I have a question on this source of information that I found. Could someone please verify or explain please?
One of the problems with studying Druidism academically is that the Druids were the subject of a number of persecutions and conquests, not only by the Romans, but also by Norsemen, Normans, Saxons, and Christians. Much Druidic wisdom was censored, evolved into something unrecognisable, or just plain lost; although it is true that the Romans never invaded Ireland, so that country became a haven for Druidic learning for a while.
A modern person seeking the Druid's path must attempt to reconstruct the wisdom based on some or all of the sources discussed above. Yet in doing so, one discovers that despite the enormous amount of cultural data presumed lost, the truly Celtic disposition of the sources remains strong and clear. Much Druidic magic also can be found in the writings of contemporary Irish and Scottish artists. The Irish Literary Revival, with such authors as William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory, and James Joyce, is one of this author's favourite expressions of Celtic spirit.
Well, I don't think I can help much here because I haven't got to read much on the subject. But I did read about halfwayish through a historical fiction book called Druids by... Margret Llywenwoijnt... I dunno, weird name.
I didn't read the whole thing 'cause it had a lot of talk of war and it was getting more and more into it. What I can say though, is that it sounded like the Romans did persecute them. I wish I did finish reading the book so I knew what happened. I might have to go do that. You might want to read the book yourself *shrugs*
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Thank you Esuisha, I believe that I am going to have to get that book. Thank you for the idea. If I am able to finish it, I would be happy to let you know what it was about, or at least let you know my opinion on the book okay?
I would send you the book but it doesn't belong to me... :-p
And I would be interested in what happens in it... I'd appreciate that muchly. I just couldn't keep reading all the war stuff...
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Druids were prosecuted by many cultures, becuase of the misunderstanding as to who and what they really were. Druids have been given a bad reputation as being evil, the dark side of magic or as allot of christians called them sorcers. Today not much is really known about druids becvuase as we all know that the further back you go into history that there isn;t much ofa written record kept. Also keep in mind that histroy was written or changed by the winners of wars not the losers...so how accurate can some history be?
There are some web sited which I would be glad to give you that have modern day groves all over the world that support druids now, although theses groves are very small at this time. For myself I'm learning more and more about this path that I have chosen to follow along with Shamanisim. What my biggest goal is to learn as much as I can, and to help others as much as possible.
I did find a couple books on Druidism at B&N the other day, but alas, I had not the funds to get all that I would have liked. I still got my eye on 'em though.
Heidi
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Yes it's true most of the know knowledge about druidisim was at one point "lost and not know about for a long time. Because of the persecusion bythe Romans and later on modern day Christians many people now feel that people today studying druidisim aren't doing it correctly. For example it takes over 20 years for one to become an actual druid. Now today there are some groups which are teaching the modern day version of druidisim, which dosn't take as long only about four years. But, for those of us who are really dedicated to our true path know, that really to become a druid takes a life time. One of the known facts is that it takes a life time to know one's true path, and that learning dosn't stop after you cross over.
Heidi, if you get the chance, would you please post the names of these books? I don't get the chance to go to the library often, or even a bookstore. My only option is ordering online.lol
Sure...I'd post them now....if I remembered them, lol. I know one was more on the Bardic tradition. I do know there is one that is by, I think, DJ Conway called "By Oak, Ash, and Thorn". I like Conway's work, so I was thinking about picking up that one. There is one more, but for the life of me, I can't remember the title. I'll have to see the book again.
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