Who is Rhuddlwm Gawr

RHUDDLWM GAWR

Rhuddlwm Gawr is an author of over twenty books with such diverse titles as "the Quest", "The Way" and "The Word" and "Celtic Crystal Magick I & II". Rhuddlwm is also a Celtic and Reiki healer, Witch high priest and elder, and certified Mediator. He is schooled in ancient Welsh magickal practices and modern behavior sciences, and has studied with native American medicine people as well as a Welsh "shaman". He has a Ph.D. in Psychology, a D.D. in Theology, and a BLA (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture) in Environmental Design and Ecology. Rhuddlwm has been a lecturer at numerous conferences and has been published in several Pagan journals.

Rhuddlwm Gawr is a authority on ancient Celtic mystery religions; including Welsh Traditions of Paganism, Witchcraft and Druidism. He has a AA degree in Electronics from Capital Engineering Institute, Washington, DC; he has a BLA degree from the University of Georgia in Environmental Design with a minor in Ecology.

Rhuddlwm was born in a small Florida town and attended the University of Florida. He joined the US Marine Corps where he completed various computer, aviation, communications and radar courses. Upon his discharge, Rhuddlwm worked in the Caribbean as a Electronics Field Engineer and then transferred to Europe where he worked with the US Air Force on Top Secret Nuclear weapons sites. It was on the Island of Majorca in the Mediterranean sea that he met his teacher Sarah and began his Quest for the Grail. At the completion of his assignment, he traveled to Wales, studied and was initiated. He returned to the US where he joined NASA as a field engineer. Over the next several years he was assigned to many government and private projects.

He incorporated The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg, Inc. in Georgia and organized the Association of Cymry Wiccae which received a 501 (c) 3 Tax Exemption in 1976.

Between jobs with NASA and IBM, he attended the University of Maryland and acquired a BLA at the University of Georgia. He finally retired from his mundane profession in 2001.

In 2003, he was asked by the Old Ones to organize a Dynion Mwyn church in the U.S. and took over as temporary director. Due to this additional workload he turned over the operation of the Church of Y Tylwyth Teg, Inc. (YTT) to his wife Merriden in 2003. She continues to lead YTT today. The Celtic Church of Dynion Mwyn is now being successfuly lead by a Board of Directors.

In addition to his academic training and vast life experiences, Rhuddlwm has intensely applied himself to the study of Metaphysics, Occult Mysteries, Parapsychology, Western and Eastern Philosophies, World History, Biblical Studies, Comparative Religions, Cults, Anthropology, Archaeology, and Quantum Physics. Many of the insights presented in his books have come from his years of meticulous research and investigation into ancient Mystery Religions and the modern psychic world as well as drawing extensively from his Welsh, English and Native American ancestors.

He has a ninth level initiation from the Welsh pagan religion of Dynion Mwyn and is an elder of both Y Tylwyth Teg and Dynion Mwyn. Through living the teachings of the Gwyddon he has accomplished many of his life goals and continually creates new ones. He is an author of over 23 books on Welsh paganism and Witchcraft and has presented workshops on Welsh Witchcraft and Druidism, since 1966. He is also author of "Understanding Earth Religions - a Law Enforcement Guide".

He is founder and director of The Association of Cymry Wiccae, Inc., a national association of Witchcraft and Pagan Churches and Support Groups; founder of The Gathering of the Tribes, Inc.; founder of Camelot Press Group, Inc.; Director of The Celtic Church of Dynion Mwyn, Inc.; founder of The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg, Inc.; founder of Dynion Mwyn Yahoo Groups in every state; and Co-founder of The Universal Federation of Pagans.

Rhuddlwm has retired but continues to write and makes his home in Northwest Georgia. He has two daughters and a son.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT DYNION MWYN CLICK BELOW:

Part One - Origin of Dynion Mwyn

Part Two - Origin of Dynion Mwyn Fairie Faith

Part Three - Rhuddlwm Gaer and his Initiation into Dynion Mwyn

LINKS ABOUT RHUDDLWM GAWR:

click on the link and then do a search in the PDF document for the name Rhuddlwm:

Public Domain Alexandrian Book of Shadows
Wwlcome to the Domain version of The Alexandrian Book of. Shadows ... The Law was made for the Wicca, to advise and help in their troubles. 2. ...
http://www.hermetics.org/pdf/alexandrian.pdf

Part 11 of ARDA 2 SECTION ONE The Druid Chronicler Volume One 1977 & 1978 Drynemetum Press
This is the first issue of THE DRUID CHRONICLER, a ... Quest - The Search for the Cauldron of y Rhuddlwm Gawr. The cost will by $7.95. ...
http://orgs.carleton.edu/~Druids/ARDA2/doc/2part11-1a.pdf

Books by Rhuddlwm Gawr: http://www.gohastings.com/Catalog/Artist/Artist2.asp?Ctrb_Id=15969202

Review of books by Rhuddlwm Gawr: http://www.couol.com/information/afjfcfiaif

History of Dynion Mwyn in America: http://groups.msn.com/KindredKreations/spiralpathways.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=18875

More on the Dynion Mwyn Tradition: http://www.thothweb.com/article-print-2712.html

Where Rhuddlwm Gawr's name may have come from: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/mab19.htm

On pages 221-225 of The Prydain Companion by Michael Tunnel, there is another reference to the name given to Rhuddlwm Gawr by his teachers: http://books.google.com/books?id=KZagVrXGbZgC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=rhuddlwm+gawr&source=web&ots=m7R1fVIbYC&sig=lx0cmVQiKNr5vwaCfrLpRuZyYog&output=html

For more information about Dynion Mwyn, Go To:

Part One - Origin of Dynion Mwyn

Part Two - Origin of Fairie Faith

Part Three - Rhuddlwm Gaer and his Initiation into Dynion Mwyn

Rhuddlwm Gawr
e-mail address: rhuddlwm@hotmail.com

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