In order to talk about the Lady of the Lake and the Sword of Light, we must go back to the English tradition. Through it, the Lady of the Lake is presented to us as the great priestess of the Island of Aval n, center of spiritual power of the Druid tradition, tradition that based all cosmogony on the forces and energies that emerge from the earth . The land was then considered as a source of knowledge, and paid off to those who lived in harmony with it. The English tradition always relates the Lady of the Lake and the Sword of Light with King Arthur, although there are different legends about it.
The main one of the artificial legends is based on the existence of a need: so that the Knowledge of the ancient mysteries did not fall into oblivion, a link was needed that linked the old wisdom druid with the new horizon. Christian who began to spread on English soil ; this link would be the sword of Excalibur. Such a sword is a sacred object, a symbol of power, strength and pride; It has been forged in Aval n and represents the wisdom that the land grants to those who wield it for a just cause. Excalibur is not, therefore, any sword; It is a magical sword endowed with all kinds of powers. In addition, it is a sword destined for a king, a person and without bending. The Excalibur Sword will thus be handed over to Arthur, the first of the Christian kings, by the Lady of the Lake, because Arthur becomes deserving of her.
The Lady of the Lake is the guardian of the purity of Tradition, of the Truth, of the authentic and arcane teaching that remains unchanged through time, and, as such guardian, emerges from the lake and his hand will deliver to Arturola a magical sword of light so that it preserves the survival of the arcana and ancient mysteries during his life, since at the death of Arthur the sword must be returned to the Lady of the Lake. Accepting the sword Arthur promised to safeguard the spiritual knowledge that the Druids had contributed and whose rites still survive. But, Arturo forgets and disregards his commitment, so the Excalibur Sword must be restored to its place, to the waters of the lake that surrounds the Island of Aval n. The Lady of the Lake has to take it from Arturo, because he has ceased to be worthy of her.
Other artifice versions affirm that the person who could tear Excalibur's sword from a stone or anvil where he was stuck would be named king of England, being Arthur who manages to do it and who, therefore, is proclaimed king.
“The Excalibur Sword is stuck in the Rock and, consequently, the Energy of its Blade only radiates inside the Rock . It is necessary to extract it and turn it around: that is where you are from the Lineage of the Knights of the Sword. ”
“Gentleman, make your Sword shine. Exercise in peacetime in Weapon Management, and also salmodia your Breviary of Sacred Texts ”
Special reference to the figure of the sword.
Unlike the figure of the Lady of the Lake of which there is no mention until the Arthurian stories, the sword has an earlier origin, referring to it in numerous and varied books.
In the Kabbalistic tradition, the sword is Reason, the sixth Sephiroth of the Ruach. The center of Ruach is the heart, and it can be seen that this Sword of Ruach must be nailed by the knight himself in his own heart.
In the Bible, the sword is a term that appears on numerous occasions.
The first sword mentioned in the Bible is presented to us as a sword of fire :
"And having cast out the man, he placed cherubs in the garden of Eden, and the flame of a vibrant sword, to guard the path of the tree of life ."
-In Psalms (45), written a thousand years before the Christian Era, the sword is also cited:
You are beautiful; the most beautiful of the sons of Adam. Grace spills on your lips. That is why God blessed you forever. Gird your sword at your side, oh you, the bravest! “March on your glory and splendor! Ride for the cause of truth, godliness and justice! ”
-The last allusion to the sword in the Holy Scriptures is recorded in the final chapter of Revelation:
“Then I saw the open sky and a White Horse. The one who rides it is called Faithful and True, because it judges and fights with justice. His eyes, flame of fire, over his head, many headbands. His name is "verb of God." From his mouth comes a sharp sword to hurt atheists. The armies of heaven, dressed in pure white linen, followed him on white horses. ”
" When the Knight takes his Sword with both hands, he assumes (and ensures) his permanence in the Structure of Everything ."
The idea of the Apocalypse is again collected in a very similar way to the Brahamnic texts, the God of Life will come on a White Horse wielding his sword of fire and sowing destruction in a world that is already a corpse, a dead in matter dead.
In the Arthurian texts, in addition to the Excalibur sword, there are two other swords.
-The "Broken Sword"
-The "Sword of the Strange Tahalí "
Another notable difference between the two figures we are dealing with is that relative to its validity today: while the term "Lady of the Lake" is practically obsolete, the importance of the figure of the sword has endured. A clear example of this continuity of the sword would be: the appointment of Ramón Llull (S. XIV): "Sword is given to the Knight, because he maintains justice and defends this holy Order."
"Being armed Knight is a title of honor, do not forget ... ... and the weapon is dangerous for those who turn it against himself."
The lake is like our inner being and, if the Lady of the Lake is the one who inhabits and governs the lake, by extension, it can be understood as what governs the inner being, the Soul. The Lady of the Lake is the feminine aspect of Divinity . It symbolizes wisdom and it is she who grants the gifts of spiritual knowledge, power and strength, which emerge from the depths of the lake, from our inner being, from our own soul.
The sword is exterior, masculine, it is the reflection and the human thought; The sword represents the action. It also symbolizes many things; By having double edge, double aspect, it has a dual value: action-reaction, light or darkness, safety or danger, benefit or harm, joy or pain. The sword cuts and divides . Its purpose is not to hurt but to redeem. We can consider it under different aspects, as an instrument of power, value and freedom.
Thus, my Lady of the Lake, my inner being gives me in an unconditional manner the authentic knowledge, as long as I am worthy of it, by means of a power sword, a light sword that allows me to undertake the action, the march Towards wisdom We will be able, through the sword, to feel Love, which will allow us to really achieve the work to which we have been summoned as human beings.
This sword of light will show its destructive effect on darkness ; It will be shown as the Truth to which ignorance and selfishness flee and, moved by our arm, can take away the authentic wisdom that each one stores inside. A sword that was always destined for us and that we must carry until the light shines again in the sky.
What are you? What am I, and what is the Knight? What is the Hero of the Fairy Tales? "You don't have to count on anyone, " "Help yourself and Heaven will help you."
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The Lady of the Lake and the Sword of Light
