like you did this the Dark Knight of the Soul,

1375
01:09:47.399 --> 01:09:50.199
<v Speaker 2>he went into the shadow of the subconscious. Yeah, you

1376
01:09:50.279 --> 01:09:52.880
<v Speaker 2>could say, you know people do that on psychedelics. Maybe

1377
01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:55.600
<v Speaker 2>in ancient times they were using psychedelics, or maybe they

1378
01:09:55.640 --> 01:09:58.680
<v Speaker 2>were using meditation and these rituals to get you into

1379
01:09:58.720 --> 01:10:00.880
<v Speaker 2>these places of the mind to do this shadow.

1380
01:10:01.039 --> 01:10:03.399
<v Speaker 3>We knew they were doing mushrooms. We know they was

1381
01:10:03.399 --> 01:10:04.159
<v Speaker 3>a mushrooms.

1382
01:10:04.239 --> 01:10:07.399
<v Speaker 4>So Ryan, how about how old is he at this point?

1383
01:10:08.000 --> 01:10:09.960
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't really say, But he's like a grown man.

1384
01:10:10.039 --> 01:10:11.399
<v Speaker 2>He's like probably in his mid twenties.

1385
01:10:11.680 --> 01:10:15.600
<v Speaker 4>Okay, because I've been like seeing a lot about like

1386
01:10:15.640 --> 01:10:18.439
<v Speaker 4>because just listening to you say that makes me think

1387
01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:22.239
<v Speaker 4>of someone said that the boy has to die for

1388
01:10:22.359 --> 01:10:24.880
<v Speaker 4>the man to live or the man to be born. Yeah,

1389
01:10:25.159 --> 01:10:28.880
<v Speaker 4>and that's kind of it sounds similar to me, right,

1390
01:10:29.359 --> 01:10:31.760
<v Speaker 4>It's the early twenties, would be about that time.

1391
01:10:31.840 --> 01:10:34.239
<v Speaker 3>It's sort of like a coming of age slash like

1392
01:10:34.319 --> 01:10:37.239
<v Speaker 3>coming into your manhood sort of thing.

1393
01:10:37.560 --> 01:10:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So obviously I'm gonna skip pretty much the rest

1394
01:10:41.880 --> 01:10:43.760
<v Speaker 2>of the movie that's not relevant to the Arthur myth

1395
01:10:43.800 --> 01:10:46.399
<v Speaker 2>because a lot of like character dynamic and all that

1396
01:10:46.520 --> 01:10:48.359
<v Speaker 2>fun stuff in the movie takes place. You know, this

1397
01:10:48.520 --> 01:10:50.399
<v Speaker 2>character dies and you're all sad. A lot of that

1398
01:10:50.479 --> 01:10:57.359
<v Speaker 2>normal stuff obviously, but he pretty much he witnesses some

1399
01:10:57.439 --> 01:11:00.399
<v Speaker 2>of his friends die when they try to assassinate Vordigan

1400
01:11:00.520 --> 01:11:04.760
<v Speaker 2>with a bow at this like this city where he

1401
01:11:04.920 --> 01:11:06.680
<v Speaker 2>wasn't like fasing him head on. They were trying to

1402
01:11:06.680 --> 01:11:08.840
<v Speaker 2>assassinate him and be like tactical about it, and it

1403
01:11:09.000 --> 01:11:12.000
<v Speaker 2>went south. Some of their friends died or whatever. And

1404
01:11:12.439 --> 01:11:14.399
<v Speaker 2>then he starts to see his friends died. He had

1405
01:11:14.399 --> 01:11:16.880
<v Speaker 2>the visions of his parents died, the little orphaned boy

1406
01:11:16.960 --> 01:11:19.039
<v Speaker 2>whose father who was his best friend. You know, now

1407
01:11:19.079 --> 01:11:20.640
<v Speaker 2>he's an orphan, and he starts to have all these

1408
01:11:20.680 --> 01:11:21.920
<v Speaker 2>thoughts and he's like, I don't want to do this.

1409
01:11:22.239 --> 01:11:23.800
<v Speaker 2>So he goes and he throws his sword into the

1410
01:11:23.840 --> 01:11:25.520
<v Speaker 2>water to try to abandon it, and he tries to

1411
01:11:25.600 --> 01:11:27.840
<v Speaker 2>run away through the forest and then there's like this

1412
01:11:27.960 --> 01:11:30.199
<v Speaker 2>giant pile of mud and an arm reaches out and

1413
01:11:30.279 --> 01:11:33.039
<v Speaker 2>the Lady of the Lake pulls him through the puddle

1414
01:11:33.079 --> 01:11:35.399
<v Speaker 2>of mud takes him down into the water, which again

1415
01:11:35.560 --> 01:11:38.039
<v Speaker 2>is the water of his subconscious. The Lady of Lake

1416
01:11:38.119 --> 01:11:42.039
<v Speaker 2>returns Excalibur to him and says, let me show you

1417
01:11:42.159 --> 01:11:45.239
<v Speaker 2>what happens if you do not stop your uncle Vordigrean.

1418
01:11:45.319 --> 01:11:47.119
<v Speaker 2>You are the only one who can stop him. You

1419
01:11:47.199 --> 01:11:48.960
<v Speaker 2>are the born king. And then she shows a vision

1420
01:11:49.000 --> 01:11:51.840
<v Speaker 2>of like hell on earth. Because I forgot to say this,

1421
01:11:51.960 --> 01:11:55.359
<v Speaker 2>this is very important. All Vordergren was trying to do

1422
01:11:55.479 --> 01:11:58.680
<v Speaker 2>is build a tower, which dinginging tower a babbel. Yeah, yeah,

1423
01:11:58.800 --> 01:12:00.960
<v Speaker 2>he's building it, and every time he adds a level,

1424
01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:05.960
<v Speaker 2>his magical power increases, and he's like trying, he's trying

1425
01:12:05.960 --> 01:12:07.600
<v Speaker 2>to build it all the way to the top, and

1426
01:12:07.840 --> 01:12:09.680
<v Speaker 2>Arthur's like, I don't I don't really want to. I

1427
01:12:09.720 --> 01:12:11.880
<v Speaker 2>don't want to be that guy, you know. And she's like,

1428
01:12:11.960 --> 01:12:14.039
<v Speaker 2>here's what's gonna happen if he completes the tower, and

1429
01:12:14.119 --> 01:12:17.000
<v Speaker 2>it's literally like hell on Earth, like cities and everywhere

1430
01:12:17.119 --> 01:12:19.279
<v Speaker 2>is raised and on fire and people are suffering and

1431
01:12:19.359 --> 01:12:22.119
<v Speaker 2>infamine and all this, and she says, you know, you

1432
01:12:22.199 --> 01:12:24.600
<v Speaker 2>got to trust the Maide. She's helping you. She's helping you,

1433
01:12:24.960 --> 01:12:27.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, achieve your destiny. Take the sword Excalibur, and

1434
01:12:28.359 --> 01:12:30.239
<v Speaker 2>you know, go and become the born king or whatever.

1435
01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:33.119
<v Speaker 2>So then he comes from the water wielding the sword.

1436
01:12:33.239 --> 01:12:35.319
<v Speaker 2>He holds it up to the sky. It's like storming,

1437
01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:38.079
<v Speaker 2>which is obviously symbolic, you know, you have thunder thunder

1438
01:12:38.319 --> 01:12:41.560
<v Speaker 2>going on, and he's you know, he's claiming Excalibur that

1439
01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.520
<v Speaker 2>he's going to wield it, which we'll talk about that

1440
01:12:44.600 --> 01:12:47.439
<v Speaker 2>in the alchemical process too. But then he goes. He's

1441
01:12:48.000 --> 01:12:50.159
<v Speaker 2>he gets back to the rebels after abandoning them. They're like,

1442
01:12:50.159 --> 01:12:51.560
<v Speaker 2>where the hell you been, and he's like, you know,

1443
01:12:51.720 --> 01:12:54.039
<v Speaker 2>don't worry about it, and they're like, well, what are

1444
01:12:54.079 --> 01:12:55.640
<v Speaker 2>we gonna do. He's like, we're gonna walk right in

1445
01:12:55.680 --> 01:12:58.000
<v Speaker 2>the fucking front door and we're gonna take his ass out.

1446
01:12:58.119 --> 01:13:00.760
<v Speaker 2>And then and he's like, let's go, and he shows

1447
01:13:00.840 --> 01:13:04.279
<v Speaker 2>up and basically he for the first time he will well,

1448
01:13:04.359 --> 01:13:06.800
<v Speaker 2>actually there was one time before he wielded excalaberan accident

1449
01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:08.680
<v Speaker 2>and then controlled him. It was super cool. But then

1450
01:13:08.720 --> 01:13:10.279
<v Speaker 2>he like he goes and wields it for real and

1451
01:13:10.359 --> 01:13:14.319
<v Speaker 2>he obviously has like this crazy supernuch power, defeats like

1452
01:13:14.359 --> 01:13:18.640
<v Speaker 2>a legion of soldiers fights. Vordigern gets his ass whip

1453
01:13:18.720 --> 01:13:22.560
<v Speaker 2>the first time, like like just totally just like Molly

1454
01:13:22.560 --> 01:13:25.439
<v Speaker 2>whopped Arthur. He you know, he falls down, he's about

1455
01:13:25.479 --> 01:13:28.319
<v Speaker 2>to kill his ass and then Arthur starts seeing the

1456
01:13:28.479 --> 01:13:33.680
<v Speaker 2>full memory what really happened. But it was weird because

1457
01:13:34.600 --> 01:13:36.920
<v Speaker 2>when you know, originally when the sword spends and then

1458
01:13:36.960 --> 01:13:40.159
<v Speaker 2>it lands in the stone, and this version of the memory,

1459
01:13:40.479 --> 01:13:43.039
<v Speaker 2>Arthur caught the sword before it goes into his father,

1460
01:13:43.159 --> 01:13:45.159
<v Speaker 2>so he kind of like was changing the past a

1461
01:13:45.199 --> 01:13:47.159
<v Speaker 2>little bit in his mind. He was like overriding the

1462
01:13:47.239 --> 01:13:49.760
<v Speaker 2>trauma and he catches the sword and then his father

1463
01:13:49.840 --> 01:13:52.800
<v Speaker 2>looks at him and he's like, basically like, you know,

1464
01:13:52.920 --> 01:13:55.159
<v Speaker 2>this is your sword. You're the born king. He takes

1465
01:13:55.239 --> 01:13:58.239
<v Speaker 2>it and then he wields it, whips Vortigern's ass, and

1466
01:13:58.560 --> 01:14:03.359
<v Speaker 2>he says, you created me, and for that, I bless you.

