Smoker Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 klenke thanks for splain'n that whole solstice thingy cool read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 For the record, I was entertained by your post, Ade. Buffy, The Druids are usually thought of when talking about the solstices, equinox, etc because of the incorrect views that they were the ancient people that built stonehenge and many of the other ancient stone monuments in brittain. In reality stonehenge and many of the other stone calenders were built long before the "druids" were around. Now as for our friend Dru, well he might be immortal or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 True Tex, Druids were priests of the Celts and the megalith builders were pre-Celtic. But that does not mean that their religion might not have been similar.... And the Celts appear* to have incorporated the older religion's monuments into their belief system. * Based on what little archeological evidence we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Thank you Dru that is what I understand as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Are there any Druid lumberjacks out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Yes they will not cut down Oak trees. Bloody conifers are fair game. Especially ones with dwarf mistletoe infestation. But they have to cut them down with a golden sickle, so it takes a long time!* * This info courtesy of Asterix comics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I remembered that it was a specific tree. I forgot about the holly and golden sickle thing. I hear druid chics like to get naked in the forest; that's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 (edited) All my info comes from the works of Marion Zimmer Bradley... and all my friends who belong to the SCA Edited December 18, 2002 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Ummmm greg they don't JUST get naked in the forest ever heard of Beltaine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I hate to tell you this, modern Druidism is totally made up. REAL druids put captives in large wicker figures and then burn them to death, sort of like Burning Man butwith your enemies instead of your material possessions. I dont think any of the modern pagan hippies ever sacrifice anyone. Too busy getting naked and dancing Sounds cool to me though. Id like them to try and convert me. But i bet the patchouli factor is too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 'Splain Beltaine to me, I'm ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Isnt that the one where you have sex in the freshly plowed feild to make sure the crops are fertile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Given that modern druidism is made up... Beltaine is where everyone goes to a big bon fire party thing and can have sex with whom ever they want. I am sure there are more Ummm SPIRITUAL parts to it, but that is the idea tha stuck in my mind. I don't know anyone personaly who keeps true Beltaine. Mists Of Avalon was a GREAT BOOK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Do people pay for such a service? I've been looking for a new line of work; does this have freelance potential? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I bet the pairing off is like at elementary school baseball games and the last two fat ugly Druids always end up stuck with each other after everone else has left the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_J Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 The Winter Solstice would be hard to find freshly plowed fields of soil, but I still think the sex part is GREAT. Summer Solstice, now that is a different story, but again the crops have been in for a few months in most areas by this time, but again sex is good, so I say goooooo at it like a rabbit in heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 hmmm sounds a bit dirty hippy-like to me, greg_w and sisu. dirty hippies, I hate 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I think Beltaine is the spring equanox.... hard to say though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_J Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Who you callin a hippie dirt bag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I had sex with a hippie chick once. She stunk. just say no to hippie sex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr._Natural Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 There are numerous folk customs that have until recently taken place at this time of year throughout Britain, and which clearly show surviving traits of this ancient pagan festival. As far as we know, the last public Beltaine festival to be held on Arran was as late as 1895. The men of a certain townland made a need-fire (tein-eigen) and kept it burning with sacred faggots on Beltaine eve. Local people drove their herds through the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 The men of a certain townland made a need-fire (tein-eigen) and kept it burning with sacred faggots on Beltaine eve. Local people drove their herds through the fire. I think they could have revived this process if they'd got some Anglican priests to run the FMD bonfires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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texplorer Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Is that Trent Lot in the foreground of that pic trask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Apparently, the festival is supposed to happen on May Day. Running the livestock through the fire is intended to ward off disease or perhaps as just a sacrifice. There was a pretty good Seattle band known as the Beltanes that played for a few years in the late 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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