The Sacred
Grove.
Druidic
spirituality is pagan, and philosophy - Wiccan. Our values of a high moral standard, recognizing and respecting
that all life is sacred. Never cause any
unnecessary harm and never impose on the pure will of another are firm principles
upon which we base our actions. Also we know that you must never interfere with
any living being without first asking and gaining their permission.
We never impose healing because if you work against someone’s energy , not only are you breaking natural laws but you
are assaulting, diseasing them and
denying their basic rights. Likewise, Druids know that no one should ever assume
superiority because this itself focuses disrespect and therefore poisons.
Druids go the mystic way, learning from experience and
realigning, with nature using an entirely personal symbolic system. All genuine
spiritual evolution lends you back to nature and you can’t complete alchemy without nature. The
mystic way involves self initiation - you can only initiate yourself, although
others can help direct energy to that end. We get initiation by connecting with
spiritual love through living symbols, to forces we do not yet express through
ourselves. Visualisation can be incorporated to focus and tantra to identify suitable
soul energies. Druids always have a question which in itself invokes increased awareness
leading to growth. Philosophy means "love of wisdom" so genuine
philosophers who accept only universal truth end up as magickians. Magick is
the art of living with wisdom, and responsibility entails acting in accordance
with your insight. Healing, teaching, learning and manifesting soul all involve the same archetype, which can be described as channeling
the life-force through the subconscious to the universal consciousness, as
appropriate. Until alchemy is complete as pure energy is invoked, so unbalanced
energy must be banished,
being dealt with and transformed through the manifest level. As the soul is
opened out due to the alchemical process, you become more and more sensitive,
and increasingly moral. Nature has guardians thus only the pure of heart gain access
to the magickal realms. With evolution, you gain understanding and awareness of
many dimensions at work in our lives and can direct energy more efficiently because
of this.
Druids therefore live according
to an entirely different metaphysic to that around which modern society is
built. However, we can still live in harmony with and contribute greatly to society. Like the Celts, Druids recognize that developing a diverse range of skills and cultivating ingenuity are intrinsic to adepthood. You have to be capable of manifesting all your ideas, counteract obstacles and freely share your particular
wisdom.
Everyone has a unique talent
which is their creative
centre. Your potential can be fulfilled
when karma is dealt with and
your soul balanced and unrestricted.
Druids do not see themselves as separate from nature, and she teaches us by letting us reconnect with her when we can relate. This is why the word Wiccan is derived from
symbols of concepts concerning "with",
"wisdom" and "wit".
The feminine universal deity
can be seen as Isis, the keeper of the earth and all that is, was and ever shall be. A formal definition
of Wicca would combine aspects of
pantheism (forms which embody the
lifeforce), hermetic philosophy (as above, so below) and absolute idealism.
Idealism must include recognizing and where possible banishing entities or spirits which are not of and work against the life
force. These
"dark forces" are
not in pantheism, they are like cancer except infectious and only ever destroy
life, never channel it. The form of a vampire represents their archetype. Capitalism and present day Empire
magic are loosely based upon although incompatible with materialism and Cartesianism. Adhering to either of
these nonsensical theories would make spiritual evolution impossible. This is
why social leaders go to greet pains to keep everyone stuck in the mundane, and
why the state is anti-nature. They don’t want individual self respect, empowerment or responsibility. They
prefer to keep the public ignorant, vulnerable and easy to manipulate - hiding and oppressing sacred knowledge so no one can identify
its misuse. It Is Druidic work in
this lifetime to
rectify this appalling situation. Battling with these dark forces is at the
heart of Celtic spirituality, sacrificing (only yourself) for the greater good
as part of your magickal training. To sacrifice means "to make sacred, which implies pure and
completely healthy.
Healers must first heal themselves, this experience is synchronistic to healing
society.