Part 1
The Knight of
The Sparrow Hawk

Part 2
Sir Geraint
& The Knight
of the
Sparrow Hawk

Part 3
Sir Geraint
& Lady Enid

Part 4
Geraint & Enid
In the
Land of the
Evil Earl

Part 5
Encounter
with the
Little King

Part 6
The Three
Giants

Only Love Counts: Part 2

Sir Geraint and the Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk

The female and male energies once awakened in chakra 1 pass through the portals to ida and pingala, the subtle nervous system of the body. The energy differentiates according to mortal and immortal, setting up a dually powered system of existence that strives for grounding and transcendence at the same time. When it is realized that the energies are two aspects of the same consciousness, symbolized by the action of Geraint when he wraps Enid's belt around his arm, like shakti wrapped around lingam, then the portal to shushumna will open and kundalini will pass through; and the door to the castle will open and Geraint and Enid will pass through. A transcendence has occurred.

When kundalini passes through shushumna to chakra 2, the chakra of sexuality, and then to chakra 3, an alchemy of love is the result. Chakra 3 is the chakra with guts, an outwardly power-dominated chakra with the energy of aggression, responsibility and duty towards society and its systems. It is love turned inside out, it is Shiva going into battle on behalf of Shakti.

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Sir Geraint and the Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk

On a green and level field below town, the Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk defeats his opponents one after another before a large crowd. A high seat is arranged for the Earl and his court, the seat hung with crimson cloth embroidered with silver gryphons. On the edge of the field is the silver sparrow-hawk guarded by six esquires dressed in crimson embroidered with silver gryphons. The sparrow-hawk, shimmering silver in the sunlight, is set upon a cross-bar of pure silver and supported by a silver rod thrust into the dirt. With no new opponents arriving, the knight returns to his pavilion until noon, at which time he will be awarded the silver sparrow-hawk. The crowd grows restless.

Just then, in the distance come 4 riders: the old Earl wearing worn-out black clothing, Sir Geraint in the Earl's old battered armor, and behind them beautiful Lady Enid and her mother, the Countess. Seeing Geraint's armor, the crowd hoots and roars with laughter as he approaches the young Earl for permission to do battle. The Earl gives his consent and Geraint rides across the meadow to the knight's pavilion and throws his spear into the knight's shield so hard it rings like a bell. The knight comes out of his pavilion and calls Geraint a fool. Geraint responds the knight will this day make amends for the rudeness of his dwarf towards the Queen's maiden. The knight puts on his helmet as Geraint rides back to the Earl's stand. The knight follows, glorious in his splendid armor, his shield emblazoned with a silver sparrow-hawk, also his crest upon his helmet, wreathed with a thin silver scarf. The crowd applauds the splendor of his appearance and laughs at Geraint in his ancient armor, looking like he has just stepped out of an old painting.

The knights face each other as the trumpets sound, and they rush towards each other, the horses hooves trampling like thunder, and they crash together in the middle of the field with a loud roar and the sound of a splintering lance. It is the knight's lance, splintered into 20 pieces. The lance of Sir Geraint has held and pierced the shield of the knight, lifting him out of his saddle and throwing him onto the ground with great force, causing him to roll over and over. The excited crowd calls out, "Who is this knight in old armor? Is he Sir Lancelot of the Lake? Who is he?" As the crowd roars, the knight leaps to his feet and draws his sword, calling out to Geraint, "Come down here and face me on foot! I've still got my sword!" The crowd cries out, "Get off your horse and fight him on foot!"

Sir Geraint leaps down from his horse and draws his sword. With his shield before him, he approaches the knight, then suddenly they spring together like two wild bulls bashing into each other, now hacking away at each other with swords, until a dust cloud surrounds them and no one can tell who is winning. Geraint grows very angry as the knight withstands all his smashing blows, and he smashes away at the knight ever harder. The knight begins to weaken and drops his shield a little. Geraint lets loose a blow so heavy upon the knight's shield, it knocks it down to the ground. Then Geraint hits the knight so hard on top of his helmet, a direct hit on the crown chakra (the entrance/exit point of power), that the blade cuts straight through and into the bone.

With that blow the Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk falls to his knees, catching hold of Geraint's legs. Geraint snatches the knight's helmet from his head, grabs his hair and pulls his neck forward as if to chop off his head. The knight begs for his life and Geraint agrees to spare him, if he will tell him his name. The knight responds, "My name is Sir Gaudeamus of the Moors. " Geraint says Sir Gaudeamus must do one other thing, and he will let him live. He must promise to take his dwarf and go to Camelot, where the dwarf will apologize to the Queen's maiden for his roughness toward her. The knight promises to do it, and Geraint says, "Arise, Sir Gaudeamus, for I spare thee."

