Contents
CONTENTS.
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| Advertisement | xi |
| Preface | xiii |
| Llywelyn Sion | lxxxiii |
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| The Origin of Letters, Roll, and Paper.--The Virtue of Letters | 11 |
| The Origin and Progress of Letters.--The Name of God.--The Bardic Secret | 17 |
| The first Inventors of Letters.--Improvers of the Alphabet.--Invention of the Roll and Plagawd.--Obligation of a Bard to hold a Chair and Gorsedd | 33 |
| Origin of Letters | 39 |
| The Inventor of Vocal Song.--The first Recorders of Bardism.--Its first Systematizers.--Their Regulations.--Mode of inscribing the primary Letters.--Origin of their Form and Sound.--The three Menws | 41 |
| The principal Elements of various things.--The Gogyrvens | 47 |
| The Invention of Letters by Einigan and Menw.--The Secret of Bardism | 49 |
| Cuttings: Foundations of Awen | 51 |
| Origin and Progress of Letters.--Einigan the Giant.--The Gwyddoniaid.--Systems of Letters | 53 |
| The Origin of Letters and Books.--Their Introduction into Britain.--The Coelbren | 55 |
| The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet | 57 |
| Primary Cuttings.--Improvement of the Coelbren.--Its Restoration | 69 |
| Recovery of the Old Cymraeg | 61 |
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| The primary Letters.--Their Augmentation.--Restoration of the Coelbren | 63 |
| The Bardic Secret | 65 |
| The Sacred Symbol | 67 |
| The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet | 67 |
| Gogyrvens.--Writing with Ink | 69 |
| Gogyrvens | 69 |
| Gogyrvens | 69 |
| Gogyrvens | 69 |
| The Three First Words of the Cymraeg | 69 |
| The primary Letters.--Names of the Coelbren | 71 |
| Classification of the Letters | 73 |
| The Bardic Secret.--Formation of Letters | 77 |
| The Vowels | 77 |
| The primary Letters | 79 |
| Variations of Letters | 81 |
| The Sixteen Primary Symbols | 81 |
| Introduction of Letters.--Original Country of the Cymry.--Their Arrival in Britain.--Augmentation of the Alphabet | 83 |
| Coelbren of the Bards, according to the arrangement of Llawdden | 85 |
| The Symbols of Literary Sciences: Improvement of the Coelbren.--Metrical Canons.--Dissolution of the Monastery of Pen Rhys | 89 |
| The Pillars of Memory.--The Symbols | 93 |
| The Birds of Rhianon | 95 |
| The Five Ages of Letters | 95 |
| The Three Symbols of Sciences | 97 |
| The three Primitive Symbols.--The three Coelbren Symbols | 99 |
| Numbers | 103 |
| The Nine Degrees of Numerals | 107 |
| The System of Numerals | 109 |
| Arithmetic | 109 |
| The System of Numerals | 109 |
| Numerals | 111 |
| The Numerals | 113 |
| The Arithmetical Characters of the Ancient Cymry; that is, the Numerals | 113 |
| The Three Symbols | 115 |
| The Materials of Language and Speech | 115 |
| The three Wreathed Bards | 115 |
| Coelbren of the Bards | 117 |
| Coelbren of the Bards | 133 |
| Coelbren of the Bards | 143 |
| Peithynen | 151 |
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| Coelbren of the Bards | 153 |
| Secret Coelbren.--Secret Coelvain.--Coelvain of History | 155 |
| Burning the Letters | 155 |
| Coelbren of Simple Letters | 157 |
| Palm Coelbren | 157 |
| Peithyn Coelbren.--Palm Coelbren | 157 |
| Peithynvain | 159 |
| Memorials | 161 |
| Plagawd | 163 |
| The three principal Materials of Knowledge | 163 |
| The Herald-bard | 163 |
| Dasgubell Rodd | 165 |
