I don't think you can underestimate how profound your work is. I grew up in Scotland, I've never set foot anywhere else. But when you bring this information to my attention, it brings back childhood memories and recontextualises them. Like the spirit of our ancestors was always directing me in subtle ways. For example, the relation of Caledon to a concealing forest, reminds of the amount of times I'd use such a motif for creative writing purposes in school. And then getting a detailed picture of our landscape from the history of it all, details of Kings I was never taught.

Carl Gustav Jung has a very very strange paragraph about Merlin in his autobiography. Merlin is on close terms with the unconscious and nature.

The picture with Aragorn and Gandalf showing the juxtaposition of the ideas associated with the character and how they diverged overtime was absolutely brilliant.

How do you not have a million subscribers? Outstanding content.

in the western mystery tradition if youve attained the status of immortal then youve attained spiritual illumination (like the eastern idea of enlightenment or buddhahood, escaping samsara or your own maya aka illusion) so he wouldve been a great esotericist, mystic, magician, druid certainly a chief of wizards if he is the immortal merlin. great role model for any westerners on the spiritual path not unlike padmasambhava of the eastern (particularly of the tibetan) tradition (also a great wizard) great video friend keep it up.

I believe Emrys Wledig aka Ambrose Aurelianus, is indeed, an historical figure and the actual "king" Arthur. He is the one who fought Aella, one of the saxon leaders, and Emrys defeated Aella in the year 500 A.D in the famous Battle of Badon Hill. So, taking what you said, they surely took the historical Emrys, and bathed him with god-like elements, which originally belongs to a god.

Merlin is much like Odin, the mad one, the wanderer and many other things. Wonder if that is where Odin came from or vise versa

To all those complaining about the pronunciation within the video give the fellow a break, words in Celtic languages (e.g. Welsh, Gaelic etc) are very hard to say due to the fact that letter sounds in said cls being quite different to those in the traditional English alphabet. If you should take umbridge at all take it with how he pronounces places that still exist, as someone who lives relatively close to there I can 100% say the l in Malmesbury is pronounced as an r and not an l

The Twin Serpents motif is found all over the Celtic diaspora in archaeology, Balkan Celts have a great article on this, with photographs.

Two excellent books in English written by an American at the beginning of the 20 century using the pseudonym Adiramled goes into great detail about the alchemical process which is essentially about unifying opposing énergies in a 'chemical wedding'. The white and the red can represent fire and water as well as the two elements essential to this 'wedding'. The fruit of this union is sometimes.characterised as Christ. The author uses the tarot as well as the 22 letters of the Jewish alphabet as supports for his exposition. For anyone interested in alchemy ∆ :-)

Merlin is apparently still with us and has been "chanelled." For an account, see the Hypno-Archaeologist by Philip Ditchfield.

You know I’ve clock some MtG art in your videos before and thought it was happenstance- but seeing that homemade Nuada planeswalker I have to assume you’re a full on nerd and I love this channel even more for it.

Thank you so much for the work you have done here.

This was so well done, thank you!!

11:13 it has been said so many times that druidism was a kind of Pythagorism , that meant a kind of mystic scientism , to find there a reference to the Hippocratic medecin's principles of equilibrium represented as you say by the hermes's caducee makes sens. the celtic world was opened to foreign science or up to compare their own science with what the foreigners knew.

Thank you for this

You know that I've been playing a certain video game way too much when I can identify that Skyrim background music.

Is there any chance that the references to Ambrose could be a euphemism for a ceremonial beverage that brings initiates into contact with the spirits or the ancestors or the realm of magic. Consider the use of soma in Bactria and in the Vedic texts, or the Kykeon used at the temple of eleusys. Could Ambrose be a reference to a visionary medicine used for magical training? In many cultures these substances were referred to as gods that humans can ingest.

Awesome!!

Idk why I've been getting recommended Merlin vids but I love it

Well done.

Survive the Jive did a video on the Celts, what do you think of it?

the tv movie Merlin with Sam Neal; very similar story. Ambrosia is the "nanny" who raises him. Queen Maab is the demon who is vexing her. You have Ambrosia as a man who comes from a nun. Merlin makes do when Uther impregnates one of his soldiers wives and has a son. Merlin names him Arthur and adopts the child and he becomes king. Its a 4 hour movie. Very accurate it seems and my personal favorite. There was a sequel; Merlin's Apprentice thats 2 x 2 hour movies and resolves the entire myth of Camelot. I cried at the end! Yall should check it out.

Very Celtic.

