> On Jul 18, 11:06 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland
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>> On Jul 18, 10:43 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>>> On Jul 18, 9:16 pm, "Ruiseart agus Ceit"

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>>> btinternet.com> wrote:

>>>> "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote:

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>>>>>In these cultures, Druidry survived within the schools and functions of the ...

> On Jul 18, 11:32 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland
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>> On Jul 18, 11:06 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>> gmail.com> wrote:

>>> On Jul 18, 10:43 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>>> gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> On Jul 18, 9:16 pm, "Ruiseart agus Ceit"

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>>>> btinternet.com> wrote:

>>>>> "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote:

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>>>>>>In these cultures, Druidry survived within the schools and functions of the
>>>>>>Filidh (among the Gael) and the Bards (in Britain and Wales). ...

> On Jul 18, 6:54 am, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:

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>>Or at least fancying oneself as a druid is the same as fancying oneself as
>>a
>>magician. Actually *being* one is a different matter altogether. The bare
>>fact is that what passes as "Druidry" in the present is composed largely
>>of
>>fragmentary impressions of foreign visitors, heavy speculation from meager
>>evidence, and outright fantasy. There are no modern Druids who can
>>honestly
>>claim that their synthethic reconstructions bear anything more than a
>> superficial resemblance to the ancient religion of the Gauls and Celts
>> that
>> was commonly...

>And to make the Clanna Bui of the maccraith even more 'dangerous' we
>have many cousin-clans among the Scottish Highlander McGrath, McGraw,
>MacCrae, Rae, and Ray clans... here that, Ruiseart !

> "Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland" gmail.com>
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>>And to make the Clanna Bui of the maccraith even more 'dangerous' we
>>have many cousin-clans among the Scottish Highlander  McGrath, McGraw,
>>MacCrae, Rae, and Ray clans... here that, Ruiseart !

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> I'll tell my Macpherson clansmen to watch out .
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> On a slightly different note, and just as a matter of interest, all Scottish
> Gaelic clans have Irish origins.

>You prick. You really know nothing about the history of the United
>Kingdom and Ireland do you?

> "1X2Willows" wrote

>> "Tom" wrote

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>>> Druidry did not survive in any of those places for long. By the end of
>>> the 1st century CE, it was gone.

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>> utterly wrong

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> Utterly baseless claim.
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> I don't expect that you are either able or willing to support that claim
> with verifiable evidence.

> The movement and appearance of the sun has a bigger effect on life
> than being an example of dumbed down astronomy. It's the basis for
> human time keeping, and the rhythms we see around us. Marking the
> movements of the sun means paying attention to the real world and it's
> changes around us. The attunement from regular rituals builds to a
> point where it's in our minds, back or front, pretty well all of the
> time.

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>> What Searles seems to be describing is largely a role in society.
>> Though I'd agree it's true that the reconstruction of the
>> 'traditional' methods is largely guess work. Also I expect that the
>> respect for Druids as a group is now largely confined to sub-cultures.
>> Although, of course, individuals can win the respect of the wider
>> society interdependently of the label.

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> The role of Druids in past societies (like Irish and British societies) is
> partly described in the surviving literature and traditions. These
> descriptions are filtered through all manner of social biases. yet they do
> survive.
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> We also have some techniques of the Druids that were preserved by their ...

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> I would suggest that Druidic magick, spellwork, would involve any of natural
> places, flora, fauna, the great stone circles built by the druids (or their
> method, purpose, or design), animal healing, tribal pict/scott rituals,
> wildman shaman, varied weathers, etc., or at least some aspect of such
> facets that composite Druidry.