Re: Druidry and Druidism for Beginners
Thank you so much for sharing that. I'm actually just about ready to start posting a few blogs around here in which I explain that I'm turning increasingly towards druidism. Having stripped back much of what was previously making me consider my path to be wiccan, I thought what was left was a path entirely of my own creation. Yet when I hear speakers on Druidcast discussing their practices and beliefs, I constantly find myself yelling 'that's what I believe too!'
I'm still not comfortable with the label of 'druid' though, and I don't like the idea of having to conform to a particular system. The concept of the awen and of the 3 cauldrons are interesting to me, and I started meditating on the cauldrons, but I find myself feeling a bit excluded because I am not creative, musical or artistic in any way. There's no outlet into which I can channel some kind of divine inspiration, and that leaves me a bit high and dry.
At the moot yesterday I began to explain my reasons for leaving paganism for a while and how I had come to despise the gods. I touched upon how shallow and unkind such notions of 'you create your own reality' actually sound to anyone other than those born into loving secure and wealthy homes, who will be supported both emotionally and financially through any of their pathetic endeavours to 'find themselves'. How unkind it is to suggest that the immense human suffering in the world is because those people didn't wish hard enough for security, religious freedom or a life free from war and poverty. To suggest that the reason someone didn't achieve their goals or dreams is because they 'did it wrong'. There is no love or spirituality in such bumper-sticker tripe.
It was even pointed out to me that my energy appeared to change and darken when I was recalling these feelings and I was reminded that I still have a lot of healing to do before I've fully recovered from the distress those thoughts had caused me.
It's uncanny timing then, that the very same day you should chose to share the above quote in which the author attempts to reconcile the balance between self-created reality and the reality, often unpleasant, that is forced upon us through no fault of our own!
After the moot I went to a bookstore to find some kind of druidry 101 or something. I became breathless and felt unwell (that I eventually identified as hunger; I don't always notice when I feel hungry) just as I reached the section with the books, so I ended up leaving without anything.
Imagine my surprise then when I checked PF on the way home and saw this post. A book exploring the common threads between a path I know very well, and a path I'm cautiously curious about seems like the ideal place to start!
Actually, I've already ordered it, along with a book called 'The Awen Alone' by Joanna van der Hoeven (originally just because I wanted the free delivery but then I did the maths and realised I could get both books for almost £2 less if I went to private vendors and just paid for the postage).
I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into both books. Thanks again for the strangely timely recommendation!
Originally posted by thalassa
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I'm still not comfortable with the label of 'druid' though, and I don't like the idea of having to conform to a particular system. The concept of the awen and of the 3 cauldrons are interesting to me, and I started meditating on the cauldrons, but I find myself feeling a bit excluded because I am not creative, musical or artistic in any way. There's no outlet into which I can channel some kind of divine inspiration, and that leaves me a bit high and dry.
At the moot yesterday I began to explain my reasons for leaving paganism for a while and how I had come to despise the gods. I touched upon how shallow and unkind such notions of 'you create your own reality' actually sound to anyone other than those born into loving secure and wealthy homes, who will be supported both emotionally and financially through any of their pathetic endeavours to 'find themselves'. How unkind it is to suggest that the immense human suffering in the world is because those people didn't wish hard enough for security, religious freedom or a life free from war and poverty. To suggest that the reason someone didn't achieve their goals or dreams is because they 'did it wrong'. There is no love or spirituality in such bumper-sticker tripe.
It was even pointed out to me that my energy appeared to change and darken when I was recalling these feelings and I was reminded that I still have a lot of healing to do before I've fully recovered from the distress those thoughts had caused me.
It's uncanny timing then, that the very same day you should chose to share the above quote in which the author attempts to reconcile the balance between self-created reality and the reality, often unpleasant, that is forced upon us through no fault of our own!
After the moot I went to a bookstore to find some kind of druidry 101 or something. I became breathless and felt unwell (that I eventually identified as hunger; I don't always notice when I feel hungry) just as I reached the section with the books, so I ended up leaving without anything.
Imagine my surprise then when I checked PF on the way home and saw this post. A book exploring the common threads between a path I know very well, and a path I'm cautiously curious about seems like the ideal place to start!
Actually, I've already ordered it, along with a book called 'The Awen Alone' by Joanna van der Hoeven (originally just because I wanted the free delivery but then I did the maths and realised I could get both books for almost £2 less if I went to private vendors and just paid for the postage).
I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into both books. Thanks again for the strangely timely recommendation!
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