> On Jul 16, 9:10 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland
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>> On Jul 16, 9:01 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>>> On Jul 16, 8:48 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>>>> On Jul 16, 8:20 pm, Archdruid Michael McGrath of Ireland

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>>>>> On Jul 16, 7:59 pm, "SixthtySixthSix" ATT.NET> wrote:

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>>>>>>> "Chade" newsguy.com>
>>>>>>> How would you define spell?

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>>>>>> A spell is a set of actions committed to magically affect some change.
>>>>>> Spellcasting is the commission of actions intent to affect some change.
>>>>>> Spellwork is the committing of those actions.

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>>>>> Like, if I want you to do something for me, I give you loads of money
>>>>> - the only magic that works anymore in this crazy capitalist
>>>>> consumerist society of ours !

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>>>>> Even Druids like IB and Philip C-G are enraptured by that sort of
>>>>> magic !!!

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>>>>> (That's why they write the books and give the courses).

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>>>>> They don't give any magic that works, they deal in the philosophy of
>>>>> magic, and the public's love of reading about it.

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>>>>> So do the Churches.

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>>>>> Druidry is about a lot more than dabbling !

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>>> Though here in Ireland, usually we have to travel to the Dublin
>>> bookshops to get them, as they the books are not in bookshops down the
>>> country. It's probably a labour of love, as they don't earn anything
>>> much except status from their books. They would be ten times better
>>> off writing fiction a la Dan Brown, the Harry Potter series etc. Their
>>> books can give us hope and comfort too, good companions in the long
>>> winter evenings. And Philip C-G has a great style of writing about
>>> him. Just as well for him as OBOD, and all the other Druid Orders are
>>> going through lean times with the Churches experiencing a resurgence.
>>> Why ? One big reason is we don't have Jesus Christ to sell. Now if IB
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>> BTW, two publishers here in Ireland who want Druid books to publish
>> rright now are Con Collins, Collins publishers, Cork City; and Mary
>> Feehan, Editor, Mercier Press, Douglas Village, Cork City.  They are
>> more respected than Llewellyn as publishers of Irish Druidry and have
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> But I only put forward Members of Dal na Drui as I know that they can
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