The Red Dragon - Y Ddraig Goch Options

March 12, 2000: Working with Y Draig Goch, the Red Dragon of Wales

Me and four friends developed a ritual with the specific goal of physically manifesting Y Ddraig Goch. We formed a stone circle, had our offering (porterhouse steak), incense, ritual knives/swords/spears etc. We climbed a 400ft tall hill in the woods outside of Louisville (a show of dedication) and set about preparing the ritual. At this point, everything went wrong. The wood wouldn't light, so we resorted to a fire starter. We cast the circle only to realize that we left half of the ritual tools sitting outside of it, including the offering. I'll admit, it was my bright idea. I prompty said, "Well, there is five of us, and only eight stones. Everyone pick up two stones and we'll just MOVE the circle over to the tools."
After that, we begin the ritual in earnest. We first do a guided meditation, then start the evocation. In what I found out to later be a very badly translated Welsh verse, I call forth Y Ddraig Goch. At this point, we all drive a sword into the ground (that being all five of us driving one sword into the ground) and wait for a response. We got one. The sword was forced out, even with five people pushing downward. So, we do what one naturally does: igonored that entirely and went on with the ritual. We tossed the meat onto the fire, and each drove our individual weapons into the earth. They stayed in this time.
Each of us experienced a different manifestion, which was cool, but not what we really wanted. We wanted something that we could all here and see for verification reasons. We reluctantly closed the ritual, and started to pack up.
At this point, I feel it necessary to state that no one was on drugs.
We start packing up our gear, when we here a roar. All of us heard it. We stopped dead in our tracks. Imagine the mixture of a crotch rocket motorcycle and the T-Rex from Jurassic Park. That is what we all heard, and all around us. We ran back to the circle, too scared to talk. It continued for at least a minute. When it finally stopped, one of my friends ran off into the woods. Another sat down and trembled. I stood there stupidly. We were all under the impression that we offended Y Ddraig Goch and he was going to kill us. He was happy with us losing sleep and being much more serious about working with him.

The other thing that scared me also involves this entity, although this one happened three years later.
A close friend of mine was raped and became pregnant. She ask me to get rid of it magically. I invoked Y Ddraig Goch for the first and only time. (note: the Red Dragon is said to be able to cause women to miscarry, so this is why I chose to work with him for this)
I did it, and she miscarried the next day. What scared me the most was that I went through with it. I tried to rationalize it as it being her belief that it worked that caused the miscarriage, but that doesn't hold water. Even if what I experienced as Y Ddraig Goch used my body was completely in my head, I still provided the vehicle of belief for her.

I have seen the movie. I've seen it so many times I remember the "Charm of Making" (anail nathrach uthbhas bethud, dochal dienvay", which roughly translates from the Irish as "serpent's breath, charm of death and life, thy omen of making")
and still wonder how they did the special effect with Lancelot pulling the sword out of his side.
Like I said, good movie; but I prefer folklore as my source.
edit: I have yet to find anything in folklore to suggest that the Welsh viewed Y Ddraig Goch as a World dragon. What I have found is that he is deeply connected with Wales.

This post has been edited by lunukaos: Apr 2 2005, 06:48 PM