Pheryllt 3: Secrets of the Merlin Temple & The Blue Book of Welsh Bards and Druids

by Joshua Free, Llywelyn Sion, Iolo Morganwg

[This Mardukite edition is now out-of-print in lieu of the forthcoming "Book of Pheryllt" anthology, collecting this three volume series in one book.]The much anticipated final volume of the Pheryllt Trilogy edited by Joshua Free.In ancient Keltia, the Druid Order consisted of learned ones, those educated in Bardic cosmology and spirituality, natural-native history and geology, legendary history of heroes and mythology, healing and botanical medicine, astrononmy and astronology, and of course 'magic' – all of which are hidden in lines of Bardic verse and the researches of those who study them. As primary preservers of Celtic and Druid Mysteries, it is no wonder that Bardic Druids were considered the transmitter or catalyst of -awen- the essence, Divine Spark or spirit of inspiration that the Greeks termed 'gnosis'. It is to the 'ebb and flow' of the -awen field- that the magical and poetic genius of the Bard is attributed. Many antiquated scholarly references to the “Books of Fferyllt” or the “Pheryllt” themselves may be found (included or paraphrased in the Book of Pheryllt trilogy series facsmile edited by Joshua Free). Whatever bits trickle down from classical literature and antiquarian druidism to satisfy a modern thirst for the 'pheryllt paradigm' have been collected together in one place – a sacred book once thirded and now made whole – forming a complete sourcebook trilogy of undefiled lore. Whatever name, guise, or title we might attribute to the 'Body of the Dragon' – and we have chosen PHERYLLT – this same lore (originally accessible to few) serves as basis for the majority of Celtic and neo-Druidic revival of the past few centuries; whether or not it has been given due credit as such. Where a thick scholarly aura accumulated from years of controversy may surround the 'authenticity' of some of these manuscripts, valid substitution shortages have bound the modern revival specifically to these available texts and the tradition gleaned from them.

256 pages, Paperback

Published May 22, 2018

About the author

Joshua Free began participating in his planetary mission by receiving ‘unofficial’ personal apprenticeships from individual mentors who were, themselves, members (active or preexisting) of the Illuminati, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Catholic Mystics, Christian Gnostics, Buddhist Monks, Freezoners (Scientology), the Dragon Court / Dragon Society, Theosophical Society, the GD (Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) and/or the A.A. (Argentium Astrum) among others.

At the age of 12, Joshua Free was officially initiated into the Pheryllt Druid tradition (based on the work of Douglas Monroe) and then began leading his own Gnostic Druid organization at 13. A year later he was installed to the ‘third degree’ of Celtic Wicca. In the mid-1990′s, he was heralded the youngest initiate to join the “Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids” (OBOD), a large international organization based in England that New Age (Druidic) authors frequently cite.

While in high school during the late-1990′s, Joshua Free maintained leadership (under the name “Merlyn Stone“) of a small esoteric mystical-magical experimental research group, the “Elven Fellowship Circle of Magick” (EFCOM), which met both in private and publicly in Washington Park (Denver, Colorado) from 1998 through 2000. Considered a prodigious youth among growing Rocky Mountain New Age Scene, he wrote many underground manifestos on various ‘New Age’ topics using the pseudonym “Merlyn Stone” while still a teenager — one of the first and most famous being the “Sorcerer’s Handbook” that has reached thousands of readers and is currently celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2013! [The complete works of "Merlyn Stone" are now available in the NEW commemorative edition -- "Wizardry".]

Joshua Free quickly became a controversial underground occult figure (as author Merlyn Stone) that advocated radically diverse approaches to Druidic Philosophy & Metaphysics — including active participation with the New Forest “Pheryllt” group of his primary Druidic mentor, Douglas Monroe, for which he was unseated from all positions (particularly OBOD) and disappeared from public view while still a teenager.

Although now best known for his work on Sumerians, the Anunnaki and Babylonian Tradition for the “Mardukites“, his work on the Secret Dragon (Elven) Legacy and modern Pheryllt Druid Tradition is also paramount. In addition to his own collected works anthology, “The Druid Compleat“, his writing has even been used for the third volume completing the classic bestselling ‘Merlyn’ trilogy by Douglas Monroe, “The Deepteachings of Merlyn“ in 2011.

Before returning to mainstream view in 2008 (nearly a decade later) via the internet, Joshua Free had already spent fifteen years intensely exploring esoteric sects of society, underground counter-culture and contemporary academia. Following an individualized path, preferring personal apprenticeships over direct membership in certain groups and organizations, his all-encompassing ‘Universalist’ pursuit is to unify the knowledge and potential of the ‘human condition’ experiencing life in the “metaphysical universe”. [The literary cornerstone of this effort, consolidated and released in 2008 as "Arcanum", not only earned him an honorary position in the "Ordo Lapsit Exillis" from Tracy R. Twyman and then as a companionate to the "Dragon Court" of (the now 'late') Nicholas de Vere, but also contributed to the rise of his own revolutionary 'Next Generation' (NexGen) underground movement...]

On the Summer Solstice of 2008, Joshua Free founded the inception of the modern “Mardukite“ movement — currently in its fifth active year of operation, with extensive literary materials now in print. In Spring of 2011, he co-founded the “Systemology” division (Systemological Society) of the “Mardukite Research Organization”. Drawn from the truth of the most ancient spiritual technologies on the planet!