Pheryllt Druidism Returns! Books of Fferyllt, Deepteachings of Merlyn

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The PHERYLLT… “An ancient Welsh tradition of the Dragon Kings with a long standing run of misconceptions. Most recently, the only specific neodruidic references have come from Douglas Monroe, the author of “The 21 Lessons of Merlyn.” Basing this — Monroe claims possession of the “Book of Pheryllt,” a guide to the original ancient Druidic Tradition of Wales, most famously documented by Virgil, a 1st Century Roman philosopher, prophet, poet and wizard. Most believe that no book physically exists and that all references to the “Books of Fferyllt” are metaphorical or solely the creation of Monroe’s imagination — and yet curiously, the Roman name “Virgil” actually translates to “Pheryllt” or “Fferyllt” in the Celtic language.” (adapted from Arcanum Epica, also available as A Complete Course Curriculum in Magick by Joshua Free).

Debuting on the mainstream scene in 1992 with the literary epic, The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Druid Magic & Lore, gnostic scholar on Celtic and Druidic topics, Douglas Monroe provided a much-anticipated follow-up in 1998, The Lost Books of Merlyn: The Books of Pheryllt. A prophetic 13 YEARS LATER, Douglas Monroe returns to the book-world with the final volume of a long-planned trilogy — The Deepteachings of Merlyn !!!

“Academicians tend to equate “Pheryllt” with “magick,” “wizardry” or technically Druidry, in Roman times. But Virgil really does not have much of anything to do with this allegedly “pre-Druidic” religion of which we are concerned. The “Pheryllt” that the modern seeker is concerned with is related to the legendary race of Dragon-Kings who once resided in the high mountains of Wales, Snowdonia and especially Wyddfa Mountain. The nationalist genetic memory of this is preserved in the image of the “Welsh Dragon,” a unique depiction appearing on the flag of Wales. Douglas Monroe describes them as arriving in Wales out of devastation, perhaps after the fall of “Atlantis.” Antiquarian neodruid historian and author, Lewis Spence, believed such a pre-Druidic organization existed and that they even once had a stronghold where Oxford now exists.” (continued from the Arcanum materials).

“As our own Liber-D Mardukite-materials express, the common descriptions of the Pheryllt are most coherent when examined with correlative Elven-Faerie, Dragon-King and Sumerian traditions. According to this history, the race arrived in the form of the Tuatha d’Anu, the (descendents) Children of the Stars, occupying the secretive and sacramental crevices of the Welsh mountains before migrating to Ireland (as recorded in the “Book of Invasions”). The phrase “gelfyaayd Llyfrau Pheryllt” appears in the Ceridwen cycle of Celtic mythology, particularly in the “Hanes Taliesen” [which is facsimiled in “The Book of Three Dragons from Wyddfa Mountain”]. Lisa Spangenberg translated this Welsh phrase as “the arts of the Books of Virgil,” relating to the magical and healing wisdom. In the prose, Ceridwen is mixing herbal ingredients in the Cauldron of the Dagda. The healing potion is concocted of nettle, vervain, shamrock and mistletoe. [The formula of these four herbs is singly the most accurate piece of lore we can find empirically to the extent that the preserved and published Pheryllt Tradition is concerned.]“

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DOUGLAS MONROE…

Quote:“Llewellyn Publications released “The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Druid Magick & Lore” in 1992 (the title has since retained the more P.C. “magic” spelling). It was Monroe’s major public literary debut in then up-and-coming New Age Movement and he appeared on the scene with an almost radical self-proclaimed mission for neodruidism. Monroe sought to revitalize the Druidic Tradition in a way that many were called to but few understood. He criticized many of the existing neo-Druidic practices as being Celtic or wiccan in disguise, not “purely” Druidic. To his credit, an intelligent seeker might agree that the barrier between “reconstructionist neodruidism” and “Celtic witchcraft” is not often clearly observed in the New Age.”

(excerpted from Arcanum Epica II, materials also available in A Complete Course Curriculum in Magick edited by Joshua Free).

Quote:“The 21 Lessons of Merlyn and its sequel, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magickfrom the Age of Arthur (1998), are presented in part as novels of the Arthurian Tradition corresponding with practical lessons relative to the narrative. These lessons vary widely, using breathing techniques (meditation), visualization and elemental magick to bring the reader closer to the experiential magick and lessons revealed in the story. Monroe claims that the magick is of the Pheryllt, or more accurately the “Book of Pheryllt.” It may also be related specifically to the Barddas, an equally controversial Welsh treatise on the Bardic Tradition.”

DOUGLAS MONROE's "MERLYN TRILOGY"
"The 21 Lessons of Merlyn" (1992)
"The Lost Books of Merlyn" (1998)
"The Deepteachings of Merlyn" (2011)