Is Nature important to Druids ?
SHE is everything to Druids. While people in many parts of the third world are intimately dependent on nature for their survival, few of us are. The Celts had to read the seasons so they could plant their crops; had to know where to find wild plants if the crops failed; had to know birds and their habits for divination; had to know which tree produced good wood for spears or yokes or buckets; had to know the habits of animals for hunting and fishing; had to know the earth so they could find ores for their tools and weapons and jewelry. The modern Druid should know a lot about nature and spend time in the Wild. Nature is the true focus of Druidism. Some worship Nature. Some romanticize Nature. Some live in nature. Some mine it as a source for symbols. Some abstract it and assign it a place in their philosophy. From a political viewpoint, all Druids are environmentalists. They might not all be in the front lines of the environmental movement, but they will at least contribute to groups l
– It’s everything to Druids. – Of course, it was important to Druids, they lived in the forest but let’s discuss something more interesting. While people in many parts of the third world are intimately dependant on nature for their survival, few of us are. The Celts had to read the seasons so they could plant their crops; had to know where to find wild plants if the crops failed; had to know birds and their habits for divination; had to know which tree produced good wood for spears or yokes or buckets; had to know the habits of animals for hunting and fishing; had to know the earth so they could find ores for their tools and weapons and jewelery. Some figure, that the modern Druid should know a lot about nature and spend time in the Wild, that nature ( or Nature ) is the true focus of Druidism. Some figure that a well educated adult, knows a fair amount of science but that most people now live in cities so the focus of Druidic studies and discussion should be history and ethics. Some w
