Article October 29, 1904 Issue

Camelot; or, the Town of Seekers

VIOLET M. BELL.

What find we, friend, in Camelot, the Camelot of to-day; what for him that hath the eyes to see, the ears to hear the spiritual meaning of this ancient tale of knightly deeds and thoughts? Is there a meaning in it for us who, as Christian Scientists, have come into the lists of error as knights of Spirit to fight for that which is good and acceptable to God? Who is our King Arthur, but one who points the way to the quest of the Sangreal or spiritual life, who wields the sword of Truth, and helps the knights of Spirit to attain the high honor of a siege by that Round Table which to us signifies perfect harmony with God.

To the ear of him who hears, comes the strong sound of wings beating towards the light, the cry of those dissatisfied with material vision, yet almost unaware that they are crying for God, from the least to the greatest.

Camelot is the town of seekers, its high and low classes are marked by the spiritual or material character of its citizens, for hither they all come. Here we find the physical scientist seeking the cause of matter, little knowing that matter is not real, little dreaming that his search is useless, for God all glorious stands behind a cloud to him; it will lift one day, and he will understand. Here, too, is another, piling shining heaps of gold, knowing full well that one day he must leave them, but not knowing that he is playing with dream shadows, that when he understands, he will see that what he and the world has thought a miser, was in reality an infant without understanding. Another is crying for love, earthly loves to keep his sense of loneliness away, but one by one these earthly ties slip from him, till one day, looking up to the eternal ether, he sees only God, and then realizes that in God he has gained all things. And so they go on, these dwellers in Camelot, consciously or unconsciously seeking for Truth, for something higher and surer than themselves. The highest of the seekers call their quest God, the lowest call it ease or fame.

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