Neil Oliver - ‘the mysterious lake that gave me a glimpse into another world’ - Podcast ep 19
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Episode 19: In this episode Neil steps through a portal into another world, rubbing shoulder with the great learning and wisdom of the Druids.
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Last winter I was asked to check on a friend’s farmhouse after a car accident blocked the access road and brought down power cables. I couldn’t drive there as the police had blocked both ends of the approach road. I drove to the back of the farm and followed a field edge footpath to come in from the land behind the farmhouse.
It was late with a quarter moon and there is no street lighting out there so it was dark but with enough light to just about see by. At the meeting of three fields there is a pond surrounded by trees that fills when the fields have runoff but is usually dry in late summer.
I came to the pond and it was jet black. No reflections, no movement on the surface, just utterly, utterly black. It didn’t resemble a body of water at all. It looked like a gateway to something unthinkable. It was unexpected and frankly quite chilling.
I can’t imagine anyone wanting to throw a sword into a pond on a warm sunny afternoon unless they were drunk.
However, standing next to that same body of water on a cold winter night, in silence, looking at what frighteningly resembles a gaping portal to another place, yes I could see why someone would cast a precious thing into that void.
Great story, I can see it. Thank you for sharing .
Yeah, pretty eery. I liked it.
That is exactly what I see when I look in the eyes of Joe Biden, Zuckerberg, Jen Psaki and others. It looks as though their souls are already gone and something else is in there looking at us.
We sometimes get to witness Realms we sometimes wish we did not as they are opening at unprecedented rates because worlds are colliding, you were chosen to see it, my life seems to be all other Realms and no real world!! Sometimes is is very disconcerting, thanks for sharing!!
“We may not like what comes through (the portal)” Stephen Hawkings.
But, at the same time, your dreams when listened to in advance, can save your own life.
Where can those warning dreams possibly come from??
Excellent recounting of that winter evening!
I could listen to Neil read the dictionary and be content lol the most soothing voice I’ve ever heard! Cheers sir!
Same here.......love his voice and the way he uses it!
I wish he was my GPS voice in my car
Not everyone suits a beard. Neil definitely suits it.
@@Marsand100 yes the Neil Oliver gps would sell big time!
It's that lovely Scots accent - always a delight to listen to !
As children living in Africa, while playing in the bush we would often come across collections of earthern ware pots. Some of them beautifully decorated.Having been told they were the belongings of ancestors we quite naturally left them alone, having a sense of the power they had.
Neil Oliver is one of my most favorite historians. I could listen to him forever and be happy with it, even if he were just reading the phone book
Neil your podcast is our portal to the past, keep up the great work, many thanks.
I think we still have this tradition of offerings in some places in the U.K. and Europe today, in the form of wishing wells
Years ago I dreamed that I was looking into a mirror. Looking at my reflection it suddenly lifted both hands up showing me both palms. My hands were at my sides. In my dream I got such a fright, immediately waking up completely freaked out. I have often thought of that dream and wish I had been brave enough to watch what happened next.
I have had similar dreams...freaky
Brigadoon comes to mind !. Neil's a National treasure, love his programmes.
Llyn Fawr has an interesting legend attached to it about a Shepherd who is shown a great treasure hidden in the lake by a Goblin. Because he forgot the Goblin in his greed to get the treasure, when he got home his sack was full of Forget-me-not flowers.
Oooo goblins yessss
Love the story, love the meaning. 😊
I watched a wonderful program from the British Museum about the Stonehenge exhibition..the Nebraska Sky Disk! They were remarkable people. The more I learn of history, the more I see today in focus. Thank you Neil Oliver.
Re: 21:14 The likes of Bezos and Zuckerberg might have accumulated great wealth, but there's nothing admirable about the way they got it, nor the way they choose to hoard it to themselves. Mr Oliver, on the other hand, has dedicated his life to accumulating great knowledge, and chooses to share it with us freely for the betterment of all. If the old ideals of honour and generosity are still alive and at work in the world, it's in the likes of Neil Oliver - not the billionaires and technocrats.
Well said.
