What is Awen? | Spiritual Energy from Celtic Wales & Britain

[@stellamariehere]

Awen in the Welsh sense can't be separated from poetry and language, but what if this refers to the poetic harmony of the universe itself?

[@bigbillyborger]

You are a gift to our people. Thank you for your videos.

[@stellamariehere]

Wow, thank you. ✨

[@worgia]

Totally agree. I am loving these videos and your beautiful delivery. Thank you ❤

[@bigbillyborger]

​@@stellamariehere you are very much welcome. I binged all of your videos and started watching some again, I've wanted to make content like this for some time but your delivery and cadence along with knowledge on the subject matter is remarkable!

[@ViaHarmonica]

Beautiful video, thanks. I understand "Awen" much like the Latin word "anima," meaning "life force" i.e. the creative muse / inspiration drives our life force. I understand that another possible connection is to "afon" (river) which could imply that inspiration is seen as a flowing, continuous force. I have subscribed and looking forward to more content. P.S. A great, great etc. aunt of mine was Charlotte "Bertie" Guest, the translator of the Mabinogion.

[@NigeWebb]

Diolch, Taffy Nige ❤

[@stevenparker4456]

I believe in the Aten which is the invisible sun and from its divine rays we receive Awen the illuminating mist, the inspirational frequency that gives birth to art and creativity. Your work is very important, informative and provides inspiration to others, Many thanks.

[@Jay-ql4gp]

Thank you so much! I am an artist. And yes, I know the flow state well. Time stands on end. The only moment you experience is almost infinite. Nothing else outside what your creating exists. And then, when you stop. You find that many hours have passed. ❤

[@SR-mv2mf]

I am an Indian and I am studying Sanskrit and Tantra. I however, have an interest in spiritual traditions from all over the world. It is true that sound is the root of creation. Sound is vibration and vibration is energy, energy can become matter. E=mc2.

[@am9359]

Cyfarchion yn Awen/|\ Jai Srī Vaac! Jai Ṛta !

[@bazaab42]

I am so happy and at peace to be on my current path, and very happy to have found your channel.

[@wisdom.research1051]

Awen would be the Universal Soul, which has emphasis in different places, according to different spiritual traditions. You explain things beautifully. 😘🤩

[@joannacarley7754]

Awen i discovered by accident, i love writing poetry and funnily rapping with my son for fun! and drawing. My son gave me a Triskele pendant i was looking in to it and came across Awen. I drew the symbol, the Celtic ying and yang, a trinity of mind, body and spirit. At last a connection to my past i can relate to. Thank you for such an informative and interesting perspective. I am in Ballerion (Cornwall) the energy is fantastic here also.

[@docthomas6225]

yes!!! I feel so disconnected from my ancestral past

[@NJ.Magpie]

Just subscribed. I have seen some of your videos on TikTok and KZbin Shorts and I love to see people giving these educational videos about Celtic Spirituality ❤ I am also from Wales (though I agree this does not make me anymore Celtic than others, I personally believe that it's a soul connection sort of thing to be Celtic). And I am also very upset that I don't know Welsh or another Celtic/Gaelic language other than English. I will try my best to learn the language. It is my dream to know Welsh, Irish and Scottish.

[@marciawordsworth9464]

how very beautiful, important and timely 💙💜💙💜

[@samshuijzen]

So happy to have found this channel thank you Stella am looking forward to watching all your videos, chance to reconnect with my roots. Love the spirit in the vids, it's Alive!!

[@BooksUnstitched]

Such a beautiful video, thank you for sharing

[@stellamariehere]

Thank you for listening 🙏🏼

[@laurielamonday3134]

So grateful to you for this wonderful journey ❤

[@stellamariehere]

You are so welcome 🤗

[@wolverian8176]

Hello from Seattle. Thank you for your videos and content. I really appreciate them.

[@stellamariehere]

Blessings friend 🕯️🤍 I have a workshop on the awen if you're interested stellamariecontent.my.canva.site/invoking-awen-july 🔥🌙

[@joey1011]

I originally came across you on TT and ive been loving your content sm- i especially like what you said about pagans not being put off by things from the christian era, early celtic christianity is steeped in mysticism that doesn't resemble our modern idea of xtian conservatism at all. Tthis period of time people would have been so connected to the land whatever their religion was on paper

[@stellamariehere]

I'd love to do a podcast with someone specifically on this topic!

