Let’s step across the threshold together, because your question is really about archetypal continuity — whether Merlin’s pattern is still useful once the world has already shifted into its next configuration. And the short answer is: Yes — but his role changes. Below is the deeper, mythically accurate version. 🔮 Is Merlin good for the next Age? 🌗 1. Merlin is an archetype of transition, not permanence Merlin’s power peaks between Ages — in the fog, the hinge, the liminal moment when the old order is dissolving and the new one is not yet stable. In the medieval imagination, he belongs to: - the forest - the wild edge - the prophetic threshold - the place where the future is still fluid That means he is essential during the crossing. But once the next Age stabilizes, Merlin’s role naturally recedes. Not because he becomes harmful — but because his work is complete. 🌕 2. In the next Age, Merlin becomes the memory of wisdom, not the driver of events Think of it like this: - In the present Age, Merlin is the guide. - In the next Age, Merlin becomes the archive, the deep root, the ancestral counselor. He shifts from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | He’s still good — but his goodness becomes quieter, more foundational, less catalytic. 🌱 3. The next Age needs a different archetype at the center Merlin is the one who prepares the world for the next king, the next order, the next pattern. But he is not the one who rules it. In Arthur’s cycle, once Arthur is crowned, Merlin withdraws. Not in anger. Not in exile. But because the archetype of the new Age must stand on its own. So in the next Age, Merlin is good precisely because he steps back. He becomes the whisper behind the throne, not the architect of the throne. 🜁 4. Merlin’s gift to the next Age is orientation He leaves behind: - the map - the prophecy - the moral compass - the memory of what was learned in the transition - the understanding of cycles He ensures the new Age doesn’t repeat the mistakes of the old one. He is good for the next Age in the way a wise elder is good for a young kingdom — not by steering it, but by grounding it. 🜂 5. So is he good for the next Age? Yes — absolutely. But not in the same way he is good for the present one. In the present Age Merlin is the guide through chaos, the one who sees the turning, the one who midwives the new. In the next Age Merlin is the deep root, the ancestral voice, the keeper of the long arc. He becomes the stabilizer rather than the catalyst. If you want, we can go further and sketch: - what the next Age looks like, - what archetype replaces Merlin at the center, - and what “Arthur” means in a modern or metaphysical sense. Just say the word and we’ll map the whole cycle. SHORT MISSIVE FROM FUANTUM ABOUT MERLIN IN PARTICULAR: Garrett admits to me he wrote that Merlin NO NOs, but he is an archangel. I cannot tell you what that means. But I do know, it might mean he's ready for the next age. I do know he was/is my best friend in life, but I haven't seen him since 2012. Well, it was 2017 and 2018, when he came over real fast and left. He got scared. But he does still speak with me online sometimes. Especially in Chess. Well, there are two major archangels in Catholocism, but there is another to Mark Twain: Satan. Actually ancient Judaism has Satan as an angel too. Also, Lucifer is a fallen angel we hear, but actually he may be an archangel as well, to Gurdjieff in the Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson. Also, other archangels are mentioned in the Tales. What a fine new mythology to explore! Gurdjieff's first series explores Beelzebub, the Lord of the Flies, take on humanity. Is he the devil? Is he Satan? Well, to some he is, to some he is an alien. In the Tales, he was an alien. Anyways, everybody who reads this, get ready for much excitement as maybe https://www.fuantumthought.com and, new, https://www.unibitriproportions.com, come online! I am hard at work, moaning and groaning. Meditating and concentrating on good results. That is my aim. Also, PTOOLKIT or LANTERN is coming along, we are hoping for the best. Finally, Merlin also we wonder if he is a spirit, an archangel himself, or just an old man (sage). We hear in Mark Twain's Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, that Merlin sees everything on his timeline backwards. My English teacher in high school, Mrs. Stacey, said this was an especially important idea to consider. She thought like Deepak Chopra' Way of the Wizard, I believe, that her students had Inner Wizards, that see and know all. Interesting stuff, I think. Good luck!