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Celtic Druidry has deeply rooted spiritual traditions that include Bards, Druids, Fairy Mounds, Healing Rivers, Holy Wells, Newgrange, Otherworld, Ovates, Sacred Groves, Stonehenge, and Tree Spirits. All of the animals, forests, lakes, mountains, rivers, and trees were blessed and holy to the Celts and worthy of their utmost reverence. The Natural World inspired their imaginations and enlivened their art. All trees were sacred to the Celts because they were imbued with the holiness of Tree Spirits, one of the many spiritual kindred sharing the planet with humans. The Celts preferred to perform their rituals outside in the Natural World underneath the never-ending circle of sky in forest clearings. in open air shrines, and in sacred groves. The forest was a sacred place filled with wooded sanctuaries and shrines.
Like the intricate,
intertwining, interlacing, eternally connected knotwork of their art, the
spiritual continuity of Druidry shined through the Celtic cultural mythos.
For instance, the Celtic goddess Brighid (who was associated with the cow) was featured in many heroic myths about sacred kingship and underworld quests. The fire festival of Imbolc honored Brighid as it ushered in the Spring. The ancient Druidic Celts were devoted to 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. The Celtic landscape abounded with Fairy Mounds, the Wee Folk, Mineral Spirits, Hollow Hills, Leprechauns, Mound Building, Animal Spirits, Holy Wells, Sacred Lakes, Tree Spirits, and 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...
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