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DRUIDOSOFIA Libro VIII De Druidosofía Espiritualidad Y Teología Druídica Conceptos Sobre La Divinidad Iolair Faol DRUIDOSOFIA Libro VIII De Druidosofía Espiritualidad Y Teología Druídica Conceptos sobre La Divinidad Iolair Faol Nota sobre las imágenes: Las imágenes de este libro han sido están tomadas de Internet. En ninguna de ellas constaba autor o copyright. No obstante, si el autor de alguna de ellas, piensa que sus derechos son vulnerados, y desea que no aparezcan en este libro, le ruego, se ponga contacto con [email protected] Gracias. Todas las imágenes pertenecen a sus legítimos autores. Nota sobre el texto: En cualquier punto del presente libro se pueden usar indistintamente, tanto términos masculinos como femeninos para designar al género humano e incluso el uso del vocablo “druidas” “bardos”, “vates”, etc., para designar tanto a los hombres como a las mujeres que practican esta espiritualidad, especialidades o funciones. El autor desea recalcar que su uso no obedece a una discriminación sexista, sino que su empleo es para facilitar la fluidez en la lectura, englobando en los términos a ambos sexos por igual. Iolair Faol Está permitida la reproducción parcial de este libro, por cualquier medio o procedimiento, siempre que se cite la fuente de donde se extrajo y al autor del presente libro. Para la reproducción total de este libro, póngase en contacto con el autor o con la persona que posea los derechos del Copyright. El autor desea hacer constar que existen por Internet, muchas webs y blogs, que han usado total o parcialmente, capítulos enteros de éste u otros libros y escritos varios del autor, sin respetar la propiedad intelectual, sin citar autorías, ni reconocer los esfuerzos de ningún autor. En ocasiones estos usos indebidos llegan hasta el punto de componer escritos en un confuso “collage”, donde autores distintos y con estilos distintos, ven textos escritos por ellos, mezclados con los de otros autores. 2 Índice Introducción El Egregor……………………………………………… 4 Sobre la Tradición …………………………………….. 5 Sobre Iolo Morganwg…………………………………..9 La Noción de Energía Esencial……………………….. 19 Lo Absoluto Divino ………………………………….. 27 Un Monismo Polifacético…………..…………30 El Devenir Divino…………………………….. 51 La Omnipotencia …………………………….. 53 Lo Integral …………………………………… 56 Los Vínculos con la Fuente Suprema …………72 Algunos obstáculos ………………………….. 75 Cosmogonía………………………………….. 79 Sobre el debatible Politeísmo celta ………….. 90 El Totemismo druídico ……………………………... 171 Otras cuestiones relacionadas con los animales……... 221 La Comunicación …………………………… 236 La Alimentación ……………………………. 239 3 Introducción El Egregor Es un concepto que representa una forma de pensamiento colectivo y grupal que conecta los pensamientos y creencias de un grupo de personas afines, espiritual e intlectualmente. Podría considerarse como una especie de Inconsciente Colectivo de una determinada espiritualidad, idea o creencia general, al que se le añade un componente de energía fluída. La egregor no se limita en el tiempo, ni tampoco se halla delimitada por el espacio, ni tiene fronteras geográficas, puesto que conecta a los individuos a través de los planos sutiles. Al conectarse a un egregore concreto, el individuo nutre a ese Egregor con su propia energía, sus propios pensamientos e ideas y recibe a cambio el sostén espiritual del conjunto, reforzado por la tradición o las doctrinas que sostienen. Es una relación empática y simbiótica. “Egregor” Del griego Egregoroi, significa velar o despertar. Egrégor también proviene del mismo término y designa la fuerza generada por la sumatoria de las energías físicas, emocionales y mentales de dos o más 4 personas cuando se reúnen con cualquier finalidad. Es un término que es y fue muy empleado por las ordenes masónicas. Sobre el término “Tradición” Los siguientes párrafos tratarán sobre la concepción que en el Paganismo y concretamente en el Druidismo, se tiene del vocablo “Tradición”, con mayúscula, haciendo referencia a un conjunto de creencias y supuestas prácticas antiguas, que constituyen de por sí un legado, el cual se transmite especialmente por vía oral, aunque también escrita. Obviamente cada orden o grupo druídico pone matices a su visión y algunos grupos afirman incluso, ser sucesores de un legado que les ha llegado hasta nuestros días, sin interrupción y sin alteración. Otros, alegan que su Tradición, es un conjunto de actitudes, pautas, enseñanzas, ritos e incluso “poderes” que se han ido transmitiendo paulatina y selectivamente de unos individuos, a solo otros ciertos individuos iniciados. Otros, menos pretenciosos, manifiestan que la Tradición es un saber hacer y un saber estar, que se ha transmitido desde tiempos lejanos, y los más pragmáticos afirman que la Tradición, es un conjunto de leyendas, historias y mitos, que han sobrevivido a diversas aculturizaciones, que aunque nos han llegado alteradas, se pueden entresacar las esencias de sus creencias y vislumbrar el trasfondo de la cuestión. Con otras palabras, podría decirse que entienden la Tradición, tal y como expresó René Guénon: 5 “como un conocimiento que fluye a través de las generaciones, desde