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Druidry Druid Druidic Treelore
Glossary Terminology
Druids
The teachers of the oral
traditions, ritual guides between the worlds, inspiration bridges between Awen
and Earth, fluidic learned loremasters, and custodians of the knowledge keys,
the Druids sang the universal lines of connectivity, of circularity, of cyclical
change, and of creative inspiration down through the ages.
Warders of the
ancestral rites of the seasonal round and of the sacredness of the land, sea,
and sky, their soul fingers strummed the strings of balanced bonding with
magical precision until note after note, word after word, spiraled outward in
impassioned song lines that wove multicolored leaves of unity that entwined the
sanctity of all life onto the World Tree.
Eternal Knot
The endless knot was symbolic of eternal life and flowing continuity as the soul
journeyed a path without a beginning or an ending. Its origins can be traced
back to the plait designs exhibited by the Lá Téne culture as early as 500
B.C. This intricate and elaborate knotwork reached its apex in Ireland from
700-900 A.D. when Celtic manuscripts and books were decorated with intricate,
interlacing knotted designs that expressed the limitless infinity and
everlasting connectivity of Creation.
Gods and Goddesses
The Druids and the Celts
revered many goddesses and gods. Many of the Druidic Celtic goddesses and gods
(Abundantia, Aengus, Arianrhod, Belenus, Belisama, Borvo, Bouínn, Brighid, Caer,
Cernnunos, Cerridwen, Ciabhan, Cliodna, Condwiramur, Corra, Cuchulain, Dagda, Dairmuid, Danna, Divona, Druántia, Eastre,
Eír, Elen, Emer, Epona, Essus, Fand, Galahad, Góntia, Gráinne, Gwenhwyfar, Gwyddion, Hecate,
Hercales, Ianuaria, Mannan, Morgana, Nantosuelta, Nemetona, Oghmá, Olwen, Oona,
Pwyll, Rhiannon, Rosmerta, Sucellos, Taranis, Taliesin) are now serving the
peoples of the planet. For descriptions of them please see thier individual pages which can be
accessed from Deities of Goddesses Gods.
Hallowed Hills and Sacred Mounds
The Druidry Landscape
abounded with Fairy Mounds, the Wee Folk, Mineral Spirits, Hollow Hills, Leprechauns,
Mound Building, Animal Spirits, Holy Wells, Sacred Lakes, Tree Spirits, the Sidhe.
The Druidic Celtic world was alive with the vibrancy and the glittering glories
of hosts of Fairies; of the elemental beings of fire, earth, air, and water; of
the holy divinity of the land, the sea, and the sky.
The Druidry of Celts
centered around maintaining their spiritual balance and sacred connectivity with
the natural world by treating all things hallowed with the respect and reverence
they deserved. The living waters of rivers, springs, and wells were venerated
because they were believed to have both magical and curative powers...
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Druids as Celtic Shamans,
Glossary Terminology,
Hallowed Symbols and Holy Ground,
Megaliths and Sacred Mounds,
Ogham Storytelling and Oral Traditions,
Reverence for Natural World Animals and Birds,
Spiritual Beliefs of Druids,
Sacred Wheel of Seasons,
Sun Talismans and Holy Wells,
Threefold Path of Bards Ovates Druids,
Treelore and Sacred Groves
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