Is Excalibur the Sword in the Stone?

Is Excalibur the sword in the stone? In Malory they are two different swords. The sword King Arthur pulls from the stone snaps in a fight he didn't need to have, and Excalibur is the one the Lady of the Lake gives him afterwards. This episode follows Excalibur out of the water and back into it, and asks what you are holding that was only ever lent to you.In this episode:Caliburn, forged on the Isle of Avalon: the oldest written telling, from the 1100sThe sword in the stone that proved who Arthur was, and how it broke against PellinoreThe Lady of the Lake, and why the most famous symbol of male power comes up out of the waterMerlin's question, the sword or the scabbard, and why the scabbard is worth ten of the swordsSir Bedivere, who hid Excalibur twice before he could throw it backHustle culture and AI: all sword, and nobody selling the scabbardWhat's your sword?

What's your scabbard? And what are you going to have to give back?I wrote my first book, Forging Excalibur, about this sword in 2019. It became the first of The Excalibur Trinity. If you want to see what you have been gripping, start with the Atlas. The Atlas names the pattern running your life in a single sitting. It takes about forty-five minutes and costs nothing. Begin at codexofthearchitect.com, or here: https://app.codexofthearchitect.com/get-started?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=pod-533This is the third of five episodes on the stories that won't die.

Robin Hood is Ep 530 and Supernatural is Ep 532. Next: King Arthur (Ep 535).If this stirred something up, leave a comment wherever you're listening.

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