Missed the live stream for this one, but enjoyed catching up today. It's great that you are doing a few episodes about the Druids, always been " curious" .😁🍀
In Camden’s travel book to Ireland, Britannia, he talks about the practice of praying to the moon, also of wise woman’s charms involving the elements and the four directions. Fascinating stuff. Just another tidbit is the use of wolf skin as a charm or amulet for a baby, and the wolf as a god-brother (godsip) or foster-brother in order to keep them from harming oneself. Wolves were very prevalent and important back then, it seems.
Wonder if the forked yew staff was not only a divination tool, but also used as a surveyor's rod for sighting alignments (including astronomical observations).
Manly Palmer Hall claimed in his book "Adepts in the western tradition" that the druids saw so many similarities in christianity compared to their own doctrines that they easily converted. This may have been in the early days of course when roman catholicism hadn't such a firm dogmatic grip upon christianity. Anyway, the druids seemed to have incorporated their own hierarchies in the monastic orders and continued their traditions but in a new garb. New religions forming out of the old ones, like evolution. We shouldn't forget that out of all the prejudiced monks against antiquity, the few who wrote down the mythologies must have been more genuine to say the least.
Corn dollies were still around for the harvest festival back in the late 60's earlier 70's when I was in infant/ junior school ( St.Helens now merseyside, Lancashire back then )
regarding this subject, i am currently reading john matthews's the druid sourcebook. while only part way through it appears to be very strong regarding roman texts, many roman authors and works are quoted within which may have helped you with the problem which you had translating some latin. these appear to be extracts of longer works. i am currently into a section which is delving into irish sources, which is proving very interesting.
Missed the live stream for this one, but enjoyed catching up today.
It's great that you are doing a few episodes about the Druids, always been " curious" .😁🍀
In Camden’s travel book to Ireland, Britannia, he talks about the practice of praying to the moon, also of wise woman’s charms involving the elements and the four directions. Fascinating stuff. Just another tidbit is the use of wolf skin as a charm or amulet for a baby, and the wolf as a god-brother (godsip) or foster-brother in order to keep them from harming oneself. Wolves were very prevalent and important back then, it seems.
Wonder if the forked yew staff was not only a divination tool, but also used as a surveyor's rod for sighting alignments (including astronomical observations).
Manly Palmer Hall claimed in his book "Adepts in the western tradition" that the druids saw so many similarities in christianity compared to their own doctrines that they easily converted. This may have been in the early days of course when roman catholicism hadn't such a firm dogmatic grip upon christianity. Anyway, the druids seemed to have incorporated their own hierarchies in the monastic orders and continued their traditions but in a new garb. New religions forming out of the old ones, like evolution. We shouldn't forget that out of all the prejudiced monks against antiquity, the few who wrote down the mythologies must have been more genuine to say the least.
Corn dollies were still around for the harvest festival back in the late 60's earlier 70's when I was in infant/ junior school ( St.Helens now merseyside, Lancashire back then )
regarding this subject, i am currently reading john matthews's the druid sourcebook. while only part way through it appears to be very strong regarding roman texts, many roman authors and works are quoted within which may have helped you with the problem which you had translating some latin. these appear to be extracts of longer works. i am currently into a section which is delving into irish sources, which is proving very interesting.
I have wondered if that was why Easter always moves with the moon, that it covered over Beltaine??
So I live in New York State and I’d like to see this when it is live, what time do you do it in Ireland?
8pm Irish time. 3pm New York!