Re: Recognizing Druids
TopazOwl

Mon Oct 26 19:39:00 1998
1 X 2 Willows wrote,*p*: : [....] If you don't have the knowledge base, if you aren't *br*: : familiar with the symbols and archetypes of the Celtic *br*: : cultures (if a Raven comes to you and you have no idea what *br*: : she means in a *Celtic* context, for instance, but you do *br*: : have a New Age definition, well, you might misinterpret the *br*: : sign, eh?)^[....]*br*:*br*: I might most definitely - Now *this* is a point that I flat *br*: out don't get completely at the moment - I have to ask you *br*: to elaborate, unless my following words will shine a light *br*: on the details in this case.*p*     No, no...I was not saying "you" meaning you specifically! I was using it in a general way, meaning anybody. It was an example of the way we look at the world: if my knowledge base is deeply secure in Celtic worldview, I would interpret the sign from that worldview first. Then I might go to other interpretations that I know from other cultures to see how it fits into the Celtic worldview that I am looking at it from originally. But if we don't have that Celtic base of knowledge, our interpretations might be quite different when we run across an omen. In fact, we might not even recognize something as an omen when we see it if we don't know the way the ancients would have seen it.*p*: I feel like you are implying that my definition of 'A Ruadh' *br*: is not a correct one according to acknowledged *br*: interpretation. I *do* have believed my sources to be *br*: reliable, especially since I've gotten what I've taken as an *br*: approval from within the circle that I call my spiritual *br*: home nowadays.*p*     Not at all, Dan. (Wait, wait, we're on the same side! <g>) It has nothing to do with 'A Ruadh' or that silly NG. *p*: Nothing but unrestricted approval here - I sure hope you've *br*: never taken my tirade at this 'other place' as an attempt of *br*: one self-proclaimed to silence another self-proclaimed... *p*     Nope. I understood your frustration, and I totally agreed with you. Most times I make liberal use of the delete button at that 'other place,' and I don't post much, either. But when I see your name or Searles' name or a few others on a post, I read them.*p*: but there *br*: just is this drive in me to guard and protect the life, *br*: spirit and honor of my own - verbally as physically - and I *br*: do wonder at this point, what the closest equivalent to my *br*: personality might have been within the social garment of our *br*: ancestors and what they have been called.*p*     It is a warrior spirit in you, friend. :-)*p*: I know just *one* thing for sure...*br*: At least in *this* lifetime, I'll never be a Druid.*p*     Never say never. You'd be amazed how many warriors were called "Druid" in later life. *p*Leigh
Re: Recognizing Druids
1 X 2 Willows
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Mon Oct 26 16:39:00 1998