Green Book Of Meditations Volume Ten Research Resources On Druidism 2003 Introduction Originally this was going to be the bulk of ARDA 2’s Part Seven Miscellany, but due to some copyright concerns and the general wholeness of the subject matter, it seem that a Green Book was possible out of the material. Much of material of Section Two is from ARDA 1’s Part Eight, and much from ARDA 1’s Part Seven is now here in Section Three and Four. This section will naturally expand over the years, so it’s a good idea to separate it from the main body text of ARDA 2. I don’t wish you to misinterpret this book as if for me to say that you have to be fascinated and obsessed with Celtic research to understand Druidism. That’s not what I mean. Yes, I’ve studied the old ones, but I think there is more than can be learned form living plants and animals and each other than from the few remaining scraps. However, it’s still good and interesting to know, even if not practiced. I hope you enjoy it, and have fruitful research. Yours in the Mother, Mike Scharding March 20, 2003 Embassy of Japan, D.C. Printing History 1st Edition, 2003 (ARDA 2) Drynemetum Press 585 2003 Table of Contents Section 4: Celtic Stuff - 690 *=Not in ARDA 1 Ancient Celtic History in an Instant! 1975 The Decline of Druidism 1986 * Introductory Materials - 585 Welsh Pronunciation 1978? * The Gaulish Language 1986 * 2003 Introduction A Pronunciation of Irish Gaelic Terms 1975 Printing History A Guide to Celtic Deities 1975 Table of Contents The God List 1983 * Gaulish Gods 1985 * Section 1: Essays on Celtic Goddesses of the Moon A-C (1978) * Celtic Goddesses of the Moon A-C, cont.(1978) * Modern Druidism - 588 The Sociology of the RDNA 1998 * Section 5: Recommended Resources Why Are We Called Reformed? 2002 * Responses to Mairi 2002 * A Bibliography of Druidism 1976 - 704 Mini Essay on the RDNA 2002 * Books Most Famous Reformed Druids 2002 * Periodicals Where Do People Get Ideas About Druids? 2001* Recordings Fantasy Druids 1999? * Other Druidess: An Overview 2002 * Where Are My Druid Ancestors? 2002* My Druid Bibliography 1994 - 707 Now About Those Human Sacrifices… 1975? Other Fields and Reference Sources Druid Ritual Differences 2003 * Ancient Druids and Celtic Life Modern Paganism, Fraternalism (American and British) Religious Pluralism Section 2: Quoted Material The 1960s and Campus Protest Movements and Recorded Interviews on RDNA - 614 Recommended Reading Books in A Druidic Flavor Real Magic 1971 Academic Resources for Researching Authentic Thaumaturgy 1977 Druid Chronicles (Evolved) 1976 Druidism 2000 ----- 712 Drawing Down the Moon 1978, 1986 Academic Studies on Neo-Paganism * Encyclopedia of American Religions 1987? Focused Studies on Neo-Pagan-like Topics * Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults 1988 Some Academic-ish Studies on Wicca * The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft 1989 * Neopagan Encyclopedia Resources * Harper’s Encyclopedia on Mystics 1991 Celtic History and Archaeology * Magic, Witchcraft,& Paganism in America 1991 Celtic Literature and Mythology * Magic, Witches & Witchcraft in USA 1993? Traditional Irish Laws * The Truth About Neo-Paganism 1994 * Celtic Miscellany * An Interview with Isaac Bonewits 1994 * Indo European Studies & Overview * American Druidism: RDNA 1995 ------------------640 Books About Ancient Druids * People of the Earth (Being a Pagan) 1996 * Public Views about Druids * The Druid Renaissance 1996 * Celtic Gods and Religious Customs * Encyclopedia of American Religions 1999 * Celtic Christianity * Modern Druidic Movements 1999 * Books on Modern Druid Groups * Druid Organizations 1999 * Outline of Druidism 1999 * Popular Books About Druids 1993* - 717 A Concise History of Druidism 2001 * A Little History of Druidry 2003 * My Review of Other Essays 1996 * Section 6: Section 3: Book of Isaac Rants - 664 Book of Ancient Sources 1993(all*)-719 RDNA & Its Offshoots 1996, 2001 * Currently Existing Druid Groups and Friends 1999 * Ammianus Marcellinus, Druidism – Past, Present & Future 1993? Constantius et Gallus, xv, 9, 4: The Other Druids 1975 Constantius et Gallus, xv, 9, 8: Neopagan Druidism 1975 Constantius et Gallus, v. 11 A Basic Wiccan Rite 1975 Constantius et Gallus, v. 28: Money & Priesthood 2001 * Liber xv. c. 9 Cult Danger Evaluation Frame 1979, 2003 * A Call to Arms 2001 * Ausonius Commem. Professorum, IV 7-10 Commem. Professorum, IV, 7-10 Commem. Professorum, X, 22-30 586 Arrian Valerius Maximus 1:5 Selection “On the Danube” II:6, 10 Pausanias Paulus Orosius Description of Greece xxi: 1-4 Book Five Athenaeus Pliny the Elder, Deipnosphistae. IV 150-4,160. VI 233-4,246, 249 Naturalis Historia, Liber xvi. sect. 95 Naturalis Historia, Liber xxiv, ss. 62-63 Dio Cassius Naturalis Historia, Liber xxix sect. 12 Roman History LXII 6&7 Naturalis Historia, xvi, 