Synchronistic Events

The Stone Books
by The Last Recorder of the Druids,
John Hugh Roberts &
production by Dale Bertrand

In 1978 I came into a collection of writings on yellowed brittle parchment paper – over 140 manuscript pages. Many of these papers had mysterious number columns, strange hieroglyphics, and unusual letters and calculations. There were all written with beautiful elegant penmanship. With these individual pages came 5 diaries covering approx 50 years of this man’s life travels across Wales, Canada and the USA, all of these travels taking place between 1844 and 1912. These papers came to me in an unusual sequence of events that Dr. David Davies from Abergavenny Wales wrote me later, “it was typical of a planned campaign to get these writing into my hands.“These papers turned out to be written by John Hugh Roberts, a man who professed to be the “Last Recorder of the Druids.” John Hugh arrived in Vancouver BC with his family in the 1882 era. He eventually passed on in 1917 at Point Grey, Vancouver. His papers and writings remained in boxes in an attic at his grandson’s house until he passed on in 1978, when they eventually came to my mother, Mary Bertrand who was his good friend. Over the years many events with synchronicity have taken place. One of these took place seven years after my first receipt of the manuscripts. We were at a loss for the meaning of much of the writing as it was very detailed. Then our close friends TW & JW visited Saltspring Island and were asked by another very close friend to take this ‘book’ back to Dale as he had found it at the local recycling store at the dump at Ganges and when he opened it he immediately recognized Roberts handwriting. On examining the book we found that it provided the key to finally understanding these papers and their destiny. Researching these documents has taken me on travels to Wales, England, Ireland, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. My wife and I spent some time living in Mexico and England researching the papers. While living in Birmingham we were able to take many trips to Wales and Cornwall to further our understanding of John Hugh Roberts. The research has presently been developed into 6 books -One the Druidical Quest, another four are books of Illuminated stories from the manuscripts, and last we have done a book of his original vision called “The Stone Book of Knowledge”. We have designed and produced the books but are looking for someone to take the reins and arrange republication with the distribution. Except for the four “Illuminated” presently the “Druid Manuscripts” material is Unpublished material and we wish in the future for preservation and publication to be done by others. In November of 2004 we filmed 8 hours of material in Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland visiting the Sacred Sites which could be used at a later date if any documentary of John Hugh Roberts’s life is made. Presently we have had three articles published in the Celtic Connection newspaper. One in June of 2005 is called John Hugh Roberts , and another published in September is called Mystical Writings of a Cymric Soul and one in October 2005 is called The Galcerth of Halloween a story written by John Hugh Roberts at the turn of the century.
We presently in 2023 are traveling on a “Gypsy Wagon” Journey to various places in the world such as Mexico, Canada, Bali, England, Spain and Greece. We are just planning a trip to Wales and Dale Is thinking of all the places he wants to visit again. We are wondering what synchronicity will happen. We will keep open and keep you in touch.

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Contact
Dale Bertrand at azatlan@yahoo.com