Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec
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Notable works | L’Encyclopédie de la divination |
Relatives | Maurice Le Scouëzec |
Loïc Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec (11 November 1929,
.Biography
Gwenc’hlan was born in
La Sorbonne in Paris
.
He did military service between 1951 and 1953 in the
Versailles
.
As of 1960, he started to study
Quimper from 1969 until 1985. He also initiated Skoazell Vreizh, the Breton emergency service, together with Xavier Grall and Yann Choucq in the 1970s. He was a participant of the "Colloque Bretagne" in 1973. He wrote the preface in Morvan Lebesque's book Comment peut-on être Breton? (How can we be Breton?). In 1985, he founded the publishing business Beltan
. He promoted the work of his father, the painter Maurice Le Scouëzec.
Neo-Druidism
He became Deputy Grand Druid within the "Poellgor" (executive committee of the Gorsedd) on 1 April 1979, then he became the Grand Druid of
neo-druidism
most regularly.
Gwenc’hlan is the fifth Grand Druid of our time, according to the Gorsedd de Bretagne. In November 1993 he united a group of Freemasons, forming the "loge maçonnique de la pierre"(freemason lodge of the stone), to preserve the masonic forest rites.
Bibliography
- L’Encyclopédie de la divination (edited by René Alleau). Tchou, 1963.
- Guide de la Bretagne mystérieuse (1966, re-released under the title Le Guide de la Bretagne). Tchou, 1966.
- La Bretagne (Brittany). Sun, 1967.
- Histoire du Mouvement breton, Que sais-je?. 1971
- Bretagne terre sacrée (Brittany: Sacred Land) 1977
- La Médecine en Gaule (Medicine in Gaule) Guipavas, Ed. Kelenn. 1976
- Brasparts: une paroisse des monts d’Arrée. Le Seuil, 1980.
- Le peintre Le Scouëzec, Brasparts, Alrea, 1984.
- Maurice Le Scouëzec, L’aventure de peindre, Brasparts, Beltan, 1993.
- Le peintre Le Scouëzec, mon père, Brasparts, Beltan, 1995.
- Le Scouëzec, 1881–1940: Montparnasse, la Bretagne, l'Afrique. Cénomane, 1998.
- Dictionnaire de la Tradition Bretonne, Paris, Editions du Félin, Philippe Lebaud, 1999.
- Guide des calvaires bretons, Spezet, Coop Breizh, 1999.
- Itinéraire spirituel en Bretagne, Paris, La Table Ronde, 2000.
- La tradition des druides, trois tomes, Beltan, 2001.
- Le grand druide était innocent. Editions Beltan. (François Taldir-Jaffrenou)
- Arthur, roi des bretons d'Armorique, Le Manoir du Tertre.
In collaboration with Jean-Robert Masson
- Pierres sacrées de Bretagne : calvaires et enclos paroissiaux (1982)
- Pierres sacrées de Bretagne: croix et sanctuaires (1983)
- Bretagne mégalithique (1987)
- Enez Eusa, Ouessant mystérieux (avec Maï-Sous Robert-Dantec). Quimper : Élisart Éditeur, 2001.
- Entretiens avec un druide nommé Gwenc'hlan (de Régis Blanchet aux Editions Du Prieuré) (1993).
References
- ^ AFP: Les druides bretons perdent leur chef Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine