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Druidry for the Druidic Shaman then was a path of soul journeying in exploration of knowledge, truth, and inspiration about the connectedness of mind, body, and spirit to the creative spiral dynamics of the cyclical divine triads Besides the Wheel of Seasons, the Druids maintained a three fold practice that also involved the Druid as Bard and Ovate. The Druid Bards were inspired by the spirit of Awen. They were musical dream weavers, creativity seers, sacred storytellers, and divinity diviners. As Bards the Druids were the guardians of the sacredness of the Word, the keepers of the ritual memories, and the poetic warders of the tribe. Their melodies enchanted others with the wonder of life. The songs of the Druid Bard renewed the land as they walked the Earth journeying to Sacred Sites where the ancient spirit of holiness lingered still. Druids as Bards were voice spinners, singing word magic into being.
The Druids as Bards also
helped to restore harmonic resonance to the planet once again. Druids as Bards
produced artistic works in healing lyrical lines and patterns of balanced love,
light, and power.
Druids as Ovates were Shamanic Journeyers and Time Travellers who journeyed to the realms of the ancestors and to the starry shores of future isles for information and inspiration to guide the clan or tribe. Working with plants, herbs and other healing modalities the Druid as Ovate worked with the fires of transmutation, transformation, and regeneration. The life cycle of the acorn as it grew to become the sapling and then to become the oak tree which sprouted spring leaves which in turn became autumn gold foliage, intrigued and totally involved the Druid as Ovate in the spiral, circle dance of Creation. The Druid as Ovate then studied the powerful mysteries underlying nature and the stars to find formulas to restore equilibrium to mind, body, and spirit.
The specialty of the Druid
as Ovate was the Ogham, tree lore. Ogham was a method of communication for the
Druids and for the remembrance of lore. The Ogham characters were written on
wooden staves or inscribed on stones...
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