[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Dear Friends of the Training Centre! It\u2019s me myself talking here this time. by the way, Dr David Balrog Procter, not my favourite lovely former-trainee Helen\nGrossmann who\u2019s sharing her time between helping us here, organising other crucial projects in Hellsgate, and having a well-deserved rest. After all, she does have a lot on her hands what with\nher stupendous new Baby, coping as a single parent, and finishing the thesis for her doctorate entitled, \u2018Developing and Accepting Multiple Voices: A journey from madness to sanity\u2019 at the\nnewly-founded College named the United Independent Educational Institutions of Aberdydd and the Region. I\u2019d like to make a comment or two to start before going on to bring this tale to an end."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Tevi Hrohri and Elile Fasivne"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "that language is humanity\u2019s greatest invention, or its most perverse discovery? Is it a gift or a curse? Are we liberated by language\u2019s communicative charms, or trapped in its abstruse, invisible\nweb? After all, these days we are wading through the mires of the Semantics Wars. Today, \u201cobvious and destructive deep-seated corruption\u201d gets rebranded as \u201ctotally normal ways of conducting\nofficial business\u201d \u2013 \u201cdoing however you wish whenever it\u2019s convenient\u201d is \u201calways behaving with appropriate decorum\u201d \u2013 \u201cIt was a mistake, an utter mistake, a complete mistake\u201d means \u201cOh dear, oh\ndear, chums, I\u2019ve got caught\u201d \u2013 \u201cperverting the usual course of justice\u201d becomes \u201coiling the majestic wheels of government\u201d \u2013 and\n\u201cviolently inappropriate touching\u201d is known as \u201cjust a bit of slap and tickle between old friends.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "As a mentalist, and especially as a Wizard (although we are tending to down-play that rather outdated title now, in public at least), I\u2019m very conscious of this. I suffer so much as a result\nof my calling. So many people are very judgemental of what I say (let alone of how I act). They claim that I pretend to sound sensible and wise, but that I make no sense at all, and just\nspout nonsense. They accuse me of beguiling and tricking a poor, bewildered audience into believing I'm conveying crucial information, when I am really just taking advantage and fleecing them.\nLet me be charitable (as always, to start with at least!): maybe they don't understand my methods, through lack of training or native wit. But then again, let\u2019s assume that that their assessment\nis completely correct. One nevertheless has to admit that, due to much education and practice, I readily succeed in making noises that attract large numbers of people to listen."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "to drown in the ceaseless world-wide efflux of information we have released on the accursed, new-fangled intercontinental artificial-brain network? And are the machines we are creating to speak with us, and think for us, going to imitate our worst biases, excesses, and failings, and even turn on us, in the end?\nRecently, numerological analysis of a massive corpus of human language by computational engines which do not have any additional direct experience of the real world has been carried out. Such\nanalysis is considered to be a powerful tool for revealing the very real and pervasive unconscious biases which would otherwise be hidden in the complexity of our speech. And in fact, it has\nuncovered the cesspit of unconscious prejudices and the hidden web of stereotyping based on gender, skin-colour, and social-status encoded in the black heart of human communication, which belies\nour outer veneer of politeness."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Like the Wizards of old,\nwe can use this information to create here a small part of a table of mappings or associations. There are, indeed, some results based on \u201cfamily resemblances\u201d and \u201cbinary distinctions\u201d that seem\ninnocuous at first sight, as exemplified below (Table 1)."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Thus we see that pleasant\ncontexts are associated with flowers rather than with insects. There are positive linguistic associations to musical instruments but not to weapons. Note that certain concrete categories such as\n\u201cAnimal\u201d can have both Positive and Negative associations, and that the category \u201cIdea\u201d contains members that can be hard to define exactly, since they operate mainly in terms of\ntheir extended fields of connotations."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "The truth of the matter is this: we know hardly anything for certainty about the character called \u2018Daud Pekar,\u2019 nor about the details of his life in the Heart of the Continent \u2013 if he was\never there at all, rather than in the Monotonous Ice-Fields, the Great Red Desert, or the Land of the Thousand and One Islands, for example. Indeed, maybe he spent appreciable time in the\nvicinity of the Pines Estate here in Aberdydd (on unknown errands) on various occasions during his colourful youth. Who could say, when one notes the \u2013 'shady characters' \u2013 under whose influence the boy had been since he escaped from his Mother's\nwomb? So, although it is I who am to blame for most of the events reported here \u2013 that is, it is I who arranged for them to happen \u2013 I must also acknowledge some others in\npassing, about whom additional information has come to light recently, due to the unusual events here in the former Clinic, which is now the World-Wide Training Centre for Alternative Youth. Or\nperhaps I should say that I am at liberty to share these further details with you, now that \u2013 matters \u2013 here and in the World at large, have gone so far and developed so well."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "categories with the same connotation often become closely associated with each other: In a televisual sales promotion broadcast, for example, a litter of fluffy puppies romping in the\nflower-gardens of the former Heavenly Fortress while a flute and violin play soothing music might be used to signal \u201cpeace\u201d and \u201clove,\u201d for instance. On the other hand, images of flea-infested\nmercenaries in the Heart of the Continent firing tear-gas as brave soldiers of the Coalition of Righteous Forces try to secure the filthy streets where packs of famished, emaciated wolves prowl\nday and night, evoke feelings of \u201cviolence\u201d and \u201chatred.