1467
01:14:04.119 --> 01:14:08.039
<v Speaker 2>You make sense of the devil instead of cursing him.

1468
01:14:08.119 --> 01:14:11.479
<v Speaker 2>He took the path of light. He defeated him, not

1469
01:14:11.600 --> 01:14:14.039
<v Speaker 2>that he wanted to out of revenge and spite, but

1470
01:14:14.159 --> 01:14:16.600
<v Speaker 2>he did it because he had to to be the

1471
01:14:16.720 --> 01:14:20.760
<v Speaker 2>righteous leader and protect the people, you know, the christ

1472
01:14:20.920 --> 01:14:21.279
<v Speaker 2>like king.

1473
01:14:22.039 --> 01:14:22.199
<v Speaker 3>Right.

1474
01:14:22.319 --> 01:14:24.600
<v Speaker 2>And then when he kills him, he actually grabs his

1475
01:14:24.720 --> 01:14:27.840
<v Speaker 2>hands and he's like, uncle, I bless you, even though

1476
01:14:27.880 --> 01:14:30.039
<v Speaker 2>he's like sitting there dying, and he's like, you know,

1477
01:14:30.479 --> 01:14:32.680
<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah blah. Talking to him, he's like, you

1478
01:14:32.760 --> 01:14:34.760
<v Speaker 2>ask me what gave me the drive to do this?

1479
01:14:35.239 --> 01:14:37.239
<v Speaker 2>You did, and for that, I thank you. I bless you.

1480
01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:39.039
<v Speaker 2>You have made since the devil. And I took that

1481
01:14:39.119 --> 01:14:42.279
<v Speaker 2>as an interpretation of like the demonic forces or the

1482
01:14:42.359 --> 01:14:45.279
<v Speaker 2>dark forces in our life, or the devil or whatever

1483
01:14:45.359 --> 01:14:48.439
<v Speaker 2>you could think about that allegory however you want to

1484
01:14:48.479 --> 01:14:53.640
<v Speaker 2>believe that exists for a purpose to help you awaken.

1485
01:14:54.520 --> 01:14:57.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's what he meant by makes sense of the devil.

1486
01:14:57.439 --> 01:15:00.720
<v Speaker 3>It gives it context. And meaning and like it made

1487
01:15:00.800 --> 01:15:03.520
<v Speaker 3>sense to him, Like that's.

1488
01:15:03.399 --> 01:15:08.680
<v Speaker 2>Dove as hell, right, It's super cool, dude. It has

1489
01:15:08.800 --> 01:15:11.359
<v Speaker 2>like again, it's nowhere near the quality of Lord of

1490
01:15:11.359 --> 01:15:13.560
<v Speaker 2>the Rings, like at all. Like if Lord of the

1491
01:15:13.640 --> 01:15:16.079
<v Speaker 2>Rings is a ten, it's like a five in terms

1492
01:15:16.119 --> 01:15:18.399
<v Speaker 2>of like you know, the cinematography and all that, you know,

1493
01:15:18.560 --> 01:15:22.399
<v Speaker 2>good high craft stuff. But it's pretty sick, dude. It

1494
01:15:22.479 --> 01:15:24.640
<v Speaker 2>has like a Lord of the Rings vibe, if that

1495
01:15:24.720 --> 01:15:28.159
<v Speaker 2>makes sense, like the high fantasy of it. Yeah, but

1496
01:15:28.319 --> 01:15:30.920
<v Speaker 2>it is nowhere near like, don't go expecting that level

1497
01:15:31.000 --> 01:15:31.520
<v Speaker 2>of quality.

1498
01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:34.800
<v Speaker 3>But it's cool, dude. Yeah, it's super cool.

1499
01:15:34.880 --> 01:15:37.039
<v Speaker 2>Like the action's cool. There's a there's a weird thing

1500
01:15:37.079 --> 01:15:39.479
<v Speaker 2>about the movie that I probably think is why they

1501
01:15:39.640 --> 01:15:42.119
<v Speaker 2>rated it so bad. And the pacing of the movie

1502
01:15:42.239 --> 01:15:45.279
<v Speaker 2>is like downright comical. And this is something about movies

1503
01:15:45.319 --> 01:15:48.479
<v Speaker 2>that I do not like, and this movie is full

1504
01:15:48.520 --> 01:15:51.119
<v Speaker 2>of them. And it's like montages to rush the lapse

1505
01:15:51.159 --> 01:15:53.520
<v Speaker 2>of time. So it's like, you know, if you can

1506
01:15:53.560 --> 01:15:56.039
<v Speaker 2>look past it, it's a great movie. Yeah, cool, it's

1507
01:15:56.159 --> 01:15:58.319
<v Speaker 2>it's super cool. It's it was like the epitome of

1508
01:15:58.359 --> 01:16:01.880
<v Speaker 2>the hero's journey, you know, supernatural power, all that stuff

1509
01:16:01.960 --> 01:16:04.199
<v Speaker 2>and I feel like we're missing that a lot nowadays

1510
01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:06.920
<v Speaker 2>and movies. But anyway, before I get into the final

1511
01:16:07.000 --> 01:16:10.920
<v Speaker 2>part here, I wanted to talk about the battle of

1512
01:16:11.000 --> 01:16:15.159
<v Speaker 2>evermore synchronicity from led Zeppelin. The lyrics the Queen of

1513
01:16:15.239 --> 01:16:16.880
<v Speaker 2>Light took her, But I'm not gonna read all the lyrics,

1514
01:16:16.960 --> 01:16:18.600
<v Speaker 2>just the ones I highlighted that are relevant to this.

1515
01:16:18.720 --> 01:16:20.199
<v Speaker 2>The Queen of Light took her a bow, and then

1516
01:16:20.239 --> 01:16:22.520
<v Speaker 2>she turned to go. The Prince of Peace embraced the

1517
01:16:22.520 --> 01:16:25.319
<v Speaker 2>gloom and walked the night alone. Dance in the dark

1518
01:16:25.359 --> 01:16:28.239
<v Speaker 2>of night, the trauma, the night gretto, the first stage

1519
01:16:28.239 --> 01:16:31.199
<v Speaker 2>of the alchemical process, being in the darkness and the confusion.

1520
01:16:31.840 --> 01:16:34.159
<v Speaker 2>I can't see all my memories, I can't access Excalibur

1521
01:16:34.239 --> 01:16:38.000
<v Speaker 2>and my supernatural power because I'm broken and feel like shit,

1522
01:16:38.239 --> 01:16:40.439
<v Speaker 2>you know, dancing in the dark of night. But we're

1523
01:16:40.479 --> 01:16:45.720
<v Speaker 2>looking to the morning light right the second phase. I

1524
01:16:45.760 --> 01:16:48.760
<v Speaker 2>think it's called albedo, the whitening, the purification, the awakening

1525
01:16:48.840 --> 01:16:53.279
<v Speaker 2>into the power. I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon,

1526
01:16:53.439 --> 01:16:56.279
<v Speaker 2>waiting for the eastern glow, the sun, the light of

1527
01:16:56.359 --> 01:17:01.000
<v Speaker 2>the sun, the spiritual force. The magic runes are written

1528
01:17:01.159 --> 01:17:04.239
<v Speaker 2>gold to bring the balance back, bring it back at last,

1529
01:17:04.319 --> 01:17:07.039
<v Speaker 2>the sun is shining. The clouds of blue roll by

1530
01:17:07.600 --> 01:17:10.560
<v Speaker 2>with flames from the Dragon of darkness. The sunlight blinds

1531
01:17:10.640 --> 01:17:12.680
<v Speaker 2>his eyes. Which I thought that was cool about the

1532
01:17:12.720 --> 01:17:15.279
<v Speaker 2>balance thing, because in the movie it said the law

1533
01:17:15.359 --> 01:17:19.000
<v Speaker 2>of balance is a force that cannot be transgressed. As

1534
01:17:19.079 --> 01:17:21.920
<v Speaker 2>you grow in power, so too will be the force

1535
01:17:22.000 --> 01:17:24.640
<v Speaker 2>that opposes you. The born king will come right. And

1536
01:17:24.720 --> 01:17:26.680
<v Speaker 2>then I wanted to remind people of the manly Pea

1537
01:17:26.720 --> 01:17:31.800
<v Speaker 2>Hall quote when it says, with the flames from the

1538
01:17:31.840 --> 01:17:34.199
<v Speaker 2>Dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes, and the

1539
01:17:34.279 --> 01:17:36.640
<v Speaker 2>personality of Arthur is to be found a new form

1540
01:17:36.680 --> 01:17:39.399
<v Speaker 2>of the ever recurring cosmic myth. The Prince of Britain

1541
01:17:39.479 --> 01:17:41.399
<v Speaker 2>is the Sun. His knights are the Zodiac and his

1542
01:17:41.479 --> 01:17:43.760
<v Speaker 2>flashing sword. Maybe the Sun's ray with which he fights

1543
01:17:43.800 --> 01:17:47.319
<v Speaker 2>and vanquishes the dragons of darkness, or it may represent

1544
01:17:47.399 --> 01:17:50.399
<v Speaker 2>the Earth's axis. Yadda, YadA, YadA. I read the quote earlier,

1545
01:17:51.039 --> 01:17:53.560
<v Speaker 2>crazy that led Zeppelin was on that Yeah.

