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Some Ancient Druidic Wisdom ~heather |
(On Religion) One God supreme the universe does sway
With rev’rence his omnipotence obey;
And know, that all we possibly can name,
From heav’n itself originally came;
Let no mean thoughts of dissolution fright,
Or damp you spirits with the dews of night.
The soul’s immortal and can never die;
For frail existence no vain efforts make,
For fear to lose what he wants power to take.
Of awful vengeance ever shall be hurl’d
By nature’s God against a sinful world;
In dreadful deluges we must expire
Or else consume in rapid flames of fire.
In these tremendous elements alone,
Mankind shall perish, and their sins atone.
Another world is ready to receive Immortal souls,
that earthly bodies leave To dust the perishable parts return,
But at the grave eternal spirits spurn.
And if in virtue’s path they trod below,
In heav’nly mansions ‘tis their fate to glow;
But if by vice enslav’d,
their doom’s to roam Without a heav’nly, or an earthly home.
On your young offspring spend your utmost care,
And of the early seeds of vice beware;
This noble talk you can’t commence too soon,
Expand their virtues, and their follies prune.
Their youthful minds, like melted wax impress,
And heav’n’s fair image in their souls express.
(On Politics)
Children must from their parents be removed,
Tho’ fondly prized and tenderly belov’d;
Till fourteen times the sun with radiant rays,
Shall round the world in annual circuit blaze:
Lest blind partially in youth should wrong
Those rising minds that to the state belong.
’Tis just, upon emergencies of state,
To yield an individual to fate;
Better a part should perish than the whole,
A body’s forfeit cannot hurt the soul;
The sacrifice, by feeling earthly pain,
May greater bliss in future life obtain.
Blind disobedience to the state’s decree,
Shall always excommunicated be;
And interdicted thus, the wretch shall roam,
Secluded from society and home:
Devoid of trust in the most trifling cause,
And unprotected by the injured laws.
When danger calls, and delegates should meet,
Let not the senate wait for tardy feet;
For in the crisis of our country’s fate,
He merits death who gives advice too late.
(On Various Things)
Those who lend money to the wretch decay’d,
In the next life will be again repay’d.
If by one newly dead you want to send,
A note to any long departed friend:
Compose your letter in a solemn stile,
And slowly cast it on the funeral pile;
Then know the sentiments therein express’d,
Will be deliver’d to the hand address’d.
Each member of a family we deem,
In his own habitation, Lord supreme;
O’er life and property his power extends,
If the state ratifies what he intends.
Prisoners of war are doomed by fate to die,
Then sacrifice them to some diety;
Upon the altars let them soon expire,
Or closed in wicker feed the sacred fire.
Be arts instill’d—be useful science shewn,
And wisdom taught in sacred groves alone;
There, and there only, shall the mind improve
In needful knowledge and in social love;
But let no lesson be in writing giv’n,
Trust all to memory—that great gift of heav’n.
When strong diseases, the weak frame enthrall,
The moon’s the sovereign remedy of all.
Let mistletoe with reverent awe be sought,
Since as a boon, from heav’n itself ‘tis bought;
The sacred oak ascend, and then with skill,
Cut the with’d branches with a golden bill.
Selections from: William Augustus Russel. History of England. London, J. Cooke, 1777. p. 4.
~~I identify best with Druids. They are closest my pagan path... |
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| Alias | Date | Reply |
| §ilent Echo |
9/8/2004 7:23:00 AM |
I definitely know what you mean about feeling the pull towards the Druids. I feel as though somehow, I am able to know them as my ancestors, without worrying about what the books do not tell us, I let them talk to me within my spirit heart. Great post, Heather! I believe Druids are not much of a mystery to those they contact from the echoes of the shadows, and into this realm.. glad you know just what I mean (-: |
| wishin for more gray |
9/8/2004 7:25:00 AM |
i do...they like the gnostics thought enlightenment comes from within and the without that is also within..8-) thanks for taking time to read sur5r |
| Dark Phoenix |
9/8/2004 9:13:00 AM |
How can you identify with people who regularly performed human sacrifice as part of their religion? |
| TunaHotDog |
9/8/2004 9:42:00 AM |
The first part, On Religion, seems very similar to christian beliefs. Thanks for the post. Bob |
| wishin for more gray |
9/8/2004 10:12:00 AM |
there have been many religions that have had human sacrifice - many were /are very powerful. there is much magick in the blood. |
| wishin for more gray |
9/8/2004 10:12:00 AM |
i personally don't believe in blood magick gotten from others, i believe the power is in your OWN blood. |
| wishin for more gray |
9/8/2004 10:20:00 AM |
http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm393652.html please see my reply in this post as to druidic sacrifices, real or imagined. |
| Wise |
9/8/2004 3:29:00 PM |
Intersting.................especially that the dead are also the post office for those on the other side. |
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