[@declanmurphy417]

what a lovely presentation Stella thank you beautiful earrings

[@stellamariehere]

Thank you, I designed and made them 🥰

[@lisapatterson9297]

I found you through Jacob's video you were in, and look forward to checking out your other video's ❤ I recently have started to connect with AWEN and look forward to this path!!!

[@stellamariehere]

How lovely! I have two dates for my Invoking Awen workshop in September. If you're interested, the link to the worshipful details and tickets to join are below! 🤍🕯️ stellamariecontent.my.canva.site/invoking-awen-july

[@vitexvalve]

Diolch yn fawr cariad 🙏🏻😘

[@mattiadallabenetta7233]

I am kind of learning Welsh as an Italian cause I live in the north of England, quite close to Clwyd and Gwynedd. So maybe it's time for you to reconnect with your language. 🔥 I have done a similar operation reading the full text of the Divine Commedy by Dante Alighieri. Anyways, beautiful video. 🙏🏻

[@stellamariehere]

Dw i'n dysgu siarad Cymraeg, ond dw i eisiau ymarfer bob dydd! Have you tried Say Something in Welsh? It's the best way to learn Welsh speaking 🗣️

[@mattiadallabenetta7233]

@@stellamariehere I will check it out, thanks!

[@Jlaida94]

Yet another great video stel ! I'm excited to deep dive into these lands and to channel and learn Awen 🙏🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨️🌿

[@merrimcarthur7198]

I find it interesting and yet wonderfully inevitable that the YT gods brought this video to me. As an artist who seems to work in abstract symbolism, I've been drawn the the Awen symbol along with the Celtic Tree of Life. I've been contemplating doing a series of them with different coloured backgrounds. I've even considered doing bespoke/commissioned paintings. Watching you has convinced me to actually do this. I'll also be including goddess images and heart images. For whatever reason, those call to me on a daily basis. We'll see what happens. Anyway, thank you for having made this video. Well done. 💜

[@stellamariehere]

This sounds incredible, I would love to see your art! It's important to note that the Awen symbols are modern and don't have roots in the Welsh traditions of old, though, the symbology is profound to many and holds deep meaning. You probably already know this though :)

[@rebecca8527]

IThank you for sharing this. I feel I do this often through dance and listening to music. I always wondered if there were others that get into that state of flow and maybe chalked it up that there must be, bc surely I'm not the only one. I'm glad you speak about it, something that does not come natural for me to talk about ... perhaps because it's hard to put words to. And thank goodness, too, for the Poets ❤

[@Tuwanina19]

Thank you.

[@stellamariehere]

thank you for watching 😊

[@pamrogers5979]

ty :)

[@PumpkinMozie]

Language is so powerful ❤

[@peterkemp8633]

Brilliant ,really interesting thankyou

[@jamesetal7088]

5:54 Very interesting.

[@c.l.3806]

Hello, I lost myself in Computer Games cause of the Awen. In culture Awen seems to be manipulated. And in order to get immunity of manipulation, i try to control it for myself. It's really a curse trying to know and control myself. Trying to stay away from Awen, means trying to stay away from myself. Which leads to depression and melancholy.

[@am9359]

Well go to source! What do you expect from staying on the computer & away from nature & natural energies? Go outside! Go to a park if you live in the City! preferably not a crowded park. Go for a walk under the moon & stars. Walk among them when you sleep. Set the intention to have a productive sleep. Go to a river or stream go talk to an old tree, Sit under it, nap under it. Yes hug it FFS. Go to the Ocean, pat some cats & dogs, horses & cows if you can. Eat an Apple. Drink water not out of a plastic bottle. Read a bloody book-Not shill!- Pick old world poetry or mythology. Or touching biographies without the politics or wholesome how dids & how tos. Get off the screen & stay out of the archon techno matrix... What do you think you're looking at here & hearing about?! Learn to Meditate Have some self discipline & toughen up 👍🏻 /|\✨

[@am9359]