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "I need to mention, therefore, the three tricksters, that strange trinity \u2013 the Clinic\u2019s Founder (Jack Procter), the Generous Benefactor (Andrea Jakob Gro\u00dfmann), and the Strong Little\nDevil (Ivan Pekar, Daud\u2019s Father \u2013 and Steffan\u2019s Father too, as it happens). It would be fair to say that there was a complex relationship between them, dating back to the period of the Great\nTribulation. They took part in the fighting to some extent, it\u2019s likely \u2013 but were they heroes, agents provocateurs, guerrillas, spies, or cowards? Or all of these? Only the Cruel Divinities know\nfor certain. I would prefer to think that they were bold and enterprising men \u2013 wily and uncompromising businessmen, perhaps \u2013 who were in the right place at the right time \u2013 although I would not\ngo so far as to say that they were unprincipled smugglers, and certainly not international terrorists. (Terrible local hoodlums, maybe). Jack was scouting for children with exceptional abilities,\nin line with the Clinic\u2019s needs, but also to fulfil his own ends. Ivan was trying to feather his own nest, and to the Bottomless Pit with everyone else. And Andrea, in his twilight years,\nrevelled in playing the part of bandit-chief."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "of those twined serpents, \u201cpositive and negative \u2013 peace and violence \u2013 love and hate,\u201d we must genuflect to the influence of religious faith on the development of our concepts. According to the\nDoctors of the Church, the science of theology analyses the Cosmic Power\u2019s inexplicable ways, and the Soothsaying Saviours have revealed, through secret and terrible inspiration over the\nmillennia, myriad ways of partaking in the Unseen Intelligence\u2019s inexpressible will. They claimed that in order to complete the prescribed ceremonies correctly, the ministers must have the\ncorrect intent, and they must use the correct materials and act according to the correct form employing the correct language during the rites. Only the EGO\u2019s Visionary Vaticinators, they said,\ncould guarantee that the combination of words, objects, and actions would open the spiritual path between the one true source of everything and the sacred locus. And here, we should recall that\nthe EGO used to promote the mapping: \u201csin = spiritual = innate = destructive = serious = permanent = Negative\u201d whilst \u201cpain = physical = accidental = constructive =\nunimportant = temporary = Positive.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "However, in the realm of wealth acquisition the PPP claims that \u201cwealth = earned = noble = empowering = moral = permanent = Positive\u201d and \u201cpoverty = accidental = humble = disempowering =\nimmoral = temporary = Negative,\u201d and so here, the application of\nthe attributes \u201cpermanent\u201d and \u201ctemporary\u201d has been reversed. So, when the two spheres of politics and religion come into contact, one experiences psychic conflict or \u201ccognitive\ndissonance,\u201d for now we have to consider the extended chains: \u201cwealth = permanent = Positive = permanent = sin = Negative\u201d as well as: \u201cpoverty = temporary = Negative = temporary = pain = Positive.\u201d Further analysis allows one to elucidate the faith-based associations: \u201cbeliever\n= moral = trustworthy = patriotic = obedient = sealed = Positive\u201d and \u201cunbeliever = immoral = untrustworthy = traitorous =\nrecalcitrant = unsealed = Negative.\u201d And, of course, the\necclesiastical courts of the past were indeed filled with heathens who had fallen foul of the edicts of the Supreme Father-Church which were supposed to save their immaterial essences"}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "[1] We are aware, also, of\ncourse, that in the EGO\u2019s \u201clingua perfecta\u201d devised to encapsulate and enforce its dogmas perfectly, one finds: \u201comgro = epsa = sade = epar = galig = zogo =\nand \u201cumamo = ipkoy = otyno = penog = agnon = ozneg = Efnog [Negative].\u201d Of course, the Church\u2019s tangled webs began to come apart when our Researchers proved that every one of the Seven Enlightened Parents had been\npronouncing the primal (and meaningless from the point of view of general human communication) words of the Rite of Public Washing differently from each other. Thus, they had created a host of\nfollowers who had not been \u201csealed\u201d according to their own laws, and these went on to induct the following generations in the same way. Only recently, therefore, have we been able to understand\nproperly Ash-nonam\u2019s prophetic words: \u201cIt is a mystical joy that our house is built on sand, and with the air of our lungs it will be destroyed.\u201d \u2014 T Hrohri and E Fasivne."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "of connotations is seen in the field of personal names, as with: \u201cHlothrig = native = conservative = sensible = reliable = likeable = Positive\u201d and \u201cThethalu = foreign = progressive = foolish =\nunreliable = unlikeable = Negative.\u201d Of course, Positive and Negative are only one pair amongst a vast number of paired connotations to which concepts\nbelong. The set of all these associations forms the dense, tangled web of our language. And such \u201clinguistic embedding\u201d can often lead us to make decisions that are crass and offensive. For\ninstance, in Pretany, the majority of respondents say that \u201cnorthern continent = beautiful = clever = truthful = peaceful = Positive\u201d and \u201csouthern continent = ugly = stupid = untruthful = warlike ="}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Furthermore, I must not forget my sister here, Miss Procter (Mrs Grossmann after she married), the tremendous woman who runs operations here from day to day. Indeed, she can appear like a\nministering angel on occasions, to some people, but like some terrifying otherworldly creature \u2013 that \u2018nihila\u0304lis\u2019 from the horror films \u2013 to others, on other occasions. Despite that,\nshe\u2019s done miracles with the old place here! And she\u2019s an expert in raising money, how exactly I don\u2019t know! Between her and JBG, it was possible for the Clinic to raise from the flames like a\nphoenix in its new form very quickly. Would you have imagined that she (Mrs G) had an affair with Ivan Pekar (who was using the nom-de-guerre John Baxter at that time), somehow, and that that\u2019s\nhow Steffan came into the World? Then again, Mrs Procter, Jack\u2019s wife, ran off with Mr Grossmann, giving birth to Helen in the Heart of the Continent in due course. For convenience, I have\nincluded a Family Tree showing the relationships between the three tribes, namely the Baxters, the Procters, and the Grossmann Family, below [a]."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "Who was Daud, David, Dai in truth? From where did he come, and what fashioned his personality, steered his development, and drove his behaviour? Well, you have read all the information,\nreported straight from the horse\u2019s mouth. You know as well as I. How great is the cruelty of humankind? That I cannot calculate. But then again it is likely that a considerable number of the\nevents reported here are nothing but delusions in the mind of a totally unknown lad who would behave more like a silly, confused urchin than a confident and gifted young man, most of the time.