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| Triads of Bardism | 169 |
| Theological Triads | 181 |
| Theological Triads | 197 |
| Theological Triads | 199 |
| Theological Triads | 201 |
| Theological Triads | 201 |
| Theological Triads | 205 |
| Druidism | 205 |
| God | 213 |
| Cythraul | 213 |
| Ceugant.--Duration.--God | 213 |
| The three Imperceptibilities of God | 215 |
| The Bards' Enigma | 215 |
| The twelve primary Negatives | 217 |
| Bardic Aphorisms | 219 |
| The Divine Names | 219 |
| Iau | 221 |
| Hu the Mighty | 221 |
| The Circles | 223 |
| The Book of Bardism | 225 |
| Abred.--Gwynvyd.--Awen | 235 |
| The Three States | 241 |
| Annwn.--Life.--Death | 243 |
| Abred | 243 |
| The Origin of Man.--Jesus Christ.--Creation | 245 |
| The Creation.--The First Man.--The primary Letters | 249 |
| The Discipline of Bardism. (The Creation.) | 255 |
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| The Creation.--Worship.--Vocal Song.--Gwyddoniaid | 257 |
| The Material of the World | 261 |
| The Fall in Abred | 263 |
| God in the Sun | 263 |
| God in the Light | 265 |
| Triads of Bardism | 267 |
| God; and the Faculties of the Soul | 267 |
| Sentences of Bardism | 271 |
| The Ten Commandments of the Bards | 275 |
| The Ten Commandments of the Bards | 285 |
| The Rudiments of Theology | 289 |
| The Triads of St. Paul | 291 |
| The Triads of St. Paul | 323 |
| The Triads of St. Paul and Bardism | 339 |
| Triads of Bardism and Usages | 345 |
| Triads of Bardism | 357 |
| The Mode of taking Food and Drink | 359 |
| The Gorsedd Prayer | 361 |
| The Prediction of Peredur, the Bard of Prydain | 365 |
| The Stanza of the Gorsedd Chair of the Winter Solstice | 367 |
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| Triads of Wisdom | 369 |
| The Elements | 371 |
| Triads of Bardism. (The Elements.) | 371 |
| The Triads of Bardism, called the Triads of Ionabwy. (The Elements.) | 377 |
| Bardism, &c. (The Elements.) | 379 |
| The Elements | 381 |
| The Elements | 381 |
| The Elements | 381 |
| Bardism. (The Elements.) | 383 |
| The Materials | 383 |
| The Elements | 385 |
| The Elements | 387 |
| The Materials of Man | 387 |
| The Eight Materials of Man | 389 |
| The Seven Materials of Man | 389 |
| The Seven primary Materials of the World | 391 |
| The Eight Materials of Man | 391 |
| The Parts of the Human Body in which are the Faculties | 391 |
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| The Philosophy of the Blue Bard of the Chair | 393 |
| Particular Triads | 395 |
| Triads of Ten Numbers | 397 |
| Mutual reasoning between a Disciple and his Teacher | 399 |
| The Stars | 403 |
| Astronomy | 403 |
| Chronology | 405 |
| Chronology | 407 |
| The Memorial of Computation..--The Memorial of Country | 409 |
| Memorial and Computation | 409 |
| The Cycle of Time | 411 |
| The Months | 411 |
| The beginning of the Year | 417 |
| The three Circles of the Sun | 417 |
| The Four Quarters of the Year | 417 |
| The Albans | 419 |
| The Divisions of the Year | 419 |
| The Divisions of the Year | 419 |
| The Divisions of the Year | 419 |
| The Divisions of the Year | 419 |
| The Divisions of the Year | 421 |
| The Divisions of the Day | 421 |
| The Divisions of the Day | 421 |
| The Divisions of the Day | 421 |
| The Divisions of the Day | 423 |
| The Divisions of the Day | 423 |
| Years of the Sun and Moon | 423 |
| Years of the Sun and Moon | 423 |
| Years of the Sun and Moon | 425 |
| Days of Days | 425 |