Well get off the screen & go to Source! 🌀 /|\✨ Connect! Reaffirm its universal & higher flow within you! You can't escape it anyway, it is in you & cleaner & stronger in natural things. Get off your screen & out of your house ( if you can ). Go to the wilderness or a park! Go for a walk under the Stars & Moon in the fresh air. Walk with them. Go to a stream or the ocean. Sleep on the earth. Sit under a tree, nap under it. Talk to it, hug it. Drink water -not from a plastic bottle. Learn breathwork. Eat an apple. Start a relationship with your Ancestors, recent ones & distant ones. Do little things to let them know you're grateful. Pat some Cats. Dogs, horses and cows if you can. Commune with birds. Try telepathy with all these beings, Tree Water, Stars, Moon, Animals, Stream, Ocean. Try all this in your sleep - make it a sacred thing & intention. Learn to meditate. Find your self discipline & self esteem thereby. Find your self worth within the living & "crossed over" grove of Family, all just mentioned. There's sense of love & belonging & respect & meaning & giving & purpose, of Awen! You will find, that you won't get from the plastic -not so fantastic archonic techno matrix. Avoid toxic mainstream media & entertainment & narratives Get out there! Get into the web of life and living force Be free my friends! /|\ 🌀🌌⚡🌿💛✨

[@NigeWebb]

Toucan?

[@thorashebear7604]

I've had wonders if "Amen" has ties to "Awen"

[@susanos-u2f]

I would like to be directed to a poem or two related to awen for a friend from Wales please? Can you assist Stella? Thank you

[@stellamariehere]

Both from the book or Taliesin - Yr Awen a Ganaf, Or Dwfn a Dygaf The Awen I sing, from the Deep I bring it. Ban Pan Doeth Peir, Ogyrwen Awen Teir the three elements of inspiration that came, splendid, out of the cauldron Both from the Book of Taliesin 🤍

[@jamesetal7088]

What mic do you wear? Your audio is clear which is critical.

[@stellamariehere]

I'm pretty sure it's a Movo Lavalier mic! 🎙️

[@jamesetal7088]

@@stellamariehere 🍕I sent you a pizza thingy cause I love pizza and a good pic. Be well.

[@peterkemp8633]

I was certain that is not just a modern symbol ,was sure its on some old inscriptions, or have i a false memory , say something in Welsh is great i agree , all the best

[@sii6531]

Awen reminds me of the creative force they call Aka in old Hawaiian and Akasha in India.

[@stellamariehere]

Interesting, is this what's influenced the modern perspective on Akashic Records? 👀

[@SR-mv2mf]

Akasha in Sanskrit means ether(space), it doesn’t mean creative force

[@SR-mv2mf]

@@stellamariehereAkasha in Sanskrit means ether or space. It is one of the 5 elements (pancha boothas) namely earth, fire, air, water and ether(space) aka Akasha. Note that air and space are different. Air has molecules whereas space is “nothing”- it is the gap/space between the nucleus and electrons in an atom

[@WootKat]

Do you believe that the Universe, The All, as a creator in some ways “uses” some of us to also create? That it creates via our human hands, as we are all literally connected to it down to the stardust iron in our blood? I see the universe as a type of spider (I mean that in the best possible sense). It spins reality and existence, creating and destroying it according to its own rhythms, and we are the ones who take the threads it spins and weave them into song, story, healing, grief, etc etc etc. And of course, deity often helps us with finding the pattern and obtaining the threads we need, even if we aren’t always aware of them.

[@MariSilva-hs2cn]

What is your opinion of Higgin's statements ancient Welsh is identical to sanskrit?

[@stellamariehere]

I've never heard of this or Higgins, and it is an extraordinary claim to say that languages are identical, but I often think about the similarities in terms of the design of the sounds, melody and rules of the languages, and wonder if the ancient Welsh language was designed with the divinity of sounds in mind. Feel free to pop a link/sources here for me to explore further.

[@MariSilva-hs2cn]

@@stellamariehere Geoffrey Higgins was a scholar his works are online for free. He was a member of a Druidic order and his work is credited to influencing Theosophy drastically.

[@stellamariehere]

Right, I'm into it. Can you recommend his work that speaks of the Welsh language and sanscrit? Where should I start? 🧙🏼‍♀️

[@stellamariehere]

Never mind I've found his work

[@guriinii]

On oral traditions, Buddhism was founded and passed on through reciting the Buddha's original teachings. Buddha's language didn't have a written format so it wasn't written down for around 450 years after his death. We must have lost so much of own history and ancient wisdom, imagine if it was written down. Maybe it was and it hasn't been found yet!

[@vitexvalve]

The Buddha is in the heart of the teaching, the record is of the present flow. Enter the stream and we will begin again. Mahākāśyapa 🪷

[@marialeticiarennoowens5635]

Awen= Owens ( nickname) ?