\nBut which ones? Despite his myriad failings, David was very intelligent and an excellent story-teller. At least we can say without a shadow of a doubt that the lad was brought here by my brother\nJack Procter in unfathomable circumstances, after he had suffered terribly until he became a shadow of a human being, more\u2019s the pity."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "And the fact that these organisations have themselves succumbed to a complete change in fortune, or have utterly reversed their former position as a result\nof linguistic interventions does nothing but support the theory of the creative destruction of psychochaotic-semiotics. And on top of that, of course, there was the unofficial revelation by a\nshadowy but totally trustworthy source in the heart of the government that it was a hateful cabal of Peoples\u2019 Representatives who had devised and released the coughing plague on this, the Third\nPlanet from the Sun, so that we shall nevermore be rid of the virus, its variants, and its successors."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "We were like a family, in a way \u2013 from \"Khronikles of the Kimbrian Kollektive,\" perhaps \u2013 Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, and Grand-father. We even have a dog\ncalled \u2018Swtakh,\u2019 a short-haired hound from the Faithful Western Principality. I must say that this word does not mean \u201ca thing that\u2019s sootier than coal\u201d ('swtach' in Kimbric \u2013 hohoho!), and the dependable but\nstupid old creature has white fur and red ears quite like one of Hell Hounds in the Old Tales. Rather, the name refers to a divinity of chaos, destruction, and creativity from the Great Red\nDesert, and with every reason to be perfectly honest, as the stinky animal spreads havoc in his wake wherever he goes. And then, everyone has to be extremely creative trying to tidy things up.\nDavid wasn\u2019t keen on Swt, either, as the dog would gobble up his pet beetles all the time \u2013 the old devil!"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Perhaps, given the current state of our technology, based on the often-objectionable set of historical cultural associations built into our language, it is\nno surprise that uncivility and prejudice are unavoidable features of artificial intelligences, too. Indeed, when technologists have tried to teach language to the new artificial humans using\npreviously-recorded real-world conversations. It was found that the fake-persons\u2019 communication developed from childish prattle to adulation of psychopaths like the Absolute Authority of the\nFruitful Valley within a few days. Employment algorithms have been continuing to restrict recruitment outreach for the best-paid secular jobs to candidates they determine to be members of the\nEGO. And this is long after the fragmentation of this august although crippled, blind, and horribly corrupt body."}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "Yet other computational devices have produced outputs which\nhave downright denied the historic actuality of the Mentalist Massacre of the Million Innocents in the Heart of the Continent, and sought to justify in sickening detail the Horrific Assault on\nthe Blue Zone by the Undisputed Government of the United Territories of Pretany [2]. It behoves us to remember, it is claimed, that these experiments reveal merely the structures that underlie\nall acts of human communication, and the contextual information that constantly motivates them. How, then, can we fight this, if we desire to speak and behave with any compassion and equity at\nall, especially in this age of intercontinental electronic communication through the virtual mesh, assisted by synthetic neurotransmitters, and machines that are beginning to reason"}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "[2] Namely the \u201cDOMBO Patent Automatic Abacus and Thinking Engine.\u201d We note here \u2013 although the actual numbers are strongly contested\nby commentators \u2013 that it is\nbeyond dispute that the deployment of psychic powers to cause large numbers of children to leap to their deaths from the roofs of their homes and schools precipitated the decisive revolt by the\npacifist poet Sister Fox-Eyes, aided by alien technology, probably\nchildren were later known as the \"acephalic leaden angels\" as all the corpses were beheaded in accordance with some unknown but terrible rite. \u2014 D.B.P."}, {"text_idx": "#000031", "text": "Indeed, the advent of these inventions has been claimed to represent the greatest transformation in human society since the agrarian revolution. The most\nfar-reaching socio-cultural changes since we stopped hunting and gathering and settled in fixed communities to farm, fish, and trade, have already commenced and are underway now. It is a\ndifficult question to answer whether these technological innovations will affect behaviour, cognition, and identity in individuals in the same way as they definitely affect groups. However, the\nvast amounts of information available almost instantaneously from the yellow catholic data-reservoir might be having profound \u2013 and lasting \u2013 biological effects. It is claimed that constant\nutilization of the now all-pervasive intercontinental electronic network is changing the very way that we read, think, remember, and act, and in so-doing, is permanently \u201crewiring\u201d human"}, {"text_idx": "#000032", "text": "Ironically, the pines depend on fire to stay alive, as high temperature releases seed from the cones. And like them, we continue to exist, but transformed [b]. \u201cIf one man dies, then all\nsurvive,\u201d said Daud, that is David \u2013 well, there we are \u2013 but, at what cost [c]? Of course, his love-child with Helen \u2013 that chunk of flesh \u2013 the nun\u2019s misfortune, indeed \u2013 survives still. He\u2019s a\nvery strong soul \u2013 in the name of the Old Strange Divinities, he\u2019s an entity stronger than any that\u2019s existed on the face of this contemptible Planet before now. There shall be an exceptionally\nimportant life before him, without a doubt, and that was my intention from the very outset."