248 Naturalis Historia, xvi, 249: Cæsar, C. J., Naturalis Historia, xvi, 250-251 De Bello Gallico, vi, 13, Naturalis Historia., xxiv, 103 - 104: De Bello Gallico, vi, 14, Naturalis Historia., xxix, 52: De Bello Gallico, vi, 16, Naturalis Historia., xxx, 13: De Bello Gallico, vi, 18, 1, De Bello Gallico, vi, 21, 1, Pomponius Mela, --------------751 De Situ Orbis, iii, 2, 18 and 19: Dio Chrysostom, ---------------------728 De Chorographia, Libri Tres, Oratio xlix: (Teub., 1919, pp. 123, 124) De Chorographia, Libri Tres, De Situ Orbis, Liber iii. c. 2 Cicero De Divination into I, XLI 15, 36, 90 Strabo De Divinatione, I xli, 90, Geographia, Liber iv: Geographica, iv, 4, c. 197, 4 Epistle to the Galatians Geographica, iv, 4, c. 198, 5 Geographica, iii, 3, 6 Clement Geographica, iii, 4, 5 Stromata I:xv70,1 Geographica, iii, 4, 16-17 Stromata, I, xv, 71, 3 Geographica, iv, 3, 1-2 Geographica, Vii, 1, 1-3 Diodorus Siculus Geographica, vii, 2, 1 Histories, v, 28, 6: Geographica, vii, 3, 8 Histories, v, 31, 2-5: Geographica, xii, 5, 1-2 Histories V.21 Histories V.24-32 Suetonius, Book XXII 9.2-5 Claudius, 25: Book XXXI. 13. 1-15.1 Tacitus, Herodotus Annals, xiv, 30 Book 2 CH 94 on location of Celtic temple Histories, iv, 54 Book Four Vopiscus Hippolytus Selections from Historia Augusta, Philosophumena I:xxv Numerianus, XIV Philosophumena, i. 22: Aurelianus XLIII, 4 and 5 Diogenes Laertius Lampridus Vitae Intro 1 & 5 Alexus Severus LIX,5 Vitæ, intro., I Vitæ, intro., 5: Life of St.Columba Book 2 CHAPTER X. Livy -----------------------------------741 CHAPTER XI. Book VI ix –xi CHAPTER XXXIII. Book XLVI CHAPTER XXXIV. xxxiii-xxxv CHAPTER XXXV. Boox 23 xxiv-xxv Book 38:xlvii.5-11 Nennius Lucan Historia Britonium 40 Pharsalia i. 441ff: Pharsalia Book 1, Pharsalia, i, 450-8: Pharsalia, iii, 400-450 587 confused in my Druidism than ever as a result."1 It also means Section One: that no academic study of Reformed Druidism to date - to my knowledge - has escaped from his shadow. Daniel Hansen's American Druidism is a wonderful field Essays on Modern Druidism guide to the various Druid groups of the Americas, and provides a fine history of the RDNA, but, as Mr. Scharding has commented, "it would not be a good book to compare my opinions against as I had a great deal to do with getting [it] published." Margot Alder also talks about the RDNA in what many The Sociology of the RDNA consider the definitive work on the Neo-Pagan movement, By Irony Sade Drawing Down the Moon, but says very little that Scharding November 1998 does not. (New to ARDA 2) Isaac Bonewits also mentions the RDNA at Carleton in Real Magic but discusses them primarily in terms of one of their rituals, which he uses as an example to illustrate his theories on Introduction magic working. In short, beyond a few oral interviews performed by the College archivist and others and the preserved In this paper I intend to demonstrate that the great writings of past and present Druids there is little written work to sociological theories of Schleiermacher, Marx, Durkheim and study. others are applicable to the study of the Reformed Druids of North America. I believe that these theories can shed useful To date, Michael Scharding represents the most influential light on even a movement as peculiar as the RDNA and that the academic voice in the study of Reformed Druidism. Except by Druids themselves hold some valuable contributions for the performing new, original research it is nearly impossible not to general study of religion. I intend to demonstrate that while they be influenced by his perspective on the movement. As do not call themselves a religion, and perhaps ought not to do so mentioned above, any adequate study of religion ought to view on philosophic grounds, the Reformed Druids share enough of it through more than one lens. Luckily most of the progenitors the qualities of a religious movement to be usefully studied as of the movement are still alive and much of its history has been such. I will discuss the sources and methodological problems recorded and stored so the possibility of original studies remains. involved in this kind of study, give an introduction to the I write this merely to make the reader aware of Scharding's Reformed Druids, and a brief sketching of their origins and influence. The study of Reformed Druidism is both indebted to belief. Next I will address the question of religious applicability, and dominated by him, and, while I have drawn extensively on and finally delve into the examination of the sociological my own observations, interviews, research, and experience as theories of Schleiermacher, Marx, and Durkheim as they relate Archdruid over the past three years, this paper is no exception. to the Reformed Druids. People who wish a clearer look at the movement are encouraged to explore it for themselves.