"There are few who kn ow
Where the magic wand of Mathonwy
Grows in the grove."
__"Daronwy," medieval Welsh poem
The magic wand of the wise, druidic Math (MAHth), king of Gwynedd in northern Wales, had the property of causing things to appear as they truly were. This was demonstrated when Math interviewing his niece, Arianrhod (Ar-ee-ANN'hrode) for the post of royal footholder.
The most important qualification for this post was virginity. When Arianrhod came to court, Math stretched out his magic wand and asked her to step over it. Unfortunately, as Arianrhod did so, she gave birth to a child in full view of the court. Math's wand had the effect of accelerating his niece's secret pregnancy to full term, to her great embarrassment (since she was thought to be a virgin).
We may each be glad that none of our secrets can be so exposed to public scrutiny. There is fortunately no Math's wand that can spill the beans to our embarrassment. But whatever faults we gloss over in the inner grove of our spiritual allies, there can be no concealment of our intentions and actions, however easily we deceive our fellow humans.
Our allies do not throw such things in our faces, though; they do not rewind surveillance videotape to embarrass us. There is no judgment or condemnation from. Rather, like good friends, they suggest other ways of behaving that might serve us better; they stand by the truth which is the mirror of our soul and invite us to look within and change what we do not like. If we attend to them, they compassionately enable us to make manifest our true selves and our hidden intentions are aligned and balanced.
"What areas of your own hidden life would be revealed by Math's wand?"
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]
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