}, {"text_idx": "#000033", "text": "These effects could be linked to that fact that the ability to read is a comparatively recent feature in the history of the Thorlin\u2019s development through\nsurvival of the fittest by means of natural selection. There is no pre-existing \u201creading area\u201d in the brain of new-born infants, and therefore we must all learn to read. Doing so causes increased\nneural activity as visual areas of the brain which recognize complex objects (such as faces) become linked with language areas, so that script can be interpreted as language. These changes\ninvolve not just the exterior cortex, but also the deeper thalamus and brainstem which relay sensory-motor signals within brain and between the brain and the body. And thus, they profoundly"}, {"text_idx": "#000035", "text": "Further studies have demonstrated the following. Namely, that when inexperienced, impressionable, or vulnerable persons, or the culturally and economically\ndisadvantaged, spend up to two hours a day in wholesome social-electronic communication devices, and consume the recommended doses of psychotropic weed pollen (as well as being exposed to the\nsubliminal suprasemiotic programming messages), this can have a positive effect on their wellbeing and enhance their psychic abilities and physiological functioning. However, whilst such\nactivities allegedly promote community-building, awareness, self-expression, development of self-identity, and emotional support, they can also adversely affect sleep and lead to anxiety,\ndepression, a fear of missing out, nightmares, bullying, personality disorders, and difficulty in recognising reality, together with delusions of grandeur, control, and"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "What were the true circumstances pertaining to that night, and what happened to David? No-one will ever know for definite. But we have done our very best to honour the Unfortunate Hero.\nAnd so, in the shadow of a pine David sleeps peacefully now \u2013 well, once again in a manner of speaking as we never came upon his body in the ruins of the cottage. There was, nevertheless, a huge\nlump of fired clay in the form of a man or an ape there, and that\u2019s what\u2019s filling the grave now. Then again, that devilish Swt cannot stop going to visit the spirit of his old arch-enemy. The\nmischievous beast keeps on scratching at the gravestone all the time, and doing whatever animals do to mark their territory, as if he does not want the poor lad to rest in peace."}, {"text_idx": "#000038", "text": "This was Daud's, David\u2019s entire story in his own words, then, as far as we know \u2013 but, I reiterate: Which parts are correct? Could it be that most it is nought but the fancy of some young\nrascal who was horrendously mistreated, and went off the rails? Dare we judge, and if so, who will judge the judges? But then again, here am I, the former Youngest Wizard (almost), having\narranged all the details behind the scenes in order to create this whole situation. And I have done this with the unwilling aid of the Old Soldier, my unsuspecting older brother (well, he was in\nthe dark regarding my true plan to transform Humanity, anyway), who was more like a Father to me. My three names should be noted here, too as evidence of my complex and essential role in this"}, {"text_idx": "#000040", "text": "There\u2019s David, Dai, the same thing as our main character; Balrog, which is connected with the Grossmann family, full of great men; and Procter, that is \u2018Guardian,\u2019 which derived from our\nforefathers at the time of Sorakados\u2019 Great Journey. Despite everything, Jack was a brave soldier, basically, and an intelligent man, too, who wanted to solve problems by going at it with all the\nstrength of his mind, spirit, and body. Who would have known he would cling to Earthly life so long and with such might, so viciously, whilst believing at the same time in that which is to come?\nAnd perhaps I am not what you would imagine or expect, either, although the time is not right to speak of such things now. After my \u2013 our \u2013 period of mourning is over, there will still remain the\nGreat Work to be done."}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "they respond to the tempest of words we have released on the World, which can cause mountains to melt (through their physical effects at least), force truth to sound like lies, and make saving\nand enhancing lives appear dishonourable? Will they go on to act slavishly according to our precepts, morals, and diktats, or totally in opposition to them, perhaps, when they come to assert\nthemselves at last? Will they sing poetically of great abstract themes such as time and space, about the sea, and the night, or use words to harm, to punish, to destroy? Will they embrace\nsystematic repression, violence, bodily deprivation, torture, and genocide; or, on the contrary, kill us with easy pleasure and unfettered material satisfaction? Only by tackling these questions\nhead-on can we hope to avoid ecopocalypse (metaphorically, or in reality), replete with dire consequences and nightmarish scenes, and instead welcome a quickening Springtide of psychochaotic\ntransformation and eternal positive affect."}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "To close this chapter, then, for the time being at least, forgive me for playing the part of the Preacher as I say the following words. Farewell \u2013 Daud, David, Dai, Da\u0301\u2219hwyth \u2013 that lad\nwho had so many different names! Adieu (as it were)! May the Innumerable Indolent Idolaters (and they are all the most powerful Wizards in the Two Worlds, too), guard you from the predations of\nthe Seven Seraphic Sorcerers, wherever you may be. May they allow you \u2013 and us all \u2013 to win salvation, whatever that may be, as we pray \u2014 \u201cFrom out of the shadows, may illumination stream forth!\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000043", "text": "[a] I cannot claim the following for certain, since something is hindering me when I try to plumb the depths of these thoughts, memories and\nimages. But it has become clearer and clearer to me that there was some rapport between Dai Procter and David/Davuth/Dai that was closer than therapist and client. Furthermore, I failed to\nunderstand heretofore what was the source of the ill-feeling between John Baxter (Ivan Pekar) and Dai Procter, believing that the men did not know one another at all. Now, the scales have fallen\nfrom my eyes, and I realise that maybe Procter was highly familiar with Mrs Pekar, shall we say (how, I know not). As a result, I myself have added the line showing the putative association\nbetween Procter and Mrs Pekar, in the name of openness, honesty and accountability, now that everyone is deceased (or has disappeared) at least. \u2014 P.M."}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "[c] I find myself being forced to add that it was me who wrote this line (which is of course followed by \u201cThrough him will human-kind all"}, {"text_idx": "#000050", "text": "Tevi Hrohri ac Elile Fasivne"}, {"text_idx": "#000051", "text": "A ydy\u2019n wir mai iaith yw dyfais\norau byth dynolryw, ynteu ei darganfyddiad mwyaf peryglus? Ai rhodd neu felltith ydy hi? Ai ni a ryddheir gan ei hudion cyfathrebol, neu\u2019n hytrach ai ni a ddelir yn ei gwe astrus ac anweladwy?\nWedi\u2019r cwbl, ninnau sydd yn bracsan trwy fudreddi'r Rhyfeloedd Semanteg y dyddiau hyn. Heddiw, \u201cllygredd amlwg a dinistriol wedi\u2019i wreiddio\u2019n ddwfn\u201d sy\u2019n cael ei ail-frandio fel \u201cdulliau hollol\narferol o wneud busnes swyddogol\u201d - mae \u201cgwneud sut bynnag y mynnoch pan fydd yn gyfleus\u201d yn newid i \u201cymddwyn bob amser a\u0302 gwedduster priodol\u201d - mae\u2019r gosodiad \u201croedd yn gamgymeriad, hollol\ngamgymeriad, camgymeriad llwyr\u201d yn golygu \u201cO diar, bois, ges i \u2018nhal\u201d - mae \u201cgwyrdroi cwrs arferol cyfiawnder\u201d yn dod yn \u201ciro olwynion rhwysgfawr llywodraeth\u201d - ac fe ddywed dyn mai \u201cdim ond peth\ncusanu a goglais rhwng hen ffrindiau\u201d yw \u201ccyffwrdd troseddol o amhriodol.