Introduction and Commentary.. plus a Glossary.

Off the coast of Pembrokeshire - Sir Benfro - South Wales, there is an island. There are several islands in this area but the one of which I write is different and rather special...

The name of this island is Ynys Llechan, which in Welsh means the Covert Island. It is well named 'covert'for few can see it and then only at certain times.

When, after a fine day in late summer, the sun is low in the west, the evening light hazy, the island might be seen. The observer would have to be standing upon a high point of Ramsey Island off St, David's Head and in a particular frame of mind - in a meditative state, perhaps.

Ynys Llechan is Cennad's home.

Commentary on The Youngest Child.
A sometimes rambling explanation of the philosophy behind the Pathworking.
Over the past year, I have dithered about with highfalutin approaches to the philosophy that I feel grows from my writing Youngest Child - Rebisite Philosophy being the main one. By changing my approach to one of commentary, I hope I can make a less high flown appeal to any interested enough to follow the whole strange story.
Make no mistake, I am very well aware of just how strange the story is, though I have to confess it is only now that I am finally getting the thing published that I have realised just how much sexual content there is.
There is a very good reason for the sexual theme and I hope that in the course of this sequence, I can explain and expound to some good effect.
I started writing a science fiction novel concerning a character born quite literally from the 'test-tube' - a being constructed outside the normal processes of sexual union and uterine growth. This being was born an hermaphrodite but, unlike the cases of transgender sports, fully functioning as both male and female.
This was about thirty years ago. The resulting book came close to acceptance by Faber - but they cancelled their SF list entirely throwing well-known authors to the wind. No chance for me, then.
Around this time I was reading Jung, in fact I became obsessed for a while and began to see symbolic content in my story and tended to write accordingly, re-jigging the whole thing causing the science content to erode. This time an agent accepted the manuscript - but did little with it. This was the third version and I also wrote a sequel at this time.
In 1989., the agent gave up and I began another version amalgamating the two - then, in 1990 we moved to the island that was to be our home for twelve years.
In March 1994, I burnt everything!
In June of the following year I began the fifth version which has since gone through three revisions. We left Inishfree in October '02. Since then I have only transcribed manuscript into my 'copyright book' - not with any intention of sending clean copy out to publishers or chasing after agents - merely to draw a line under the whole thing.
Back in the world, so to speak, computers came into our lives and I decided to publish 'free to air'. That brings the nut and bolts history up to date and only the development of my eye problem has complicated what otherwise might be straight-forward presentation.
That about covers the doing but not the content.

The Ankh - an Egyptian symbol of life, of the Universe - all Life, both human and divine. The key to
knowledge of the mysteries and hidden wisdom.
The Ankh is formed of the combined Male and Female symbols of Isis and Osiris; the union of
the generative principles of the heavens and of the Earth.
The Ankh also signifies immortality, 'life to come^' , 'time that is to come^'. It has also been
suggested as a Tree of Life form, or that the oval represents eternity and the cross extension

From J.C.Cooper - An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames and Hudson. London 1978.


				*Introduction and Commentary.. plus a Glossary.*



	Frontispiece. \| Introduction and Commentary.. plus a Glossary. \| The Beginning... \| The Writer. \| Prime. \| Inside the Rainbow. \| Appendix.






		Off the coast of Pembrokeshire - Sir Benfro - South Wales, there is an island. There are several islands in this area but the one of which I write is different and rather special... The name of this island is Ynys Llechan, which in Welsh means the Covert Island. It is well named 'covert'for few can see it and then only at certain times. When, after a fine day in late summer, the sun is low in the west, the evening light hazy, the island might be seen. The observer would have to be standing upon a high point of Ramsey Island off St, David's Head and in a particular frame of mind - in a meditative state, perhaps. Ynys Llechan is Cennad's home. Commentary on The Youngest Child. A sometimes rambling explanation of the philosophy behind the Pathworking. Over the past year, I have dithered about with highfalutin approaches to the philosophy that I feel grows from my writing Youngest Child - Rebisite Philosophy being the main one. By changing my approach to one of commentary, I hope I can make a less high flown appeal to any interested enough to follow the whole strange story. Make no mistake, I am very well aware of just how strange the story is, though I have to confess it is only now that I am finally getting the thing published that I have realised just how much sexual content there is. There is a very good reason for the sexual theme and I hope that in the course of this sequence, I can explain and expound to some good effect. I started writing a science fiction novel concerning a character born quite literally from the 'test-tube' - a being constructed outside the normal processes of sexual union and uterine growth. This being was born an hermaphrodite but, unlike the cases of transgender sports, fully functioning as both male and female. This was about thirty years ago. The resulting book came close to acceptance by Faber - but they cancelled their SF list entirely throwing well-known authors to the wind. No chance for me, then. Around this time I was reading Jung, in fact I became obsessed for a while and began to see symbolic content in my story and tended to write accordingly, re-jigging the whole thing causing the science content to erode. This time an agent accepted the manuscript - but did little with it. This was the third version and I also wrote a sequel at this time. In 1989., the agent gave up and I began another version amalgamating the two - then, in 1990 we moved to the island that was to be our home for twelve years. In March 1994, I burnt everything! In June of the following year I began the fifth version which has since gone through three revisions. We left Inishfree in October '02. Since then I have only transcribed manuscript into my 'copyright book' - not with any intention of sending clean copy out to publishers or chasing after agents - merely to draw a line under the whole thing. Back in the world, so to speak, computers came into our lives and I decided to publish 'free to air'. That brings the nut and bolts history up to date and only the development of my eye problem has complicated what otherwise might be straight-forward presentation. That about covers the doing but not the content. The Ankh - an Egyptian symbol of life, of the Universe - all Life, both human and divine. The key to knowledge of the mysteries and hidden wisdom. The Ankh is formed of the combined Male and Female symbols of Isis and Osiris; the union of the generative principles of the heavens and of the Earth. The Ankh also signifies immortality, 'life to come^' , 'time that is to come^'. It has also been suggested as a Tree of Life form, or that the oval represents eternity and the cross extension three dimensional space, perhaps infinity and duration. From J.C.Cooper - An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. Thames and Hudson. London 1978. * I feel the note about the ankh is necessary because I want there to be no doubt in any reader's mind that there is a link with the Christian cross. There is absolutely none thus it follows that there is no right way up for the symbol, therefore no-one should imagine that a loop-down ankh is any way tarred with the brush of satanic rites.



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