Re: The Five Marks of a Druid
Searles

Sun Mar 26 00:19:24 2000
I see we are pretty much in agreement though I think that the third point needs some clarity and additional discussion.*p*In many ways, The Dagda was the God of Druids.  He was said to be so in the traditions (both oral and written).  He said that he was able to master every skill and to handle every power. Indeed, he was known as "The Good God" because he was good at everything he attempted. He was the father of the gods and also their leader.  Since these gods were alsoo masters of Drai/ocht, this means that he was a master of the masters.  This makes him the God of Druids in many ways.*p*The story does not stop there however.  To perform Drai/ocht; to master Drai/ocht; to be a Druid, requires more than following or honoring a God of Druids. One must become the power and the being of what is to be mastered or controlled.  This means first of all mastering one's self and spirit, before attempting  to *become* one with anything else.  In a sense, finding the part of oneself that connects to the God of Druids allows us to connect to everything, since He is the one who is good at everything, father of all and able too use each form of power.*p*To me, this means that there is a little bit (or a lot) of The Dagda in each of us, as there is also a little bit (or a lot) of him in many aspects of deity, such as the Stag God or the God of Life and Death. He is an Earth deity and a Sky Deity and in many respects Samilda/nach (many skilled) just as Lugh is. Perhaps Lugh is the Young God of Druids?*p*Searles*p*Shadow Hawk wrote,*br*:   Hello Brother,*br*:*br*: : Are there Druids here to judge the truth of it?  Were the *br*: : Druids ever really*br*: : gone or were they just forgotten by some? Who is the God of *br*: : Druids and where*br*: : is the connection?*br*:*br*: *br*:   Good post...*br*:*br*: 1.  Are there Druids here?  Not in the classical sense as in *br*: having graduated from a Druid College with the mastery of *br*: verse, but if you don't cling to old definitions, then I *br*: would say those that walk in harmony with the Elementals and *br*: revere wisdom/knowledge, then yes.*br*:*br*: 2.  Were the druids ever really gone?  Depends on what *br*: definition you use in 1.*br*:*br*: 3.  Who is the God of Druids?  (reaching inward)...  It's a *br*: trick question, there's regional names since the Druids *br*: interacted with the local cultures, but my thumb tells me... *br*:  it was not written of, but... it was amorphious, you might *br*: almost call it "The Flow".  A Druid was immersed *br*: in it, was one with it, stirred it with Song and Desire... *br*: That would make the God of the Druids the Druid himself when *br*: he was immersed in the Flow, not too different from a *br*: musician merging with the instrument he plays and the music *br*: he plays upon it.  Where does one end and the other begin?*br*
Re: The Five Marks of a Druid
Shadow Hawk
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Wed Feb 23 08:22:03 2000