[@michaelleahcim4507]

You express like a Bardd

[@Penddraig7]

I wouldn’t use the term Celtic, that is a derogatory term and offensive and especially so if used in reference to those who are not and never have been Celtic, which is the case with the Brython (Welsh) who are not and never have been anything to do with Celts in fact they were enemies, they are not ethnically Celts, they are not culturally Celts, their language is not Celtic, Awen is not Celtic, almost everything that is classed as Celtic is not Celtic at all.

[@stellamariehere]

I completely agree, which is why I talk about this whenever I use the word Celtic. Unfortunately it's the modern understanding so it has to be used as a gateway into what's behind the word.

[@Penddraig7]

@@stellamariehere Ok, fair enough, I didn’t see you address it in this video so I wasn’t aware you were aware of the issue with the term Celtic. Some information you might be interested in, some context to some things I think you will find interesting and emphasises the point you were making about the importance of the language. So background on myself, I am Welsh but grew up in England and wasn’t taught Welsh and didn’t pick up any Welsh because I was not around that environment and spiritually I was always drawn to it so i have a very unconventional way in which I was connected with it which probably turned out to be a good thing because I have a very different perspective towards the language than most people and therefore had no preconceived notions about the language, I believe the language is taught wrong, it’s taught like it is English for example and that is completely wrong and starting from a foundation which diverges from the usual foundation, it has allowed me to be open minded and not constrained by what I would have been taught, it allows me to think outside the box and I believe I have cracked the key to the language and the real way it should be taught in order to properly understand it the way it was intended millennia ago. One of the things I learnt was not to trust anything Wikipedia/Wiktionary and other sources say about etymology of words etc, for example, when they say such and such word comes from such and such word in Latin meaning the word was adopted into Brythonic (Welsh) from Latin, this was rarely the case in fact it was for likely that the Latin word was derived from the Brythonic word and the beauty of Welsh is that this can be proven by reverse engineering the word and this was the key that I discovered. The Welsh language is words that are made up of syllabic root words and these syllabic root words are essentially syllabic sounds, each syllabic sound has a meaning and joining the syllabic root words creates a word which essentially is a sentence/paragraph describing something, be it an emotion, a concept, a thing, an abstract idea etc which is why many Welsh words have numerous meanings that convey these different things, it’s like showing someone who has never seen an orange before for example and asking them to explain what it is and then that explanation becomes the word for that orange, that is essentially how the Welsh words were created and how the language was developed and this meant that if someone was taught these syllabic root words, that would be all they needed to learn so if someone said something to them they could reverse engineer to word and get an understanding of what that word meant, you wouldn’t need to learn every word in the language. It’s actually really cool, it gives you an insight into the people of the day and the association of one thing with another. Sadly a lot of the meanings of words has been lost and the Welsh they teach now is a heavily stripped down and edited version of Welsh and so a lot of the beauty of the language is lost and sadly this is by design because the establishment know the importance of the Welsh language in understanding things they don’t want us to know which is a factor in why they tried to erase the language from existence and why sadly, wiktionary and modern dictionaries can’t be trusted. I am not saying everything in wiktionary is wrong but certain languages are elevated like Latin to the point where they always try to find a way to take the origin of words back to one of these elevated languages and why other languages are pushed down and categorised as “Celtic” languages for example. It’s a multifaceted situation and I don’t want to get too deep into the weeds because I will end up going off on multiple tangents, because it would be very easy to do, such is the scale of the situation. So to the point, always question if a source says such and such word derives from Latin for example, so you were talking about chanting etc and I suspect if you were to look up the word chant on wiktionary it will say that it derives from Latin and if you look up the Welsh word cant it will say that it comes from the Latin word. So this is a good example of what I was explaining up until this point. The Welsh word Cant has numerous meanings and everyone is kind of connected in a strange way and is also connected to Stonehenge and in my opinion gives us our strongest understanding of what Stonehenge was actually used for. I will break it down in the comment below and follow it up with some other comments like one about Awen and the importance of a certain river and why rivers in general had certain names.

