Aren t Druids sun worshippers, like Wiccans are moon worshippers?
No. This misconception seems to have originated with the 17th century antiquarians who first started Neo- Druidic orders based on Masonic models. These romantic revivalists were not looking to Celtic history for their theology or cosmology, and instead chose to believe that all Gods are solar in nature, and that the druids practiced a form of monotheism that presaged Christianity. Actual Celtic scholarship proved these models false, but with so many people reading the books written in that era, these outdated misconceptions found their way into the occult community and are still repeated by those who do not actually study Celtic history. Celtic religion does value the beauty and power of nature, and celebrates the changing of the seasons and the shifting balance of darkness and light. But while there are Deities who are described as bright or effulgent, and Who are connected to the changing seasons of the year, there is no Celtic Sun God. Many occult or Neopagan writers have claimed th