A herald from the Earl arrives onto the field, saying the Earl requests his presence. "Take me to him," Geraint says, and follows the herald until he stands face to face with the Earl, and the Earl asks Geraint his name. "I am called Geraint. I am the son of the King of Erbin. I am a Knight of King Arthur's Court and of his Round Table." The Earl, quite impressed, invites Geraint to supper, but Geraint replies he will not dine with the Earl until he knows by what right the Earl claims his title. The Earl responds he will explain everything and invites the old Earl, his wife and daughter to come to supper. Geraint agrees to this.

Geraint sits at the right hand of the young Earl, and to the Earl's left sits the old Earl. Beside the old Earl sits his wife, the Countess, and beside her and far from Geraint sits Lady Enid. Geraint asks the young Earl to explain by what right he claims the Earldom. The young Earl tells Geraint what happened when his father died, how he left the big castle and the town to his older brother, and to him the father left the ruined castle. The older brother did nothing on behalf of the town, did not set up justice, did not regulate laws, but just stayed home in the castle, content with domestic life. The people of the town began to appeal to the younger brother for all these things, and he responded to their needs. This went on for several years and then finally, the townspeople rose up and drove the old Earl, his wife and daughter from the good castle into the ruined castle, and installed the young Earl in the good castle. Geraint is surprised to hear this and asks the old Earl, "Is this true?" The old man says, yes.

Then Geraint, as Knight of the Round Table, lays down the law and all must obey. He tells the young Earl he must, from this day on, give the old Earl one-half the money receipts from the town so the old Earl can live according to his status. Geraint also proclaims the Earl of the town has the right to name his successor. Everyone agrees to these laws and the supper is successful. Geraint stays on for several days, during which time he sees much of Enid and falls deeper in love with her.

Before the marriage, the young Earl offers to give Lady Enid a gold robe to wear, but Geraint declines graciously, saying he wants Enid to wear that blue dress she was wearing the first time he saw her. He tells the Earl he plans to take her to Camelot and present her to Queen Guinevere, whom he hopes will give Enid the proper clothing to wear. Geraint and Enid are married, and the following morning Geraint seats Enid in front of him on his saddle and they gallop toward Camelot.

Only three days have passed since the Queen and Geraint rode together that fateful day. And this day, as the Queen is out riding with her maiden, she sees coming toward her a group of people carrying a litter bearing a wounded knight. The knight's horse follows behind carrying the bright and shiny armor and led by an esquire. Behind the horse is a lady dressed in scarlet and riding a white horse, and behind her is a dwarf. The Queen thinks, "I've seen this group before." She turns to her maiden and asks, "Is that the dwarf that nearly pushed you off your horse?" The maiden says, the very one. The Queen says, "I think this knight has met with Sir Geraint and has something to tell me."

They ride forward to meet the knight, and the Queen inquires after his condition. The knight says, "Lady, I am a knight who has suffered in battle. Please tell me where I can find Queen Guinevere?" "I am Guinevere," she replies. "Is this the truth?" the knight asks. "It is," says the Queen. The knight tells her, "I have been sent by Sir Geraint, who overthrew me in battle, to tell you my name is Sir Gaudeamus of the Moors, and to find the maiden to whom my dwarf was rude." The Queen points to the maiden, "This is she." Sir Gaudeamus says to the maiden, "Fair damsel, I ask pardon for the rudeness of my dwarf and that you will forgive him." The heart of the Queen is moved by the knight's apology and she tells him he and his dwarf are forgiven, and she invites him to the castle where the doctors can cure him.

Sir Gaudeamus is attended by the king's physicians, and three or four days pass. One morning Queen Guinevere looks out her bower window and sees a knight riding toward the castle. And sitting before him on his horse, she sees a fair lady with blonde hair and dressed in blue. She calls to her maiden, "Who is that knight?" The maiden says, "I think it is Sir Geraint." The Queen says, "Yes, it is Geraint!" So they run down to meet them at the gateway of the castle. The Queen says to Geraint, "Sir, who is that lady who rides with you?" Geraint says, "She is my wife. I have brought her here dressed in blue as I first saw her. I hope you will clothe her as befits her estate as the daughter of an earl, the lady of a knight-royal, and as my wife."

The Queen says, "Welcome, welcome, Lady! Welcome to Camelot!" She assists Enid from her horse and takes her to the Queen's bower where she gives her the richest robes she can find. Enid's face shines with happiness from out of her dress of silver and gold, and thus did Sir Geraint, Son of Erbin bring his lady the Fair Enid to the Court of King Arthur in Camelot.