Stacy,
Beautifully stated.
isn't it strange that we seem to equate the amount of money someone seems to have (were often told someone is worth x amount, but only if they sold everything at that moment) with the amount of knowledge and how smart they are, and yet we are constantly disappointed when it doesn't hold true
Or the monarchy
Truth.
Your enthusiasm is contagious :)
This reminds me of the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend. The sword held up from out of the lake.
Wonderful podcast. Thank you.
This blokes is every bit a national treasure as the national treasures he so eloquently describes ❤️
This man has a great love for the land as well as it's history. I've always had the same but Mr Olivers never ending dedication is very affirming to all of us. It makes things easier knowing you are not alone and his eloquence on the subject an inspiration to many more than even he knows. Thank you.
Hi oral history wasn’t lost by accident our great church leaders hunted down the druids and modern times witch’s and murdered them any anyone who had knowledge that might conflict with their gospels even other Christian’s, if the oral tellers were gone the people had no knowledge of any truth but there’s! look at the people of South America and what the Spanish church through military conquest did to them! Look what the Portuguese did to the Christian people of India followers of st. Thomas.what they all did to the American indigenous peoples in the USA over 100 million wiped out to make them civilised gave them the bible and took their lands and customs and knowledge away and we a lovely race of peoples.
www.thenational.scot/news/18557601.neil-oliver-declares-love..
Racist nasty person .Much disliked by his own people.
That was great, thanks. I'm reminded of a lake I visited in Ireland, close to the shore, under the water was a dug out canoe... it must have been ancient.. I was told people from Dublin museum had visited and came to the decision that it would be best left where it was.. I suppose that makes sense.. I tried to photograph it, but those pesky reflections prevented any meaningful result! The Druids didnt write anything down, everything was passed on orally.. It worked for them, but sadly a wealth of history is lost..keep up all the great work Neil 💚🌳🌻🦋🦉🧙♂️🙏
Use an underwater go pro?
God knows all and we will know of it when we get to heaven so we must strive to be holy as He is holy so we can make it there. Christ bought the tickets to heaven with his sacrifice which he gives to us freely, but we must leave this world behind while we're here.
There may still be druids passing things down that way. I mean, they would hardly tell the rest of us, would they?
I used to watch you with Dad, back in the day, he was always in awe. I understand the fascination now, in your history details.
Explains a lot of my way of life, sometimes I think I'm nuts, or just plain stupid. But after hearing Neil today, maybe I'm much richer than I realised.
I've always given away my wealth, I've always believed we need to share the wealth, I've seemed to understood when I should give help but never expect anything back in return. I've helped several folks over the SCAMDEMIC who have suffered financially, that needed that helping hand.
Anyway I had no idea the connection to true wealth until today...
The world implies we’re nuts and what we are living is unsustainable, yet it & we are sustained. Believe 🔥
Good on you. It's good to hear that the pandemic brought out some good in some people. Though I've always thought that it's just money. I think it's a bigger deal to offer your time and effort to someone who needs a favour. I am absolutely not making a commentary on your actions, far from it. But I think it's a good thing when you do a favour for someone and offer them your effort and industry. It's a modern world type of thing that puts so much onto the value of money. And I'm sure that your positive karma will come back and repay you. 👍
@@ThunderboltWisdom thank you appreciated hearing your kind words.
“ what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” I love hearing stories like yours. GOD bless you and thank you for helping others. Such a refreshing thing to read in a world of nasty, greedy, self-absorbed people.
@@debbiesittard7979 Thank you appreicated.
Thank you Neil. Respect from the Highlands of Scotland
This , Thank you ❤️ Neil , has afforded me a greater understanding of several ethnic groups in my history - I could sense my Grandfather , and his family , around me when the Welsh lake in particular , was being discussed .
They say the lake is a speacil place , in the Spiritual sense , and as much as it's actual historical uses .
Thank you and your team , for their efforts in brining this to us . 🥇
💐👍 Namaste 💐🙏❤️🙏👍🙂💐
The wonderful Indigenous Peoples in Canada, had their “Potlatch” stopped by the Colonists who made the celebration illegal. Surprisingly, this is where we get the “PotLuck” term that is used all over the world. Happily, the Indigenous Peoples in Canada 🇨🇦 can now celebrate Potlach without prejudice or interference by others.