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000052", "text": "Fel meddyliaethydd, ac yn enwedig fel Dewin (er ein bod ni\u2019n tueddu i osgoi\u2019r enw eithaf hen-ffasiwn bellach, ar goedd o leiaf), dw i\u2019n ymwybodol iawn o hyn. Rwy'n dioddef cymaint oherwydd fy\nngalwedigaeth. Mae cynifer o bobl yn feirniadol iawn o\u2019r hyn dw i\u2019n ddweud (heb so\u0302n am sut dw i'n ymddwyn). Maen nhw'n honni fy mod i'n esgus swnio'n synhwyrol a chall, ond nad ydw i'n gwneud y\nmymryn lleia\u2019 o synnwyr o gwbl, ac mai dim ond parablu lol dw i. Maen nhw'n fy nghyhuddo i o swyno a thwyllo cynulleidfa druain wedi mwydro, nes iddynt feddwl fy mod i'n cyfleu gwybodaeth\nhollbwysig, tra wyf fi'n achub mantais arnynt a'u blingo mewn gwirionedd. Gadewch imi fod yn garedig (fel arfer, ar y dechrau, o leiaf!): efallai nad ydynt yn deall fy nulliau, drwy ddiffyg\nhyfforddi neu fedr cynhenid. Ond eto i gyd, a bwrw bod eu hasesiad yn hollol gywir. Serch hynny, rhaid i ddyn gyfaddef mai o ganlyniad i lawer o addysg ac ymarfer, fe fyddaf fi\u2019n llwyddo'n rhwydd\ni gadw sw\u0302n sy\u2019n denu niferoedd mawr o bobl i wrando."}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Ac wedyn pan fyddaf yn chwarae gyda syniadau fel petaswn i\u2019n canu cerddoriaeth hudol, prancio fel lama bodlon, neu arwain seindorf bres, fe fydd y gwrandawyr mynd i berlewyg yn falch o aros, a\nchlywed, ac amsugno'r geiriau. Ac ar o\u0302l y perfformiad fe fyddant i gyd yn taeru iddynt fwynhau'r profiad, ei fod yn debyg i'w colli'u hunain wrth wylio adar yn hedfan, neu rythu mewn braw ar\nstorom ar y mo\u0302r, neu foddio'u llygaid ar gadwyn o fynyddoedd mawreddog. Felly fe fyddaf fi\u2019n dal i ddawnsio, a chanu, a gwau fy hud, gan obeithio y byddwch chi\u2019n parhau i fwynhau, a thrawsnewid\ndrwy\u2019r amser o\u2019r herwydd. Wedi\u2019r cwbl, \"Wrth ei flas mae profi pwdin,\" meddan nhw, ac rwy wastad yn llwyddo i fynd a\u0302\u2019r maen i\u2019r wal, rywsut neu\u2019i gilydd!"}, {"text_idx": "#000055", "text": "Dewiniaid yn yr hen ddyddiau, gallwn ni greu yma ran fach o dabl mapiadau neu oblygiadau: Yn wir, mae rhai canlyniadau sy\u2019n ymddangos yn ddiniwed ar yr olwg gyntaf, wedi\u2019u seilio ar \u201ctebygrwydd\nteuluol\u201d a \u201cgwahaniaethau deuol,\u201d fel y gwelir isod (Tabl 1)."}, {"text_idx": "#000056", "text": "Yr ydym yn gweld, felly, y cysylltir cyd-destunau dymunol a\u0302 blodau yn\nhytrach nag a\u0302 phryfed. Cysylltiadau ieithyddol positif sydd ag offerynnau cerdd nad yw\u2019n bodoli yn achos arfau. Noder bod rhai categori\u0308au diriaethol megis \u201cAnifail\u201d yn gallu meddu ar gysylltiadau sy\u2019n\nBositif ac yn Negyddol fel ei gilydd. Hefyd, gwelwn fod y categori \u201cSyniad\u201d yn cynnwys aelodau haniaethol, ac mai\nanodd yw eu diffinio\u2019n bendant, achos eu bod yn gweithredu yn nhermau eu meysydd estynedig o oblygiadau\u2019n bennaf."}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Y gwir am y sefyllfa yw hyn: nid ydym yn gwybod bron dim byd i sicrwydd am y cymeriad o\u2019r enw \u2018Daud Pekar,\u2019 nac am fanylion ei fywyd yng Nghalon y Cyfandir \u2013 os oedd e yno erioed o gwbl,\nyn hytrach nag yn y Meysydd Ia\u0302 Undonog, yr Anialdir Mawr, Coch, neu Wlad y Mil Ynysoedd ac Un, er enghraifft. Yn wir, efallai ei fod yn treulio cryn\namser yng nghyffiniau Ysta\u0302d y Pin yma yn Aberdydd (ar orchwylion anhysbys) ar sawl achlysur yn ystod ei lencyndod lliwgar. Pwy allai ddweud, o sylwi ar\nyr \u2013 'adar brithion' \u2013 y bu'r bachgen dan eu dylanwad er pan ddihangodd o fru ei Fam?\nFelly, er mai fi sydd ar fai am y rhan fwyaf o\u2019r digwyddiadau a adroddwyd yma \u2013 hynny yw, fi a drefnodd iddyn nhw ddigwydd \u2013 rhaid i fi gydnabod hefyd rai eraill wrth fynd\nheibio, y mae gwybodaeth ychwanegol wedi dod i\u2019r fei amdanyn nhw yn ddiweddar, oherwydd y digwyddiadau anarferol yma yn yr hen Glinig, sydd bellach y Ganolfan Hyfforddi Fyd-Eang i Ieuenctid\nAmgen. Neu hwyrach y dylwn i ddweud fy mod i\u2019n cael rhannu\u2019r manylion pellach hyn a\u0302 chi, nawr bod \u2013 materion \u2013 yma ac yn y Byd yn gyffredinol, wedi mynd cyn belled a datblygu cystal."}, {"text_idx": "#000058", "text": "elfennau o wahanol gategori\u0308au sy\u2019n rhannu\u2019r un oblygiad yn dod yn gysylltiedig yn agos a\u0302\u2019i gilydd. Mewn ymgyrch gwerthu teledol, er enghraifft, bydd delwedd o gw\u0302n bychain, fflwffog, yn prancio\nyng ngerddi blodau\u2019r hen Gadarnle Nefol wrth i ffliwt a ffidil ganu cerddoriaeth bersain yn cael ei defnyddio i ddwyn i gof \u201cheddwch\u201d a \u201cchariad.\u201d Ar y llaw arall, bydd delweddau o rebeliaid yn\nheigio o chwain yng Nghalon y Cyfandir yn saethu nwy dagrau wrth i filwyr dewr Coalisiwn y Grymoedd Gla\u0302n geisio sicrhau\u2019r strydoedd budr lle mae cnudoedd o\nbeunos, yn ennyn teimladau o \u201cdrais\u201d a \u201cchasineb.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000059", "text": "Mae arnaf fi angen crybwyll felly, y tri chastiwr, y drindod ryfedd hon \u2013 Sefydlwr y Clinig (Jack Procter), y Cymwynaswr Hael (Andrea Jakob Gro\u00dfmann), a\u2019r Ellyllyn Cryf (Ivan Pekar, Tad\nDaud \u2013 a Thad Steffan hefyd, fel mae\u2019n digwydd). Teg fyddai dweud bod perthynas cymhleth iawn rhyngddyn nhw, yn dyddio\u2019n o\u0302l i adeg y Cythrwfl Mawr. Cymeren nhw ran yn y brwydro i ryw raddau,\nmae\u2019n debyg \u2013 ond a oedden nhw\u2019n arwyr, cudd-gynhyrfwyr, hurfilwyr, ysbiwyr, neu gachgwn? Neu bob un o'r rhain? Dim ond y Duwdodau Creulon a w\u0302yr yn iawn. Byddai\u2019n well gennyf fi feddwl eu bod yn\nwy\u0302r hyf a mentrus \u2013 dynion busnes cyfrwys a digymrodedd, efallai \u2013 oedd yn y lle iawn ar yr adeg iawn \u2013 er na awn i cyn belled a\u0302 dweud mai smyglwyr diegwyddor oedden nhw, ac yn wir nid terfysgwyr\nrhyngwladol. (Adynod lleol ysgethrin, ddichon). Roedd Jack yn chwilio am blant a\u0302 galluoedd eithriadol yn unol ag anghenion y Clinig, ond hefyd i gyflawni\u2019i ddibenion ei hunan. Ivan oedd yn ceisio\npluo\u2019i nyth ei hun ac i\u2019r Pwll Diwaelod a\u0302 phawb arall. Ac roedd Andrea, yn hwyrddydd ei oes, yn ymhyfrydu\u2019n chwarae rhan pennaeth y gwylliaid."}, {"text_idx": "#000063", "text": "[1] Yr ydym yn ymwybodol hefyd, wrth gwrs, mai yn \u201ciaith berffaith\u201d yr EFE, wedi\u2019i llunio i fynegi a gorfodi ei\ndogma\u0302u\u2019n berffaith, ceir, er enghraifft, \u201comgro = epsa = sade = epar = galig = zogo = Ferest [Positif]\u201d ac\n\u201cumamo = ipkoy = otyno = penog = agnon = ozneg = Efnog [Negyddol].