wyverne
i am vyvyan ogma wyverne, a druid philosopher. i live far from human habitation in a caravan, which is associated loosely with a small organic food garden and some goats and chooks and nearly eighty acres of sparse mallee, acacia and sandalwood scrub full of kangaroos and emus and wild and wondrous reptiles, not far from where i was born.
to become a druid i studied the three year correspondence course in magic put out by the order of bards ovates and druids in the late 1990s and was a tutor for a while. that was a learning experience and a half! i took my turn editing the southern hemisphere obod newsletter serpentstar and still make regular contributions to it.serpentstar.wordpress.com
i’m a scholarly recluse, studying mainly renaissance, medieval and ancient texts. all my new writing is published to this blog, and may also be added to one of my ever-growing array of single-topic websites:
hermannewt.wordpress.com general hermeneutics for the intelligent lay reader.
aztecscandal.wordpress.com the aztecs are libelled in textbooks worldwide. that’s not all right.
oghamofogma.wordpress.com my controversial views on the ogham got me flamed, but they hold true.
i am a keen nature photographer, a poet, artist and musician, as you will see as you navigate through.
welcome! a blessing of peace upon you!
Forgive this mundane technical question, wyldwyverne, but if you live “far from human habitation in a caravan” in the enormous expanse known as Australia, how do you manage Internet access? Not asking you to reveal any state secrets or patents pending, of course. I’d like to think something supernatural is involved.
Oh, and until now I hadn’t known that “ovate” meant other than “egg-shaped”, though, to my credit, I did know the related Latin-derived English word “vatic”. I am in your debt for this vocabulary- and concept-rich blog that revives ancient archetypes in someone of Celtic origin, even one who thought himself far removed from them.
by now, xex, you know how i access the internet: by a long piece of baling twine stretched between jam tins nailed to fence posts, and yes, there is some magic involved, especially, as you already know, in keeping the birds off. i’m glad to hear you’re learning at last to channel your inner celt. you too can be a wizard!
Forgive me, wyldwyverne, but don’t you really mean, instead of “a lack of education”, “a lack of formal education” or maybe “a lack of institutionalized education” or even “a lack of mainstream indoctrination”?
Ever searching for le mot juste …,
X
G’day WyldWyverne,
Found your stuff during a ‘net rummage on druids of Oz, thanks for your interesting writing, eclectic range & good humour!
Cheers,
Hhk : D
Thanks Helena. I laughed out loud about your username! Thanks for the moment of merriment!!!!!
You’re welcome, WWV. Please stop calling me Helena, though.
Boundaries crash every mile my thoughts fly towards you
I am not thee, but then again I am
I walk the same earth…
The forests and all within are my friends
I am a tree planter
And a walker of the inner winds
I send a first breath of friendship and kinship
across the globe
I will follow it soon with more
Blessed be….
Renard
thank you for this sense of your magic – you’ve done me more good than i can say even before we’ve met. brightest, purest blessings of joy on your daughter harmony!
Sooner than even I thought I do return….
Having read “my ethereal husband”
It seemed only right to mention that my youngest
daughter is named harmony
harmony eris fox
She sends her regards to you and your son…..
as do I
Renard
I just wonder why there is so much belief in ancient texts, after all if they are really old then they existed before there was writing, hence are from the oral tradition. There has been at least one check on the veracity of such a tradition. Professor Mathew Spriggs of the ANU conducted such a test in Papua-New Guinea where there was a volcanic eruption that was well recorded in external records and occurred some 500 years before his research. Checking the timings within the oral tradition only required some 350 years to get back to the volcanic event. It would appear that the oral stuff eliminated the boring bits so I would conclude that really ancient texts are now more exciting than their initial form justified and of course we should not let a good story go by for the sake of a little invention.
thanks for this, tony. very interesting. can you give me a link for this?