They always could if they called it potluck. Life is only complicated if you make it complicated
I have been a long time student of your’s, Neil. I share the same intense passion to find the lingering tendrils of the past woven through the cultures and experiences of our lives today. I’m listening to this specific podcast, I’m struck by the level of trust which seems to have been innate to these people. It’s easy to talk about history at an institutional level and never allow the study of a culture to penetrate into the intimate levels of the individuals or families. What I mean by that is this, it is possible to stand before an ancient lake and look into the same dark surface of a revered and frankly, mystical place and be transported, spiritually, back to the place and time when some other soul stood there and feel their presence.
I know it is because I’ve stood alone in ancient places and felt the past push through to the present to connect to me in that moment. The wind begins to sound like whispers and you began to feel rooted to your surroundings in a way which is almost a supernatural experience.
I stood atop a hilltop fort in Ireland, utterly alone, for hours. I stood alone in the sea caves of Kilkee. I touched the incomprehensibly ancient carved stones of the Knowth Neolithic site and felt the connection so intense it brought me to literal tears.
The search for that connection is part of every person, they just don’t know it. It’s inside us because of our humanness and what makes us unique and different from every other species in existence.
When man put a value on arbitrary objects as a means of paying for something some one else had, it seems to be when that spiritual connection to one another took the first hit. How could we know one day it would separate us into the horrible class structure we have witnessed degrade humanity for the last 3,000 years? The idea of being beholden to one another has been reinterpreted through the lens of class and race and “enlightenment” only resulted in an increased separation between people. It was misunderstood and repackaged as communal Marxism without any of the spiritual aspects of the ancient world. I postulate the reason faith in God has waned over the last few centuries is because faith in one another and trust is such a central message of the gospels. Faith is the opposite of the selfishness of the enlightenment attitudes that everything has an explanation through the application of science. We have lost the magic of living in this place and the idea of another place just below the surface.
Sadly, man suppressed faith in one another and gods in the name of progress, enlightenment and common sense and we’re not better for it; we are much worse.
Thank you for your body of work and your ability to articulate the essential nature and the importance of the connection between this moment and the line to the past. I view history like a web and it’s vibrations are what keep us connected.
The bronze mirror reminds me of the ancient story of "Snow White", which surely was originally a scrying glass, with the witch queen trying to alter the prediction she saw in there.
Another magical Welsh lake, without votive offerings as far as I know but with a legend of a mysterious Lady who rose from the depths to accept gifts of bread, is Llyn y Fan Fach in Carmarthenshire. It is also surrounded by a steep hillside and has a powerful numinous atmosphere, and amazing reflections.
Good to hear Neil doing History again👍
What a beautiful, poetic and thought provoking walk through history.
Britain's history doesn't start with a so called Roman occupation. Neil reminds us of that. Thank you.
Yeah, but what have the Romans ever done for us ?
@@kilburn1313 Viaducts ? LOL, 😍😍😉😉
Roman and Saxon occupation.
I love that ecpression Jack in the Glass regrading one's unwanted reflection. Also you can't see what id below the lake so it was like outer space or something. The Lady of the Lake raises a magical sword to King Arthur. Beautiful place!
Love this. we also have places in ireland where there is a special feeling. look where the build special monuments
great episode Niel, AS always..😄
I have fallen asleep twice listening to this.. Your voice is so soothing Neil
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Mysterious and excellent ! Enjoyed going through into the other world with you this morning .
Thanks for providing this super interesting and valuable content. And your voice and accent is super nice. I enjoy listening.
I've always loved mirrors, puddles, ponds,dewdrops,etc I used to believe that the puddle reflections were another world,as a child.I subscribed immediately to your channel because I love your voice.,and because I have centuries of ancestry in the British Isles.
Water truly is an amazing substance, all the waters on this big beautiful blue planet contains a memory of everything and everyone that has come into contact with that particular BODY of water...
