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Psyche explores the Celtic myth of Ceridwen and the three drops of Awen, discussing the accidental nature of inspiration and its connection to poison symbolism. He delves into the story of Sarah Dwen's quest to grant her son wisdom and poetic inspiration.
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The episode begins with Psyche telling the story of Sarah Dwen's son, who was hideously ugly compared to his sister ▶ 0:05. Sarah Dwen sought to make him wise by creating a potion in her magical cauldron to grant the gift of wisdom and poetic inspiration, also called Awen ▶ 0:13. The mixture had to be boiled for a year and a day, and the first three drops of liquid from the potion gave wisdom, while the rest was a fatal poison ▶ 0:47. As the story unfolds, three hot drops of the potion spill onto a young boy's thumb, burning him, and he instinctively puts his thumb in his mouth, gaining the wisdom and knowledge intended for Sarah Dwen's son ▶ 0:55. The boy then flees, and Sarah Dwen chases him, leading to a series of transformations ▶ 1:06. Psyche also mentions the similarity between Awen and the Egyptian concept of Autton, which refers to the rays of the sun ▶ 0:24.
The episode appears to explore the idea that inspiration and wisdom can be both a gift and a curse. The story of Ceridwen and the three drops of Awen suggests that the pursuit of knowledge and creativity can lead to unexpected consequences, and that the line between wisdom and poison can be thin. The episode also continues the pattern of exploring the connections between different mythological and symbolic traditions, such as the Celtic and Egyptian mythologies.
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The story tells that Sarah Dwen's son also called a Fagadoo was hideously ugly particularly compared with his beautiful sister Sarah Dwi as S. So Sarah Dwen sought to make him wise in compensation. She made a potion in her magical cauldron to grant the gift of wisdom and poetic inspiration also
called Awen Awen. Okay, so that's also Awen is very similar to the Autton I think which is like the rays coming out of the the sun in Egypt but I'll get to that later. It says, but it says the mixture had to be boiled for a year and a day. She sat uh Mora, a blind man, uh to test the fire beneath the cauldron
while Gwinbach or Dwan Bach, a young boy, stirred the concoction. The first three drops of liquid from his potion gave wisdom. The rest was a fatal poison. >> Three hot drops spilled onto Guan's thumb as he stirred, burning him. He instinctively put his thumb in his mouth and gained the wisdom and knowledge. Sarah Dwen had intended for her son.
Realizing that Sarah Dwen would be angry, he fled. Sarah Sarah Dwen chased him. Using the powers of the potion, he turned himself into a hair. She became a greyhound. Then he became a fish and jumped into the river. She be she turned into an otter. He turned into a bird. She became a hawk. Finally, he turned into a single grain of
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