Like the Skyrim music in the backround

Is that why they made the catacombs? To like strengthen the area? Or was it just convenient? You’d think they’d remove the bodies by now

good volume

Excellent video. One question though. Is Cernunnos a God or the name of a God we already know by another name?

Merlin Emrys was the son of Aurelius. Aurelius' wife was Arthur of Dyfedd sister, Niniane. Merlin of Emrys was Arthur of Dyfedd 's nephew. He was also Aedan MacGabran's cousin. He was appointed guardian of Arthur MacAedan of Dalriada. Before Emry of Powys, the 'Merlin' was Talesin the Bard. 'Merlin' was a title. In compiling the work 'History of the Kings of Britain', Geoffrey of Monmouth was commissioned & funded by Robert the Norman, Earl of Gloucester, with an express requirement to cement High King Arthur into the English tradition, even though, being Scottish, he did not feature at all in the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of England. And so, Geoffrey's strategic restyling of King Aedan, the new & very convenient fictional character of Uther (Terrible) Pentagon was introduced into a supposed historical account. The next significant mention of Uther Pendragon did not occur for more than 300 years, when quite suddenly, he had a second useful purpose for yet another dynasty. From 1154, the Norman kings had given way to the House of Plantagenet in England & since this house was a junior off-shoot of the royal Pict-sidhe of Anjou. Their heritage was seemingly on a firm enough footing--at least as far as they were concerned, even if the senior Anjou branch did not agree. However, in 1485 the Plantagenets were usurped by the son of the Earl of Richmond, who as King Henry VIII, established the new reigning House of Tudor. The problem was that, although having gained the throne of England from Richard III by might of his sword at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry's only justification for kingship extended via his mother, through 4 generations to a son of Edward III Plantagenet (1327-77), & there were many contenders with far less tenuous claims. So, 2 plans had been actioned some years before to cement a better legacy for the Tudors, whose family were originally from Wales. 1st-Henry's English mother Margarwt Beaufort of Somerset, had commissioned a notorious Warwickshire rogue called Thomas Mallory to write up a new version of the tales of King Arthur. Henry had set up plan 2 by making substantial financial & land grants to a certain Welshman called Richard of Mostyn. Henry required a new specially concocted family genealogy--a comprehensive chart which showed his descent from the ancient Kings of Wales, a table so stirring that it would outstrip the heritage of rhe House of Plantagenet. In 1485 the piece that he wrote called ' Morte de Arthur' was published in London by William of Caxton. By that time the extensive Welsh family tree had also been prepared, a thoroughly spurious set of documents, which are still tactically used by some today. They are known as the 'Mostyn Manuscripts'. They are surrounded by invention on all sides, embracing every impressive name in the book, including King Arthur & th÷ totally fictional Uther Pendragon. Despite the deceitful nature of this document, it's held in high regard by many who strive to keep all eyes away from the historical Arthur of Scots Dalriada. They prefer, for the sake of regional tourism or other vested interests, to maintain his contrived tradition in southwest England or Wales. Another chart appeared in 1604 with Uther Pendragon in a prime position as the son of a Welsh king Constantine the Blessed (433AD) & cousin of Emyr Llydaw, Prince of the Bretons. Though this was purposely fabricated, it has been used on many occasions because it seemingly emanated from a source of high authority. The chart was issued in a form of a book by a cleric styled 'King's Advocate'. However, the public was not told that it was actually commissioned by the late Queen Elizabeth I Tudor's Secretary of State, Sir Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. (For a more extensive study of history, read the works of Laurence Gardner).

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What are you saying at the end of the video?

It's only "ideal" if it supports a cup of hot tea and a chocolate biscuit :D

Could somebody please spell the name of the English pagan king mentioned at minute 1,, and his kingdom… can’t quite get at it!

