Rhuddlwm Gawr
Rhuddlwm Gawr is a Reiki healer, Witch high priest and elder, certified Mediator and author of over twenty books with such diverse titles as "the Quest", "The Way" and "The Word" and "Celtic Crystal Magick I & II". He has studied with native American medicine people as well as a Welsh "shaman". He has a Ph.D. in Psychology, a D.D. in Theology, and a BLA (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture) in Environmental Design and Ecology. Rhuddlwm has been a lecturer at numerous conferences and has been published in several Pagan journals. He is a authority on ancient Celtic mystery religions; including Welsh Traditions of Paganism, Witchcraft and Druidism.
He joined the US Marine Corps out of High School where he completed various computer, aviation, communications and radar courses. Upon his discharge, Rhuddlwm worked in Europe. It was on the Island of Majorca in the Mediterranean that he met his teacher Sarah and began his Quest for the Grail. He then traveled to Wales, studied and was initiated.
Many of the insights presented in his books have come from his years of meticulous research and investigation into ancient Mystery Religions and the modern psychic world as well as drawing extensively from his Welsh, English and Native American ancestors.
He has a ninth level initiation from the Welsh pagan religion of Dynion Mwyn and is an elder of both Y Tylwyth Teg and Dynion Mwyn. Through living the teachings of the Gwyddon he has accomplished many of his life goals and continually creates new ones. He is an author of over 23 books on Welsh paganism and Witchcraft and has presented workshops on Welsh Witchcraft and Druidism, since 1966. He is also author of "Understanding Earth Religions - a Law Enforcement Guide".
He is founder and director of The Association of Cymry Wiccae, Inc., a national association of Witchcraft and Pagan Churches and Support Groups; founder of The Annual Gathering of the Tribes, Inc.; founder of Camelot Press Group, Inc.; Director of The Celtic Church of Dynion Mwyn, Inc.; founder of Bangor Institute, a Pagan College; founder of The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg, Inc.; founder of Dynion Mwyn Yahoo Groups in every state; and Co-founder of The Universal Federation of Pagans.