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A Dream of Camelot begins in tragedy as Morgaine discovers that Arthur, the lover of her youth, and Mordred, their son, have killed each other. Morgaine sings a lamentation in which she realizes her own potential to recreate the dream of Camelot along with others who can take responsibility for facing the issues that had destroyed their society. Lancelot, and then Mordred and Arthur, now dead, choose to find a better way in the hopes of creating a new Camelot.
An etheric Round Table meets again after all have left physical life, and the characters from Camelot vision the qualities necessary to create a new society in which all are honored according to the principles that brought them together.
The characters then show up in today’s modern society, faced with the normal problems of relationships that are the grist for the mill in healing their own lives, and their worlds. The boy gets the girl – or does he? – and through this process learns loving communication and surrender. Along the way he finds himself exploring different alternative lifestyles including a community in the woods and a UFO encounter group, finds a way to heal his relationship with his boss, and eventually becomes open enough to be able to accept a new relationship in his life.
A Dream of Camelot is about loving communication - inside and out, is about how it feels to let go of what isn't working; it's about finding a new way within ourselves and therefore changing our lives and our world.
The Greeks used Drama as part of the overall healing process for any illnesses (mental, physical or spiritual). They called the healing process "Therapeia." It comes from Plato's central theme: the soul's search for ultimate fulfillment and salvation from psychological, social, and political disorders. The Greeks had a God of Medicine Healing called Asclepios. Although Apollo was sometime seen as this kind of deity, Asclepios was the son of the union between Apollo and Artemis. He was raised by the centaur Chiron (the wounded healer) who taught him the healing arts.
The main ancient Greek Healing Center dedicated to Asclepios was at Epidaurus and when people came there for healing they were exposed to good food, beautiful surroundings, dream therapy, philosophy lectures, mineral baths, massage, but most of all theatre. While watching the great Greek tragedies they were encouraged to identify with the personas of the Greek Gods and see that they were human-like and screwed up at times. In other word, don't try to be God-like and perfect and accept your human mistakes. They also believed the ribald Greek comedies had healing powers. Laughing at a character on stage with a six foot phallus who would walk around and bopp people over the head with it was seen as teaching people not to take their illness or themselves too seriously.
They still have annual healing festivals at Epidaurus and in Athens and there is a therapy movement in this country called the Epidaurus Project who utilize the principals of therapeia in their work.
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