[@Penddraig7]

@@stellamariehere So Cant has numerous meanings, they are 1. The number 100. 2. The outer circle, a periphery, a rim, a felloe, a hoop. 3. The wattled fence round a floor/yard, a fence surrounding a house, a surrounding wall/enclosure. 4. To descant, to sing. 5. The vault/dome of heaven. In Welsh grammar there are grammatical rules called mutations and these mutations effect certain consonants. There are 3 types of mutation, Soft, Nasal and Aspirate. The Aspirate mutation of the letter C is Ch so under certain grammatical conditions, Cant becomes Chant. The word Chant means a repeating rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd. It is also a repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual. (inCANTation - a series of words said as a magic spell) Chant is also a short musical passage in two or more phrases used for singing unmetrical words; a psalm or canticle sung to such music. (CANTicle - a hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service and it also means a Song of Songs.) Cant in this instance is a compound of Cân + t Can means a descant, a song -t is an old suffix which isn’t used in modern Welsh which which essentially was a suffix to form a verb from the root word. Cân is a compound of Cy + an Cy denotes a mutual act, quality or effect. A means an element or principle. How do the different meanings of the word Cant connect to Stonehenge, well the outer stone circle would be called a Cant (definition 2) and the outer stone circle at Stonehenge has a diameter of 100m (100 - Definition 1) Before the stone circle at Stonehenge there was the outer ditch which would have been a Cant (definition 2) and inside that ditch there would have been a wattled fence enclosure (definition 3) Stonehenge would have been used as a “church” and they would have chanted (definition 4) and they sang/chanted in a circle, the Welsh word for a circle is a Côr and the people in this circle (Côr) singing/chanting would have been called the Côr or Chôr (aspirate mutation) and this is where the word Choir comes from and finally, their “religion” was based heavily around the heavens, the celestial realm was extremely important to them and Stonehenge would have been I guess the equivalent of Westminster Abbey, the main “Church” the Cathedral of those who observed that “religion” and Stonehenge was essentially an observatory and looking up from inside of Stonehenge would have been the “vault” of the “Cathedral” and the vault would have been the dome of heaven, which is Cant (definition 5) I remember being able to link the word Cathedral to Welsh too but at this moment I can’t remember. Another music related term is Melody, this also derives from Welsh. The Welsh word Melodi means a dulcified state. It is Melawd + i Melawd means a collecting of honey, the state of being like honey, sweetness -i is a suffix which causes a vowel inflection in the root word and the vowel inflection of aw i o, so Melawd becomes Melod when the i is suffixed. With Melawd meaning “a collecting of honey, the state of being like honey, sweetness,” then Melodi, influenced by the -i suffix and its vowel mutation, would imply a refined or more developed form of that concept. In this context, Melodi could mean “a flowing sweetness” or “a sweet sound,” extending from the idea of honey’s smooth, pleasant qualities. This is how we get the term Melody in reference to music that is harmonised and sounds pleasant to the ear, musically satisfying, a tune, it is the music equivalent of honey, sweetness, the sweet flowing nature of pleasant sounds.

[@Penddraig7]

