Re: Recognizing Druids Aicerno OCathasaigh akiernox_ocasey@hotmail.com Wed Oct 28 15:11:50 1998 TopazOwl wrote,*br*: It is my considered opinion that the education of a *br*: Druid, no matter the time span required, would have been the *br*: highest knowledge available for the time. It would also have *br*: been very diverse, by necessity, and Searles has a *br*: relatively accurate list of subjects, I'm thinking.*br*:*br*: But somehow I can't imagine a child beginning a formal *br*: education at birth, which is what would be required if they *br*: were to finish those twenty years that Ceasar talks about by *br*: age twenty. :-)*br*:*br*: I do agree that there must have been some elementary *br*: education before moving on to higher education, though. *br*: After all, sons of kings were schooled by the same Druids, *br*: and yet they were not Druids...well, not often, anyway.*br*:*br*: Leigh*p*I agree that they did not begin a formal education at birth, more likely would be that the elementary education began around the age of six and continued until the age of 20. A similar system of training was held, so I've read, by the Shinobi/ninja of Japan who began at an early age and continued until the age of 20 also. But like I said, that Caesar ment until the age of 20 is just a hypothesis argued by some...*p*Aicerno Re: Recognizing Druids TopazOwl 244 Mon Oct 26 20:40:11 1998