It reacts to the consciousness of a person or group of people. I let's say five people approached the same body of water, that body of water would or could react 5 different ways pending on the individual's conscious state...
so many of my relatives fought for our freedom. the current situation makes me sick and what's alarming is so many think its acceptable 😪
I have always liked Neil Oliver's attitude to history and this little gem didn't disappoint; as I have only just found this series I will certainly be looking for the rest. Being Welsh and living not far from LLyn Fawr I was surprised not to have heard of the LLyn Fawr hoard before but it is definitely on my "to do list£ now.. I can imagine the deep feeling Neil has for being Scottish as I feel the same about being Welsh. I
I remember watching you on tv a longs time ago. I use to love your programs. It’s nice to see you again doing the same thing 👍👍
Just a great pleasure drawing knowledge from Neil. The guy has such a vivid retention of how the british isles in particular works throughout history. Wales, I hope I get to visit there someday- Lots of love from Norway
Potlatches- I was blessed with a Mock Potlatch ceremony from First Nation reservations: Lake Babine, Burns Lake and Cheslatta, Nee Tie Bunn and another. All women graduating from a Homecare course. We were put in one of 4 clans, although there were often several more in each Nation; we entered with welcomes doing our Bear dance step or whatever our clan's creature symbol was. Then sitting in a circle we were given a round of gifts for attending. Then another round of gifts were given out to all and if they by chance missed one of us they'd have to pay back in double. The generosity in their gifts & ceremony was humbling, stunning and beyond my wildest imaginations.
Neil, Potlatches included all, little to elders to be present as witnesses to Naming ceremonies, debt settling, the choosing of House Chiefs and much more. My colleague had 6 kids was poor of course and yet she found ways and means to create, trade or buy jewellery, blankets, a very fine arts and materials that blew my Selfish English mind.
Most impressed by all but particularly the Haida whose culture is alive and well. They've seeded growth amongst the west coast Nations, in the Hazeltons- with the Gitxsan nations building an original village site, many long houses, education & training for artists & cultural re-membering.
aggrandized territories
I could eat every episode he releases… hand over the salt and bring the bread… this is food for the soul.
Best narrative voice of mankind, on par with Simon Whistler.
Simon Whistler and Neil Oliver co-narrating a video? I think Simon would be on board.
Neil, you keep my strength filled. Seriously, just hearing a person delivering such poetic and beautiful mindscapes helps get through the days.
Shine on, you crazy diamond, and so shall I continue to shine.
Hello Neil , I can not help but be struck by the way the northwest native American’s potlatch is so much like an Italian wedding. Sometimes actual value gifting occurring and sometimes only symbolic giving. It conveys the same debt and is all about the unknown future. I learned when I married into an Italian family a long time ago. Also a gift given can not be refused as it might be a mortal insult. I feel this whole episode is so close to me. Endless thanks for all the invaluable history.
always enjoy your thoughts.
Listening & Learning....so easy to listen to, thank you Neil & team.
I LOVE THIS MAN
So interesting that a divination custom that persisted for a long time at a local spot required a young woman not only to drop a pin into the holy spring, but to BEND it first. That blows my mind...like bent bronze swords....
I need to visit Wales someday, moved to Scotland (Edinburgh) from England and loving it here, generally Britain is absolutely gorgeous and people should be proud of the history. I live here for over 12 yrs, still so many places to explore.
If you ever decide to move away from Scotland mate I amongst many other people here in New Zealand would welcome you with open arms....in fact you could run for being our prime minister...... cheers mate for your time it is greatly appreciated....
Not so long ago, we could wander into an unlocked country church full of portable, valuable possessions. At the time, folk were trusted to come and go, to pray or not to pray, maybe just enjoy the ambiance, or perchance put some spare change in the roof fund collection tin.
Like the offerings cast into these bodies of water, everyone instinctively knew God was watching and it would never have occurred to anyone to pilfer from His house. That would have been a very grave mortal mistake, indeed.
Not so much these days, however.
I hear you. thank you for sharing. Unity in Diversity, Blessings from New Zealand.
Yes it's that same feeling of putting money in an honesty box when buying farm produce or in my case plants from a local retired gardener. It feels good to trade in this way as while I would never dream of stealing, I get the absolute sense that the transaction is being date stamped into my record of being here, same if I give to a homeless person where Im also reminded that I have a warm, secure home to go back to for which I'm extremely grateful.
