Druid Craft Tarot
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Druids
Members of the ancient pre-Christian Celtic priestcraft of Britain and Gaul, a secret order about which almost nothing is known. The term 'druid' means 'knowing the oak tree' in Gaelic; the oak tree was sacred to the Celts.
Druidism was the religion of the Celtic people that was administered by priests and priestesses called Druids. Remnants of Druidism still presently exist.
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Druid
A member of the priestly caste of ancient Celtic England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The Druids were the wise men and women who worked as teachers, healers and advisors to Kings and common people alike.
The Druidry Links Page - a huge listing of pagan and occult links
Neo-Pagan Religious Traditions - short intro, has annoitated links
Sibylline Order (site map) - lots of topics on Paganism ...
THE DRUIDIC MYSTERIES OF BRITAIN AND GAUL
"The original and primitive inhabitants of Britain, at some remote period, revived and reformed their national institutes.
Druids, Masonic
Members of several Masonic and Rosicrucian fraternal orders founded in the 1700's (and since) in England, France and elsewhere; some claim to go back to the original Druids.
Druids, Reformed ...
Druids first constructed Stonehenge about 4000 years ago during the Neolithic "New Stone Age".
The Druids of Britain and Gaul had a deep knowledge concerning the mysteries of Isis and worshiped her under the symbol of the moon. Godfrey Higgins considers it a mistake to regard Isis as synonymous with the moon.
Magus primo sumitur pro sapiente, cuiusmodi erant Trimegisti apud Aegyptios, Druidae apud Gallos, Gymnosophistae apud Indos, Cabalistae apud Hebraeos, Magi apud Persas (qui a Zoroastre), Sophi apud Graecos, Sapientes apud Latinos.
The Druids of Great Britain practised it in the silent crypts of their deep caves; and Pliny devotes many a chapter to the "wisdom"** of the leaders of the Celts.
When exactly the Druids disappeared is unknown. Numerous authors state that when Christianity first came to the Isles the Druids welcomed it and worked along side of it.
In the druidic tradition the festival is called Alban Heruin, a name meaning "Light of the Shore" - an appropriate title for this turning point of the year, ...
5 He discusses Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Druids, the "notes, signes, tokens, caracters or signes of the voyce whereby there are made generall differences of soundes", and, with evident relish, kabbalah, ...
For example, the London-based Pagan Federation, established in 1971, uses the Internet to promote neopaganism, Druid, Wiccan, Odinic, Northern, Celtic, Eco-magic and women's spirituality groups, and its American counterparts, ...
The word "Beltane" literally means "bright" or "brilliant fire," and refers to the bonfires lit by a presiding Druid in honor of the proto-Celtic god variously known as Bel, Beli, Balar, Balor or Belenus.
Druids and Brahmins
History of the Ancient Aryans: Outlined in Zoroastrian scriptures
David Livingstone: The Dying God: A New History of Western Civilization
CCG: Abracadabra: The Meaning of Names
On Indo-Aryan Origins (Blavatsky) ...
they relied upon a complex set of
symbols not unlike Chinese trigrams, Roman dice, Druidic runes, that could be interpreted allegorically ...
Reuchlin is aware that miraculous operations have been achieved through ancient names in languages other than Hebrew, and he cites evidence in Plato, Eudoxos, Brahminical, Egyptian, and Druidic ceremonies.
The Christian Mysteries. The Repression of the Mysteries. The Crossing of Traditions. The Two Lines of Descent. The Culdees. Celtic Christianity in Britain. The Druidic Mysteries. The Holy Grail. Heredom.
 See also: Spirit, World, Magic, Ritual, Spiritual
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