Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales

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The number three can be instituted on your altar or in your invocations of Aeronwen, as that is her favorite number.

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London, 1977; and 5) The Four Ancient Books of Wales, by WF Skene, Edinburgh, Edmundson and Douglas, 2 vol.They believe they should respect all life-affirming teachings and traditions, and seek to learn from all and to share their learning within the Grove. I personally recommend that those who wish to learn more of the magic of Wales get their hands on a copy of the Mabinogi and immerse themselves in the legends themselves. Despite there being countless books, blogs, articles and even videos on the topic of Celtic spirituality and magic, rarely do you hear much beyond a passing mention of Wales. Those who carried out these magical specialisms practised an art known as Swyngyfaredd, which many Welsh dictionaries define as magic, sorcery, the art of incantations and spells, and sometimes even Witchcraft. The Pig is thus closely associated with shape shifting transformative powers as well as necromancy and flight.

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Gruffith ap Hughes, of Bettws, said she had made his sick brother, David ap Hughes, worse by charming him with salt. The idea of the pins was to cause the witch, who had put on the curse, to suffer excruciating pain and thereby break the spell. When her ploys backfire or go awry, she can let her anger get away from her, but ultimately finds herself before she does anything drastic.Witch trials did happen in Wales, but very rarely and usually in areas that were highly anglicised or influenced by England in some way. The charm was a kind of poem written backwards, which was deemed a sign it was intended to harm Mostyn and his family. Thats not to say he was not Pan European deity in the Iron Age, but the Giants head was buried in ancient Welsh literature translated much later on by Cistercians that were here in Ynys Prydain,( Briton) and they Christianised these pagan history from oral tradition that were well remembered up until the Cistercians wrote them down for the Celts of Briton us the Welsh! Keep in mind that rituals exist for the members first, just as a television is a gateway for you to connect with the world --- the world will exist anyway, the news programs shown in your living room will be there whether you turn on the set or not, but the television itself helps you to connect. I’m also a Welsh Polytheist and have visited Wales and northern Britain a few times, both awesome places to visit.

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The energy toward manifestation quickened as the number of member covens grew from the original three to twenty-three. They believe every living and non-living thing are a part of the Great Spirit; the animals, humans, forests, mountains, lakes, fields, rocks, and soil. It was believed that good or evil could come to a person based on whether or not they had received a blessing. At a time when our neighbours the English were persecuting numerous innocent people under the guise of dealing with "Witches," the Welsh did not succumb to the hysteria. Superstitious lore meant that folk believed that the first person to be buried in a churchyard would be fated to stay earthbound evermore to be the “Guardian of the Graves”.

the Myverian Archeology of Wales, by Owen Jones, Edward Williams, and William Owen Pughe, Denbigh Wales, 1870. And of course, Pwyll is able to defeat Hafgan and then Arawn takes over…uniting both kingdoms into one in the Otherworld. It is explained to him by his spiritual guides and his teacher Sarah, that this meant that his future task was to help relink humanity with Nature. In addition, most cases in Wales were dismissed or acquitted, and punishment was often less severe than in many other places where torture was common. It was no surprise to my mother, or frankly anyone who knew me growing up, when I became deeply obsessed with Witchcraft as a pre-teen.