I was wondering why Ron called his 1938 book Excalibur and therefore did some research into the legendary sword called Excalibur.

Interestingly enough, I found I had a common misunderstood on Excalibur. Apparently Arthur was the illegitimate son of the King of Britain and he was raised in secrecy. After the King died, Arthur proved his royalty by withdrawing a sword from a stone. Most people think that sword was Excalibur, but that was a different sword than Excalibur.

As legend has it, the Lady of the Lake (who possessed magical powers) is who gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur.

It was also part of the legend - that as long as the sword and scabbard remained together, its bearer would not bleed from wounds, meaning that the scabbard also had magical power. The sword itself is purported to burst into flames from tip to hilt, but only when held by a man who was noble. Together these items could be said to make their noble bearer a powerful warrior against the “forces of darkness”.

The legend also says that at King Arthur’s death, when Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur into the lake; a hand rose from the water, caught the sword, and disappeared.

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Symbolically speaking, there are certainly parallels between the legendary sword Excalibur and auditing Excalibur.

The sword’s “magic powers” only worked for a man who was noble. Noble means: possessing superiority or commanding excellence of mind or character or high ideals or morals.

Excalibur auditing only works, or you could say “flames to life”, when the auditor exercises these traits:

Courage, Truth, Integrity, Ethics and Responsibility

This course teaches the Excalibur auditor to include the above traits in his auditor Beingness.

Poetically speaking, if the Excalibur auditor lives by and practices these traits, Excalibur will “flame to life” and can then be wielded to pierce the black enchantment that he and the Beings in the composite case have long used to create the shadows that darken their days.