The well-known legend of the Fisher King tells the story of a young king who is wounded by a fish’s blade, leaving him with an injury that never heals and torments him day and night. The king is guardian of the Holy Grail and is meant to protect it and serve as a mediator of the total consciousness of his world. Yet because of the wound in his body, the only thing he is able to do is fish.
In the Fisher King’s world, the people and children live in poverty and suffering.
At its deepest level, this legend tells the story of a man who touches masculinity but finds the task of masculinity too heavy to bear and cannot endure its suffering: an angry man in whose life balance and equilibrium have no place, and who cannot allow joy and pleasure to flow either through his own being or through his kingdom.

In this video, through an archetypal analysis of this story and of the legend of Parsifal, Dr Areta examines more closely a form of masculinity that has been wounded and left sterile within itself, forever unable to enjoy the feast of life or the kingship of the Self. He also considers how this wound is healed through Parsifal’s arrival in the story.

YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/0Da9MMTiQbw