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The world of the Druids
Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J.
Adult Nonfiction BL910.G74 1997
Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J.
Adult Nonfiction BL910.G74 1997
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| Contents | Page |
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| I - Finding the Druids | |
| How Do We Know About the Druids? | p. 8 |
| The Druids in Celtic Society | p. 10 |
| The Geography of the Celtic World | p. 11 |
| An Outline History of the Druids | p. 14 |
| The Oak and the Mistletoe | p. 18 |
| Timeline for Druidism | p. 20 |
| II - The Celts and the Supernatural | |
| The Nature of Celtic Religion | p. 24 |
| The Celtic Pantheon | p. 26 |
| A God in Every Place | p. 29 |
| Druids in Context | p. 31 |
| Druidic Organization | p. 32 |
| Ceremonies and Festivals | p. 34 |
| The Farming Year | p. 37 |
| III - The Druids in Classical Literature | |
| The Chroniclers | p. 40 |
| Druids and the Social Order | p. 44 |
| Healers and Magicians | p. 46 |
| The Druids and Education | p. 48 |
| Philosophers and Scientists | p. 50 |
| Immortality and Rebirth | p. 51 |
| Druids and Romans | p. 52 |
| IV - Digging Up Druids | |
| Priesthoods in European Prehistory | p. 56 |
| Images of the Druids | p. 58 |
| Ceremonial Regalia: Badges of Office | p. 60 |
| Gifts to the Divine Powers | p. 64 |
| Cauldrons and Holy Water | p. 66 |
| Death, Burial and the Afterlife | p. 68 |
| V - Sacrifice and Prophecy | |
| The Concept of Sacrifice | p. 72 |
| Sacrifice in Action | p. 74 |
| Ritual Murder | p. 76 |
| Flesh for the Gods | p. 78 |
| Bodies in the Bog | p. 80 |
| The Danish Bog Victims | p. 82 |
| Animals as Sacrificial Victims | p. 85 |
| Divination: Telling the Future | p. 88 |
| Prophets and Oracles | p. 90 |
| VI - The Female Druids | |
| Women in Celtic Society | p. 94 |
| Druidesses and Wise Women | p. 97 |
| Witches and Magic | p. 98 |
| Priestess and Prophetess in Irish Myth | p. 101 |
| Virgin Priestesses | p. 103 |
| VII - Sacred Places and Their Priests | |
| Sacred Groves and Pools | p. 108 |
| Shrines and Temples | p. 110 |
| The Sacred Spring at Bath | p. 112 |
| Priests in Celtic Sanctuaries | p. 115 |
| The Sacred Healers | p. 118 |
| Enclosing Holy Space | p. 120 |
| VIII - Druids in Irish Myth | |
| The Learned Class | p. 124 |
| The Early Myths | p. 125 |
| Cathbadh of Ulster | p. 128 |
| Sacral Kingship and Druidic Prophecy | p. 130 |
| Druidism and Christianity | p. 134 |
| IX - Druids Resurrected | |
| The Druidic Revival of the Renaissance | p. 140 |
| Stukeley and His Peers | p. 142 |
| The Stonehenge Connection | p. 144 |
| Realists and Romantics | p. 146 |
| Druids as Illustrated | p. 150 |
| Birth of a Welsh Myth | p. 152 |
| Druids, the Eisteddfod and Welsh Identity | p. 156 |
| X - Druids Today | |
| Neo-Paganism and the Old Religion | p. 160 |
| Witches and Druids | p. 162 |
| Ceremony and Celebration | p. 166 |
| Modern Druid Organizations | p. 169 |
| Stonehenge Prohibited | p. 172 |
| The Modern Druid Doctrine | p. 177 |
| Guardians of the Planet | p. 179 |
| Directory of Modern Druid Organizations | p. 180 |
| Gazetteer | p. 182 |
| Further Reading | p. 184 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 186 |
| Index | p. 188 |
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