Consistent introduction into the oral tradition of Myrddin. Like with the Christian gospel, almost everyone has heard the story of the struggling wyrms, symbolizing Welsh and Saxon dominion - but few gather that is not just meant to illustrate a bygone historical moment, e.g. *the transition from Roman colonization to Romano-British emancipation* , but evoking *a lasting mission of Celtic Britain* to defend the Isles from usurpation, not just by revolting Saxon auxillaries - the German element in English society - but also by Danish (Northumbria), Viking (e.g. Clan MacDonald from the Hebrids) and Norman (the entire English and Irish Peerage) culture and identity - as during the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century when the Plantagenets were striving for an Angevin Empire. Unlike English and Ulster 'enlightened', modern nationalism this isn't about ethnicity or chauvinism over the 'uncivilized', but about *the cultivation of Celtic tradition* which almost alone - as *the heirs of psychologically profound African and Greek monasticism* - are the living inspiration of European Christianity and learning (e.g. *Alan of Lille* , John of Salisbury), compared to the often politicized, petty and brutal legalism of Rome (e.g. the conversion of continental Saxons by the Carolingian sword). The suggestion of interpreting what the Hellenistic Romans called 'Mercury' into the familar tale of the serpents is quite appreciated as I had noted recently a demonstrable connection between the Nubian Anubis, his worship within local Roman legions or auxillaries to the point of the tradition of kynokephalic (dogheaded) Saint Christopher ('The Christianisation of Hermanubis' 2013) - that is a local Pagan tradition has been continuosly preserved from Roman imperial, cultural policy (Theodosius 391), likely for good reasons - it is therefore plausible that Your intution upon the origin of orthodox 'caduceus', the 'wand of Hermes' will eventually be verified. It would be interesting if You were to stumble upon an earlier, _Celtic_ incarnation of the Hellenistic tradition as chtonic serpents had been purged from Ionic narration (Apollo seizing Delphi) and people know little of Iron Age Celtic and Gaelic tradition (the latter with actual origins in the Middle East, just as it's tales of the 'Tuatha Dé Danann' - like Inanna became the Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus, Ningishzida appears to be a Sumerian origin, here).

I love the Merlin--in fact, he is part of my Pagan name (MerlynneHerne). Thank you for posting. To me, he is a holy madman, a king and a guide to such a seeker as I. He has an Orthodox counterpart known as a Fool for Christ in that the madness is more in the eyes of humans than the eyes of God (the Gods).

I see similarities of the failure of the Castle being built in the biblical story of the tower of Babel. Also the snakes or worms maybe a relation to sun and moon or good and evil or differing entirely,yin and yang? Who knows

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Loo, Loo, Loo, Loo, Loo, Loo... Now I shall never forget such name.

whats with the overboard mervwen

Vordigan king and the castle with blood. Same this Hungarian folk ballad: 12 masons. (The woman built into the wall)

Post Roman? Hmmm, not so sure.

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Is Merlin the only Wizzard? My question is there others just like Merlin?

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Merlin was never in any army as a soldier. When he was a child to become the Druid he was meant to be, his tendons on his ankles and hands were cut. So he could never wield a sword or shield. He was a Wise Bard and Keeper the Old Secrets of Gods and Man for his service to Kings and Queens and to the World. He Answered To God and God the Mother and is a Priest from Atlantis before it fell.

Merlin is fictional, he never existed. He is a character in a fairytale

Anyone else think this story resembles the Jesus tale?

In the first 3 minutes the narrator mispronounces Geoffrey, pagan, and several other easy words, but he goes to great effort to pronounce the difficult words.

I appreciate the content, especially love the Skyrim background music, but dude your pronunciation needs some work. Also the legends you describe took place around the North Wales region, Ben Nevis is in the Scottish Highlands. Most unlikely.

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Wtf yo don’t this tie into like davinci and the Medici and the yin n yang stuff?? What kinda national treasure stuff am I finding out bro

Whos doing for homework though😩😣

I heard he was Simon the Sorcerer aka Simon Magus mentioned in the bible originator of Catholicism former disciple of John the Baptist

Merlin's father was an incubus that means his father was a demon or an unclean spirit possibly even a fallen angel but have many connections to alien abduction today where they're abducted in their dreams or at night by either a male or female demon creature that's highly intelligent than them and more powerful and has a lot of similarities to alien abductions today where they steal egg and sperm and they create a little hybrid creature a Nephilim so Merlin for his time period must have been a hybrid Nephilim created through his parents or his mother being a witch and communing with unclean spirits and demons demons are the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim giant clams that died during the flood of Noah and of hybrid creatures that died during the flood of Noah they were created genetic manipulations by the fallen angels and their hybrid offsprings which continued after the flood in a low capacity not in any way as powerful as before so anybody involved in the dark arts and the occult witchcraft magic sorcery necromancy mediums fortune telling Palm crystal ball card reading which is in warlocks magicians and sorcerers all are rebuked and banned by the god of heaven Almighty creator of all existence visible and invisible.

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This raises the question of what the correct pronunciation is for "Geoffrey." I think it is generally pronounced "Jeffrey". As for whether there is any particular reason to pronounce it differently, I don't know.

6000 years of slave system

Merlin is Odin!