@@User-pp9jg what are your thoughts on carefully breaking a small piece of a healthy plant for propogation ? , and I mean a healthy abundant plant . The smallest piece possible to achieve the result. Careful to not affect the value or appearance or progress. it's something I sometimes have an overwhelming urge to do.
@@Jessica-zh2ck well this can work obviously but my feeling is that if the plant belongs to someone else you should obtain permission first.
I live a few miles away from the Llyn near Abedrare and travel down the mountain rd many times and always feel something. I've seen the artifacts in the national museum and they are fascinating... Also. The offerings to the lake are not just an ancient thing. We still do it to this day in wishing wells and fountains and others. So my personal belief and opinion is it was just that. An offering of something of value in this case an axe head. Nowadays a point coin and we make a wish. Be it health. Wealth or a good crop to harvest. Really enjoyed this video.
Being Welsh I really enjoyed this, we're not particularly informed about this ancient history so
T H A N K Y O U
❤🙏
Thank you once again Neil for this documentary, I was enthralled with it and didnt know there were ancient artefacts found there. I've not been there, but Wales is my homeland and I guess this lake is about 70 miles west of where I live. God bless and much 💖 .
Great lake! I visited with my wife her British relatives and we went for a week in the Lake District! Beautiful country!
Hello @NeilOliver
Happy to find your channel.
Something that's struck me on learning about the behaviour of sacrificing 'wealth' or significant item to the water..
Well we still do it today, we still put coins in a fountain or well, when we find those places where it's been traditionally done.
I think it's amazing how this human behaviour is so deep rooted in history.
I dont think this tradition has died out, it still exists when children or the unrequited lover, maybe desperate souls or poetic hearts hope their sacrifice will bring them luck, fortune or protection.
I am so pleased I found this video of Neil’s. He is such a poet and has that gentle knowledge that simply seeps into your understanding. Glorious words thank you Neil.
He is also a RW racist looney? Ty reading some of his Less poetical comments. by the way what is poetic about reading a script?
History with his Scottish accent? You betcha! The man sounds like he’s singing the history to me. Added bonus…so educational & entertaining, while I sew
We All Love Your Reserch Sir. Thanks Neil.
Thank you for sharing your perspective and educate the world about your time travels.
Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦.
I came here after hearing Neil’s interview with Bret Weinstein on the Darkhorse podcast. Subscribed before evening listening to this video. Fantastic! I love how at the end Neil talks about wondering whose items these were. Who is the person connected with them? That’s where the value is in the ancient item. Whenever I’ve gone to museums or ghost towns, I’ve always wondered about the people connected to the artifacts and buildings. Love this perspective.
Oh, yeah those Guys, that declare Hermaphrodites are animals, than just mutations, than just intersex, than to that doesn't exist. when the actual Medical Terms is Pseudo Male Hermaphrodite, Pseudo Female Hermaphrodite and True Hermaphrodite! Which is 0.08% of the Population... Why would you listen to such pure propaganda? And such bias sources, listening to Partisans for the Truth, is like buying Medicine from a Snake Oils Salesman! Than to Top It OFF! This guy pretends to be into the Druids, when the Druids thought True Hermaphrodites but probably True True Hermaphrodites (with Two Sets of Testicles and Ovaries, extra rare, about 1 in 500,000,000 or so they say, when True Hermaphrodites are 5% of the 0.08% Hermaphrodite Population, but its generally the XX True Hermaphrodites that does self insemination all the way to Pure Virgin Births, although the retained testicle is usually complete junk and uncapable of such, of course the surgeries at birth mask all that. Why the Druids thought Hermaphrodites were the pinnacle of human evolution because they could repopulate after another Great Catastrophe all by themselves, given in a True Great Catastrophe we are lucky a man and woman survive and be near enough to each other to procreate. So a Druidic Person playing ball with the Eugenical Weinstein's is surely no real Druid at all...
The Vikings considered Pseudo Male Hermaphrodites Basically Battle Mages and Good Luck Charms by being Favored by the Gods. Christianity is obviously based off a True Hermaphrodite and a Virgin Birth and some versions of the Bible Proclaiming Hermaphrodite Holy calling them Born a Eunuch, so I wonder why the Tribe has it so out for the Hermaphrodites to outright Deny their existence and work to Medically Genocide them... You know Eugenics renamed itself to Bret's exact field of study?!? You know that Right?