1546
01:17:53.560 --> 01:17:56.119
<v Speaker 3>You know, yeah they got all that symbolism and on

1547
01:17:56.159 --> 01:17:57.720
<v Speaker 3>the mountain covers they knew what was up.

1548
01:17:57.960 --> 01:17:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, So now we're gonna get into the last face.

1549
01:18:01.239 --> 01:18:06.399
<v Speaker 2>The alchemical stages of the Arthur myth. So basically, from

1550
01:18:06.479 --> 01:18:08.880
<v Speaker 2>the esoteric perspective, you could look at King Arthur as

1551
01:18:08.960 --> 01:18:13.359
<v Speaker 2>the four steps of the alchemical process. Step one uh

1552
01:18:13.640 --> 01:18:17.399
<v Speaker 2>nigrito the blackening. So the blackening stage is the first

1553
01:18:17.439 --> 01:18:20.920
<v Speaker 2>phase and it represents a period of decay, dissolution, purification,

1554
01:18:21.079 --> 01:18:24.560
<v Speaker 2>setting the groundwork for transformation to occur. It involves the

1555
01:18:24.600 --> 01:18:28.239
<v Speaker 2>breakdown of the alchemist's material and spiritual essence in the

1556
01:18:28.279 --> 01:18:33.079
<v Speaker 2>physical realm. This means the decomposition and putrefaction of substances. Spiritually,

1557
01:18:33.119 --> 01:18:36.640
<v Speaker 2>it denotes the death of the old self, confronting one's

1558
01:18:36.920 --> 01:18:40.560
<v Speaker 2>darkest aspects in inner turmoil. The only way he's got

1559
01:18:40.680 --> 01:18:43.720
<v Speaker 2>to go to the darklands. Yeah, or just like Luke

1560
01:18:43.760 --> 01:18:45.640
<v Speaker 2>Skywalker bro when he's training with Yoda, he has to

1561
01:18:45.720 --> 01:18:49.239
<v Speaker 2>go into this dark little small arth Vader, you know,

1562
01:18:49.560 --> 01:18:53.520
<v Speaker 2>it's it's in every great hero's journey myth. Oh yeah, absolutely.

1563
01:18:54.239 --> 01:18:58.000
<v Speaker 2>The symbolism of blackness represents the unconscious, the darkness, and

1564
01:18:58.079 --> 01:19:03.479
<v Speaker 2>the chaos. And traditionally, when people go through initiation ceremonies

1565
01:19:03.560 --> 01:19:07.800
<v Speaker 2>in these secret mystery traditions, they tend to start wearing

1566
01:19:08.039 --> 01:19:10.880
<v Speaker 2>black in some orders and then once initiated.

1567
01:19:11.520 --> 01:19:12.239
<v Speaker 4>We're White.

1568
01:19:13.760 --> 01:19:16.399
<v Speaker 3>A symbol of the purification process exactly.

1569
01:19:17.000 --> 01:19:20.239
<v Speaker 2>It is associated with the initial state of confusion and disorientation,

1570
01:19:20.560 --> 01:19:22.760
<v Speaker 2>akin to the dark night of the soul, where the

1571
01:19:22.840 --> 01:19:26.840
<v Speaker 2>individual must confront and integrate their shadow. It's linked to

1572
01:19:27.000 --> 01:19:31.159
<v Speaker 2>psychological disintegration. It signifies the breaking down of the ego

1573
01:19:31.760 --> 01:19:35.279
<v Speaker 2>and false identities, leading to a deeper understanding of one's

1574
01:19:35.319 --> 01:19:39.680
<v Speaker 2>true self. Spiritually, it marks the beginning of the purification process,

1575
01:19:39.720 --> 01:19:44.760
<v Speaker 2>where old beliefs in negative patterns are dismantled. Alchemically, the

1576
01:19:44.880 --> 01:19:48.079
<v Speaker 2>process might involve the fermentation or rotting of materials to

1577
01:19:48.159 --> 01:19:52.039
<v Speaker 2>produce a black substance. These physical processes serve as metaphors

1578
01:19:52.479 --> 01:19:55.880
<v Speaker 2>for the inner transformation occurring within the alchemist. It can

1579
01:19:55.920 --> 01:19:58.199
<v Speaker 2>be likened to the concept of death, where the individual

1580
01:19:58.279 --> 01:20:01.680
<v Speaker 2>undergoes a symbolic death, presenting the end of old ways

1581
01:20:01.720 --> 01:20:05.800
<v Speaker 2>of being and thinking. This parallels the alchemist's goal of

1582
01:20:05.920 --> 01:20:08.680
<v Speaker 2>achieving a new state of existence through the destruction of

1583
01:20:08.760 --> 01:20:12.960
<v Speaker 2>the old self. The completion of Nigrito leaves the alchemist

1584
01:20:13.039 --> 01:20:16.520
<v Speaker 2>in a state of raw potential. The chaos and disintegration

1585
01:20:16.640 --> 01:20:19.439
<v Speaker 2>of the stage are necessary for the subsequent phases of

1586
01:20:19.560 --> 01:20:22.920
<v Speaker 2>the great work. Or the magnum opus of alchemy, preparing

1587
01:20:22.960 --> 01:20:26.840
<v Speaker 2>the alchemist for renewal and enlightenment. I will say that

1588
01:20:26.920 --> 01:20:28.920
<v Speaker 2>everybody in my life that I've ever met just having

1589
01:20:29.000 --> 01:20:31.800
<v Speaker 2>this crazy journey of you know, being a UFO experiencer

1590
01:20:31.960 --> 01:20:35.079
<v Speaker 2>and kind of like having had contact with so many

1591
01:20:35.119 --> 01:20:37.079
<v Speaker 2>people reaching out to us about this. Everybody I've ever

1592
01:20:37.119 --> 01:20:38.560
<v Speaker 2>met in my life. It's like, dude, i feel like

1593
01:20:38.600 --> 01:20:41.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm going through an awakening process. I'm waking up everybody

1594
01:20:42.000 --> 01:20:45.920
<v Speaker 2>I've ever met, by the hundreds, if not thousands, I swear,

1595
01:20:46.039 --> 01:20:49.960
<v Speaker 2>bro They tend to always go into some initial period

1596
01:20:50.000 --> 01:20:52.840
<v Speaker 2>of suffering when they realized what they thought they knew

1597
01:20:52.960 --> 01:20:56.079
<v Speaker 2>is not what they knew. Yeah, oh yeah, and that

1598
01:20:56.239 --> 01:20:59.199
<v Speaker 2>makes sense according to the phases of alchemical.

1599
01:20:59.279 --> 01:21:01.680
<v Speaker 3>It's also exactly what happened in the Arthur myth. They

1600
01:21:01.760 --> 01:21:04.720
<v Speaker 3>literally said that part of him has to die in

1601
01:21:04.920 --> 01:21:07.439
<v Speaker 3>order for him to awaken like his true self.

1602
01:21:07.880 --> 01:21:10.920
<v Speaker 2>This is why in these ancient mystery traditions, they would

1603
01:21:11.000 --> 01:21:17.880
<v Speaker 2>perform these ceremonial ritual initiations where they would imitate dying

1604
01:21:18.119 --> 01:21:20.840
<v Speaker 2>and being reborn. You know, That's why they have the

1605
01:21:21.079 --> 01:21:24.159
<v Speaker 2>myth of Osiris laying in the coffin or the story

1606
01:21:24.239 --> 01:21:28.720
<v Speaker 2>of Jesus dying and resurrecting. You know, in the Arthurian

1607
01:21:28.840 --> 01:21:32.520
<v Speaker 2>context of Nigrito his early life, and I'm not talking

1608
01:21:32.560 --> 01:21:35.640
<v Speaker 2>about the movie. I'm talking about the Arthur myth. His

1609
01:21:35.760 --> 01:21:38.199
<v Speaker 2>early life is shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Born out

1610
01:21:38.199 --> 01:21:41.039
<v Speaker 2>of wedlock to Uther, Pendragon and Egrain, he is hidden

1611
01:21:41.039 --> 01:21:42.960
<v Speaker 2>away by Merlin to protect him from those who might

1612
01:21:43.000 --> 01:21:46.319
<v Speaker 2>harm him. This period represents the chaos and uncertainty of Nigrito,

1613
01:21:46.680 --> 01:21:49.319
<v Speaker 2>where his true potential as a future king is obscured.

1614
01:21:49.720 --> 01:21:52.800
<v Speaker 2>The Kingdom of Britain is in turmoil, lacking a strong leader.

1615
01:21:53.640 --> 01:21:57.039
<v Speaker 2>Uther's death plunges the land into disorder, with various factions

1616
01:21:57.119 --> 01:21:59.880
<v Speaker 2>vying for his power. The societal chaos mirrors the cycle

1617
01:22:00.479 --> 01:22:04.319
<v Speaker 2>and spiritual disintegration of Nigrido, where old structures must break

1618
01:22:04.359 --> 01:22:07.359
<v Speaker 2>down to make way for renewal. His hidden potential Arthurs

1619
01:22:07.760 --> 01:22:10.800
<v Speaker 2>is like the raw material in alchemy that must undergo transformation.

1620
01:22:11.000 --> 01:22:13.640
<v Speaker 2>His upbringing away from the court under Merlin's guidance in

1621
01:22:13.720 --> 01:22:17.039
<v Speaker 2>secret is the preparatory stage where his latent qualities are

1622
01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:21.800
<v Speaker 2>nurtured in secret. The second phase albedo, referred to as

1623
01:22:21.840 --> 01:22:24.439
<v Speaker 2>the whitening stage, is a critical phase in the journey

1624
01:22:24.479 --> 01:22:28.039
<v Speaker 2>of the awakening of the soul towards spiritual and material transformation.

