Archaeological evidence suggests that many aspects of Celtic Druidry are derived from much earlier times, before modern historical records, when everyone still honoured the hills, circles, groves, and springs as sacred sites. Druids are often associated with the more than one thousand stone circles in Britain, Brittany, and Ireland, even though the origins of the standing stones are shrouded in the mists of time, like the Isle of Avalon.Over the millennia the Celts passed on their Druidry through rituals, festivals, rites of passage, songs, storytelling, folklore, and oral traditions. In Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, the Bardic Colleges were active until the seventeenth century, using Druid teachings from medieval manuscripts written from the Celtic oral traditions.
The spiritual lineage of Druidry spans thousands of years. The cave initiations of Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, 25,000 years ago were mirrored around 3,000 B.C. in the rebirth mounds of New Grange, Ireland. The ancient tradition of Druidry continues today and is experiencing a flourishing resurgence around the world. An Earth based faith, Druidry melds the love of sea, sky, and land with ritual, story telling, poetry, music, and the visual arts. Druids are spiritual counsellors and philosophers who offer guidance about the enigmas, conundrums, and problems of daily life.