So if Hermaphrodites are not Suppose to Get married and are Considered Holy, and Priests are Not Suppose to get Married and are Considered Holy, how do you think was supposed to be running the Chruch? A Bunch of People Born Holy? Or Generally Speaking Abominations that Rape Boys?!? So that probably has something to do with the Chruch hiding Hermaphrodites existences specially ones that do Virgin Births, like True Hermaphrodites, like Mary... So what do you think the Holy Grail is? A Callice? Who's Callice?
Neil most fascinated with Wales as I have decented from Evans of Wales. I have had this yearning for the Durids and King Author for some reason. Would love to visit Wales on my bucket list.
Transporting. I loved it. I felt it in my soul. My ancestors say thank you.
Good stuff. Couched in a charming scottish accent. You lifted my spirit, thank you.
We still throw metal into the water - coins into fountains!
This is the first time I have come across you, Mr. Oliver. The way you tell a story, the way you put it together - I am impressed and entranced. Thank you for your work!
Finally I found your actual channel! Much rejoicing to be had! I’m so glad you are not just a presenter but a true studier of knowledge 🌹
Absolutely fascinating and interesting thank you for speaking a truth brilliant work 👏
Wonderful....Thanks Neil. xxxx
Absolutely fascinating 😍 Thank you!
Just love going on your journeys with you. Thank you!!!!
That was a brilliant podcast .
You have really opened my eyes the the " mythology " of Lakes.
Thank you Neil.
Amazing.The opening sounds like something from Stranger Things.👍😃 Thanks once again Neil.
What is Stranger Things?
Been to lots of places in Wales. Right up the north too. Feel like I driven down that road 25:50 or another road that winds down like that.
Magical!
Pure magic
It looks like you have a Deerhound or Irish wolfhound Neil. Beautiful & thanks for this podcast, intriguing x
That res/lake is 10 mins from where I live ... so much beauty on our door steps
I believe that during the 20th century humanity was taught about throwing a coin into a fountain or some other body of water through that song "Three coins in the Fountain" in a romantic film playing in Rome, I think it was. And many people learnt that and when others saw this practice of making a wish to be able to return while throwing a coin into a well or fountain, they thought it a great idea and copied it and nowadays we see this happening everywhere. Elvis, BTW, also had a hit with the song "Heart of Rome", which includes the line "I'll make a wish in every fountain".
I have followed your travels for quite sometimes. . It’s beautiful. I also share your views about the whole crisis.
It was a pure disaster. Now we may go back to some sanity. . Hopefully....
just wonderful, very interesting, thank you
Fascinating concept that sacrifice made to the depths of a lake could represent a gift given through the looking glass. Wonderful
Love this guy
Love this guy's ability to take you anywhere with words💯...up there with sir David Attenborough for me!! Cheers Neil 👍💯💯
For the Longest Time..right? 🤣🏴🏴🏴
I cannot get over how beautiful the story of Narcissus was. He just couldn't stop looking at his reflection, in a pool of still water. So magnificent. So glorious. Please, like and subscribe. The Algorithm requires it.
Very interesting. Thank you for this podcast.
Thank you for your program.
"I'm Neil Oliver, and I'm the REAL Dr Who" Haha! Neil would make a good dowser. Dowsers are always ASKING the land, not imposing on it thoughtlessly.
I was overjoyed to discover your podcast on Llynfawr reservoir, I was brought up not far from there. I have looked down many times from the top of the Rhigos mountain at the valley below and wondered what it was like for my ancestors. I was aware of the significant find in the lake and the clues its artifacts gave a hint to large trade routes that existed back then. I have never been to the edge of the lake as I assumed I would be trespassing, my assumption is that it was a Dwr Cymru site. I may have to go back, I would like to see it close up. Thank you for the video.
Still throwing coins into wishing wells and fountains today. Also, I wrote a paper on the possibility that the water sacrifices became less frequent as the climate changed, over hundreds of years, to a drier climate, in Northern Europe.
