Druid tools are items of mysterious purpose both to our modern understanding and to non-Druids in the past. Since the actual Druids never documented their practices, it’s tough to know the real or exact purpose for some of the Druid…
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The Quarters or Watchtowers refer to large and yet simple concepts in not only Druidry, but many Pagan traditions. In my post about casting sacred circles, I only touched on the Quarters. In some traditions that understand these as the…
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Contrary to poplar belief, casting a sacred circle is not a universal activity for Pagans. Many Pagan groups cast a sacred circle where they perform rituals while others don’t. And there’s also no universal understanding of what a sacred circle…
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Druid Tools – The Druid Cord The Druid Cord is another one of those tools we don’t hear about very often. While still a tool Druids use now and in the past, it’s not as fascinating or mysterious as the…
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Druid Tools – the Sickle The sickle is another interesting Druid tool. Interesting to me anyway, in that, like so many Druid tools, its use could be either literal or up for interpretation. Luckily, Druidry is a very particular type…
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Druid Tools – the Druid Egg The Druid egg is probably one of my most favourite things of all time. Not only as a tool, but just in general. I have a few stone and crystal eggs and wish I…
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Druid tools continue to have value in the modern world. Though they remain a mystery for most, modern Druids use these personal tools to help focus their energy. This makes them powerful aids. Beyond the entertainment value of it in…
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Druid tools continue to fascinate us in the modern day. And why not? Most of them are mysterious-seeming compared with the tools we use now. And there’s that whole mystique about nothing ever being written down about how to use…
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Druid Tools – Wand Basics A wand is a very personal tool used by an individual and so special that no one but the owner should touch it. The wand itself contains no power, though. All the power resides within…
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Not only as a Druid, but as a well-read human being, I know I shouldn’t be, but I’m still sometimes shocked by the volume of Samhain and Halloween misconceptions. A new thing historically speaking, these Halloween misconceptions abound in recent…
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