tiempos inmemoriales, conocimiento invariable en cuanto al fondo, pero siempre renovado en cuanto a sus formas”. En realidad, pocos grupos paganos y órdenes druídicas contemplan la posibilidad de que Tradición e Innovación, no sean antagónicos. Parecen eludir aquella máxima pagana por la que se afirma, que dos opuestos pueden ser complementarios y crear algo mayor que los dos que lo integran. El resultado es que al entender Tradición como concepto enemigo del de la Innovación, ponen en el mismo carro; a la Renovación, a la Transformación, a la Originalidad, al Perfeccionamiento, al Progreso e incluso a la Reforma o Enmienda, si fuera menester. Con dicha aseveración no se está defendiendo un eclecticismo1 a ultranza, aunque también habría que saber bien, que significa dicho término, el cual es tan usado en nuestros días para censurar a cualquier paganismo que adopta posturas intermedias o poco definidas. Sin embargo, este no es el caso del presente escrito, ya que se está respaldando una postura druídica bien detallada, como se apreciará. Lo que viene sucediendo en general en el ámbito del “paganismo” y en consecuencia también en la esfera del Druidismo, es que se confunden algunas singularidades y se enmarañan algunas significaciones, puesto que la 1 Nota -El eclecticismo fue una escuela filosófica que procuró conciliar las doctrinas que parecían mejores o más verosímiles de diversos sistemas. El término lo empleó por primera vez el filósofo Diógenes Laercio. 6 esencial diferencia entre lo que puede considerarse Tradición y lo que se considera como costumbres, usos, prácticas, ritos, etc., es que la primera es atemporal, no pasa de moda, ni con el paso de los años, ni de los siglos, ni con la llegada de otras culturas, civilizaciones o religiones. Y no pasa de moda, porque atañe a lo esencial de las creencias, a la médula de la espiritualidad de la que se trate. En cambio lo que pertenece al ámbito del uso, del rito, de las costumbres, de las prácticas o hábitos, son circunstanciales y temporales. No solo es que pasen de moda, sino que hábitos, usos, ritos y costumbres de unas épocas, en otras posteriores, se convierten en ridículas, absurdas, y a veces, hasta peligrosas y nocivas. Los ejemplos pueden ser cientos: Desde la práctica con sus rituales asociados de los sacrificios humanos hasta los holocaustos de animales. Desde las ancestrales usanzas rituales de cortar cabezas amigas o enemigas, hasta el ritual de cortar muérdago, subidos a un roble con una hoz de oro, para acto seguido, recogerlo en un lienzo de lino blanco y luego sacrificar dos bueyes blancos. Ha sido inevitable, hubo ideas druídicas que murieron, algunos ritos ancestrales cayeron en desuso, determinadas creencias tradicionales han sido superadas. Pero otras nuevas brotaron y siguen aflorando, como seguirán germinando otras tantas, dando respuesta a las nuevas y futuras inquietudes anímicas humanas. Lo que verdaderamente permanece y se mantiene es la esencia de su espiritualidad. Esa ausencia de dogma que le otorga la facultad de ser flexible y de emerger aun en las peores épocas humanas. 7 En contraste con otras religiones o espiritualidades del orbe, el Druidismo siempre admitió la perspectiva de la transformación y del desarrollo en sus convicciones. Excepto algunos grupos muy conservadores y otros aun más retrógrados, el Druidismo en general, siempre ha apostado por la evolución, por el dinamismo. Nunca ha pretendido o preferido quedarse estancado ni atascado ante los avances y crecimientos espirituales o incluso científicos que logra la Humanidad. Entiende perfectamente que el Ser Humano tiene el privilegio del Libre albedrío, la capacidad del razonamiento y la virtud de la intuición para seguir avanzando en todos los horizontes y hacia otros niveles de conciencia. En la proporción que la conciencia humana se eleva, caen los dogmas, la fe ciega, la superstición y la superchería. El Druidismo se ha entendido a sí mismo, como un proceso de cambio y renovación, mediante el cual la esencia de la Tradición es mejorada y regenerada constantemente y adaptadas a las necesidades de cada generación y a su evolución espiritual como seres humanos. Percepciones, intuiciones y conocimientos que quizás hace dos mil años, no fueran comprensibles ni posibles, hoy lo son, merced a que la Humanidad en general y paulatinamente, avanza en conciencia y espiritualmente. Si la mayoría de los druídicos de hoy, estamos en contra de las corridas de toros, de los circos que usan animales, de los zoos o de las matanzas de focas, delfines o ballenas, no es porque desde la antigüedad nos hayan llegado directrices, pautas o preceptos de nuestros legadores maestros espirituales, para oponernos a tales iniquidades, sino porque nuestra conciencia y evolución espiritual como seres humanos, junto a ciertas esencias druídicas, así lo manifiestan. 8 Una miembro de una Orden Druidica ya desaparecida (O.D.E.T) en el boletín de su orden, llamado Merlinus escribía en el 2006, sobre la Tradición lo siguiente: “La transmisión tradicional es la transmisión según un esquema tradicional de un conjunto de mitos y de símbolos.
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