I don't remember the time span I was focused on, but I thought that the big sacrifices were fascinating. It seems that Roman enemies that were vanquished would have their weapons and armour symbolically broken and sacrificed to the bog.
Another interesting concept which I learned about in that class ( 8xxx Archaeology of Northern Europe) was that Christianity spread first through Royalty and then to the Commoners. It may have started as a "people's movement", but looks like it spread far and wide as a decision of the kings and queens, who then, ostensibly, decided it would be the People's new religion.
To go full circle, when Christianity spread through Northern Europe, many of the former religious artifacts were symbolically broken, before a cross was placed on top of it.
All of this is really interesting and does apply to our modern life, if we recognize it.
Also, in Minnesota and the Dakotas, at least, the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota still have "Give Aways" during their Wachipis (dances/"pow-wows"). The ones I have attended have been after the deaths of individuals (giving away their possessions to be used by the community. There were other events that brought them on and it was always out of a pragmatic concern for the whole group. If I'm not mistaken, anyone can decide to announce a give away.
Thanks for providing these rich narratives of what may have been, long ago, and attempting to connect them with the present. You have great insights and communication skills. #Genuine
Just came across this series; thank you! Please could you consider adding place names (& other key terms) to the description or on screen, to help viewers follow up their interests? For instance, to find the Welsh lake on Google maps. Also, the gift of metal to “other worldly” entities reminds me of coming across a “faerie tree” at the top of a headland pass north of Oban. I think it was a thorn tree (wasn’t a rowan). The bark of the entire trunk and lower branches was studded with coins that had been pressed edge-on into it. Several coins had just the very edge showing, as the bark had grown over them for many years. Can’t recall how, but learned it was the custom to pay for your safe passage over the hill by gifting a coin to the resident faerie folk. Such traditions would make another interesting podcast!
Thanks for your presence on UA-cam ! You are very inspiring and honest, and ditto the message below !
Someone I would love to meet
I wonder what disconnect occurs when these artifacts are removed ?
We love you, man!
Not as much as he loves himself.
I remember my younger brother, when I was a kid (and so was he), too young to know any better I suppose, leant over into a shallow pool in a shopping centre and started grabbing the coins on the bottom - the reason I remember it, is because of the absolute horror and screams from my mother... it was like he had done something tantamount to pissing on a grave. She was LIVID - and ever since then, I have always felt almost pity for those whose job it is to collect those coins for whatever charity they may be collected for, because they are simultaneously both blessed and cursed.
Fascinating and excellent show. Subscribed, thank you very much. I love how you have woven this together. Please carry on!
Very interesting and most enjoyable, thank you Neil Oliver :-) At least a forger, or druid scholar would have known that the fire births the metal and, the water it's breath of life; and it is breath that takes us in our final moment. There were very few forgers of that day; likely indebted to a king or lord.
I would like to know where the school of Druid came from; which royal power funded the establishment of that university? Were they from Greece... ? Were the druid priests appointed or self appointed patrons? If so, did druid patronage organise common people so as to fund their university? ...Which other school of thought, university and or state of that day influenced Druid doctrine?
There must be enough known and found evidence by now to join the dots relating to the Druid movement. Druids of today must have evidence of their schooling, doctrine and history!
Thanks again to Neil Oliver, who always makes history so much more interesting :-)
Excellent information. Love the focus of your channel!🙏
Absolutely brilliant brilliant teaching bless you Neil ❤
My understanding is that the Celts developed the many tiered system of Druidic learning as they migrated across the European continent, eventually ending up in the British Isles. (Druidism was supposedly brought to Ireland, for instance, by the Sons of Mil, particularly the Bard, Amergain.) Druids were the historians (Bards, keepers of oral tradition) Poets (they studied poetry along with all other forms of knowledge over a 20 year period) Law givers and keepers (Brehons) Healers, Diviners, Sacrificers (Ovates), etc, etc, etc. There are stories that Jesus studied with the Druids of Angelsey Island.
Oh my God I love his voice is anyone else completely soothed and titillated by every word he says
He really speaks in a way that literally gives you peace. Even in dreadful times.