@@stellamariehere With Awen, you will probably know all of this but there might be some parts which are new to you. Awen can be split up numerous ways using Welsh which again is part of the beauty of the Welsh language. 1. Aw + en Aw means fluid; a flowing; From this root derives all words that imply fluidity or the motion or action of fluids and also immaterial qualities such as the impulse or emotion of the will, mind or soul. En means the source of life; a living principle or what is immortal; a being; a deity; a soul; a spirit, essence. 2. A + (g)wen Essentially meaning Very Blessed A in this context as a prefix is used to enhance the force of words like the use of a in arise in English Gwen is the feminine form meaning pure; white; fair; beautiful; blessed. There is also a secondary meaning to this too which is Blessed A I don’t know if you are aware that before the Brython adopted the Latin alphabet, they had their own alphabet. In this alphabet the letter  was represented as /|\ which i am sure you will recognise as very similar to the symbol of the Awen. So the blessed A is the blessed /|\ I am also sure you are probably aware of the idea of as above, so below, the mirror image of /|\ is \|/ and this was the letter Ŵ, so A represented the above and W the below. It also represents creation and destruction, life and death. In Welsh you have the diphthong AW or /|\ \|/ this is the only diphthong in Welsh that is subject to vowel inflection and the vowel that AW mutates to is the letter O as with the example i gave above with Melawd becoming Melodi. What was the pre Latin letter for Ô, well it was /|\ on top of \|/, so the above above the below and the O is a circle, a cycle, the cycle of life and death, creation and destruction, the circle of life. It doesn’t stop there, the letter W is often used at the end of words to give the sense of destruction of the root word, so for example, Du is the Welsh word for black, darkness, sable, gloomy, ink, add the letter W and you get Duw which means the destroyer of darkness and is a word that is used for God. The use of W as a way of presenting destruction is not always used in a negative way, it depends on the context. Back then, night and day were seen as battling entities, darkness was seen as a negative entity and light a positive and at night you would see the stars and the milky way etc and this was thought to be the place your spirit went to after death, your spirit would be carried up to the Milky Way and the Milky Way was the “river” that transported your soul to the afterlife and daytime (light) was when the energy and creation was given to the world hence the /|\ looking like sun rays beaming down and the \|/ looking like the energy going back up. So it wasn’t seen as the creation of light, it was seen as the destruction of darkness because darkness was what came before the light, to create light, the darkness had to be defeated. Because the moon was the “sun” during darkness, it was seen as the bringer of darkness and the sun was the bringer of light and every day, the sun and moon battle and this is one of the reasons the solstices and equinoxes were observed and why the Sun became represented in bodily form as Jesus but that’s another topic. So A as a prefix was often used to represent creation, the creation of energy and life and emotion and inspiration etc and W was used as prefix to represent death and destruction, the inverse of A. Another example of this is the word Cadw which means to keep, to preserve, to save, to guard, to look after and you are probably thinking, how does W as a destructive force apply to something that means to keep, preserve, to save etc well, Cadw minus W is Cad and Cad means a battle, so Cadw literally means to destroy a battle, battles are destructive and are the worst thing for preserving and saving things because the aim of a battle is to destroy, so like i say, it’s not always used in a negative sense, unfortunately this didn’t translate to religion, say Christianity and by Christianity i mean when it started to get used as a means of control and power etc and so this came to be a solely negative thing and the introduction of the devil, satan and the underworld being the realm of satan, but that again is another topic. So this is why Aw means fluid; flowing, because it is the combination of A and W the cycle, the continuous flowing of energy like the water cycle we get taught at school, it’s this water cycle that is often seen as how the energy falls to earth and then returns to the heavens and why water is considered sacred in some situations and why lakes for example were thought to be the portal to the otherworld, the Annwn and they reflected the heavens like a mirror, as above, so below.

[@Penddraig7]

@@stellamariehere This takes us onto the subject of rivers and their involvement. AW is also the root of the Latin word Amnis and Amnis means a broad, deep flowing, rapid water; stream; torrent, river; ocean; liquid; current. It also means the flowing, flow or pouring out of a piece of writing (figuratively, of a writer) When the Latin alphabet was first adopted, the letter we use now as a W was originally the letter U and the romans used the letter V so this is how we ended up with the word Avon for a river and then later the V in Welsh became an F so the word changed from Avon to Afon. So technically it should be Awon but with the adoption of the Latin alphabet some errors occurred due to how the alphabets got muddled up, so Afon (Avon) meaning river comes from Awon which is Aw + on We have already covered Aw and its meaning. On means that rises up; that is over superior or beyond; that is continuity. So a river is the continuity of the flow of energy, the water cycle. You also have the word Dwy that is used in the appellative for many rivers and means that is; origination, cause; rule or order. The perfect example of a river is the River Dee which flows from Snowdonia to Chester to the Dee estuary. The Welsh name is Afon Dyfrdwy, the Dwy being at the end of the name. Afon we have already covered. Dyfrdwy is Dwfyr + Dwy Dwy we have covered. Dwfyr means water So Dyfrdwy means the water of the origin, the water of the cause, the water of rule/order ie the water of “God”, holy/sacred water. The River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy) is the only river in the UK that has a Water Protection Zone order on its entire length. The word Deva comes from the Welsh word Duw which comes from the word Dyw and means God, it’s one word for God. Using the original romanised alphabet it would have been spelt Deu and the Romans depicted the U as a V so would have been written as Dev and then add the -a suffix which creates a feminine noun and you get Deva a Goddess. Deva being the goddess of the water which is the source of the Awen so she can be seen as the Goddess of Devine inspiration, Devine energy, the word Devine coming from Deva. So the River Dee is thought to be the river from which carries the Awen and so it is sacred/holy water. This is why the settlement that we now call Chester was built on the River Dee and why the Romans captured it and made it one of their main forts and named it Deva Victrix. Who is this Goddess, well some will know her as Cerridwen and some will say Dôn, represented by the constellation we know as Cassiopeia. As for the source of the River Dee, that is Dduallt in Snowdonia. In Northwest Wales, the constellations and zodiac etc are mapped out on the landscape, this is another extensive topic so won’t go into the details. Cassiopeia is mapped out on the landscape and surrounding it is the cauldron. Duallt believe it or not is the spout of the cauldron which is represented on the landscape as and is Cerridwen/Dôn’s cauldron. So the source of the river Dee is the spout of Cerridwen’s cauldron so the water that flows from the cauldron spout (the source of the river Dee) is the sacred/holy Devine water infused with the Awen from the cauldron.

