Of Streams and Forgotten Dreams
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The Welsh have a number of words for 'moon'. Most commonly used is 'lleuad', which generally refers to the moon as the object in the sky; the satellite that reflects the sun's light; the physical, material thing that people are tempted to walk on.
By contrast is the word 'lloer' which is used to refer to the moon as the place of and stimulator of dreams; as present in the world of humanity's myths and romantic awareness. In English we might adopt the term 'dream-moon' to convey the essence of 'lloer'.
Ffynnon Lloer (the source of the dream-moon) is in the Carneddau mountains of North Wales, and from this Ffynnon Lloer flows Afon Lloer (the river of the dream-moon).
Ffynnon Lloer
"And when our love is carried to where the moon is seen to rise,
I will be with you on the shoreline of our dreams"
The Cwm which holds Ffynnon Lloer is approached from the eastern shore of Llyn Ogwen. It is easy to spot from the road, its bowl worn into the towering mountain.
It doesn't seem so far from the roads of our days; the journey not too arduous.
The climb, though, is steep; a climb to take you above the values and vision of the world you travelled on your journey here.
And climb you must if, crossing the rim of the cwm, you are to stand where another, unknown, stood to know this place as Ffynnon Lloer, Source of the Dream-Moon.
"We will stand at the lakeside of our dreams
In a hidden world so very few have seen…."
It was here that humanity's 'dream-eyes' once opened and saw……..saw and knew that we walk a world that is the doorway to dream-world. Whoever it may have been, whoever recognised reality in this place, is not known. The place is named for what he saw……we are brought to memory of vision, not of individual identity …… memory here is of human presence touching the reality of dreams as they arise from our experience of the world.
The waters, the land, the sky greet our opening eyes and light patterns feed our sight; there is more here than the world we know…..a watcher's sight is drawn to vision of what is here when all joins the dance of one-ness.
The watcher's eye turns and the vision of this place looks out across the extent of the earth…
……..vision to flow from here as Afon Lloer carries the waters to the lands below; the truth of this place joins the cycle that makes life itself possible on this planet. Flowing from the awakening dreams, through the lands rich with history and vision…
……until unnoticed Afon Lloer joins the waters that touch the roadside of human activity in the world…
"I will join you at the roadside, in a love where distances have waned
And travelling now in dream-time I hear the whisper of your name."
© Sanctuary Gallery 2009
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