1625
01:22:29.039 --> 01:22:33.079
<v Speaker 2>The transition from nigrido to albedo symbolizes moving from chaos

1626
01:22:33.159 --> 01:22:37.319
<v Speaker 2>and confusion to a state of clarity and enlightenment, Purification

1627
01:22:37.600 --> 01:22:43.920
<v Speaker 2>and cleansing. Albedo involves these steps to cleanse the alchemist's

1628
01:22:44.079 --> 01:22:47.359
<v Speaker 2>material and spiritual essence and the physical Realmness means the

1629
01:22:47.399 --> 01:22:51.279
<v Speaker 2>separation of pure substances from impurities. Spiritually, it denotes the

1630
01:22:51.319 --> 01:22:54.119
<v Speaker 2>cleansing of the soul, removing the metaphorical darkness and shadows

1631
01:22:54.119 --> 01:22:57.920
<v Speaker 2>the clouds one true one's true nature. Whiteness in the

1632
01:22:58.079 --> 01:23:01.800
<v Speaker 2>albedo phase represents purity, light, and truth. It is associated

1633
01:23:01.840 --> 01:23:04.199
<v Speaker 2>with the illumination of the mind and spirit, akin to

1634
01:23:04.279 --> 01:23:08.600
<v Speaker 2>the dawn breaking through the night, bringing new understanding and awareness.

1635
01:23:09.560 --> 01:23:12.439
<v Speaker 2>Albido is often linked to a rebirth or awakening, and

1636
01:23:12.520 --> 01:23:15.680
<v Speaker 2>psychological terms, it signifies the integration of the conscious and

1637
01:23:15.920 --> 01:23:20.000
<v Speaker 2>unconscious mind, leading to a greater self awareness and insights. Spiritually,

1638
01:23:20.039 --> 01:23:22.319
<v Speaker 2>it marks the attainment of a higher state of being

1639
01:23:22.399 --> 01:23:24.439
<v Speaker 2>where the individual is more in tune with their true

1640
01:23:24.479 --> 01:23:27.720
<v Speaker 2>self and the divine. Alchemically, it involves the washing of

1641
01:23:27.800 --> 01:23:30.199
<v Speaker 2>a substance or rid it of impurities, or the heating

1642
01:23:30.279 --> 01:23:33.560
<v Speaker 2>of materials to produce a white ash. These physical processes

1643
01:23:33.600 --> 01:23:38.199
<v Speaker 2>serve as metaphors for the inner transformation occurring within the alchemist.

1644
01:23:38.960 --> 01:23:41.479
<v Speaker 2>It can be likened to the concept of baptism, where

1645
01:23:41.520 --> 01:23:45.359
<v Speaker 2>the individual undergoes a ritual washing in water, symbolizing the

1646
01:23:45.439 --> 01:23:47.880
<v Speaker 2>removal of sin and the rebirth into a life of

1647
01:23:47.920 --> 01:23:51.640
<v Speaker 2>spiritual purity. This parallels the alchemist's goal of achieving a

1648
01:23:51.720 --> 01:23:55.720
<v Speaker 2>state of spiritual and moral clarity. The completion of albido

1649
01:23:56.119 --> 01:23:58.880
<v Speaker 2>brings a sense of inner peace and balance, the chaos

1650
01:23:58.960 --> 01:24:02.039
<v Speaker 2>and turmoil of nigritae, or left behind, and the alchemist

1651
01:24:02.159 --> 01:24:06.319
<v Speaker 2>experiences new harmony and equilibrium. This stage prepares the individual

1652
01:24:06.439 --> 01:24:10.000
<v Speaker 2>for the subsequent phases of the great work, the magnum Opus,

1653
01:24:10.399 --> 01:24:13.680
<v Speaker 2>leading ultimately to the Philosopher's Stone and the attainment of

1654
01:24:13.800 --> 01:24:17.239
<v Speaker 2>enlightenment and immortality, and the Arthurian context, and I'm halfway

1655
01:24:17.279 --> 01:24:20.399
<v Speaker 2>done here, and then we're done, halfway done with these phases,

1656
01:24:20.520 --> 01:24:24.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, and the Arthurian context. Arthur pulling excalibur from

1657
01:24:24.159 --> 01:24:26.239
<v Speaker 2>the stone or receiving it from the Lady of the

1658
01:24:26.359 --> 01:24:29.399
<v Speaker 2>Lake symbolizes his rightful claim to the throne and the

1659
01:24:29.560 --> 01:24:33.239
<v Speaker 2>purification of his lineage. I did forget to say this detail,

1660
01:24:33.319 --> 01:24:35.199
<v Speaker 2>but in the movie it was really cool how they

1661
01:24:35.239 --> 01:24:38.119
<v Speaker 2>made EXCaliber because it was Uther was the king and he,

1662
01:24:38.520 --> 01:24:40.640
<v Speaker 2>like Merlin, was kind of like his friend and counselor

1663
01:24:40.720 --> 01:24:42.479
<v Speaker 2>he was like one of the heads of the order.

1664
01:24:43.159 --> 01:24:47.560
<v Speaker 2>He goes to this evil dark mage, steals his staff,

1665
01:24:47.960 --> 01:24:53.359
<v Speaker 2>forges it as x EXCaliber, and I think he throws

1666
01:24:53.399 --> 01:24:55.359
<v Speaker 2>it to the Lady of the Lake, who then gives

1667
01:24:55.399 --> 01:24:57.880
<v Speaker 2>it to Uther. And or maybe it was the other

1668
01:24:57.920 --> 01:24:59.880
<v Speaker 2>way around. Maybe he gives it to the Lady the Lake,

1669
01:25:00.039 --> 01:25:02.399
<v Speaker 2>then she gives it back to Merlin. Either way, and

1670
01:25:02.560 --> 01:25:05.720
<v Speaker 2>in the movie, Merlin binds the sword Excalibur to the

1671
01:25:05.800 --> 01:25:08.600
<v Speaker 2>Pendragon blood line, which I thought was really cool. That's

1672
01:25:08.640 --> 01:25:10.239
<v Speaker 2>why Arthur could wield it even though it was his

1673
01:25:10.319 --> 01:25:14.479
<v Speaker 2>father's before him, you know, So Arthur pulling Excalibur from

1674
01:25:14.520 --> 01:25:16.600
<v Speaker 2>the stone in the real myth or receiving it from

1675
01:25:16.640 --> 01:25:18.439
<v Speaker 2>the Lady of the Lake, it's different in every version.

1676
01:25:18.880 --> 01:25:21.920
<v Speaker 2>Symbolizes his rightful claim to the throne, his divine right

1677
01:25:22.079 --> 01:25:26.119
<v Speaker 2>to have this supernatural power, and the purification of his lineage.

1678
01:25:26.880 --> 01:25:29.720
<v Speaker 2>This act is albedo where his potential is actualized. He

1679
01:25:29.760 --> 01:25:32.520
<v Speaker 2>has awakened, and he steps into his role as the

1680
01:25:32.600 --> 01:25:36.239
<v Speaker 2>destined born king. Establishing Camelot represents the creation of a

1681
01:25:36.359 --> 01:25:41.039
<v Speaker 2>new enlightened order, a harmonious, utopian order. Camelot is a

1682
01:25:41.079 --> 01:25:45.319
<v Speaker 2>symbol of purity, justice, and rivalry, embodying the principles of Albedo.

1683
01:25:45.760 --> 01:25:49.159
<v Speaker 2>The Roundtable, with its emphasis on equality, where everyone is

1684
01:25:49.279 --> 01:25:52.840
<v Speaker 2>equally at the table and noble deeds, reflects the purification

1685
01:25:52.960 --> 01:25:56.439
<v Speaker 2>and the enlightenment associated with this stage. The formation of

1686
01:25:56.479 --> 01:25:58.960
<v Speaker 2>the Knights of the Roundtable, dedicated to the upholding of

1687
01:25:59.159 --> 01:26:03.640
<v Speaker 2>chivalric idea deals, further exemplifies the purification and spiritual enlightenment

1688
01:26:03.680 --> 01:26:05.720
<v Speaker 2>of the stage. These nights are not just warriors, but

1689
01:26:05.800 --> 01:26:10.800
<v Speaker 2>also paragons of virtue, embodying the illuminated mind and spirit citrinitas.

1690
01:26:11.079 --> 01:26:15.439
<v Speaker 2>The third phase, the yellowing. It represents the spiritual awakening

1691
01:26:15.560 --> 01:26:18.720
<v Speaker 2>and the manifestation of the inner light following the purification

1692
01:26:18.960 --> 01:26:22.560
<v Speaker 2>of Albedo. It involves the awakening of the material and

1693
01:26:22.680 --> 01:26:25.279
<v Speaker 2>spiritual essence and the physical realm. This means that the

1694
01:26:25.319 --> 01:26:30.479
<v Speaker 2>material begins to exhibit a golden hue, is becoming gold Spiritually.

1695
01:26:30.520 --> 01:26:33.319
<v Speaker 2>It denotes the dawning of wisdom and enlightenment, the emergence

1696
01:26:33.359 --> 01:26:37.319
<v Speaker 2>of the inner light. Yellow in citrinitas represents the sun

1697
01:26:37.600 --> 01:26:40.199
<v Speaker 2>light and consciousness. It's associated with the illumination of the

1698
01:26:40.279 --> 01:26:42.760
<v Speaker 2>mind and spirit, akin to the rising sun that brings

1699
01:26:42.800 --> 01:26:45.960
<v Speaker 2>clarity and understanding after the darkness of light. It's linked

1700
01:26:46.000 --> 01:26:49.359
<v Speaker 2>to the integration of knowledge and wisdom in the psyche.

1701
01:26:49.920 --> 01:26:52.840
<v Speaker 2>It is the merging of conscious insight with the previously

1702
01:26:53.039 --> 01:26:57.680
<v Speaker 2>unconscious elements of the mind, leading to profound spiritual insight. Spiritually,

1703
01:26:57.760 --> 01:26:59.800
<v Speaker 2>it marks the blossoming of one's inner light in the

1704
01:27:00.079 --> 01:27:04.760
<v Speaker 2>beginning of a deeper spiritual understanding. Alchemically, it involves the

1705
01:27:04.840 --> 01:27:08.560
<v Speaker 2>heating of substances to produce a yellow or golden color.