[@joutavainen2920]

i don´t get any old european associations from that word.. ahven is a fish, the perch. it has to mean something, otherwise it´s not a real pagan word! they didn´t really have the concept of spirit.. all the spirit words here are connected to material things, like bones or idols or trees.. everything had to have a real world correspondence. it could be the breath like you said... here breath is called lil or lol, it´s also when you pour water on the stones in sauna.. because steam comes out, see what i mean :) pure spirit, that´s probably christian concept.. they were like our god doesn´t need any form, we´re more advanced than you (which even that idea was taken from earlier pagan creator gods, completely hopeless). it´s the wrong kind of dualism, when you start choosing the opposites of what comes naturally. stop the material bypassing! :)

[@stellamariehere]

It's definitely a pagan word, it comes from Annwfn (Welsh Otherworld) and is brewed in the Cauldron by Cerridwen, and is the source of inspiration for modern druids today! The meaning is so vast, just like with many other profound spiritual words ... It means many things 🌀

[@am9359]

It is old European & has links back to Indo European. And if you don't know the importance of Fish in spiritual lore then you've got some work to do. Egyptian, Godforce Sperm, plenty, abundance procreation, Chaldean the letter "Nun" - same as the Egyptian, also Tarot trump 13- 'Death & regeneration' + Christ in the Greco- Hebraic New testament. Brythonic: Taliesin Gaelic: Amairgen Glúingel & Fíonn... start with those. And pagan does have pure spirit why would a Germanic heathen & the Æsir or old Aryan Vedic priest bother to ward anyone or anything & to Wish, Bless-Welcome-make them "Hāl" Hæl, Heil Hail? Whole Healthy? "Wes Þú Hāl!" "Wasshail!" ⚡🙌🏻✨ Why would the Góþi & Gyþja fólk have a "Vé" -Ahls ᛉ Sacred enclosure? Why Berch ᛒ & Laguz ᛚ ?

[@am9359]

It had connectionx back to Indo European. Fishes are part of Spiritual lore (perch or not) Egypt: Abundance Divine Pharonic providence & productivity Chaldean Hebrew: the letter Nun, same as Egyptian,procreation & regeneration. Also the Death card 13 in the tarot same meanings.. Astrology: India Chaldea Egypt Greece... Pisces 12th house GrecoHebraic New Testament: Christ Gaelic: Amairgen Glúingel & Fionn Brythonic: Hanes Taliesin Arthurian: Mabon Also if there wasn't a concept of purity to our pagan Ancestors why would the Gods, Devata & Æsir, Alfs, Dísir, and Góþi Gýþja Fólk & Vedic Agnī Puja Priests designate sacred space & purity having a "Vé" - Alhs ᛉ sacred enclosure? Why ᛚ Laguz & ᛒ Berkana ? Why would Æsir, Alfs, Dísir, Ward someone or something & Wish or bless or make someone or something "Hāl"- Hæl, Heil, Hail, Whole, Healthy? "Ves þú Hāl! " Wasshail 🙌🏻✨ And Awen/|\✨

[@gorbalsboy]

Few points ,borders did exist between tribes which could result in violence if crossed,Awen is not pronounced as seen it is pronounced phonetically "ah Owe en "I doubt very much you did any research for this

[@stellamariehere]

That was rather condescending. When chanting Awen in person and in workshops, I go into the pronunciation of the letters. The borders today didn't exist back then. Feel free to attend one of my workshops.

[@am9359]

​@@stellamariehere I got ya chwaer 😉

[@am9359]

Stella says 'Awen' as many siaradwr Cymry Cymraeg / Welsh speakers of Welsh say Awen. And as someone who speaks a bit of Welsh & went to Dosbarth Cymraeg/ Welsh study classes in a Welsh church taught by Welsh people very happily well aware of their Druidic & Pagan & Mythic heritage, including that of Taliesin & Yr Awen, I can tell you she's done fine. Her research is also a lived & living experience! There's more Awen blowing & flowing through her experience & offering here than any dry condescending geeky nonsense.