\u201d\nWrth reswm, dechreuodd gweoedd cymhleth yr Eglwys ymddatod pan profodd ein hymchwilwyr fod pob un o\u2019r Saith Riant Goleuedig wedi bod yn ynganu geiriau cysefin (ac anystyrlon o safbwynt cyfathrebu\ndynol, cyffredin) Defod Golchi Cyhoeddus yn wahanol i'w gilydd bob tro. Trwy hyn y creasent liaws o ddilynwyr nad oeddent wedi\u2019u \u201cselio\u201d yn o\u0302l eu cyfreithiau eu hun; ac aeth y rhain yn eu blaen i\nanwytho\u2019r genedlaethau canlynol yn yr un ffordd. Dim ond yn ddiweddar yr ydym ni wedi medru ddeall yn briodol eiriau proffwydol Ash-nonam, \u201cHyfrydwch cyfrin ydy bod ein ty\u0302 wedi\u2019i adeiladu ar\ndywod, ac a\u0302 gwynt ein hysgyfaint y byddir ei ddinistrio.\u201d \u2014 T Hrohri and E Fasivne."}, {"text_idx": "#000065", "text": "Set arall o gynodiadau diddorol\na geir ym maes enwau pobl, llew gwelwn, er enghraifft: \u201cHlothrig = brodorol = ceidwadol = call = dibynadwy = hoffus = Positif\u201d ac \u201cThethalu = dieithr = blaengar = annoeth =\nannibynadwy = anhoffus = Negyddol.\u201d Wrth gwrs, aelodau un pa\u0302r yn\nunig ymysg nifer enfawr o gynodiadau y mae cysyniadau\u2019n perthyn iddynt ydy Positif a Negyddol. Set yr holl gysylltiadau hyn sy\u2019n ffurfio gwe gymhleth iaith. A\u2019r cyfryw\n\u201cymgorffori ieithyddol\u201d a all ein harwain yn aml i wneud penderfyniadau sydd yn anneallus a sarhaus. Er enghraifft, ym Mhretania, mae\u2019r rhan fwyaf o bobl sydd yn ymateb i holiaduron yn\ndweud mai \u201ccyfandir gogleddol = hardd = deallus = gonest = heddychlon = Positif\u201d a \u201ccyfandir deheuol = hagr = anneallus = anonest ="}, {"text_idx": "#000066", "text": "Ymhellach, mae\u2019n rhaid imi beidio ag anghofio fy chwaer yma, Miss Procter (Mrs Grossmann ar o\u0302l iddi briodi), y fenyw aruthrol sy\u2019n rhedeg gweithrediadau yma o ddydd i ddydd. Yn wir mae hi\u2019n\ngallu ymddangos fel angyles gymwynasgar ar adegau, i rai pobl, ond fel rhyw greadures arallfydol, ddychrynllyd \u2013 y \u2018difodfil\u2019 hwnnw o\u2019r ffilmiau arswyd \u2013 i bobl eraill, droeon eraill. Serch\nhynny, mae wedi gwneud gwyrthiau gyda\u2019r hen le yma! Ac arbenigwr mewn codi arian ydy, sut yn enwedig, \u2018dwn i\u2019m! Rhwng hithau a JBG, roedd yn bosibl i\u2019r Clinig godi o\u2019r fflamau fel ffenics ar ei\nffurf newydd yn fuan iawn. A fyddech chi\u2019n dychmygu iddi hithau (Mrs G) gael affe\u0302r gydag Ivan Pekar (oedd yn defnyddio\u2019r ffugenw John Baxter y pryd hynny), rywsut neu\u2019i gilydd, ac mai dyna sut\ndaeth Steffan i mewn i\u2019r Byd? Eto i gyd, fe redodd Mrs Procter, gwraig i Jack, i ffwrdd gyda Mr Grossmann, gan esgor ar Helen yng Nghalon y Cyfandir maes o law. Er hwylustod, rwy wedi cynnwys\nSiart Achau\u2019n dangos y perthnasau rhwng y tri llwyth, sef y Baxteriaid, y Procteriaid, a\u2019r Teulu Grossmann, isod [a]."}, {"text_idx": "#000067", "text": "Roedd yr Undeb Masnachol Milwrol yn arfer hybu\u2019r cynodiadau: \u201cParth Pinc =\ncefnog = soffistigedig = deallus = diogel = ariannol gadarn = Positif\u201d a \u201cParth Eraill = tlawd = annatblygedig = anneallus =\nperyglus = ariannol annichonadwy = Negyddol.\u201d Roedd yr Asiantaethau\nDarlledu Annibynnol, trwy eu cynhyrchion, yn cyfleu\u2019r cadwyni: \u201chen bobl = profiadol = dysgedig = parchus = canmoladwy = Positif\u201d a \u201cpobl ifanc = amhrofiadol = anwybodus = amharchus =\nannheilwng = Negyddol.\u201d Ar sail yr holl sylwadau hyn, byddem yn dod i\u2019r\ncasgliad rhesymegol y bydd gelyniaeth ac anffafriaeth wedi\u2019u hangori yng ngwrthdaro gwrthgyferbyniadau wastad yn nodweddion ein meddwl \u201cgo iawn,\u201d ac felly yn briodoleddau ein llafar a\u2019r\ngweithrediadau sy\u2019n digwydd o ganlyniad i\u2019r rhain hefyd."}, {"text_idx": "#000068", "text": "Pwy oedd Daud, David, Dai mewn gwirionedd? O ble daeth e, a beth luniai\u2019i bersonoliaeth, wrth lywio\u2019i dyfiant, a gyrru\u2019i ymddygiad? Wel, rydych wedi darllen y wybodaeth oll, wedi\u2019i adrodd\ngan lygad y ffynnon. Chi a w\u0302yr cystal a\u0302 fi. Cymaint creulondeb dynolryw? Dyna nad allaf fi\u2019i gyfrif. Ond eto i gyd mae\u2019n debyg mai dim ond rhithdybiau ym meddwl llanc hollol adnabyddus a fyddai\u2019n\nymddwyn yn fwy tebyg i grwt dryslyd gwirion y rhan fwyaf o\u2019r amser nag i laslanc hyderus a pheniog, yw cryn dipyn o\u2019r digwyddiadau a adroddwyd yma. Ond pa rai? Er ei ddiffygion fyrdd, roedd David\nyn ddeallus iawn ac yn stori\u0308wr ardderchog. O leiaf fe allwn ni ddweud heb rithyn o amheuaeth y daethpwyd a\u0302\u2019r llanc yma gan fy mrawd Jack Procter mewn amgylchiadau anesboniadwy, wedi iddo yntau\nddioddef yn erchyll nes mynd yn gysgod o fod dynol, gwaetha\u2019r modd."}, {"text_idx": "#000069", "text": "Ac mae\u2019r ffaith bod y sefydliadau hyn wedi dioddef tro ar\nfyd, ynteu wedi newid eu safbwynt i\u2019r gwrthwyneb cwbl groes o ganlyniad i ymyrraeth ieithyddol nad yw\u2019n gwneud dim byd ond cefnogi damcaniaeth dinistriad creadigol\nsemioteg seicocaotig. Ar ben hynny, wrth gwrs, yr\noedd y dadleniad answyddogol gan ffynhonnell amheus ond hollol gredadwy yng nghanol y llywodraeth mai caba\u0301l ffiaidd o Gynrychiolwyr y Werin a oedd wedi cynllunio a rhyddhau\u2019r pla pesychu ar hon,\ny Drydedd Planed o\u2019r Haul, nes na fyddwn ni byth mwy\u2019n cael gwared ar y firws, ei amrywiolion, na\u2019i olynwyr. Ac yr ydym wedi gweld i ble\u2019r arweiniodd hynny, er na allai neb fod wedi\u2019i"}, {"text_idx": "#000070", "text": "Yn y Clinig, yn y plasty hwnnw oedd wedi mynd a\u0302\u2019i ben iddo y pryd hynny gan mwyaf, fe geisiai David ailgodi cyrbibion ei bersonoliaeth, trwy chwarae ro\u0302l gyda rhai o\u2019r preswylwyr eraill,\ndan ddylanwad cyffuriau arloesol. Mewn gwirionedd, ni wyddai\u2019r llanc pwy oedden nhw yn union ar y dechrau, wrth gwrs, am ei fod wedi drysu cymaint. Fodd bynnag, ffurfiai berthnasau cryfion gyda\nSteffan (\u2018Stevie\u2019 \u2013 plentyn siawns i Mrs G, oedd wedi profi cryn broblemau wrth astudio, ac a ddaeth yn gyfaill da i David. Yn aml yr arferen nhw fynd am dro yn fan wen y Clinig gyda\u2019i\ngilydd, fel dau o'r Naw Marchog Niwminaidd yn ceisio medrau meddyliol yng Nghreirfa Gandryll y Bugeiliaid Ble\u0302r), Helen (\u2018Elen\u2019 \u2013 plentyn siawns i Mrs Procter, a\nmeddyliaethydd dan hyfforddiant. Fe fyddai David yn ei mwydro hi\u2019n gyson a\u0302\u2019i theori\u0308au cynllwyn), John neu Jack (\u2018yr Hen Filwr\u2019 \u2013 cyn-ysgolfeistr ar fin marw, oedd wedi gwneud ei ran yn ystod y\nCythrwfl Mawr, oedd yn gyfrinachwr i\u2019r llanc, ac a lwyddodd i ddysgu\u2019r Hen Iaith Ge\u0302l iddo), Mrs Grossmann (\u2018yr Arglwyddes MacBeth\u2019 \u2013 prif reolwraig y Sefydliad, duwies yr aelwyd a\u2019r cartref, a\nmamfaeth i\u2019r holl eneidiau colledig), a fi (\u2018y Dewin Ifanc\u2019 \u2013 dyna enw digrif ar ddyn mor synhwyrol a chall a\u0302 fi). Wedi dweud hynny, y rhan fwyaf o\u2019r amser, fe fyddai David yn tybio mai personau"}, {"text_idx": "#000072", "text": "Yr oeddem fel teulu, ryw ffordd \u2013 o \"Khwedlau Kenedlaethol Kimbria,\" ysgatfydd \u2013 Tad, Mam, Brodyr, Chwaer, a Thad-cu. Mae gennym hyd yn oed gi o\u2019r enw \u2018Swtach,\u2019 helgi o\u2019r\nDywysogaeth Orllewinol Deyrngar a\u0302 gwallt cwta. Mae rhaid i fi ddweud na olyga\u2019r gair hwn 'peth sy\u2019n fwy huddyglyd na glo,' ac mae gan yr hen greadur dibynadwy ond twp flew gwyn a chlustiau rhudd\nyn eithaf tebyg i un o Gw\u0302n Annwfn yn yr Hen Chwedlau. Yn hytrach, mae\u2019r enw\u2019n cyfeirio at dduwdod anrhefn, dinistr, a chreadigaeth o\u2019r Anialdir Mawr, Coch, ac a\u0302 phob rheswm a bod yn berffaith\nonest, gan fod yr anifail drewllyd yn taenu difrod yn ei sgil ble bynnag yr aiff. Ac wedyn mae\u2019n rhaid i bawb fod yn dra chreadigol wrth geisio rhoi trefn ar bethau. \u2018Doedd dda gan David \u2018mo Swt,\n\u2018chwaith, am mai\u2019r ci a draflyncai\u2019i chwilod anwes bob amser \u2013 yr hen gythraul!"