1706
01:27:08.880 --> 01:27:12.000
<v Speaker 2>These physical processes serve as metaphors for the inner awakening

1707
01:27:12.119 --> 01:27:16.199
<v Speaker 2>occurring within the alchemist. Citrinitas can be linked to the

1708
01:27:16.279 --> 01:27:21.720
<v Speaker 2>concept of enlightenment, where the individual awakens in the emergence

1709
01:27:21.760 --> 01:27:25.359
<v Speaker 2>of light and knowledge, like the coming of the sun.

1710
01:27:25.920 --> 01:27:28.520
<v Speaker 2>This parallels the alchemist's goal of achieving a state of

1711
01:27:28.600 --> 01:27:36.359
<v Speaker 2>heightened awareness and spiritual clarity. It's it's the preparatory phase

1712
01:27:36.439 --> 01:27:42.439
<v Speaker 2>for the final phase of alchemy, which is rubido, which

1713
01:27:42.439 --> 01:27:43.479
<v Speaker 2>I thought was weird the ruby.

1714
01:27:43.680 --> 01:27:44.039
<v Speaker 3>I like that.

1715
01:27:45.119 --> 01:27:47.439
<v Speaker 2>Like, remember we talked about in the Starget episode, the

1716
01:27:47.520 --> 01:27:52.039
<v Speaker 2>missing Ruby. Yeah, at the Sphinx, you know, leading ultimately

1717
01:27:52.159 --> 01:27:54.840
<v Speaker 2>to the Philosopher's Stone. In the Great Work the Attainment

1718
01:27:54.880 --> 01:28:00.760
<v Speaker 2>of Perfection and the Arthurian context, the various quests undertaken

1719
01:28:00.840 --> 01:28:03.399
<v Speaker 2>by the Knights of the Roundtable, especially the quest for

1720
01:28:03.479 --> 01:28:06.800
<v Speaker 2>the Holy Grail, symbolized the journey towards spiritual awakening and enlightenment.

1721
01:28:07.039 --> 01:28:10.479
<v Speaker 2>These quests are trials that testonizes virtues, wisdom, and spiritual resolve,

1722
01:28:10.520 --> 01:28:14.760
<v Speaker 2>aligning with the Citronitas stage. Arthur's reign is marked by

1723
01:28:14.840 --> 01:28:18.039
<v Speaker 2>wisdom and justice, reflecting his enlightened state. He embodies the

1724
01:28:18.119 --> 01:28:20.760
<v Speaker 2>integration of physical and spiritual power, guiding his knights and

1725
01:28:20.840 --> 01:28:23.760
<v Speaker 2>kingdom towards higher ideals. This period of his rule represents

1726
01:28:23.800 --> 01:28:27.319
<v Speaker 2>the blossoming of wisdom and the illumination of citronitas. His

1727
01:28:27.520 --> 01:28:31.720
<v Speaker 2>wise governance and the harmonious function of Camelot under his

1728
01:28:31.880 --> 01:28:36.800
<v Speaker 2>leadership exemplify the spiritual awakening and integration of knowledge associated

1729
01:28:36.840 --> 01:28:39.479
<v Speaker 2>with this phase. His reign is a period of prosperity.

1730
01:28:39.560 --> 01:28:41.960
<v Speaker 2>It's like a golden age of peace and enlightenment, where

1731
01:28:41.960 --> 01:28:44.039
<v Speaker 2>the kingdom reflects the inner light of its ruler and

1732
01:28:44.119 --> 01:28:46.920
<v Speaker 2>its knights, and then the final stage Rubido, the reddening.

1733
01:28:48.520 --> 01:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>It represents the achievement of the great work, the magnum opus,

1734
01:28:52.119 --> 01:28:55.680
<v Speaker 2>and the attainment of spiritual and material perfection, or, as

1735
01:28:56.640 --> 01:28:59.199
<v Speaker 2>a Rosicrucian might say, the attainment of God in Man,

1736
01:29:00.600 --> 01:29:02.800
<v Speaker 2>or as Rudolph Steiner would say, the awakening of the

1737
01:29:03.199 --> 01:29:07.680
<v Speaker 2>inner god Man the God within. Rubido involves the integration

1738
01:29:07.880 --> 01:29:11.399
<v Speaker 2>of the alchemist's material and spiritual essence into a unified

1739
01:29:11.439 --> 01:29:13.760
<v Speaker 2>hole in the physical realm. This means the material achieves

1740
01:29:13.760 --> 01:29:16.640
<v Speaker 2>a red or golden red hue. Spiritually, it denotes the

1741
01:29:16.680 --> 01:29:19.840
<v Speaker 2>culmination of the transformative process, resulting in a complete and

1742
01:29:19.960 --> 01:29:24.840
<v Speaker 2>perfected self. Red in Rubido represents the philosopher's stone.

1743
01:29:25.079 --> 01:29:27.279
<v Speaker 3>Harry Potter bro Oh yeah, yeah, I've been thinking that

1744
01:29:27.359 --> 01:29:30.560
<v Speaker 3>the whole time. Red Little Jim is the philosopher's.

1745
01:29:29.960 --> 01:29:33.359
<v Speaker 2>Stone, typically depicted as a red gem. It is, I mean,

1746
01:29:33.399 --> 01:29:37.119
<v Speaker 2>it is, according to the yeah yeah, infra meta alchemist.

1747
01:29:37.319 --> 01:29:39.760
<v Speaker 3>Yes, yep, yep, yep, wow.

1748
01:29:40.600 --> 01:29:43.760
<v Speaker 2>It represents the philosopher's stone, the stone, the Sun at

1749
01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:45.960
<v Speaker 2>his peak, and the fullness of life. It is associated

1750
01:29:46.000 --> 01:29:48.560
<v Speaker 2>with the final stage of transformation, where the alchemist attains

1751
01:29:48.560 --> 01:29:53.920
<v Speaker 2>spiritual and material mastery, psychological and spiritual unification of the self.

1752
01:29:54.359 --> 01:29:57.079
<v Speaker 2>It signifies the integration of all aspects of the psyche,

1753
01:29:57.199 --> 01:30:00.119
<v Speaker 2>leading to a state of wholeness and complete harmony. It

1754
01:30:00.199 --> 01:30:02.720
<v Speaker 2>marks the realization of one's true divine nature and the

1755
01:30:02.920 --> 01:30:07.279
<v Speaker 2>union with the divine. Alchemically, the process might involve the

1756
01:30:07.359 --> 01:30:10.840
<v Speaker 2>production of a red substance, such as the Philosopher's Stone

1757
01:30:11.159 --> 01:30:14.119
<v Speaker 2>the Red Elixir. I believe they call this the prima materia,

1758
01:30:17.039 --> 01:30:19.920
<v Speaker 2>the physical process to serve as metaphors for the innercompletion

1759
01:30:20.159 --> 01:30:22.359
<v Speaker 2>occurring within the alchemists. It can be likened to the

1760
01:30:22.399 --> 01:30:26.920
<v Speaker 2>concept of resurrection, where the individual undergoes a spiritual rebirth.

1761
01:30:27.039 --> 01:30:30.239
<v Speaker 2>The phoenix right at the top of the Embassy of

1762
01:30:30.279 --> 01:30:32.520
<v Speaker 2>the Free Mind. The final room in the museum was

1763
01:30:32.560 --> 01:30:34.760
<v Speaker 2>called the Phoenix Room. Did it have a phoenix in it?

1764
01:30:36.279 --> 01:30:38.039
<v Speaker 2>It might have had a diagram of a phoenix, but

1765
01:30:38.119 --> 01:30:40.239
<v Speaker 2>it was just a bunch of other magical diagrams and

1766
01:30:41.119 --> 01:30:44.359
<v Speaker 2>the arch of this place. Yeah, for sure, I got you,

1767
01:30:44.520 --> 01:30:46.000
<v Speaker 2>But I just thought it was cool that the final

1768
01:30:46.079 --> 01:30:48.800
<v Speaker 2>room is the Phoenix Room. Yeah, Rubido, you've awakened. Wow,

1769
01:30:49.079 --> 01:30:53.159
<v Speaker 2>you know symbolizing the emergence of a new perfect itself.

1770
01:30:53.239 --> 01:30:57.279
<v Speaker 2>This paralyzed parallels the alchemist's goal of achieving immortality and

1771
01:30:57.359 --> 01:31:01.199
<v Speaker 2>ultimate enlightenment. The completion of Roubido brings a sense of

1772
01:31:01.239 --> 01:31:05.319
<v Speaker 2>perfection and mastery. The integration and unification of this stage

1773
01:31:05.520 --> 01:31:08.399
<v Speaker 2>is the attainment of the Great Work, where the alchemist

1774
01:31:08.439 --> 01:31:13.079
<v Speaker 2>achieved spiritual and material perfection, symbolized by the Philosopher's Stone.

1775
01:31:14.319 --> 01:31:16.800
<v Speaker 2>In the Arthurian context, the quest for the Holy Grail

1776
01:31:16.920 --> 01:31:19.079
<v Speaker 2>is the ultimate spiritual journey, seeking the highest form of

1777
01:31:19.199 --> 01:31:21.960
<v Speaker 2>enlightenment in union with the divine. The Grail quest is

1778
01:31:22.000 --> 01:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>the pinnacle of the night's spiritual endeavors, embodying the Roubido

1779
01:31:24.760 --> 01:31:27.640
<v Speaker 2>stage where the great work is achieved. Arthur's final battle

1780
01:31:27.720 --> 01:31:30.439
<v Speaker 2>with Mordred and his subsequent journey to Avalon, which is

1781
01:31:30.439 --> 01:31:32.439
<v Speaker 2>why I brought up the led Zeppelin song too, Waiting

1782
01:31:32.479 --> 01:31:35.039
<v Speaker 2>for the Angels of Avalon, Waiting for the Eastern Glow.

