Teresa Cross: Secrets of the Druids
Earth Ancients
Cliff Dunning
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
• Reconstructs the Druidic faith from surviving remnants, parallels with other Indo-European traditions, and dedicated study of scholarly sources
• Details magical rites and ceremonies, methods for consecrating an outdoor temple, and customs for celebrating important festivals such as Beltaine and Samhain
• Discusses rules for firecraft, making offerings to deities and spirits, and the ancient Coligny calendar, including the names of the months in old Gaulish
Druids and their magic, lore, and rituals have fascinated all those who encounter them, from the ancient Greeks and Romans onward. Even today, the mere mention of their name evokes pictures of standing stones, mistletoe, golden sickles, white-robed priests, and powerful sorcerers. But were they really as we picture them?
Drawing on comparative mythology and linguistics, archaeological evidence, and etymology, Teresa Cross offers readers a comprehensive course in the history and development of the Celtic spiritual tradition and its lore, reconstructing the Druidic faith from the remnants that have survived and dedicated study of scholarly sources. She also reveals parallels with other Indo-European traditions, such as the similarities between Celtic and Vedic Hindu beliefs and practices. She chronicles the ethics and spiritual teachings of Druidism and the Celtic faith and examines what happened to these beliefs during centuries of Christianization.
Moving from history to practice, Cross details magical rites and ceremonies as practiced by modern-day followers of Druidactos. She explores the structure of the Touta, which roughly corresponds to “tribe,” methods for consecrating a nemeton, the outdoor temple that offers the optimum sacred space for the meeting of heaven and earth, and the rites and customs associated with important festivals such as Beltaine and Samhain. She also explores the rules of firecraft, the sacred art of giving to the cosmos, making offerings to deities and spirits, sacred food and beverages, and the ancient Coligny calendar, including the names of the months in old Gaulish.
Offering an authentic handbook for starting your own Celtic group led by Druids, Cross reveals the meanings and metaphysics behind the Celtic and Druidic customs and traditions, reuniting the fragmentary remains of long-lost Druid culture with the still-living practices of the Celtic faith.
Teresa Cross has been a Celtic scholar since 1982 and was a member of numerous Celtic cultural organizations, including the Scottish Society of Dallas, Southwest Celtic Music Association, Clan MacKenzie Society, and the Irish P.E.C. She is the author of The Truth about the Druids and a frequent contributor to The Independent Celt. She lives in Kingman, Arizona.
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| 0:54.8 | Each year at Stonehenge as the seasons are changing that's the equinox and the solstices, |
| 1:08.7 | there is gatherings of different groups and organizations. A lot of ceremony and for many people, |
| 1:16.0 | if you go there for a first time you'll see what is now considered present day druids. These are |
| 1:21.7 | people wearing white hoods and capes. They are dressed with crosses and other ceremonial |
| 1:29.1 | paraphernalia and they are giving thanks to the seasonal changes and what is to be expected |
| 1:37.9 | as the year continues. Today we're going to talk about the druids, who they were, their background, |
| 1:45.2 | why Julius Caesar wrote in his documents with disdain for the druids and how they appear to be |
| 1:55.1 | descendants from a very very ancient people of unknown origin. Later, Gendel takes us to Algeria |
| 2:03.6 | and the discovery of a shamanic woman painted on a wall. This is a very very large painting |
| 2:10.6 | and we don't know who the people were that created this painting but she is elegant, |
| 2:16.6 | she's over two feet tall and she is providing us with a message about the ancient past. |
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| 2:40.6 | For Saturday, February 13th, 2021, this is Earth Ancients. I'm your host, Cliff Dunning. |
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