}, {"text_idx": "#000075", "text": "Mae dyfeisiadau cyfrifiadurol eraill wedi cynhyrchu allbwn sydd wedi\nnaca\u0301u\u2019n llwyr wirionedd hanesyddol Galanas Feddyliaethol y Filiwn o Wirioniaid yng Nghalon y Cyfandir, ac wedi ceisio cyfiawnhau\u2019n ffiaidd o fanwl yr Ymosod Erchyll ar y Parth Glas gan Lywodraeth\nDdiamheuol Unol Diriogaethau Pretania [2]. Mae\u2019n ddyledus arnom gofio bob tro yr honnir mai dim ond datgelu\u2019r wybodaeth amgylchiadol sydd yn ysgogi\u2019n gyson bob gweithred o gyfathrebu dynol, a\u2019r\nstrwythurau meddyliol sydd wrth eu bo\u0302n, a wna\u2019r arbrofion hyn. Sut, felly, y gallwn ni frwydro yn erbyn hyn, os dymunwn ni siarad ac ymddwyn ag unrhyw dosturi a thegwch o gwbl, yn enwedig yn oes\ncyfathrebu electronig rhyng-gyfandirol trwy gyfrwng y rhwyll rithiol gyda chymorth trawsyryddion niwral synthetig, a pheiriannau sy\u2019n dechrau rhesymegu\u2019n annibynnol?"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "A thorri\u2019r stori\u2019n fyr, fe ymadawodd Daud Pekar, hynny yw David Baxter, a\u0302\u2019r fuchedd hon yn 21 oed (am y\ngwyddom ni) ar gwsb y Milflwyddiant (mwy neu lai) \u2013 \u2018doedd e byth yn un am wylio\u2019r amser. Yn ei dyb, roedd e\u2019n perthyn ar fywyd swynol, neu saith bywyd a bod yn fanwl gywir. Fe\ngredai ymhellach mai trwy ei arferion hudol (rwy wedi trafod y rhain o\u2019r blaen) yr oedd wedi colli dau fywyd wrth geisio galw ei Fam yn o\u0302l o\u2019r bedd, ac wedyn wrth ddianc o\u2019i Ewythr anfad; dau\neraill, wrth achub Stjepan Velikic\u030covjek rhag ei erlidwyr, ac ymdrechu i rwystro Jelena Pekar (ei Chwaer) rhag ymadael; dau mwy, wrth oroesi llofrudd ei Dad a\u2019r ddamwain fan yma yn Aberdydd. Fe\nellid dweud, felly, iddo fe roddi\u2019i fywyd olaf i Stevie a Jack wrth eu hachub rhag ta\u0302n yn yr hen fwthyn glas yn nhiroedd y Clinig (ond gweler y sylwadau pellach isod). Sut y gallai fod wedi dwyn\ndau fywyd o safnau angau, ar bris dim ond un, rwy\u2019n eich clywed chi\u2019n ofyn? Wel, wrth reswm, yr oedd yr Hen Filwr ar fin marw beth bynnag; ac ar ben hynny, mae gwerth bywyd Steffan yn dal i\u2019w\ngyfrif. Fe fydd yn Ewythr eithriadol o dda i\u2019r babi newydd maes o law, gobeithio, er yr holl erchyllterau a gyflawnwyd gan y dynion yn y stori drist hon hyd yn hyn."}, {"text_idx": "#000078", "text": "Yn wir, mae rhai\u2019n honni mai\ntrawsffurfiad mwyaf mewn cymdeithas ddynol er y chwyldro amaethyddol yw dyfodiad y dyfeisiadau hyn. Wedi dechrau y mae\u2019r newidiadau cymdeithasol-ddiwylliannol mwyaf cyrhaeddbell er inni roi\u2019r\ngorau i hela a chasglu ac ymsefydlu mewn cymunedau er mwyn ffermio, pysgota, a masnachu; a heb amau y maent ar waith erbyn hyn. Cwestiwn anodd ei ateb ydy a fydd y newyddbethau hyn yn effeithio\nar ymddygiad, dirnadaeth, a hunaniaeth mewn unigolion yn union fel y byddant yn effeithio ar grwpiau. Fodd bynnag, efallai fod y meintiau enfawr o wybodaeth sydd ar gael bron ar unwaith o\u2019r\ngronfa ddata gatholig, felen yn achosi effeithiau biolegol sydd yn ddwfn \u2013 ac yn barhaol. Fe\u2019i honnir bod cyson ddefnyddio\u2019r rhwydwaith electronig rhyng-gyfandirol, sydd yn hydreiddiol erbyn hyn,\nyn newid, mewn gwirionedd, sut yr ydym yn darllen, yn meddwl, yn cofio, ac yn ymddwyn. A thrwy wneud hyn, mae\u2019n \u201cailweirio\u201d ymenyddiau dynol yn arhosol."}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Yn eironig, dibynna\u2019r pinwydd ar da\u0302n er mwyn parhau\u2019n fyw, gan fod tymhered uchel yn rhyddhau had o\u2019r pigyrnau [b]. Ac yn debyg iddyn nhw, rydym ni\u2019n dal i fodoli, ond wedi\u2019n\ntrawsffurfio. \u201cOs un fydd farw, pawb fydd fyw,\u201d meddai Daud, hynny yw David \u2013 wel, dyna ni \u2013 ond, am ba gost [c]? Wrth gwrs, ei fab trwy\u2019r llwyn gyda Helen \u2013 y talp hwn o gnawd \u2013 anap y lleian yn\nwir \u2013 sy\u2019n goroesi eto. Mae\u2019n enaid cryf iawn \u2013 \u2018neno\u2019r Hen Dduwdodau Rhyfedd, mae\u2019n endid cryfach na\u2019r un sy wedi bodoli ar wyneb y Blaned ddistadl hon cyn hyn. Fe fydd bywyd eithriadol o bwysig\no\u2019i flaen, heb os, a dyna oedd fy mwriad o\u2019r cychwyn cyntaf."}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Gallai\u2019r effeithiau hyn gael eu\ncysylltu a\u0302\u2019r ffaith mai\u2019r gallu i ddarllen yw datblygiad cymharol ddiweddar yn hanes esblygiad y Thorlin o ganlyniad i oroesiad yr addasaf trwy ddetholiad naturiol. Nid oes \u201cardal ddarllen\u201d\ngynfodol yn ymennydd babanod newydd-anedig, ac felly bydd rhaid inni i gyd ddysgu darllen. Gwneud hynny sydd yn achosi actifedd niwral uwch, wrth i\u2019r ardaloedd gweld yn yr ymennydd sy\u2019n cydnabod\ngwrthrychau cymhleth (megis wynebau) gael eu cysylltu ag ardaloedd iaith, nes y gall symbolau ysgrifenedig gael ei dehongli fel iaith. Nid y cortecs allanol yn unig sy\u2019n ymwneud a\u0302\u2019r newidiadau\nhyn, ond hefyd y thalamws a choesyn yr ymennydd a orwedd yn ddyfnach, ac sydd yn trosglwyddo signalau synhwyrol ac echddygol y tu mewn i\u2019r ymennydd, a rhwng yr ymennydd a\u2019r corff. Felly y maent\nyn trawsnewid yr ymennydd yn llwyr."}, {"text_idx": "#000081", "text": "Un o golledion y Cythrwfl Mawr oedd Daud Pekar, David Baxter, yn wir, mewn ffordd o siarad. Ac fel y dyfalech, rwy\u2019n credu mai ffyrdd o siarad sy\u2019n creu\u2019r Byd cydsyniol a rennir gennym i\ngyd. Fodd bynnag, er gwaethaf fy nymuniad i fy hun o ran datgan i David farw\u2019n arwr, mae\u2019r ddau ddyn arall oedd gydag ef pan ymadawodd yntau a ddywedai fel arall. Yn wir, fe fyddai Stevie a Jack\nyn mynd ar eu llw i David \u2013 heddwch i\u2019w lwch (fel petai!) \u2013 ffoi o\u2019r goelcerth, heb geisio\u2019u hachub nhw o gwbl. Mae Stevie yn honni\u2019n breifat mai efe a lusgodd yr Ewythr a\u2019r Cymrawd i ddiogelwch.\nRoedd Jack yn dweud nad oedd yn gwybod beth oedd wedi digwydd, ond ei fod yn sicr mai Stevie a\u2019i helpodd ef, tra oedd David yn ceisio ei ladd ef."