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scottycREFERENCES:
Per JMG: "You'll find almost nothing about them. Ross Nichols' The Book of Druidry (https://archive.org/details/bookofdruidry0000nich) and Lewis Spence's The Mysteries of Britain (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283526) are the only two readily accessible sources I know of for such lore, and neither one has much.
I've suspected more than once that this is deliberate on the part of the old Druids, and possibly on the part of the deities as well. They're not beings to approach through book learning and theological prattle. If you want to know them, you have to invoke them and encounter them.
GARDENING (https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/336303.html?page=2#comments):
JMG: "In the Druid Revival traditions which I studied,
Hu the Mighty governs rain and good weather conditions,
Ced the Earth-Mother (or Ceridwen, who is an aspect of Ced) governs soil fertility,
and the maiden goddess Niwalen rules plant growth.
You can invoke all of them. "
Per JMG: "You'll find almost nothing about them. Ross Nichols' The Book of Druidry (https://archive.org/details/bookofdruidry0000nich) and Lewis Spence's The Mysteries of Britain (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283526) are the only two readily accessible sources I know of for such lore, and neither one has much.
I've suspected more than once that this is deliberate on the part of the old Druids, and possibly on the part of the deities as well. They're not beings to approach through book learning and theological prattle. If you want to know them, you have to invoke them and encounter them.
GARDENING (https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/336303.html?page=2#comments):
JMG: "In the Druid Revival traditions which I studied,
Hu the Mighty governs rain and good weather conditions,
Ced the Earth-Mother (or Ceridwen, who is an aspect of Ced) governs soil fertility,
and the maiden goddess Niwalen rules plant growth.
You can invoke all of them. "
