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People sometimes ask why and how I consider myself to be a Druid. Who conferred this title on me?
The short answer is that a few years ago I “woke up” to the realization that I have been following a Druid’s path all my life.
- I could climb trees by the time I was three, and I spent all my time talking with and being with trees.
- I spent many childhood nights sleeping out under the stars and learning their shapes and their stories.
- From my earliest memories, I walked in the fields and woods with my grandmothers looking closely at plants and lichens and mosses and fungi and insects and animals. I learned their Latin and common names. I learned where and how they preferred to live and grow. And I visited favorite plants repeatedly without adult guidance.
- I began musical study at age seven.
- I wrote stories, songs, and poems from a very young age.
- I began studying comparative religions as a child and I have never stopped being curious about human relationship with divine spirit.
- I have been reading about druids all my life. Mystical forest dwellers. Children selected to study with them in remote forest locations. No written language of their own. Nothing left behind. Just remarks about them written by their enemies.
Druids were known as mystics. They served as priests, teachers, judges, healers, seers, bards.
They dedicated themselves to learning and study, taking a lifetime to develop mastery. Their interests varied widely:
- plant and animal sciences
- astronomy
- Making music and musical instruments
- comparative religions and mythologies
- sociology and political science
- history and clan genealogies
- military strategy
- philosophy
They believed that a vibrant life force, Spirit, imbues all within the universe. Earth and Air, Fire and Water. Above. Below.
Trees were especially beloved by the Druids. But animals and birds as well.
They believed that everything in the universe is interconnected, and that interconnection is a great blessing for all Beings.
They meditated with plants, listening and observing to learn their healing (or harming) properties.
They observed the movement of moon, stars, and planets in the night sky. They used this knowledge for travel.
They celebrated lunar and solar events.
They believed in honoring the ancestors.
They believed in the soul immortal.
They believed in finding spiritual truth in nature.
They were very interested in other cultures and religious customs. There were even, most notably in Ireland, Christian Druids in religious orders.