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002 Druidry Combo 2013.Pptx Contemporary Pagan Traditions • Druidry Druidry • Ancient Pre-Christian Druidic practice (Paleo- pagan Druidism) • The Druid Revival (18th C.) (Meso-pagan Druidry) – John Toland, An Druidh Uileach Braithreachas (Druid Circle of the Universal Bond) (A.D.U.B.) 1717 – Henry Hurle, Ancient Order of Druids (A.O.D.) 1781 – Iolo Morganwg, Gorsedd, 1792 Historical precursors • Reformed Druids of North America (1963) - David Fisher • Carleton College • Humorous Protest • Book of the Law • Nature is Good! • Beal/Mother Earth • Isaac Bonewits • Today - 40 RDNA groves, 2500- 4000 members http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m38v0dWWts0 Myth of Druidism • Celtic spirituality = nature based, druids as priesthood, magicians • Christianity meets druidry peacefully (St. Patrick) • William Stukely’s 18th century thesis: celts were Jewish • Synod of Whitby (644) destroys Celtic Christianity Myth of Druidism • Joseph of Arimathea – Jesus’s uncle, travelled Europe as merchant, took Jesus with him – Went to England, met Druids – Returned after Jesus’ death, taught Druids truths of Christianity – …so Druids are already Christian by the time St. Patrick etc. arrive • Druids help Joseph of Arimathea build Glastonbury Cathedral • Built on “ley lines” • Built according to druid principles of proportion. Myth of Druidism • King Arthur – Holy grail - cup of Ceridwen, symbol of the goddess – Lady of the Lake - celtic goddess – Merlin - druid - magic, mysticism, wisdom,education – So, one can be both Druid and Christian Worldview • Animistic (nature is alive, animals, plants have souls) • Pantheistic (world itself is divine) • Panentheistic (nature is imbued with divine beings - gods of nature) • Nature based • Cyclical • Rational • Magical Powers Ethics • Triads Grant, O God/ess, thy protection And in protection, strength • “The People should And in Strength, understanding worship the gods, do no And in understanding, knowledge evil, and exercise And in knowledge, courage” the knowledge of justice And in the knowledge of justice, • Universal Druid Prayer the love of it And in that love, • Honor, Loyalty, Justice, the love of all existences, Courage, Community, And in the love of all existences, Hospitality, Gentleness, the love of god/dess Wisdom, Eloquence God/dess and all goodness. Theology • Polytheistic • Tuatha de Danaan – Bel (sunlight, rebirth, new beginnings - Beltaine) – Brigid (fires, healing, fertility - Imbolc) – The Dagda (the Good God, patron of Druids, social justice) – Dana/Danu – 1st goddess, mother of all the others, Earth – Donn (God of the Dead) – Lugh (arts & crafts, society, Lughnasadh) – The Morrigan (death, war, battles) Organization • Groves • Bards (creativity, imagination) • Ovates (mysticism, magic, theology, ritual) • Druids (scholarship, magic, knowledge) – (or, First, second, third circle druids) Organization • Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids (OBOD) – Founded by Ross Nichols (1964), previously member of the Druid Order, tracing roots back to John Toland’s 1717 revival group – Christian/pagan emphasis – Reorganized 1988 - much more of a pagan emphasis – Clergy training program - female clergy rank called “Modron” Organization • ArnDraiocht Fein (ADF) – Founded by Isaac Bonewits (1983) – “Our Own Druidism” – Public Rituals required – Indo-European emphasis Organization • Henge of Keltria – Private rather than public rituals – Celtic rather than indo-European – Mistletoe Rite (healing) - 6th night of the moon – Vervain Rite (magic) - third quarter of lunar cycle, when neither moon nor sun is in the sky – Patron and Matron deities for each of eight seasonal festivals Organization • Celtic Reconstructionist Pagans (CR) – Four seasonal festivals only - Oiche Shamhna (Samhain), La Fheile Bride (feast of Brigid, or Imbolc), La Bealtaine (Beltain), and La Fheile Lunasa (lughnassa, lamas) – Attempt to stay true to archaeological, textual, etc. sources – Total rejection of any Christian emphasis Rituals • Fire, Well, Tree • Ancestors, Nature spirits, Shining Ones • The Wheel of the Year .
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