"There are No Real Druids Left!"
TopazOwl

Fri Nov 20 10:44:51 1998
     All too often lately I have been unfortunate enough to hear this rallying cry from the ranks of the newsgroups and mailing lists, and out of the typing-impaired fingers of chat room denizens. They use it as an excuse to incorporate practices that are distinctly un-Celtic into their repetoire and still call it Druidism. They use it as a reason to avoid having spiritual leaders in their NeoCeltic Pagan communities (out of paranoia induced by experiences with other priest-type folk). They use it to try to direct chaos and disrespect at the knowledgable Elders on certain newsgroups, to try to discredit the words of a wise one and make themselves look "big." Some use it because they really believe it. Most telling, though, is that some are simply afraid of the idea that there really might *be* Druids in this modern world, and if so, well -- it would mean that *they aren't one of them.**p*     I am thinking that it really doesn't matter what these people believe to be true. It does not change our path; it is a mere annoyance that can be easily overlooked as we focus on more important things. The marvelous thing about being a Druid is that, for whatever reason, we *do* recognize each other. Does it really matter if others don't? :-)*p*Owl  /|\