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The Sacred Pathway of Druidry is a Wisdom Quest that embraces life as a magical celebration and honors animal, tree, stone, and star lore. It holds the body, sexuality, relationships, community, the land, the Earth, and the universe as sacred. The wild, nature, groves, restorative justice, creativity, artistry, beauty, peace, crystals, story, myth, and ancestors are all lovingly revered. There is no separation between the worlds for their deities who are authentically luminal. They are an integral part of everyday living, where the fires of the heart, hearth, and home burn brightly as one flame. Awen also symbolized inspired creativity, spiritual healing, attunement with the Nature Spirits, the skills of divination and prophecy, and the fluidic flow of the spiritual life force. The symbol for Awen, /|\ , used since the seventeenth century, consists of three pillars with the outer two leaning into the center one. It represents the three worlds; mind, body, and spirit; sea, land, and sky.
To be gifted with Awen is
to know, love, and preserve truth with appreciative nurturing commitment. The
Bards were guardians of the sacredness of the Word, keepers of the ritual
memories, and poetic warders of the tribe, the bards were inspired by the spirit
of Awen.
They were musical dream weavers, creativity seers, sacred storytellers, and divinity diviners. Bards were voice spinners, singing word magic into being. Their melodies enchanted with the wonder of life. The songs of the bards renewed the land as they walked the Earth journeying to sacred sites where the ancient spirit of holiness lingered still. When the bards produced artistic works in healing lyrical lines and patterns of balanced love, light, and power, harmonic resonance was restored to the planet time and time again. The Divine Forest, typified by the Sacred Grove or Nemeton was hallowed ground for the Druids and Celts who worshipped their Goddesses and Gods in natural spaces. Sacred Groves were the settings for ceremonies, meetings, and sanctuaries. For instance the Galatian Celts met at the Oak Sanctuary once a year to discuss crucial tribal concerns.
Woods were so sacred to
the Celts and played such a significant role in their overall cultural existence
that at one time the Celtic heartlands in Northern Europe and Southern Germany
were almost entirely covered with trees...
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