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General information: Brief History of Welsh Faerie Witchcraft in America
Posted by: Nyxks on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 11:33 AM
Brief History of Welsh Faerie Witchcraft in America
It started in the 60's...
In June of 1965, Rhuddlwm, an American working in Europe, meets Sarah Llewellyn, a
Welsh Witch on holiday, on the Isle of Majorca off the coast of Spain. From that meeting
comes an instant spiritual connection. (Robert Graves, who wrote The White Goddess, spent the last year
of his life about 2 miles from their meeting-place.)1966Rhuddlwm is initiated into the Welsh Tribe of
Dynion Mwyn, "The Gentle Folk", near Betws-y-Coedd, in North Wales. This is a family of Witches that
claim a lineage from 1282 A.D. and Prince Llewellyn of Wales. Thus begins the first step on
Rhuddlwm's journey to awakening. He is given the name Rhuddlwm Gawr by the elders of that tradition,
and told that he is to return to the United States and begin secretly to teach the Craft of - Y Tylwyth Teg -
the Clan of "The Fairy Folk".
Later, he writes that he feels unprepared and unwilling to teach, but after returning to the United States,
he joins a major Aerospace company in Landover, Maryland. He is immediately transferred to Houston,
Texas and assigned to NASA's Apollo Manned Lunar Project. He tries to ignore the elders words but
soon finds himself teaching an introductory class in Witchcraft in a small Houston bookstore.
In March of 1967, Rhuddlwm is transferred to Washington, DC, where he establishes the first Coven of
Y Tylwyth Teg in the U.S. There is an enthusiastic response by many seekers and students in the area
who were hungry for any kind of Earth-oriented spiritual teaching. He initiates Lady Dana who becomes
his first High Priestess. Later, the "Coven of Y Tylwyth Teg" expands into a much larger organization -
"The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg in America." Y Tylwyth Teg's first coven brings together Wiccans and
Pagans from several traditions, including solitaires and traditional Welsh Celtic Pagans. Y Tylwyth Teg
presents its first Spring Festival "The Gathering of the Tribes" (the first Pagan Gathering of the Tribes
recorded) and its first Midsummer celebration "The Battle of the Winter and Summer Kings" presided
over by Lord Rhuddlwm and Lady Dana. Y Tylwyth Teg begins to grow and establish sister covens in
Florida, Texas, California and Georgia. During a trip to Bermuda, Rhuddlwm rendezvous with Sarah and
is initiated to higher levels of responsibility. In late November of 1967, Rhuddlwm is instrumental in
founding "The Association of Cymry Wiccae" as an assembly of Welsh Traditional Covens in America.
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General information: Gaelic proverbs
Posted by: Nyxks on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 11:25 AM
Gaelic proverbs
Copyright © K. Dauth 1999
An nì chì na big, 's e nì na big.
What the little ones see, the little ones do.
Cha deoch-slàint, i gun a tràghadh.
It's no health if the glass is not emptied.
Cha bhi fios aire math an tobair gus an tràigh e.
The value of the well is not known until it goes dry.
Cha dèan 'Tapadh leis an fhìdhlear' am fìdhlear a phàigheadh.
A 'thank you' doesn't pay the fiddler.
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