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Spirituality For A New Age

Welcome! I'm Cadifor ap Colwen!

This page contains original writings, links and more related to various aspects of the New Age Movement/Neo Pagan Revival. I hope you find this information useful. As always, your questions and comments are invited.

"The New Age Movement, called by so many names, is largely the reintegration of ancient spiritual traditions and practices coupled with 21st century beliefs and attitudes. In my opinion, much of this "Revival of the Old Religion" is a reaction to the failures of the contemporary Christian Church to nurture and include people. Another cause is a general desire to regain myth and mystery in our heavily secularized lives. Whatever the reason, a growing percentage of the population continues to embrace the diverse spiritualities of the New Age or Neo Pagan Movements.

I wrote "Dark Days Come to Blaenkych" and "To Be Wiccan or not to be Wiccan: That was the Essential Question," while at JFK U. Both pieces are copyrighted and listed in the library of that university. If you like them -- and I hope you will -- I must request they not be reproduced elsewhere without my written consent, though you are invited to link to this page.

"Cadifor ap Colwyn" and "Cadifor Vawr" are historic family names that have been passed down for generations. When studying with various Pagan groups I have sometimes used this pseudonym.

Cadifor ap Colwyn was the Lord of Dyfed (Pembrokeshire) and Prince of Pembroke in South Wales. As he was one of the 15 ancient Peers of Wales, he was dubbed Cadifor Vawr or "Cadifor the Great." His origins were from the same tribe as Vortigern, King of Britain and he was paternally descended from Maximus, King of Britain and Emperor of Rome (all that and a buck fifty will buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks!).

Cadifor made his home in Blaenkych, in the north east section of Pembrokeshire. Near his home one can still find his shrine to the goddess, known as Cadifor's Oven. There is also, nearby, the Church of Kilrhedyn, which he founded and endowed. He crossed the misty sea (passed away) in 1089 CE. and is buried in the Priory of Carmarthen in Wales.

Is this true? Well, one of the recorded observations about Cadifor the Great by Burke is that: "Welsh genealogists ascribe to this chief a most illustrious descent, but whatever doubts may arise as to the authenticity of his Pedigree from the obscurity of ancient MSS. and traditional accounts, it may be conceded that his possessions and connexion(sic) amongst a people so tenacious of the antiquity of their families afford reasonable proof of the nobility of his birth and station."

The Old Religion Reborn

To be Wiccan or not to be Wiccan: That Was The Essential Question

The Dark Days Come to Blaenkych,

The Dawning of the New Age

The Fourth and Present Great Awakening

You will know the Truth

Remember: We Are Not Alone

Suggested Links

Links To Roam'n Church Recommended Related Sites

The Very Model of a Modern Esoteriscist


by Bill Beattie, from Shadowplay
This is funnier if you're familiar with Gilbert & Sullivan.

I am the very model of a modern esotericist,
A seasoned astral traveler and an edifying exorcist,
A sparkling star astrologer, a dead adroit necromancer.
A dab hand as a palmist and a card as a Tarotmancer.
I've folk tradition lineage-both Celtic and Germanical;
I've channelled Robert Heinlein and I've busted cults Satanical;
Elusively mysterious in Eleusinian Mysteries,
I've proven eighty-three per cent of Velikovsky's histories.
My patent aphrodisiacs would make a satyr hornier;
I've manufactured unicorns in northern California.
In short, in matters magical I'm manic as a terrorist;
I am the very model of a modern esotericist!

I am the very model of a modern esotericist.
My mystic methodology's inherently empiricist;
I've tread the Cretan labyrinth on pathways that I travel on;
I won't deny the rumors that I ghostwrote Mists of Avalon.
A truly great Great Riter and a master of tantrickery,
I'm up the Shining Pathways til the Guardians are sick of me.
I dazzle Neo-Pagans as I breakdance round the Wicca ring
And, miracle of miracles, I even stop them bickering!
I've raised the ghost of Crowley in a Gnostic Mass invoking in
Sumerian, Bavarian, Etruscan and Enochian.
I'd sing another chorus, but I have to see my therapist;
I am the very model of a modern esotericist!

Taken from the Green Egg vol. XXIV no.95.
Reprinted without permission It was

Thanks to
--Amy Lawrence
On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur.
E'essential est invisible pour les yeux.
Antoine de St. Exupery

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