1783
01:31:35.520 --> 01:31:38.960
<v Speaker 2>Avalon is like the heaven of the Arthur myth. It's

1784
01:31:39.079 --> 01:31:43.479
<v Speaker 2>like this right right, It's like and Lord of the Rings.

1785
01:31:43.399 --> 01:31:46.840
<v Speaker 4>Whatever they call it. Yes, it's like that.

1786
01:31:47.399 --> 01:31:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Arthur's final battle with Mordred and his journey to

1787
01:31:51.000 --> 01:31:55.079
<v Speaker 2>Avalon symbolized the culmination of his earthly journey and his

1788
01:31:55.199 --> 01:31:59.039
<v Speaker 2>transition to a higher state of being. Avalon is the

1789
01:31:59.159 --> 01:32:02.600
<v Speaker 2>mystical and coternal place which represents the attainment of spiritual

1790
01:32:02.640 --> 01:32:07.560
<v Speaker 2>and material perfection, akin to the Philosopher's Stone. The Grail,

1791
01:32:07.720 --> 01:32:10.479
<v Speaker 2>often confused with Arthur's Kingdom, suggests that the kingdom itself

1792
01:32:10.600 --> 01:32:13.760
<v Speaker 2>is a reflection of the Grail's divine nature. This union

1793
01:32:13.880 --> 01:32:18.000
<v Speaker 2>represents the harmonious integration of the material and spiritual realms,

1794
01:32:18.079 --> 01:32:21.840
<v Speaker 2>achieving the ultimate goal of the alchemical work. His journey

1795
01:32:21.880 --> 01:32:24.760
<v Speaker 2>to Avalon, where he is said to heal and return

1796
01:32:24.880 --> 01:32:29.439
<v Speaker 2>when needed by mankind, reflects the immortality and eternal perfection

1797
01:32:29.560 --> 01:32:32.960
<v Speaker 2>of Rubido. It signifies the birth and renewal of the

1798
01:32:33.119 --> 01:32:37.960
<v Speaker 2>true King, embodying the Philosopher's Stone promise of eternal life

1799
01:32:38.079 --> 01:32:44.640
<v Speaker 2>imperfected wisdom. Once you achieve the immortality of Rubido and

1800
01:32:44.880 --> 01:32:49.239
<v Speaker 2>you awaken to the the state of perfection the God

1801
01:32:49.319 --> 01:32:52.479
<v Speaker 2>with the man, you've achieved the Philosopher's Stone, then you

1802
01:32:52.640 --> 01:32:56.840
<v Speaker 2>can sit in the siege perilous the seat, yes, the

1803
01:32:57.000 --> 01:32:59.800
<v Speaker 2>chair yep, the seat of the perfect Man. It's always

1804
01:32:59.840 --> 01:33:02.159
<v Speaker 2>in waiting to be filled by that perfect man who's

1805
01:33:02.520 --> 01:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>seeking the Grail. So that's that's pretty deep. That's why

1806
01:33:05.960 --> 01:33:07.840
<v Speaker 2>in the beginning I wanted to talk about the dark

1807
01:33:07.920 --> 01:33:10.199
<v Speaker 2>Death of King Arthur and every myth because then at

1808
01:33:10.239 --> 01:33:11.319
<v Speaker 2>the end we talk about what it.

1809
01:33:11.359 --> 01:33:14.600
<v Speaker 3>Really means, right, and how it's sention to the spirit world. Yes,

1810
01:33:14.760 --> 01:33:17.880
<v Speaker 3>it's a necessary part of his journey to ascension.

1811
01:33:18.399 --> 01:33:19.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah.

1812
01:33:19.279 --> 01:33:24.479
<v Speaker 3>The diving into this really like contextualizes the Grail myth

1813
01:33:24.600 --> 01:33:28.079
<v Speaker 3>and the philosophers Stale myth. It like really connects all

1814
01:33:28.119 --> 01:33:30.640
<v Speaker 3>the pieces and fills out the picture in a really

1815
01:33:30.640 --> 01:33:34.880
<v Speaker 3>beautiful way. And I still can't help but be mind

1816
01:33:35.079 --> 01:33:38.920
<v Speaker 3>blown that. I mean, over a thousand years ago, you know,

1817
01:33:39.119 --> 01:33:43.159
<v Speaker 3>and four hundreds of consecutive years, people have been like

1818
01:33:43.359 --> 01:33:51.319
<v Speaker 3>weaving this elaborate allegory of of these like archetypal alchemical lessons,

1819
01:33:51.439 --> 01:33:55.600
<v Speaker 3>and like it's it's really beyond my own Like I

1820
01:33:55.680 --> 01:33:59.119
<v Speaker 3>can't even fathom putting all of that stuff together and

1821
01:33:59.199 --> 01:34:02.000
<v Speaker 3>then weaving it in. It's such a beautiful story, and

1822
01:34:02.319 --> 01:34:05.199
<v Speaker 3>probably out of necessity, right, like, because if they just

1823
01:34:05.319 --> 01:34:08.399
<v Speaker 3>wrote this stuff down as it is and then they're

1824
01:34:08.520 --> 01:34:10.920
<v Speaker 3>caught with it, like they could be killed, they could

1825
01:34:10.920 --> 01:34:13.920
<v Speaker 3>be you know, they're persecuted for these beliefs and trying

1826
01:34:13.960 --> 01:34:17.600
<v Speaker 3>to pass this knowledge along, Like these stories and these

1827
01:34:17.680 --> 01:34:21.439
<v Speaker 3>allegories probably came out of necessity, like they had to

1828
01:34:21.560 --> 01:34:22.319
<v Speaker 3>do it this way.

1829
01:34:23.199 --> 01:34:25.720
<v Speaker 2>I used to think, like, wow, why do they keep

1830
01:34:25.760 --> 01:34:28.359
<v Speaker 2>all this stuff secret? But lately I have been kind

1831
01:34:28.399 --> 01:34:30.000
<v Speaker 2>of like, like I was telling Jenny the other day, like,

1832
01:34:30.079 --> 01:34:33.479
<v Speaker 2>you know, I still am I believe like truths should

1833
01:34:33.479 --> 01:34:36.079
<v Speaker 2>be free, it should be spread, but I'm starting to

1834
01:34:36.239 --> 01:34:40.319
<v Speaker 2>understand why the initial secrecy because like, these these dudes

1835
01:34:40.359 --> 01:34:43.079
<v Speaker 2>were being killed. They were being killed literally slaughtered.

1836
01:34:42.800 --> 01:34:48.279
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely for ages and ages and ages, and by different enemies,

1837
01:34:48.399 --> 01:34:52.119
<v Speaker 3>by different groups. They're being hunted and persecuted and like

1838
01:34:52.920 --> 01:34:55.479
<v Speaker 3>and still to this day, there's a lot of stifling

1839
01:34:55.560 --> 01:34:58.159
<v Speaker 3>of this kind of information, like it's kind of still

1840
01:34:58.239 --> 01:34:59.159
<v Speaker 3>being persecuted.

1841
01:34:59.239 --> 01:35:03.079
<v Speaker 2>Like you know, I feel like you know, when you first,

1842
01:35:03.960 --> 01:35:07.880
<v Speaker 2>especially coming from a Christian background and having that original lens,

1843
01:35:08.439 --> 01:35:10.600
<v Speaker 2>your initial thought is like, oh, this is you know,

1844
01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:12.960
<v Speaker 2>dark of coal, like they're keeping new secrets and you

1845
01:35:13.039 --> 01:35:16.359
<v Speaker 2>know it's and like I used to think about things

1846
01:35:16.399 --> 01:35:18.319
<v Speaker 2>like why would they keep a secret? Knowledge would be free?

1847
01:35:18.399 --> 01:35:20.840
<v Speaker 2>But now I'm kind of like, dang, Like you know,

1848
01:35:21.000 --> 01:35:23.960
<v Speaker 2>I could I guess what I'm coming from is like

1849
01:35:24.560 --> 01:35:29.039
<v Speaker 2>the world absolutely was not ready right for all of

1850
01:35:29.119 --> 01:35:31.039
<v Speaker 2>this stuff to be out in the open, you know,

1851
01:35:31.159 --> 01:35:32.960
<v Speaker 2>and it's it's just crazy to think about, like from

1852
01:35:33.000 --> 01:35:34.760
<v Speaker 2>a new lens, you know, especially after going to the

1853
01:35:34.800 --> 01:35:35.920
<v Speaker 2>embassy in Amsterdam.

1854
01:35:36.199 --> 01:35:40.640
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, look into history, persecuted groups always turn their their

1855
01:35:40.760 --> 01:35:43.560
<v Speaker 3>knowledge and their stories into art. That's how it gets

1856
01:35:43.600 --> 01:35:46.359
<v Speaker 3>passed along. That's the only way they can pass it along,

1857
01:35:46.520 --> 01:35:51.680
<v Speaker 3>right without dying or being persecuted or punished for passing

1858
01:35:51.760 --> 01:35:54.560
<v Speaker 3>that knowledge along. They turn it into art so that

1859
01:35:54.680 --> 01:35:59.399
<v Speaker 3>it's like a little bit more covert but also immortalized. Absolutely. Yeah,

1860
01:35:59.560 --> 01:36:03.600
<v Speaker 3>it'll be appreciated forever. And it's yeah, I mean it's

1861
01:36:03.680 --> 01:36:07.119
<v Speaker 3>really genius. And I'm kind of I kind of just

1862
01:36:07.760 --> 01:36:10.479
<v Speaker 3>as we're doing this episode, came to that same realization

1863
01:36:10.640 --> 01:36:14.039
<v Speaker 3>that like, oh no, of course this stuff is all

1864
01:36:14.119 --> 01:36:17.119
<v Speaker 3>being hidden in allegories and these elaborate stories.

