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Druid Womb --- home to treehuggers, Bards, Ovates, Druids, Celtic Shamans, Keltoi, lovers of Gaia!
The Druid Womb tribe is a crossroads for female* and male Druids. Our tribe is a kalidescope of magick** and song.***

Who were/are the Druids?
In ancient Celtic society the female and male Druids composed an intellectual and spiritual elite, whose knowledge and training placed them as the academics, clerics, poets, and judicial branch of the Celtic pan-European religion. Their (usually 20 year) training consisted of the memorization of literature, poetry, history, and Celtic law as well as astronomy and other sciences. In their spiritual function, the Druids mediated for their people, preformed sacrifices, interpreted omens, and presided over religious ceremonies. Today teachings, stories, and tenets of Druidism are 'living spirituality' in the form of Neo-Druidism, Celtic Paganism, some forms of Wicca, and other pantheistic religions.

The word druid is an anglicized and probably latinized form of the Gaulish "druvis." The word itself has been subject to intense speculation as to its origins, though most scholars associate it with the Greek "drus" meaning oak. An alternate, and perhaps better explanation is based on the Indo-European roots *deru, meaning "steadfast" or "strong," and *wid connected with knowledge, and wisdom. Hence, the original word may have been something like *deruwid, meaning "one of steadfast knowledge."

*More on female Druids?
The relative position of men and women in Druidry is quite clear and quite unambiguous. In all aspects of Druidry, both men and women are seen to be fully equal. Men and women follow the same course of study, achieve the same grades, conduct the same ceremonies and are accorded the same respect and deference. Most druids regard the idea of distinction or discrimination in spiritual matters being based on physical differences of gender incomprehensible, offensive and ludicrous . There are three specific reasons for this. Firstly, there is a long tradition of female Druids: many recorded by the Roman writers Tacitus, Lampridius and Vopiscus, and some by the poet Taliesin. Secondly, Druids regard the male and female aspects in Nature and the Spiritual Realms to have equal weight and worthy of equal respect as they both proceed from the one Divine Source wherein ALL Nature is subsumed. Thirdly, the Druidic belief in shapeshifting / rebirth suggests that we have been, and will continue to be reincarnated in such physical forms as will best aid our spiritual development. As we occupy bodies of both genders from time to time, any form of sexual discrimination clearly becomes self-inflicted and pointless.

**What about magic(k)?
Some concepts that could be kicked around:
alchemy, astral travel, Autumn Equinox, Awen, Bardic ranks, Beith, Brighid, candles, cauldron, dieties, eclecticism, faery folk, glamour, holy days, immortality, invocations, Lugh, meditation, Midsummer, Morgainne, Naugal, Otherworld, plant and animal lore, rites, rituals, sacred truth, scrying, shapeshifting, Summerland, summoning, tarot, Taliesin, Triads,

***What about song?
Some possible areas to muse:
astrological compositions, Bridgid, Battle of the Trees, blessed numbers, Celtic music patterns, Ceridwen, color-based lyrics, composers, drums, enchantments, harp, inspirational deities, instruments, Lugh, lute, Math Mathonwy, Merlin, Muses (The), musical geometry, music for familiars, open verse, poetry, prose, ranks, rhythms, sacred notes, songspell, sung rituals - Unsubscribed , posted 06/28/07

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