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Camelot and the Vision of Albion

Geoffrey Ashe
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      A thorough exploration of the myth of King Arthur, its psychology, enduring fascination  and the impact of the dream that he might return.When archaeologists dug up the hill of Cadbury in Somerset, the reputed site of King Arthur's Camelot, thousands of visitors came to watch. They never saw anything resembling the Camelot of romance. Yet they kept coming, year after year. Why does Arthur fascinate?In this book, the secretary of the Cadbury project (himself an authority on the legend) looks for an answer. Drawing on varied researches, and on the insight embodied in William Blake's symbol of the shadowy 'Giant Albion' behind Arthur, he plunges into the psychological depths that underlie the tale of the enchanted King, his city Camelot, his mysterious departure to Avalon, his promised return.The enquiry starts from the solid facts of Cadbury. But it opens vistas on a strange world of gods and mortals and immemorial yearnings. The same universal dream that created the legendary Arthur is shown reappearing through many centuries, inspiring many thinkers: Blake himself; Virgil, Confucius, Rousseau, Gandhi; even such supposed rationalists as Robert Owen and Lenin.All the paths converge on a central problem of the human condition, which, the author suggests, must be solved if mankind is to achieve a workable humanist philosophy. It turns out that Arthur remains startlingly relevant: that the prophecy of his return has a serious meaning.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Geoffrey Ashe EAN: 9781904658689 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Aeon Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-04-01 CITY: GENRE: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Geoffrey Ashe was born in London. A graduate of the universities of British Columbia and Cambridge, he has a varied background in literary and journalistic work, lecturing, and industrial administration.His first investigations of British legend produced King Arthur’s Avalon (1957) and From Caesar to Arthur (1960). These led him to wider forays into collective mystiques and hero cults. He has written The Land and the Book (1965) on Zionism and Gandhi: A Study in Revolution (1968). As editor of The Quest for Arthur’s Britain (1968), he assembled the researches of several eminent scholars, presenting the entire theme in a new light. Camelot and the Vision of Albion sums up his previous work and goes beyond it.
      A thorough exploration of the myth of King Arthur, its psychology, enduring fascination  and the impact of the dream that he might return.When archaeologists dug up the hill of Cadbury in Somerset, the reputed site of King Arthur's Camelot, thousands of visitors came to watch. They never saw anything resembling the Camelot of romance. Yet they kept coming, year after year. Why does Arthur fascinate?In this book, the secretary of the Cadbury project (himself an authority on the legend) looks for an answer. Drawing on varied researches, and on the insight embodied in William Blake's symbol of the shadowy 'Giant Albion' behind Arthur, he plunges into the psychological depths that underlie the tale of the enchanted King, his city Camelot, his mysterious departure to Avalon, his promised return.The enquiry starts from the solid facts of Cadbury. But it opens vistas on a strange world of gods and mortals and immemorial yearnings. The same universal dream that created the legendary Arthur is shown reappearing through many centuries, inspiring many thinkers: Blake himself; Virgil, Confucius, Rousseau, Gandhi; even such supposed rationalists as Robert Owen and Lenin.All the paths converge on a central problem of the human condition, which, the author suggests, must be solved if mankind is to achieve a workable humanist philosophy. It turns out that Arthur remains startlingly relevant: that the prophecy of his return has a serious meaning.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Geoffrey Ashe EAN: 9781904658689 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Aeon Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-04-01 CITY: GENRE: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Geoffrey Ashe was born in London. A graduate of the universities of British Columbia and Cambridge, he has a varied background in literary and journalistic work, lecturing, and industrial administration.His first investigations of British legend produced King Arthur’s Avalon (1957) and From Caesar to Arthur (1960). These led him to wider forays into collective mystiques and hero cults. He has written The Land and the Book (1965) on Zionism and Gandhi: A Study in Revolution (1968). As editor of The Quest for Arthur’s Britain (1968), he assembled the researches of several eminent scholars, presenting the entire theme in a new light. Camelot and the Vision of Albion sums up his previous work and goes beyond it.

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