Morgan Le Fay: Liminal Archetype and the Embodied Feminine in Western Metaphysical Tradition

Morgan le Fay stands as a liminal archetype within the Western metaphysical tradition, embodying the threshold between worlds, identities, and states of becoming. Her presence across medieval literature and contemporary spiritual thought reveals a symbolic figure through which transformation, sovereignty, and feminine authority are expressed.

In this dissertation-based work, Donna Kathleen Neely-Virgilio, Ph.D., examines Morgan le Fay through the lenses of literary analysis, comparative mythology, and metaphysical inquiry. The study traces her evolution from early sources such as Vita Merlini through modern reinterpretations within Goddess spirituality and esoteric tradition, demonstrating her continuity as a living archetypal presence.

At the center of this work is the concept of liminality as a generative field in which identity, meaning, and consciousness are reconfigured. Morgan emerges as a figure of threshold intelligence, mediating processes of transformation through symbolic, psychological, and embodied dimensions of experience.

Integrating scholarly research with lived engagement, this study presents myth as a living epistemology, one that unfolds through both analysis and experience. It offers a framework for understanding feminine authority as relational, embodied, and internally grounded, and situates Morgan le Fay as a central figure in the ongoing evolution of Western metaphysical thought.

This book is intended for readers of mythology, metaphysical studies, feminist spirituality, and depth psychology, as well as those engaged in questions of transformation, identity, and spiritual development.