Where are the druids?
The original term was “Drui” (singular), or “Druidi” (plural). They were the educated class of the Ancient Celtic culture, although they included clergy they were not actually a priesthood. Their number included doctors, lawyers, scientists, all the professions. If you check the contemporary accounts none of them describe the Druidi as priests, they were compared to the Magi of Persia or the Brahmani of India, scholars not clergy. The idea that they were priests was a result of the Christian prohibition against anyone outside the Church receiving an education, since they did that they assumed everyone else did as well. They had been systematically persecuted to extinction by the end of the First Millenium CE. The modern revival dates back to John Aubrey (1626-1697), although there are unconfirmed accounts of an order that dates back to 1245. In their current form the Druids consist of a number of Neo-Pagan faiths world wide. I myself was a member of the American Druidic Fellowship, the