1865
01:36:17.199 --> 01:36:21.560
<v Speaker 2>It's because these people were being killed literally, yeah, hunted slaughtered.

1866
01:36:22.199 --> 01:36:25.000
<v Speaker 3>That like kind of makes these stories that much more beautiful.

1867
01:36:25.239 --> 01:36:27.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it really does contextualize it when you like look

1868
01:36:27.640 --> 01:36:31.039
<v Speaker 2>at that for like the actual historical lens. Yeah, you know,

1869
01:36:31.159 --> 01:36:33.119
<v Speaker 2>and like see, like I don't know, man, It's just

1870
01:36:33.199 --> 01:36:36.520
<v Speaker 2>like I feel like that that that trip to Amsterdam

1871
01:36:36.600 --> 01:36:38.399
<v Speaker 2>and being at the embassy and like spending just an

1872
01:36:38.680 --> 01:36:41.520
<v Speaker 2>hour there reading everything on the walls and the pamphlets

1873
01:36:41.560 --> 01:36:44.159
<v Speaker 2>and like seeing the history and like the persecution of

1874
01:36:44.239 --> 01:36:46.199
<v Speaker 2>it in Europe. And I'm like sitting in the random

1875
01:36:46.319 --> 01:36:48.840
<v Speaker 2>place where it was happening. Yeah, and I'm sitting right

1876
01:36:48.880 --> 01:36:50.720
<v Speaker 2>there reading all this stuff. I'm like, oh my god.

1877
01:36:50.920 --> 01:36:54.079
<v Speaker 2>Like I feel like it helped me like re contextualize

1878
01:36:54.359 --> 01:36:58.039
<v Speaker 2>these things. Could you see while like why while I

1879
01:36:58.239 --> 01:37:00.600
<v Speaker 2>was researching this stuff, I was like, I don't even

1880
01:37:00.680 --> 01:37:03.439
<v Speaker 2>care to talk about like if he was real or not? Right, Yeah,

1881
01:37:04.359 --> 01:37:06.720
<v Speaker 2>focus on this absolutely, you know. Yeah?

1882
01:37:07.000 --> 01:37:10.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it's it's clear that it's allegory and

1883
01:37:10.319 --> 01:37:13.600
<v Speaker 3>it's very important allegory, and like that doesn't make it

1884
01:37:13.640 --> 01:37:14.680
<v Speaker 3>any less significant.

1885
01:37:15.199 --> 01:37:17.479
<v Speaker 2>There was one other thing I wanted to mention because

1886
01:37:17.479 --> 01:37:19.119
<v Speaker 2>it ties to the Merlin episode, and I thought this

1887
01:37:19.279 --> 01:37:23.319
<v Speaker 2>was really cool. This is a summary. I didn't I

1888
01:37:23.399 --> 01:37:26.279
<v Speaker 2>thought I would. Let's be honest, I knew this was

1889
01:37:26.319 --> 01:37:29.359
<v Speaker 2>gonna take a long time, but I have way more

1890
01:37:29.520 --> 01:37:32.159
<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, you know, it's it would probably be

1891
01:37:32.279 --> 01:37:35.479
<v Speaker 2>at least another hour and I'm like, you know, maybe

1892
01:37:35.520 --> 01:37:38.279
<v Speaker 2>another time we can go into this, but I'm gonna

1893
01:37:38.279 --> 01:37:43.840
<v Speaker 2>read a small excerpt from another part of this research

1894
01:37:43.880 --> 01:37:46.520
<v Speaker 2>that I gathered, and there was this brilliant video I

1895
01:37:46.600 --> 01:37:48.800
<v Speaker 2>watched on YouTube. I'm gonna give a shout out, a

1896
01:37:48.880 --> 01:37:52.039
<v Speaker 2>shout out. I'm doing like a twenty four hour fast

1897
01:37:52.119 --> 01:37:53.960
<v Speaker 2>right now. So that's why I'm like, you know, it

1898
01:37:54.079 --> 01:37:55.479
<v Speaker 2>kind of makes you a little fun. I feel like

1899
01:37:55.520 --> 01:37:59.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm like struggling my words today, dude. But anyway, so

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01:38:02.119 --> 01:38:07.399
<v Speaker 2>YouTube video summary of Numanus Damon, and this video is

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01:38:07.439 --> 01:38:09.880
<v Speaker 2>called the Hidden Alchemy in King Arthur's Story. It's like

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01:38:09.920 --> 01:38:14.079
<v Speaker 2>twenty minutes. It's super brilliant, and I have the entire

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01:38:14.319 --> 01:38:18.720
<v Speaker 2>transcript that I pulled from YouTube and like removed a

1904
01:38:18.760 --> 01:38:20.039
<v Speaker 2>lot of the fluff out of it. And I was

1905
01:38:20.079 --> 01:38:22.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna go over this entire like twenty minute video, but

1906
01:38:22.960 --> 01:38:24.840
<v Speaker 2>it would take way longer than that. So I'm gonna

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01:38:24.840 --> 01:38:29.720
<v Speaker 2>read this part that I think you'll really look. Let

1908
01:38:29.800 --> 01:38:34.479
<v Speaker 2>me find it, okay. Merlin compliments Arthur's physical might with

1909
01:38:34.600 --> 01:38:40.880
<v Speaker 2>spiritual wisdom, paralleling the Hindu relationship between Kushatriya, the warrior

1910
01:38:41.000 --> 01:38:44.359
<v Speaker 2>king and the brahmin or the y sage. The nights

1911
01:38:44.399 --> 01:38:47.600
<v Speaker 2>of the Roundtable are bound by spiritual commitments, which reflects

1912
01:38:47.640 --> 01:38:51.840
<v Speaker 2>an initiatic brotherhood like the Freemasonry. So like in this video,

1913
01:38:51.840 --> 01:38:54.520
<v Speaker 2>the Hidden Alchemy of Arthur. It's really cool because it

1914
01:38:54.520 --> 01:38:56.920
<v Speaker 2>goes like way deeper into some of the symbolism and

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01:38:57.039 --> 01:39:01.159
<v Speaker 2>even like relates it to like the Atlantis myth and Hyperborea,

1916
01:39:01.640 --> 01:39:03.840
<v Speaker 2>which is a Greek myth are you familiar with, Yeah,

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01:39:03.880 --> 01:39:05.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, like the giants that live beyond the wall,

1918
01:39:05.840 --> 01:39:09.279
<v Speaker 2>and you know, there's some versions of Hyperborea suggest that

1919
01:39:09.439 --> 01:39:12.560
<v Speaker 2>actually it like predates Atlantis and that like the Atlantis,

1920
01:39:12.800 --> 01:39:16.520
<v Speaker 2>the Atlantean people may have come from Hyperborea. It's like, again,

1921
01:39:16.560 --> 01:39:18.760
<v Speaker 2>this is all like ancient conjecture, but it's very fun

1922
01:39:18.800 --> 01:39:20.800
<v Speaker 2>to read and talk about. But I thought you'd like

1923
01:39:20.840 --> 01:39:23.960
<v Speaker 2>that Arthur and Merlin connection, Like the Arthur and the

1924
01:39:24.079 --> 01:39:28.319
<v Speaker 2>Merlin archetypes are merged that either one can't be fulfilled

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01:39:28.359 --> 01:39:28.960
<v Speaker 2>without the other.

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01:39:29.159 --> 01:39:31.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there is a lot of like simil, there are

1927
01:39:31.239 --> 01:39:33.439
<v Speaker 3>a lot of similarities and there's a lot of overlap

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01:39:33.520 --> 01:39:34.239
<v Speaker 3>between the myths.

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01:39:34.760 --> 01:39:37.920
<v Speaker 2>And this is an archetype that predates the Arthur legend

1930
01:39:38.079 --> 01:39:43.079
<v Speaker 2>in the ancient Hindu texts. Yeah, right, that's super cool,

1931
01:39:43.199 --> 01:39:46.279
<v Speaker 2>way way older, way older.

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01:39:46.600 --> 01:39:49.039
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And so who knows the people who wrote these

1933
01:39:49.319 --> 01:39:53.840
<v Speaker 3>these Arthurian myths, they could have been studying that Hindu knowledge.

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01:39:54.000 --> 01:39:56.920
<v Speaker 2>They absolutely, you know, like absolutely they could have.

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01:39:57.199 --> 01:39:57.399
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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01:39:58.000 --> 01:40:01.079
<v Speaker 2>I suspect that that was way more common in the

1937
01:40:01.159 --> 01:40:04.600
<v Speaker 2>ancient past than we have been led to believe in

1938
01:40:04.720 --> 01:40:07.159
<v Speaker 2>modern times, because you know, again, I could speak from

1939
01:40:07.199 --> 01:40:09.600
<v Speaker 2>my experience grown up as a Christian. You think they're

1940
01:40:09.640 --> 01:40:12.520
<v Speaker 2>all separate, yes, you think, like the Christians are the Christians,

1941
01:40:12.560 --> 01:40:14.720
<v Speaker 2>and the Hindus and the Hindus and the Buddhists are

1942
01:40:14.760 --> 01:40:18.039
<v Speaker 2>the Buddhists. But I suspect that like, these people back

1943
01:40:18.079 --> 01:40:20.319
<v Speaker 2>in the day knew a lot more about each other

1944
01:40:20.399 --> 01:40:23.039
<v Speaker 2>than we commonly think today, and that they were like

1945
01:40:23.880 --> 01:40:26.199
<v Speaker 2>very much privy to each other's texts, and like we

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01:40:26.319 --> 01:40:28.359
<v Speaker 2>have all these stories, dude, the secret teaching of the

1947
01:40:28.399 --> 01:40:30.119
<v Speaker 2>all Ages. I'm definitely gonna talk about this in a

1948
01:40:30.159 --> 01:40:34.960
<v Speaker 2>future Wisdom Tradition episode. He goes into great detail about

1949
01:40:35.039 --> 01:40:40.960
<v Speaker 2>Plato being an initiate of the Eleusis mysteries and pythagorasts,

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01:40:41.239 --> 01:40:43.359
<v Speaker 2>and how he traveled to these other places and learned

1951
01:40:43.359 --> 01:40:47.520
<v Speaker 2>from Egypt and India and like I'm really starting to

1952
01:40:47.600 --> 01:40:50.439
<v Speaker 2>think that, like that's way more common than we think.

