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Druidry Druid Druidic Treelore
Hallowed Symbols and Holy Ground
For the Celts, the Earth and the Realm of Nature was alive with sacredness and with the elementals of fire, earth, air, and water who were imbued with innate divinity and purposeful beingness.
Three was a Celtic holy number which had many different meanings beside the most traditional of the representations, that of the three realms of land, sea, and sky.
During their rituals, the Celtic Druids often revered their ancestors who lived in a paradise that lied somewhere beyond the encircling sea. Their deep respect and abiding reverence for the Natural World was a hallmark of the Celts and Druidry.
Even though the Celts were highly skilled artists, builders, craftsmen, farmers, merchants, and smiths who shared common customs and spiritual traditions, they were content to remain a pastoral and agricultural peoples, living in harmony with the land and the seasonal cycles.
Druidry of the Celts was
primarily focused on maintaining their spiritual balance and sacred connectivity
with the Natural World by treating all things hallowed with the respect and
reverence they deserved.
Sacred Trifold Divine Couple Symbols on Knowth Kerbstone
Image Courtesy of Michael Fox, Knowth.com
Celtic Druidry has many Hallowed Symbols such as Antlers, the Cauldron of Creation, the Coupling of Earth and Sky, Eternal Knotwork, Ogham, Sun Wheels, the Tree Alphabet, Triplication, Triune Divinities, the Union of the Divine Couple, the Wondrous Child, and the World Tree (Tree of Life).
Druidic Bards told stories around the Family Hearth about Chambers in the Earth, Charioteers and Chariots, Fairies (Tales, Hills, Circles), the Green Man, Healing Thermal Springs, Jack O' Lanterns, Leprechauns, Mares, Mermaids, Mother Goddesses, Need Fires, Nymphs, the Otherworld (Under Tree), the Sacred King, Selkies, Sacred Wells, Shining Warriors, Thunder Gods, Tir na nÓg (Blessed Isle to the West), Water Horses, and Youthful Champions.
Celtic Druidry Sacred Trees included Oak, Rowan, Ash, Thorn, and Hazel. The Celts had Druidic Magical Treasures such as stones, spears, swords, and cauldrons. Some of the Shamanic Druid Animal Totems were Bear, Boar, Cow, Horse, Hounds, Raven, Salmon, Owl, Stag, and Swan.
The primary purpose of the Celtic Druidry symbology was to elicit spiritual growth and quickening, as well as, to enhance the process of obtaining Natural and Otherworld Wisdom through oracular divination.
Holy Ground and Sacred
Site Spaces suffused the "trifold land-sea-sky divinity" that was intrinsic to
the Wholeness of the Natural World. The divine radiance and empowered grace of
Sacred Groves, Healing Springs, Holy Lakes, and Hallowed Hills further
sanctified the Druidic Celts landscape...
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© 2002-2008 Maureen Grace Burns, Blessings Cornucopia. All Rights Reserved. Permission to use Image Sacred Trifold Divine Couple Symbols on Kerbstone at Knowth, Ireland given by Michael Fox Knowth.com, [http://www.knowth.com/images-kn/kerbstone5-700.jpg]. Accessed
January 10, 2007.
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