Treegod

A "creation story" based on the Druidic realms of Annwn, Abred and Gwynvid.

From the beginning there has existed a great black cosmos, womb to a vast number of vast stars, swirling like a cauldron, that is called Annwn. At first life had not yet stirred, nor had consciousness and even order was in an infantile state, being born quite by accident.

Out of this though, another accident was born, one called Abred. In Annwn there was a cosmic decay, emanating energy which the young Abred learnt to feed off of and began to grow and adapt in Annwn. It found itself on lifeless planets where it adapted to land, sky and sea and then grew and diversified to form a living web of many beings that surrounded the planets. One of these, of importance to us, has been know by some of its inhabitants as Earth or Gaia.

Now some of the beings of Abred began dieing because they could not avoid the cosmic decay of Annwn. But although there bodies returned to Gaia, they were not lost for their energy would be taken up again by Abred to continue its existence. The dead of Abred left layer upon layer and Abred stood on top of this, growing, multiplying and diversifying, and also changing the very substance of sky, land and sea as it evolved. But here there was no conscious purpose directing its evolution, everything happened automatically, balanced between the inner impulses of Abred’s beings and the conditions of Annwn.

The beings of Abred developed many different attributes to survive both the decay of Annwn and their own part in the living web of Abred. Organs and senses were created and adapted in the aid of survival. Many parts for each creature, but one for some which could coordinate the organs and senses within the environment. This is the mind, within which lies the flame of Gwynvid, though it started as only a spark, if that.

One species though began to create a real fire within them. They weren’t remarkable, they weren’t very strong, nor fast, their senses were not acute and they lived as scavengers. But what they did have would change the world and make it what we know it as today. Within them Gwynvid grew and grew, it lit up their minds and with its fire they transformed their world through a brief transcendance of the limits of instinct and environment to plan and design with purpose, creativity and vision and so the pursuits of science and art were born.

But here the story does not end. These species, the ancestors of humans, had started the flame of Gwinvid growing in their minds, and it still flames now in our own minds. But we are far from finished, Gwynivd has still yet to fully manifest. Our lack of limits from instinct and environment has been a separation from the balance of Abred and at times we live in unbalanced excess when we do not nurture the flame of Gwynvid within us. Abred recoils at our stupid actions and has retaliated, at first to teach us, but one day to destroy us if we do not learn. Gwynvid at once, is our best quality if given good focus, but our worst if we let it burn unchecked. Now, in this time, it is crucial to create our own balance between Gwynvid and Abred, before Abred turns its wrath against us.