The Arthurian Quest: Living the Legends of Camelot

by Amber Wolfe

The Arthurian Quest draws together informati on from a wide variety of sources - historical, mythological , psychological and magical - to reveal how these legends ca n be used as a catalyst for personal evolution and empowerme nt. '

Genres: History, Arthurian, Mythology

432 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sara]

A complex and interesting spiritual journey through the Arthurian legend. Some parts of the book are really insightful and interesting, others are a bit too intricate and questionable.

[David Chmelik]

One could call it a moderately interesting Jungian psychology book. However, the only Arthurian `legends' considered to have some historical truth are those of Merlin being a prophet, and Arthur and Mordred being in a battle (against Saxons, IIRC,) which does not specify Mordred's side. The book refers to pre-Arthurian Celtic lore, which is more psychologically applicable: non-historical Arthurian legends, such as Malory's _Morte_D'Arthur_, were mostly/completely made up (not often by British Isles' authors) during Romanticism roughly after the middle mediaeval ages. Hence, the characters are/were not entities: pre-Arthurian 'archetpyes' may be, because their myths are similar to older cultures' historical ones, so those and some/many of its original characters may be active 'archetypes.' Also, by the time of _Morte_D'Arthur_, the Southern Celts had been partly conquered by Romans and later the Anglo-Saxons/English, who centuries after the non-English Arthur made up English nationalist mythology about him, so if you want to study the useful ideas in this book, I suggest also seek other sources, especially primary ones and lands/languages beyond the SW UK.