The Gothic Era in Myddfai

The arrival of new metaphysical knowledge in the Gothic era, encouraged by Lord Rhys, would have breathed new life into the fragments of Celtic Druidic culture left after it had been suppressed and destroyed by the Roman occupation.

We know the physicians had trade links with the peoples of the Mediterranean, and even the Arabs, from the spices and herbs that they used in their recipes. These trade links would have been very well established by the time the Roman army left Wales. Naturally these links would have continued, paving the way for further exchanges of herbs and herbal knowledge.

However it was in Myddfai that the very highest form of herbal medicine was practised. Myddfai had long been a strong hold of the Celts as it sits at the foot of the very beautiful Black Mountain, Pen-y-fan together with its lake Llyn-y-Fan Fach. The mountain is the highest in South Wales and had always been a strategic and spiritually important land mark for the Celtic people. Myddfai and Llyn-y-fan was therefore a focus for rite and ceremony for the Celtic people who held the energy of the land in the highest esteem. It has its fair share of standing stones and stone circles some carrying Ogham script. It also carries with it the feminine principle in the Legend of the Lady of the Lake.