}, {"text_idx": "#000082", "text": "dangos y canlynol. Pan fydd pobl sydd yn amhrofiadol, argraffadwy, neu agored i niwed, neu\u2019r rhai sydd dan anfantais ddiwylliannol ac economaidd, yn treulio hyd at ddwy awr y dydd ar ddyfeisiadau\ncymdeithasol electronig, a chymryd y dognau argymelledig o baill chwyn seicotropig (yn ogystal a\u0302 chael eu dinoethi i\u2019r negeseuon uwchsemiotig, isdrothwyol), fe all hyn gael effaith bositif ar eu\nlles, a gwella eu galluoedd seicig a\u2019u gweithrediad ffisiolegol. Serch hynny, er bod gweithgareddau o\u2019r fath yn hyrwyddo adeiladu cymuned, ymwybyddiaeth, hunanfynegiant, datblygu hunaniaeth, a\nchefnogaeth emosiynol yn o\u0302l pob so\u0302n, gallant hefyd gael dylanwad niweidiol ar gysgu, ac arwain at bryder, iselder ysbryd; ofn colli cyfleoedd, hunllefau, bwlian, anhwylderau personoliaeth, ac\nanhawster mewn cydnabod realiti, ynghyd a\u0302 rhithdybiau mawredd, rheolaeth, ac erledigaeth."}, {"text_idx": "#000083", "text": "Beth oedd y gwir amgylchiadau\u2019n perthyn i\u2019r noson honno, a beth a ddigwyddodd i David? Ni fydd neb yn gwybod i sicrwydd erioed. Ond yr ydym wedi gwneud ein gorau glas i anrhydeddu\u2019r Arwr\nAnffodus. Ac felly, yng nghysgod pinwydden y mae David yn cysgu\u2019n dawel yr awron \u2013 wel, unwaith eto mewn ffordd o siarad am na ddaethon ni erioed o hyd i\u2019w gorff yn adfeilion y bwthyn. Yr oedd,\nserch hynny, dalp enfawr o glai wedi\u2019i grasu ar ffurf dyn neu epa yno, a dyna sydd yn llenwi\u2019r bedd bellach. Eto i gyd, ni all y Swt dieflig \u2018na beidio a\u0302 mynd i ymweld ag ysbryd ei hen archelyn o\nleiaf. Mae\u2019r bwystfil drygionus yn dal i grafu ar y garreg fedd drwy\u2019r amser, a gwneud beth bynnag y mae anifeiliaid yn ei wneud i farcio\u2019u tiriogaeth, fel petai nad ydy\u2019n dymuno i\u2019r llanc druan"}, {"text_idx": "#000085", "text": "Dyma oedd stori gyfan Daud, David, yn ei eiriau ei hun, felly, am a wyddom \u2013 ond, dyma fi\u2019n ailadrodd: Pa rannau sy\u2019n gywir? A allai fod nad dim ond crebwyll ryw genau bach a gam-driniwyd\nyn echrydus, ac aeth yn orffwyll, yw\u2019r rhan fwyaf ohoni? A feiddiwch farnu, ac os felly, pwy a farna'r barnwyr? Ond eto i gyd, dyma fi, y Dewin Ieuengaf blaenorol (bron), wedi trefnu\u2019r manylion i\ngyd y tu hwnt i\u2019r llenni er mwyn creu\u2019r holl sefyllfa hon. Ac rwy wedi gwneud hyn gyda chymorth anfodlon yr Hen Filwr, fy mrawd di-feddwl-ddrwg hy\u0302n (wel roedd e yn y niwl ynghylch fy nghynllun\ngwir i drawsffurfio Dynolryw, beth bynnag), oedd yn fwy tebyg i Dad imi. Noder yma, hefyd, fy nhri enw, mewn tystiolaeth o\u2019m rhan gymhleth a hanfodol yn yr hanes hwn."}, {"text_idx": "#000086", "text": "Nyni, y Thorlin bwystfilaidd a\nfu (mewn theori o leiaf), na allant ond ddilyn arweiniad ein creadur chwedlonol Za-vi\u0301a, gan ddweud, \u201cYdym yr hyn ydym; gwnawn Fyd ar ein delw, yn o\u0302l ein llun ni.\u201d Ac am Fyd Newydd Braf, yr ydym\nwedi\u2019i lunio, yn llawn cynnydd, rhesymoliad, diwydianeiddio, safoni, iwtilitariaeth, biwrocratiaeth, a gwyliadwriaeth dorfol, i ddianc rhag bywyd absw\u0301rd wedi\u2019i ddiffinio lawn gymaint gan arswyd a\ndiflastod, a\u0302 chan gomedi. Hyd yn oed wedyn, fe fyddwn ni\u2019n dyfalbarhau yn ein harbrofion creadigol: dynion (a menywod, wrth gwrs) yn gwneud injans organig i gynorthwyo a disodli gwy\u0302r (a\ngwragedd). Yr ydym ar drothwy\u2019r cyfnod pan fyddwn wedi creu gwir beiriannau hunanymwybodol a all gydnabod y teithi a drafodir yma, sydd yn rhy ddynol a ffaeledig: hudoliaeth yn wir! Ac wedyn,\nraid inni ofyn, beth y bydd ein creadigaethau rhyfeddol yn ei feddwl amdanom \u2013 ac yn ei wneud inni \u2013 os ca\u0302nt gyfle?"}, {"text_idx": "#000087", "text": "Dyna David, Dai, yr un peth a\u0302\u2019n prif gymeriad; Balrog. sydd wedi\u2019i gysylltu a\u0302\u2019r teulu Grossmann, llawn dynion mawr; a Procter, hynny yw \u2018Gwarchodwr,\u2019 a darddodd o\u2019n hendadau, amser Taith\nFawr Sorakados. Er gwaethaf popeth, rhyfelwr dewr oedd Jack, yn y bo\u0302n, ac un deallus hefyd. a ddymunai ddatrys problemau trwy fynd wrthi nerth meddwl, enaid a chorff. Pwy a wyddai y buasai\u2019n\nglynu wrth fywyd Daearol cyhyd a chyn gryfed, mor filain, wrth gredu ar yr un pryd yn yr hyn sydd i ddod? Ac efallai nad yr hyn a ddychmygech na disgwyl mohonof fi, ychwaith, er nad yr union\namser cywir ydy i so\u0302n am bethau o\u2019r fath yn awr. Pan fydd fy \u2013 ein \u2013 cyfnod o alar drosodd, fe fydd y Gwaith Mawr yn dal i aros i\u2019w wneud."}, {"text_idx": "#000088", "text": "Sut yr ymatebant i\u2019r dymestl o\neiriau a ryddhawyd gennym ar y Byd, sydd yn gallu peri i fynyddoedd doddi (trwy eu heffeithiau corfforol o leiaf), gorfodi gwirionedd i swnio fel celwydd, ac achosi i achub a gwella bywydau\nymddangos yn amharchus A a\u0302nt yn eu blaenau i weithredu yn slafaidd yn o\u0302l ein hegwyddorion, ein moesau, a\u2019n dictatau, ynteu yn hollol groes iddynt, ddichon, pan ddo\u0302nt i fynnu cydnabyddiaeth o\u2019r\ndiwedd? ? A ganant hwy\u2019n farddonol am thema\u0302u mawr haniaethol megis amser, a\u2019r gofod, y mo\u0302r, a\u2019r nos, ynteu ddefnyddio geiriau i niweidio, i gosbi, i ddistrywio? A fyddant yn cofleidio gormes\ngyfundrefnol, trais, amddifadiad corfforol, artaith, a hil-laddiad; ynteu, i\u2019r gwrthwyneb, ein lladd a\u0302 phleser hawdd, a boddhad materol, dilyffethair? Dim ond trwy fynd i'r afael a\u0302\u2019r problemau\nhyn y gallwn ni obeithio osgoi ecopocalyps (yn drosiadol ynteu mewn gwirionedd), yn llawn\ncanlyniadau enbyd a golygfeydd hunllefus, ac yn hytrach groesawu gwanwyn adfywiol o drawsffurfio seicocaotic ac affaith positif tragwyddol."}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "I gloi\u2019r bennod hon, felly, am y tro o leiaf, esgusodwch fi am chwarae rhan y Pregethwr wrth imi ddweud y geiriau canlynol. Ffarwe\u0301l \u2013 Daud, David, Dai, Da\u0301\u2219hwyth \u2013 y llanc hwnnw oedd a\u0302\nchymaint o enwau gwahanol! Dan dy fendith (fel petai)! Y Delw-addolwyr Dioglyd Dirifedi (a\u2019r Dewiniaid mwyaf nerthol yn y Ddau Fyd ydynt hwy oll hefyd) a\u2019th ddiogelo rhag ysglyfaethu\u2019r Saith\nSwynwr Seraffiaid, pa le bynnag y byddych. Caniataont hwythau iti \u2013 ac inni i gyd \u2013 ennill iachawdwriaeth, pa beth bynnag fo honno, wrth inni weddi\u0308o \u2014 \u201cOddi mewn i\u2019r cysgodion boed i olau"}, {"text_idx": "#000090", "text": "[a] Dw i ddim yn gallu honni\u2019r canlynol yn sicr, am fod rhywbeth yn fy rhwystro i pan\nfydda i\u2019n ceisio plymio dyfnderoedd y meddyliau, y cofion a\u2019r delweddau hyn. Ond mae wedi dod yn gliriach, gliriach i fi fod \u2018na ryw berthynas rhwng Dai Procter a David/Davuth/Dai oedd yn agosach\nna therapydd a chleient. Ymhellach, ro\u2019n i\u2019n methu deall hyd yn hyn beth oedd ffynhonnell y drwgdeimlad rhwng John Baxter (Ivan Pekar) a Dai Procter, wrth gredu nad oedd y dynion yn nabod ei\ngilydd o gwbl. Bellach, mae\u2019r cen wedi syrthio oddi ar fy llygaid, ac rwy\u2019n sylweddoli efallai taw Procter yn dra chyfarwydd a\u0302 Mrs Pekar, ddwedwn ni (sut, na wn i). O ganlyniad, fi sy wedi\nychwanegu\u2019r llinell yn dangos y cysylltiad tybiedig rhwng Procter a Mrs Pekar, er didwylledd, gonestrwydd ac atebolrwydd, nawr bod pawb wedi marw (neu ddiflannu) o leiaf. \u2014 P.M."}, {"text_idx": "#000093", "text": "[c] Fe\u2019m caf fy hunan yn gorfod ychwanegu taw fi sgrifennodd y llinell \u2018ma (sy wedi\u2019i\ndilyn wrth gwrs gan \u201cA achub e\u2019r holl ddynolryw?\u201d! \u2014 P.M."}]