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01:40:50.760 --> 01:40:54.880
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I'm sure, especially amongst these like mystics, like they're

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01:40:54.960 --> 01:40:59.399
<v Speaker 3>collecting knowledge from everywhere to study the similarities and like

1955
01:40:59.560 --> 01:41:03.800
<v Speaker 3>the symbolic truths behind them. Right yeah, yeah, I mean

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01:41:03.880 --> 01:41:06.119
<v Speaker 3>we just we we just grew up Christian and being

1957
01:41:06.199 --> 01:41:09.479
<v Speaker 3>told like it's evil to look at that other stuff, right,

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01:41:09.640 --> 01:41:11.840
<v Speaker 3>you know that's just our experience exactly.

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01:41:12.159 --> 01:41:15.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. But I just yeah, man, I feel like, you know,

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01:41:15.399 --> 01:41:17.439
<v Speaker 2>according to the Secret Teaching of All Ages, dude, it's

1961
01:41:17.520 --> 01:41:21.600
<v Speaker 2>like a lot, a lot a lot of these uh,

1962
01:41:21.960 --> 01:41:26.600
<v Speaker 2>Western traditions were influenced by Eastern traditions, like I'm talking

1963
01:41:26.600 --> 01:41:27.840
<v Speaker 2>of like thousands of years ago.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm certain it's it just predates it by such a

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01:41:31.840 --> 01:41:35.359
<v Speaker 3>long time. I'm certain there's influence there. There has to be.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wold. Yeah, that's all I got, man, That's all

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01:41:38.800 --> 01:41:41.560
<v Speaker 2>I got. On the other stuff, incredible stuff, that was awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>That was so cool. Any anything to report, Man, You've

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01:41:47.079 --> 01:41:48.840
<v Speaker 2>been over their research and mainly be all, did you

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01:41:48.920 --> 01:41:50.199
<v Speaker 2>just let the case go cold?

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<v Speaker 4>It's like his real murder, he's guess actually they Yeah,

1972
01:41:56.640 --> 01:42:01.239
<v Speaker 4>these guys I think killed him in an RV. I

1973
01:42:01.319 --> 01:42:02.880
<v Speaker 4>feel like that's what the wife believes.

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01:42:03.239 --> 01:42:04.800
<v Speaker 2>You just stared too far into.

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01:42:06.119 --> 01:42:09.319
<v Speaker 4>No, to be honest, I actually have really enjoyed that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I've really enjoyed the alchemical process link to Arthur. Appreciate

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01:42:14.439 --> 01:42:17.359
<v Speaker 4>not knowing much about Arthur and knowing a little bit

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01:42:17.399 --> 01:42:20.039
<v Speaker 4>about the alchemical process. I did enjoy this episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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01:42:21.680 --> 01:42:24.560
<v Speaker 2>I do know that you know a lot about hercules,

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01:42:24.840 --> 01:42:30.800
<v Speaker 2>but I was I just I thought you'd appreciate them.

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01:42:31.039 --> 01:42:32.000
<v Speaker 2>There'd be some parallels.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, maybe a little bit.

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01:42:35.279 --> 01:42:37.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, they're both heroes, right,

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01:42:37.880 --> 01:42:38.079
<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 4>You think about it. Well, I don't know, it's a

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01:42:42.479 --> 01:42:45.960
<v Speaker 4>little different. I started thinking, I'm hesitant to put myself

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01:42:46.000 --> 01:42:52.640
<v Speaker 4>on camera because of my posture here, but feet up anyway,

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01:42:52.920 --> 01:42:55.920
<v Speaker 4>I've got to thinking about the colors of the Catholic

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01:42:56.039 --> 01:42:58.159
<v Speaker 4>priests and how they relate to the colors of the

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01:42:58.239 --> 01:43:02.920
<v Speaker 4>alchemical process. And it's interesting that when Catholic priests are

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01:43:03.039 --> 01:43:06.520
<v Speaker 4>not preaching, they're dressed in all black. When they are preaching,

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01:43:06.560 --> 01:43:07.520
<v Speaker 4>they're dressed in white.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, yeah, it's a can you say that again, when

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01:43:11.239 --> 01:43:12.399
<v Speaker 2>they're not preaching, when.

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01:43:12.279 --> 01:43:14.680
<v Speaker 4>They're not when they're doing church duties, and when they're

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01:43:14.800 --> 01:43:19.039
<v Speaker 4>going about their daily life, they're generally black shirt, black pants,

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01:43:19.159 --> 01:43:23.840
<v Speaker 4>black belt, and a white collar. The traditional, the traditional.

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01:43:24.880 --> 01:43:26.960
<v Speaker 4>And again this is just Catholicism, and this is just

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01:43:27.319 --> 01:43:31.720
<v Speaker 4>from my personal you know, background Catholicism, right, and then

2002
01:43:31.800 --> 01:43:34.439
<v Speaker 4>when they go to preach, they put on top of

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01:43:34.600 --> 01:43:37.680
<v Speaker 4>that a white like I don't know, the official.

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01:43:37.479 --> 01:43:38.880
<v Speaker 3>Robe or whatever.

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01:43:39.800 --> 01:43:43.399
<v Speaker 4>And then what's interesting is then the bishops who are

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01:43:44.319 --> 01:43:49.279
<v Speaker 4>above the like think of bishops as like the general

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01:43:49.359 --> 01:43:54.399
<v Speaker 4>manager of the regional manager. They wear black all the time, okay,

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01:43:54.720 --> 01:43:57.960
<v Speaker 4>and their robe, yes, their robe is black. But that

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01:43:58.119 --> 01:44:01.199
<v Speaker 4>above them are cardinals, which I believe either wear black

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01:44:01.279 --> 01:44:04.359
<v Speaker 4>or red or a combination of that. I and I

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01:44:04.439 --> 01:44:07.119
<v Speaker 4>above the cardinals is the pope who wears white red

2012
01:44:07.199 --> 01:44:10.119
<v Speaker 4>rings a bell like I feel like cardinals have some

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01:44:10.239 --> 01:44:12.880
<v Speaker 4>red in their yeah, coloring.

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01:44:13.239 --> 01:44:13.720
<v Speaker 2>So it's just.

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01:44:13.800 --> 01:44:17.640
<v Speaker 4>Interesting, like I don't I don't know if it's if

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01:44:17.680 --> 01:44:21.279
<v Speaker 4>it's like a perversion of the chemical process or if

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01:44:21.279 --> 01:44:22.399
<v Speaker 4>it's their own thing.

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01:44:22.479 --> 01:44:24.680
<v Speaker 2>Or maybe it's not an over perversion. Maybe it's just

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01:44:24.840 --> 01:44:27.800
<v Speaker 2>like over time that has you know, we talk about

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01:44:27.800 --> 01:44:31.399
<v Speaker 2>this in many previous episodes about like the unconscious pulling

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01:44:31.640 --> 01:44:33.119
<v Speaker 2>on the symbolans like we talk about this in the

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01:44:33.199 --> 01:44:37.119
<v Speaker 2>context of art, which I am now all in. Well, also,

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01:44:37.439 --> 01:44:38.720
<v Speaker 2>like that's what occurs.

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01:44:38.880 --> 01:44:42.399
<v Speaker 4>I've talked about why I wear all white on the show,

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01:44:43.079 --> 01:44:46.079
<v Speaker 4>and that is like it makes you more receptive to energies.

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01:44:46.159 --> 01:44:48.840
<v Speaker 4>So maybe it's just the sense that when the priest

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01:44:49.000 --> 01:44:55.720
<v Speaker 4>is not preaching, he's keeping to himself, like conserving his energy,

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01:44:55.880 --> 01:45:00.279
<v Speaker 4>keeping his energy within and reflecting every like defla acting

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01:45:00.399 --> 01:45:02.520
<v Speaker 4>everything else. And then when he goes to do his

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01:45:02.680 --> 01:45:05.760
<v Speaker 4>job in front of the community and the congregation, he

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01:45:06.119 --> 01:45:10.319
<v Speaker 4>switches to white to become one with that energy around him.

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01:45:10.560 --> 01:45:12.319
<v Speaker 2>Excuse me, sir, where is your polo?

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01:45:13.600 --> 01:45:17.720
<v Speaker 4>I've wear a T shirt today. You don't know the

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01:45:17.760 --> 01:45:18.279
<v Speaker 4>real reason.

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01:45:18.640 --> 01:45:18.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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01:45:18.960 --> 01:45:22.720
<v Speaker 4>When I ride the motorcycle, the the collar flies around.

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01:45:26.159 --> 01:45:31.399
<v Speaker 2>Wow, wowow epic. Yeah, this this was a fun one.

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01:45:31.640 --> 01:45:32.560
<v Speaker 2>Hope you guys enjoyed it.

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01:45:32.760 --> 01:45:34.680
<v Speaker 4>Glad I could weigh in at the end to prove

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01:45:34.760 --> 01:45:35.600
<v Speaker 4>I was paying attention.

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01:45:37.199 --> 01:45:45.239
<v Speaker 2>Feet kicked that many love y'all, Love you guys. Weird

2042
01:45:45.319 --> 01:45:47.840
<v Speaker 2>things happened in the backyard left house.

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01:45:59.279 --> 01:46:00.239
<v Speaker 1>Kind of clutch.

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01:46:01.760 --> 01:46:03.279
<v Speaker 3>Players descry up.

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01:46:06.560 --> 01:46:15.600
<v Speaker 1>Like smiling on the inside of it. No one knows, man, Wow,

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01:46:17.279 --> 01:46:18.800
<v Speaker 1>this come for I ever got

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<v Speaker 2>Solid hap