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December 16th, 2011

The belief system of druidry can vary from Celtic tradition to an artistic or Christian mix, and it can also range from a spiritual path including paths that are not necessarily sympathetic to a pagan belief structure to charitable organisation.

The two main groups related to Druidry are The British Druid Order (founded 1979) which is a pagan group which is goddess orientated and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids which is both pagan and Christian.

There are also druid paths which worship local god/dessess of local spirits for example at Wayland’s Smithy a druid may show honour to the old gods of the builder and the Anglo Saxon Wayland.while some work with a particular deities, regardless of tradition or culture, because of their own cultural or spiritual background or because these deities seek them out.

Druidry stresses the mystery of poetic inspiration and explores healing, divination and sacred mythology. Following the problems at Stonehenge in 1988, The Council of British Druid Orders was founded as a focus for communication between the various different groups. Some Pagan-sympathetic member orders are: The Glastonbury Order of Druids, which works with the Glastonbury mythos; The London Druid group, founded in 1986 which has associated Celtic and magical groups; and the Druid Clan of Dana, a daughter organisation of the Fellowship of Isis.

A Druid explains:

‘Druidry has no book of law, the only lessons being those learnt from nature. There are no gurus and hierarchy is kept to a working minimum. Central to Druidic belief is a love of nature combined with the pragmatic view that spiritual insight should be expressed in daily life. Druidry stresses the importance of working as a part of a group and working as an individual to develop the spiri tual life. Druidry is especially concerned with the ecological crisis faced by the modern world, and works in many ways for the healing of the Earth.

Druidry represents another branch of the flourishing tree of Pagan spirituality. Druidry grows from strength to strength, answering in its own voice the call of the Divine.

‘O knowledgeable lad, whose son are you?’

‘I am the son of Poetry Poetry, son of scrutiny Scrutiny, son of meditation Meditation, son of lore Lore, son of enquiry Enquiry, son of investigation Investigation, son of great knowledge Great knowledge, son of great sense Great sense, son of understanding Understanding, son of wisdom Wisdom, son of the triple Gods of poetry.’

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Originally posted 2011-04-19 16:39:16. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Stand Up and Be Counted

May 28th, 2011

With the announcement From the MoD that there are 100 pagans and 30 [wikipedia]Wiccan’s or Druids[/wikipedia] in the British Armed Forces.

Many Pagan groups are saying that this number is does not truly reflect that actual number of Pagans in the armed forces.

Phil Ryder of the British Druid Network said there are likely more pagans in the armed forces than the figures indicate.

“Druids and followers of Wicca tend not to publicize their beliefs for fear of discrimination. In some areas it’s seen as odd,” he said.

It amazes me that today we are still ashamed of whom we are, and that are afraid of repercussions for being true to ourselves.

I have done it myself put religion nil or just spiritual for the fear of being seen as wacky.

I have also felt the pressure of working in a Christian organisation each and everyday someone trying to make me believe in Jesus Christ sad thing is I think he was a good guy Circle of 13 and performed magick you tell me who has the right view?

So why do we hide our pagan selves are we really ashamed of what we believe or live in fear of what others may do.

I think the true reason is that we don’t have any public role models and we are viewed in the media very badly and often linked with Devil Worship.

School children are still taught that [wikipedia]witches[/wikipedia] are evil or good, not humans practicing a religion.

It about time we changed the view of the pagan, witch and druid at one time we where the centre of the community then we lived on the outsides of the community where we would be visit for help and healing then we where persecuted, murdered and forced into hiding. Its 2010 it about time we stopped hiding and come out of the broom closet.

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