Way of the Druid

by Talboys, Graeme K.

• ISBN13: 9781905047239
• ISBN10: 1905047231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Moon Books

Summary

It's not surprising that the Druid Way is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. It's one we, in the West, all used to follow. Thrown into turmoil by the Roman Empire and then squashed by monotheism, it has nevertheless always survived in some form. But it is poorly understood and often dismissed, rarely treated seriously in religious discourse.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	IX
INTRODUCTION	XI
1 THE CELTS	2	(20)
proto-Celts	5	(2)
Hallstatt	7	(4)
La Tene	11	(8)
Historical period	19	(3)
2 CELTIC CULTURE	22	(20)
Religion	29	(13)
3 THE DRUIDS	42	(18)
The meaning of the word 'Druid'	43	(4)
Origins	47	(4)
Organization and role of Druids	51	(9)
4 THE CELTIC METAPHYSIC	60	(24)
Synthetic	66	(1)
Organicistic	67	(1)
Holistic	68	(1)
Concordant	69	(2)
Cyclical	71	(1)
Realistic	72	(1)
Magical	73	(2)
True	75	(2)
Ethical	77	(2)
Dynamic	79	(1)
Personalist	80	(2)
Sacred	82	(2)
5 SURVIVAL AND REVIVAL	84	(16)
6 IS THE DRUID WAY A RELIGION?	100	(44)
What is religion?	103	(14)
What is the Druid Way?	117	(27)
7 TEACHINGS	144	(26)
Truth	148	(10)
Service	158	(4)
Honour and responsibility	162	(3)
Respect	165	(1)
Unity and identity	166	(4)
8 DEITY	170	(12)
9 COSMOLOGY	182	(18)
This World	183	(7)
The Otherworld	190	(10)
10 TREES	200	(12)
Birch	206	(1)
Yew	207	(1)
Oak	208	(1)
Hazel	209	(1)
Apple	210	(2)
11 STRUCTURE OF THE DRUID WAY	212	(12)
How people become Druid	213	(2)
Druid Orders	215	(3)
Other Druid organizations	218	(1)
Groves	219	(1)
Closed Groves	219	(1)
Hedge Druids	220	(4)
12 CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL PRACTICE	224	(32)
The eightfold year (wheel of the year)	232	(14)
Rites of passage	246	(5)
The personal	251	(2)
Meditation	253	(3)
13 BEING DRUID IN THE WORLD	256	(8)
14 CONCLUSION	264	(8)
NOTES	272	(28)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	300	(10)
INDEX	310