Do Druids still exist, and what are (or were) their beliefs?

Answer 1

The Druids held onto very ancient notions of animism and nature worship along with a more modern polytheism. The term animism is derived from the Latin word anima meaning breath or soul. The belief of animism is probably one of man's oldest beliefs, with its origin most likely dating to the Paleolithic age. From its earliest beginnings it was a belief that a soul or spirit existed in every object, even if it was inanimate. In a future state this soul or spirit would exist as part of an immaterial soul. The spirit, therefore, was thought to be universal. They were also polytheists, and deified elements of nature, such as the sun, the moon, and the stars, looking to them for "signs and seasons". I suspect they got the notions for their pantheon of gods from the Firbolgs and Tuatha De Danaan. Groups still meet at the major sites for rituals like Solstice. Take a Celtic tour. I did years ago. Very interesting.

Answer 2

Druids were like priests for the pagans. They presided over the pagan rituals. There may be some out there somewhere. There are pagans, so there may be Druids left. It's not easy to be a Druid as legends state that in order to become a Druid, a person needed to learn the Druid ways, and pass certain tests. Unfortunately, according to legend, Druids did not write things down, it was passed on by teaching.

Answer 3

I am a druid but our practices are a secret.. I can tell you we believe in the stars, sun, moon, things we know to exist.
The beliefs that stem from the knowledge of these objects is secret, and will never be shared.

They say the druids died out.. but the world doesn't know our heritage, nor shall they.

Answer 4

yes, there a number of major orders in existence as well as a "Council of British Druid Orders" founded in 1989.
At the core of their philosophy is the quest for inspiration or a flowing spirit (Awen)

Answer 5

Yes they still exist. There's some in my area, Southern Illinois, that meet regularly. One of them use to post to a local message board I belong to. I don't know enough about their beliefs to comfortably explain them to anyone. I'd probably mess it up.

Answer 6

Witchcraft is a prepare, no longer a perception. particularly, that's the prepare of human beings magic and ecu shamanism. "Pagan" grew to become right into a term that Romans initially referred to as Christians and that Christians later referred to as anybody else who did no longer get with their application. on a similar time as maximum of Europe grew to grow to be Christianizes with the aid of regarding the eleventh century, rural "pagan" cults have been nevertheless right here and there and pre-Christian customs have been nevertheless area of way of existence, in spite of the fact that some customs have been reframed to have a Christian veneer. airtight/Magical spirituality grew to become into additionally pervasive between ecu intellectuals. The Scandinavian worldwide places have been the final in Europe to be missionized and so paganism thrived and Norse recon faith is declared to be closer to the unique than different recon pre-Christian religions. Reconstructionists do no longer want to be referred to as pagans, btw. in spite of the fact that that's utilized with the aid of present day human beings now, the be conscious "pagan" grew to become into initially a slur be conscious.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

Answer 8

I do not know what their beliefs are, but they assemble once a year at Stonehenge

Answer 9

they were pagans from the Brittish Isles and other parts of western Europe